What is Culture anyways?!

Culture is seen as quite an important way to identify a person and one’s self-esteem. So what does culture mean exactly? Well culture was first used by the Roman orator, Cicero: "cultura animi.” Culture has to deal with the type of arts, traditions, letters, manners, etc. that a person or a society has gained from living the lifestyle and in the area that they were brought up in. Being considered cultured today can sometimes define you positively or negatively. If you are not cultured, you are not seen as being intellectual or even well rounded. Knowing about your culture, along with other cultures, says a lot about the kind of person you are. Whether it is that you are stuffy and not interested in the “important” things, or that you actually care about how your world differs from other peoples’ worlds. Cultures in other countries can vary quite a bit, but they can also surprisingly be similar. One’s culture can vary from city to city nowadays because our country has such a vast variety of ethnicities residing here. Something one person finds to be acceptable may not be an acceptable act in someone else’s culture. Do not assume, and do not expect.