Your culture can dictate what you value because of your surroundings. Your surroundings determine what you do, how you act, and how you think. Your surroundings make a huge impact on your life. Such as in Billy and Mike’s situation, where they want to play football because in their culture football is what boys their age do. Billy and Mike had a choice to play football rather than Jing Mei Woo and Waverly Jong. Jing Mei Woo never had that choice. Jing Mei Woo’s mother forced her to become a prodigy. She only wanted to honor her family, but her way. Soon her mother arranged piano classes. Jing Mei Woo really didn’t try because she felt it was her mothers last chance at making her a prodigy. She was put in a recital, which lead to Jing Mei
