Italian Culture Vs American Culture

Laurence Steinberg discusses in his essay “Part-Time Employment Undermines Students’ Commitment to School” that students who have a part-time job do not do as well in school as other students. Working twenty or more hour shifts per week can interfere with a students grades and accomplishments in school. Steinberg states, “That the key issue is not whether a student works but how much time he or she devotes to the job”(472). I work a minimum of twenty-five hours a week making and that makes it difficult to complete my homework or study because I come home very tired and drained from my job.

Points to watch out for in the Italian American culture are as follows. Counselors must establish trust, through recommendations, honesty, and genuine interest in the client. Then the counselors must draw boundaries because Italians are likely to draw the counselors into their family lives. Be aware that Italians are loud and outspoken people. And, realize that when they are arguing amongst themselves or you, they are just animatedly discussing their argument. Also, Italians care very much about their emotional and physical well-being; and tend to talk or complain about them. The older ones tend to believe in destiny, so the counselor needs to teach them new psychological tools to empower them to change their

Because my neighbor is considered suburban it often gets a bad rep. A lot of people think that suburbs are boring and aren't interesting. As this suggests, the problem is also cultural. For the most part, American culture and opinion are still created, even in the Internet age, in cities at either edge of the continent. If intellectuals do deign to look at the suburbs they assume that so much banality must be hiding something deeply

Working while in high school allows students to earn money and gain experience; it may also have a negative effect on grades and a student’s social life. Whether it is for preparation or pleasure, most working students save, spend, or support their families. Working during high school helps students become more self-reliant as they realize the benefits of working. Furthermore, working while in high school builds the student’s interest in the career they want to pursue. There are many benefits to a student working while in high school, but work needs to be balanced with a student’s social life and studies to be beneficial.

One thing in common from all the countries in the world is that they have an education system. In school, students learn the basic subjects such as mathematics, english, science, social studies, and other extra subjects if offered. Students don’t think about the importance of basic subjects that affects their everyday life that they got from the school years of education. Although the school system seems like it’s all the same from all the countries, it is not. How the school organize each subject, each grade level, and the requirements for each school fall to a different situation. The education system such as in the United States and Italy happens to be an example of that.

Distinct Italian Culture is composed of community living, festivals, family living, and commemorations, etiquette practices, also economic, innovative and administrative components.

I saw that you replied to my post about Greek Americans. It's funny because I actually almost wrote about Italian Americans. I find that there are a few cultural parallels between the Italian Americans and the Greek Americans. When it came to religion, the Greek Americans were also discriminated against. However, religious discrimination is not entirely a new or old concept. It's hard to forget that Jewish people were also heavily discriminated against for their religious beliefs. In current events it seems that Islam remains a religion that is discriminated against.

Sicily is the large island situated in Southern Italy that has been conquered by many different populations in its long history. Although that, this paper will focus on the ways in which Arab-Norman dominations of the medieval period have left a profound legacy, affecting culture and identity of the contemporary Sicilian society. From dialectic words to agriculture and fishing practices, to the architectural monuments of Palermo and Catania, the island of Sicily appears submerged of Arab-Norman elements. This legacy, as I will show, shapes the culture and the identity of contemporary Sicilian society.

Culture is an important thing in our society.   Wherever you go, you will always see a slight change to a set of beliefs and way of life.   Yet, because of these changes, there can always be some sort of clash between two cultures.

Assignment 1: 1. Political competition, the rise of the merchants and aristocrats, as well as advanced trade caused the Renaissance to begin in Italy. Due to the wealth in the Italian city-states like Venice, Milan, and Genoa, the merchant class had extra down time, spare money, and a comfortable lifestyle to become patrons of the arts. By doing so, artists and writers looked into the glory days of the Roman Empire for inspiration that began the rebirth of the old classics. Italy was the perfect place for the rediscovery of Greco-Roman art and literature because they were exposed to them by the last Crusades.

Throughout the different cultures around the world, there are many traditions that have been in place for many years. These traditions have been passed down from generation to generation and are looked at as being normal in these cultures. To the United States, and other parts of the world, some of these traditions are looked at as being crazy, bizarre, and even strange. There are many different cultures and unique traditions associated with them, but these are 5 interesting traditions found around the world.

The food that people prefer changes from family to family, but many different things affect what a certain person might like. For example, “The areas in which families live— and where their ancestors originated—influence food likes and dislikes” (Food). I think my family is a great example because my grandparents are from Italy, but I was born in Texas. We don’t eat the typical southern food because my grandparents have passed on their love of Italian food down to my parents which have passed it on to my brother and me. However, unlike my parent’s I love both Italian and southern food. This stems from where I live, and where my ancestors originate.

Student’s Name Professor’s Name Subject 06 October 2016 American vs. Italian culture: worlds apart By definition, culture is a combination of collectively shared traits, values and traditions that distinguish one human group from another (Hofstede, 1991). Thus culture is in essence that ‘heart and spirit’ that makes each country and its people unique and different. And in that sense, America and Italy are literally at the opposite sides of nearly every aspect of culture. Being an Italian American, I have grown in a family where these two opposites meet and blend together.

With prom, school sports and other fun trips high school has to offer, paying for all these actives may not be ideal for the parent of these high school students. Getting a job can be an option for high school students to help the student and parent with these experiences that are coming. Amitai Etzioni the author of “Working at McDonalds” makes it clear, high school students with part time jobs does not do anything for the high school student. Amitai Eztioni believes these part time job dies not teach true stills a high school student will need in the future. Even though Amitai Etzioni strongly consider part time jobs have no long life value, part time jobs do prepare high school students develop job skills for their future because learn to maintain priorities , student learn the value of money , and develop life skills.

When learning about Italy from a primary source, One thing I found surprising was that school was only 5 hours a day so, no school food was provided and after school you would go home and eat lunch. Also because of school only being 5 hours long it didn’t associate with sports at all. The only sports you can do are outside of school clubs or teams. Something similar that i’ve learned about Italy and America is celebrations. Both cultures have big parties for big birthdays for example, Sweet 16 is a big party that most americans celebrate but in Italy, they have a big 18th birthday party. There are lots of other similarities like parents expecting kids to go to college or lids usually hang out with friends most of the time but there are definitely