Culture Value

In these turbulent times, it's easy to become dispirited by the country's present circumstances. Workers are losing their jobs, students are no longer able to afford tuition and banks are facing insolvency. Despite these problems, our essential personal beliefs and values should never be exchanged or lowered. In time the economy will recover; however, the next generation's traditions, values and beliefs will be built upon our present foundation.

After more than fifteen hundred thousand years of human evolution, human brain has tripled in size. The brain has gained a new part called prefrontal cortex. This new structure allows human beings to rationalize things, in other words, like a time stimulator. Religion is therefore invented: a set of practices or beliefs, which answer questions that relate to life, death, and nature. From radiocarbon dating, a scientific method used to determine the age of a substance, geologists discovered the first appearance of possible signs of religion was about one hundred thousand years ago. That is to say, since one hundred thousand years ago, human beings have understood the potentiality of worldview.

Because of culture diversity, different countries may have different holidays. For instance, in United States, the New Years Day is on the first day of the year; however, in China, since their ancestors left them with a different calendar, the Chinese New Year is in the middle of February.

Holidays may be celebrated differently, but they all are created with underline message: New Years Day-the preciousness of time, Martin Luther King’s day- the value of freedom, and Thanksgiving Day-the importance of gratitude. However, modern men are misinterpreting the definition of holiday. Holiday is no longer a day for personal reflection but a day to seek personal pleasure.

This culture is corrupting, and the next generation is receiving wrong messages.
When the news is filled with, violence, crime, hatred, and homosexuals, what has this generation been doing? Writers, scientists, and philosophers are longer the engine of society; instead, Hollywood celebrities, NBA basketball players, and American Idols finalists have been most people’s everyday life focus. Students, the next generation, are spending everyday watching television or surfing on the Internet. Most importantly, the goal of human life shifted from, wisdom to money.

In conclusion, our ancestors thought that culture values and beliefs were the most precious thing for mankind. Indeed, it teaches people a way to live a life with meaning and engagement. Unless people start to understand the real problem in society, one day, human beings will be facing the danger of massive destruction.