The Separate Worlds Research Paper

The Separate Worlds I have been to two different worlds and experienced their distinctive cultures throughout my journey. The two worlds have their own value system and they both have contrasting views. On one side, they value obedience, discipline, and respect. On the other hand, creativity, integrity, and empathy are looked upon as characteristics each person must have. It comes as no surprise such disparity has caused me countless troubles while playing this game of life. When I was still in Taiwan a few years ago, I was being taught as a machine, not being able to comprehend the reasons why or what I was doing. School was naturally dull and boring, because most of the time we were forced to memorize math formulas or facts without any given explanation. I still remember the time when I asked my math teacher in Taiwan, “How did you get that formula?” …show more content…
Americans teach empathy from a very young age in the form of “sharing”. When I relive my past, I was in kindergarten before transferring to Taiwan, I remember my teacher lecturing me, “Jasper, be nice and share your toy please. How would you feel if you were in Jeremy’s shoes?” Even though, at that moment in time I was unable to grasp the logic as to why I should be sharing, however overtime such habits develops into an appealing character trait. However, my progress was hindered by the change in my habitat. When I arrived at Taiwan, I was trained to be respectful to elders and other people with better or equal social classes as me. This did not include the people on the streets as they were considered subpar. When I flew back to America, I had a huge dispute with my uncle as to why people were on the streets. His claim was,”They do not have a choice, some started with nothing and ended with nothing. You need to help those in need.” It was until that day, I became more considerate and show more empathy to the