[#4 Posting] American Individualism

One of the most culture differences between Korea and America is Individualism.  I think that Individualism has both sides, good and bad side.  I want to expain these sides, and my opinion about it.

First of all, In America, people understand differences well.  They don't think that difference means wrong.  Sometimes, Korean people might think if someone is different from them, they are wrong.  Because they has very similar culture, and there are not many foriegn people like America.  However, I felt that American understand the differnce well.  I think it is because of their Invidualism.  They don't care a lot about other people if there are no relations.  What they concern is only theirselves.  Therefore, it is hard to judge other people for them.

Also, Individualism makes people safe, but not happy.  What I mean is that people don't suffer from other people because they don't want to harras others.  However, I think that they felt lonely because it is easy to think that they are alone.  For example, I could see a lot of people who eat lunch alone on campus in America.  In Korea, eating alone on campus mean the person don't have any friend.  Thus, when I saw many people were eating alone on campus, it looked lonely.  Because of Individualism, I think that they always don't want to spend time to their friends.

All in all, I don't know whether Individualism is good or not.  However, I believe that there is no answer.  If we use it well, it can operate good in our society.