Values of Americans

When we read the article on the values that we live by I was shocked at how I could find examples for every one of the values.  This article made me realize things in our society that I hadn't noticed before.  As Americans, we highly value time.  We are constantly on a schedule that is down to the minute and we keep ourselves constantly busy.  In Brazil they don't value time as much as we do and they believe that if you are late then you are successful.  Students show up to class late but they don't leave directly when the bell rings.  They stay until they have completed their full class time.  People in Brazil believe that time is important but that it can be pushed back until you have completed what you were previously doing.  In the United State we believe that you are late once ten or fifteen minutes has passed.  In Brazil they cut the time limit at twenty seven or thirty minutes.  You can see how different the value of time is in these two cultures and how diverse the meaning of "late" is.  For us in America time is money and if you aren't doing anything we believe that you are wasting time.  We work hard now and keep busy in order to ensure happiness and security in the future.

~Liv