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Originally Posted by BobbyCooper
You shouldn't categorize your 40 Japanese friends to an entire culture.. weren't you the one who told me this?  |
I didn't say I have 40 friends here ... read again
I'm hardly generalizing, it's just well known. Seriously, you have no clue if you think I'm generalizing.
Japanese people do not chill out as much as people in the west, much much much less in fact.
As part of teaching English I also teach western culture, at least Canadian.
When I tell my students how often I used to hang out, how often my parents hang out with their friends, what's normal there, without fail every single time I get shock and then "culture difference" or "culture shock" as a reply.
Followed by an explanation much like the one I gave earlier.