Journal 50: My World

Asia, Shanghai, Taiwan, and bit and pieces of America, these are the places that make up my still developing world. I have lived in Asia all my life and only visited the United States once in my life for a school trip. Asian culture runs in my blood naturally and along with it is later injected american culture I've received from classmates and teachers in the schools I go to. The country I live in now is were my whole family is from and where I grew up, apart form Shanghai. The people here are as friendly as it gets with the exceptional few, who are arrogant and mean. It has a very stereo typical Asian society in schools and social areas. In schools everyone is super competitive and everyone is focused on their academics. Art students here are seen as children who can't do well in academics and have to choose the path of an artist or designer. However that is not true. Many art students still maintain a high GPA and hold high positions in school clubs and councils. My community is like a little piece of America trapped in a large piece of Asia. Only a selected few know the cultural mix and are like me.