and this is part of the everyday life.We see competition through sports such as American football, baseball, basketball and soccer and others which exist for juniors, seniors, high school and professionals.
For Americans, competition is an important value because it gives everybody an equal opportunity to succeed. Those who are winners are praised and rewarded without distinction of their historical background. Similarly, in Burkina Faso; competition is seen as a field of objectivity where there is no cheating. Traditionally, there are tilling, hunting, wrestling, dancing heroes. Recently, athletics, cycling, and boxing are largely developed as consequence large number of potential competitors.
Another similarity is hard
work. Americans see hard work as the path leading to their success in life. It seems a legacy of the protestant who were the dominant and influence the foundation of American traditional values. Known as "Protestant work ethic", it is contently interiorized in every American. In the same way, a good son or daughter is primary known by his hard work. In addition, children are taught that a good son or daughter is the one who will hold more deeds than their parents. They should work hard to raise the standard of the family living whatever hardship they encounter in life. Hard work and consistency seem also a legacy for us and our people is known as brave in the sub region, holding the second best university results also. The country's current motto is Unity-Work-Justice.
Although both countries show such similarities,
People think that they should have time to be alone or they have a personal space wherever they are .Unlike these considerations ,the Burkinabe has a community mind and most of the time do not think of being alone. They are in family in age or gender group working having meals or enjoying time.
Another difference is informality that is popular in the United States where people address e
The points developed earlier show how competition and hard work are common values in both countries while in privacy and informality, there are contradictions. Above all, when we start comparing two cultures, they are being drawn closer to each other and to mutual understanding. Therefore, a personal analysis is that the two countries have more values in common than they have in differences.
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