Cultural Differences In America
Cultural Differences and Similarities in Food (Assignment C) Upon leaving their home country, to travel and live within the United States of America, many of those from spanish speaking countries have experienced some form of culture shock, whether it be for something small, like how people greet each other, or something large, like what holidays they celebrate. One of the biggest differences that they might have noticed between their home country and America is the food. Times in which people eat in the morning, noon, and evening could be completely different, as well as the common foods that they eat in certain occasions. Getting used to the food in America may have been difficult for them to comprehend, but they were able to push through and manage to bring their own culture with them. Whether or not they like their food and scheduled eating times more than American food and their scheduled eating times is a mystery waiting to be solved. First off, to crack this differential culture barrier entitled mystery, I interviewed a Spanish speaking student attending Ben Davis University High School on their eating habits. Emily Roman, a fellow
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The differences between the two countries include Peru having a more tropical climate, leading them to have more healthy and tropical fruits and crops for vegetables than America, and Peru lined on the coast of South America, leading them to have more seafood than America. The similarities between the two countries include both countries being hospitable during eating times, especially in semiformal and formal occasions, and them both containing healthy snacks. Whether or not America can or will catch up to Peruvians on their everyday healthy ways is another mystery to be solved. But soon enough, they will manage to learn and change their unhealthy eating
The differences between the two countries include Peru having a more tropical climate, leading them to have more healthy and tropical fruits and crops for vegetables than America, and Peru lined on the coast of South America, leading them to have more seafood than America. The similarities between the two countries include both countries being hospitable during eating times, especially in semiformal and formal occasions, and them both containing healthy snacks. Whether or not America can or will catch up to Peruvians on their everyday healthy ways is another mystery to be solved. But soon enough, they will manage to learn and change their unhealthy eating