Being born in a different country made a it a little bit easier for me to see American values. From the reading we had in class you could see that Americans valued working hard, change meant a positive thing, time is important, everyone is equal, every one is unique, self-preservation, etc. Most of these things you see are are positive. Americans don't like to dwell on the past or the present but rather always look to the future and believe everything will be better if it isn't already.
One quality that I find different from the Philippines (where I was born) is time. For Americans time is very important and it is considered rude if you are late but in the Philippines it is normal for people to be late. Say a family is throwing a party that starts at 7 the general rule for Filipinos is to arrive an hour or more later, it is considered "Filipino Time".
This is just one difference in values that I have noticed growing up in a different country.
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