Education Vs American Culture

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The key differences in culture, and in education can be very different depending on the country you are from and where you are heading to, also the location of the place matters. Being from America and from a mixed background, I understand traditional teaching and modern forms of teaching. Before I teach the students I would need to understand their culture, their environment, and their lives in general. People struggle with different visions of a fair, equitable, moral, and harmonious society. Education also plays important role in building a cultural society. Education is the basic need of human. Without education humanity is not possible, therefore almost all the cultures give importance to education and they possess only education for their

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