Culture, Culture, Culture

I would describe American culture as diverse. America is known as the melting pot, a mix of many heritages, nationalities, and cultures. America is made up of many immigrants, each of whom has brought their own culture here with them. Over time, most of these cultures have molded, in one way or another, and have somewhat combined into what we now call American culture. This culture includes a broad mix of religions and the holidays that come along with those religions. As well as holidays we celebrate as Americans that mark important days in our country’s history, like Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Flag Day. It includes the many languages spoken in America, like English, Spanish and Arabic, and the way each person speaks those languages. Our culture also includes the way we teenagers use technology, and how many people say we may be obsessed. One of the most important features of American culture is our government, which has become a model for many other countries. We are lucky to live in America, always surrounded by such incredible diversity. We always have something new to learn about.
My own culture, however, is not nearly as diverse as America’s. Both sides of my family and extremely Irish and have some German. Everyone directly related to me is Caucasian and Catholic. We celebrate all the Catholic and American holidays. It may be a little boring, and very similar to a lot of other Americans’ cultures, but I am okay with that. I know that somewhere in the world there is someone who would find my culture extremely unusual and interesting. This is probably exactly what most people think about their own culture. I would say my culture is just normal, but that’s not true. What is normal to me may be weird to someone else.