Why Do American People Think Positively?

In America, if people make a mistake, their teacher or parents say, “Don’t worry” or “It’s ok." If people lose a game, they say “Good job.” In my case, I can give opinions actively in classes because if I say something I think is true, my teacher backs my opinion, and they don’t say to me, “That’s a wrong answer.” In Japan, when I was a high school student if they didn’t agree with me in class, I was embarrassed because my teachers didn’t support me. For example, teachers just said to students, ‘’That was a wrong answer.” Why are American people and Japanese people different in their thinking about being positive.

American society develops talent by praise. Even though people make a mistake, Americans don’t blame them. However, sometimes it's better not to praise. For example, when parents tutor their children, they don't praise all the time. When I talked with one of my American friends, she said to me, “American parents are stricter about discipline than Japanese,” so Americans have different ways. On the contrary, Japanese ideas are a relic of the past. I heard that the older generation in Japan, not the younger generation, were raised strictly by their parents. Fathers especially seldom praised their children, so the children did their best in order to get praise. Now, some children still have this thought, so Japanese society hasn't developed talent by praise. Recently, some Japanese have begun to praise their kids. but the old thinking still exists.

In conclusion there are two ways to develop people's talents. One is to praise, the other is to not praise too often. America and Japan have different ideas about this because we have our own customs.