Topic > Diversity in American Culture - 839

As Kluckhohn states: "During the cultural process, once the way of handling a situation becomes institutionalized, there is normally great resistance to change" (Kluckhohn, 78). As I had stated before, I grew up in a culture where school uniforms were required to attend school. So when I got here, everything changed. The students were not wearing uniforms! This had a shocking impact on my mind because it was not something usual in the culture of my home country. It was complicated for me to adapt to this aspect of American culture because my previous culture imposed this "resistance" to change on me. What if the United States adopted a law requiring all students to wear uniforms? It will definitely create a huge change in American culture. Students are so used to not using uniforms that this will create skepticism and rejection from most of them. People may accept the change, but it will take a long time for them to get used to it. Wearing the clothes they want is something that has been part of American culture for so many years that it will definitely take the same or even longer to adjust to the new behavior. Some people may even refuse to accept change and that's completely understandable. They should follow a somewhat strange pattern. They could support him outside of school,