Американские ценности

American values

Степочкина Т.

Кумец К.

Different values are typical for people, who grown up in determined cultural ambience. American values formed in the country of immigrants, who’d settled in the new country and who hoped that each of them would reach the success in their life. They were full of determination and they were sure that they’d overcome all difficulties on their way to success.

values

cultural

Moral

Legal

Religious

liberty

Liberty is cornerstone of American values. Individual rights of every person are guaranteed by Constitution USA. These right are so protected by constitution that some people complain because of loyalty in attitude to criminals.

Equality

Since the moment Americans began to occupy north America, appeared the idea about all people are equal and labour of every person must be reward in equal degree. For many years this idea is based on religious base. The American consider that God created all people equal.

Family

The Main purpose of each separate American family is a making the conditions when every single member of family is happy. However the main stress in education is done on the individual liberty of every person in family. In American family is allowed not only to comply with parents, but also argue with them.

“ freedom of the house”

The American often invite many foreign students and simply visitors to their house, where treat the guests by supper and offer them to take part in many entertainments. Many people are spoken to feel theirselves like in their own house. The highest award you can get is “freedom of the house”, when you’d be offered to order in house of hosts like in your own.

Education

Education in America is valued very high, because it’s a key to success. Even when teenagers aren’t at school, they prefer to do something what is an advantage for them in the future.

The same rules.

The American system creates confidence that all people should «play the same rules». Role of State consists in protection of such rules. Feeling of confidence at that supports people to be enterprising.

Wealth

The American do not consider, as in many other countries, that rich people live for someone’s count. Opposite, is considered that rich people promote development of production and create worker places.

Directing into the future.

Constant directing into the best future is a source of the optimism the American. In spite of past experience of economic crisis the American look into future with optimism, being sure that God won’t offend them.

Authority

The Real authority on work and in life is founded not on age and value of people, but on their real power of the influence on deals and on surrounding people. That’s why old people often are more authoritative than youth.

Religion

Puritane thought that success is divine foresight, so they didn’t see the contradiction between wealth and the right on the place in paradise after death. They said that person has that he has deserved and people pertained to poor, as to «damaged» by injury.

Efficiency

Especial value is efficiency. Henry Ford is considered to be a hero, as he created the conveyor line, which raised production of the labour. The American say: time is money.

Timetable

The American act in accordance with timetable, making consecutively one thing after another. The actions on timetable may even prevail under appearing human needs.

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