The society today is globalized. Due to the development of transportation and communication, people can easily approach other people in different places and cultures. Therefore, people interact with various groups all over the world, and learn from the values of the groups. However, values that only belong to certain group or groups still exist, and the values enormously affect the people in the group.
Religions are the examples of the groups that have the provincial values. Christians put great significance to the belief that God is the only divine existence. Meanwhile, the ones who believe in Confucianism greatly value the ritual of praying for the divine souls of their ancestors. Therefore, Christians blame Confucianists for denying the existence of the only God, while Confucianists denounce Christians for not showing respect to their ancestors. In fact, in the early 1900s, when Christian first came into Korea, the values of Christians and Confucianists often collided extremely. The religions prove the existence of the values that only exist in certain groups.
Values that belong to members of certain group are also found in Korean Minjok Leadership Academy, also known as KMLA. For example, English Only Policy (EOP) is highly valued in the school. EOP is a school regulation that restricts the students from using Korean. In KMLA, EOP is considered as a tool to accomplish advancement of Korea by accepting various civilizations and cultures based on Korean tradition. However, people outside KMLA disagree that Korea could reach a higher level if students do not use Korean. EOP is a value that only belongs to the members of KMLA.
Values in a group are accommodated during a long time, separate from other groups. Therefore, they can be distinct from the values of other groups. In addition, the values have the power to influence the members because they should adapt to the values to stay within the group. Therefore, values that only belong to particular group or groups exist.
In conclusion, as the examples of religions and EOP demonstrate, some values are provincial; they only exist in particular groups. In a globalized society, one should be able to maintain the decent traditional values of the group while accepting the advantages of the values from other diverse groups.
What's this writing for? It's good. A brave comparison that actually works. The analogy is strong, and the connection becomes clearer towards the end.
답글삭제The word "provincial" was one of our SAT words, correct?
It's for Mr. Moon's class. The essay was for the question 'Are there values that only exist in particular group or groups?'
답글삭제Yes provincial was the word!! lol