Post 5

In American culture I believe that one of the values that Americans hold as one of the highest is that of success and work. In my short time in America this has become known to me that Americans base their opinions on one another off of that persons successes and people generally gravitate to people of success such as movie stars and musicians and hold them as their idols normally off of their achievements in their work. Americans are taught from a young age that in order to be successful in life it is based off of what college you attend and what job you get that is why when Americans meet they normally ask "what do you do" where as in other cultures such as mine from New Zealand we ask "where have you been" as we value experiences over jobs as you can be rich from experience which lasts a lifetime compared to being rich in possessions, as possessions are only fleeting. This is shown in Tuesday's with Morrie where Mitch is so focussed on his success in work he is not realizing what he is pushing away in the process until Morrie opened his eyes to how unhappy he was from this false sense of success. Morrie was successful in his experiences which he held more important when he was looking back on his life. America is obsessed with the value of success in work and people's careers which is not necessarily a bad thing.