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not a lot of emphasis on the arts in education. arts not necessarily mean u will be an artist, but more on appreciating beauty, learning how to dress yourself or coordinate colors in regular life. when u try to experiment arts in your own life, u're perceived as vain and frivolous

culture is obsessed with achievement and will bend rules to achieve. contrast with prior generations get lower grades/higher standards but they turn out fine. nowadays we see higher grades but social culture is in decline. valid

pervasive casual violence. defending children arbitrarily instead of correcting their behavior in public (i feel like this totally depends)

even when you do good deeds for other people, you still have to like treat them with respect. A really good analogy for this is when you get married, you take each other for granted because you think, caring for each other in a relationship is a justified guaranteed, when it actually takes work and every day constantly having to do the work

lack of accountability when they make mistakes. theres also a culture of if u give gifts, it has to be up to certain monetary standards. small gestures are a thing of the past.

people in the western world are more comfortable saying no, they don't have the bandwidth to do something. Vietnamese people will often times say yes to things out of politeness, but whether or not they will do it or enjoy it or not is a whole different story.

viet people externally are humble, but they are prideful, regardless of how low or high their social standing is. they can give up jobs and relationships over hits to their pride. can confirm correct