C.C. Reader
Mc Donald's and Baskin-Robbins:
Is That All There Is?
McDonald's, Baskin-Robbins,
the driver's seat being on the
left side of the car, and special
interest groups demonstrating
over the latest cause: we take
them for granted as part of
daily life in the United States.
To the Japanese, however,
these represent the United
States, according to Jitsuro
Yamamoto, Tokyo native and
graduate student in American
Studies at Capitol Campus.
"Liberty, freedom, release
for the young is a general
view from student movements
and counterculture," says
Yama. McDonald's, although
a sub-culture of the U.S.,i ,
national front that has
become a symbol of U.S. culture
to Japan.
Culture and cultural
relations are important topics
to Yama. By culture, he means
subtleties, way of life, fine
culture, everything. "We
have diplomatic relations, but
cultural relations are more
personal, they are more
individual, more eternal,more
steady, and can go beyond
nationality and the nationalism
that produces war." -
"People talk about detente,
but exchange of culture is
more important. That is the
only fundamental way to prevent
war and establish peace, even
though it may take a lot of
time."
Thursday, September 25, 1980
Viewpoints
"That kind of culture is
not McDonald's."
An example of the importance
of learning about other cultures
is shown in the importation and
exportation of cars.
Japanese cars are made with
the driver's seat on the right
side, as in Britain. For Japan
to export those cars to the U.S.,
though, the driver's seat must
be put on the left side.
The U.S. makes cars with
the driver's seat on the left,
but does not move the seat to the
right for cars being exported to
Japan.
"American cars might be better tha
Japanese, but it's too inconvenient
to drive American cars in Japan,"
Yama says.
American students are eager
teach the American way of life,
are not so willing to learn the
ways of other countries. The
role of international students
is important since these students
provide an opportunity for U.S.
students to become familiar
with other cultures.
Yama feels that even brief
experiences here with international
students and events like the lAA
dinner can teach cultural maturity
and be the first step toward
world-wide peace.
Students life is quite differen
in Japan. Yama noted that students
there are more culturally oriented
than U.S. students.
When he arrived
ago, he experienced
culture shock.
One was the usual culture
shock that results from leaving
one's home and entering a strange
environment.
The other culture shock was
a disappointment at the quality
and quantity of student-oriented
culture.
In Japan students go to school
from ages six to twenty-six and
spend eight years in college.
They study English from junior
high on, and when they reach
college, they must learn a second
foreign language.
Here, English is the native
tongue and unless one is enrolled
in a college prep progrm in
high school or goes on to college,
one is not exposed to a foreign
language.
Learning a foreign language
would help American students
become familiar with other
countries, and on a large scale
would help the American culture
her a year
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