Message from mhagiwara

I found the "I vs We" discussion fascinating because past generations in many east Asian countries focused on the "We" mentality. An individual's actions usually represented a collective group and so, I feel, people were careful not to offend anyone else or partake in actions that would make the "We" look bad. Over time, in China as we have read and heard, there has been a switch to focusing more on the individual and developing one's self. This discovery of the self, borrowing from western ideals, has resulted in an acceptance and tolerance of those things that were once viewed as being vices. When teaching students about progress and self-development, I think it would be acceptable to use China as an example of a changing modern society.