I really wasn't aware of that big differences!

I wrote this article really too late until I’ve discovered the huge differences between American and European (especially west European). This illustration, that there seem slight differences between USA and Europe, was not only owned by me but also by a large number of Chinese students who are growing up in mainland china and then go for study abroad. It is probably due to the 300 years’ industrialization of western countries when the middle empire (China) closed the door to the outside communication, thus all the people in china have been strongly impressed by the highly developed modernization over centuries and along with the school education as well as inheritance of social value, the old generations get even much more respect for the westerns than the young generation while a lot of parents who were born in early or middle period 20h century are eager to save money to send their children abroad for studying, however, the young generations who have more experiences of intercultural communications and more self-confidences due to the economical emerging than their predecessors, therefore the more foreign friends they make, the more differences they are feeling.

Big differences between American and European (perhaps more changing in the future, who knows?!):

1. Most of American guys are much easier to be friends than the European

2. Americans are normally very self-confidence, but the European not.

3. Americans like judging foreign people by real abilities, and the European seem to love appearance and superficiality much more for the foreigners.

4. Some Americans really love cooking correctly (real shopping, preparation and cuisine) although there are a lot of instant food (McDonald, Pizza Hut, KFC…) in USA, but almost no body in Europe do that(perhaps only in the countryside).

5. The character of American life-style can be described with “Passion” and “Shift”. “Shiftless” and “non-self-examination” might be proper for the European.

6. The most of Americans are very active and curious to try something new. “Yeah, why not?” is the typical way to express that. For the European, “Hmm…err…, na…, okay ” can be heard very often.

7. The Americans love going outside no matter where, but the European love staying in house and enjoy their so called “comfortable Living”.

8. American love exploring, but the European love safety more.

9. The American young guys are more independent than the young European.

10. Young Americans love various entertainments, but the young European seems only like smoking and drinking alcohol.

11. The Americans have much stronger family responsibilities than the European.

12. Americans are quite modest, but the European love boasting, especially the young guys.

Okay, that is all I’ve found, some features might come originally from the foreign culture.