| The majority of your philosophy was learned by | | | | have a different philosophy from the country |
| the time you were seven years old. As you | | | | they currently reside in. |
| passed through your teenage years and young | | | | The contrast between the two cultures can lead |
| adulthood in your twenties, you had another | | | | to conflict and mental stress, when you try to |
| period of influence. After this, most people are | | | | compromise and work out problems. |
| set in their ways until they are middle aged, | | | | Think about the situations with your family and |
| around 40 or 50. As they mature, they | | | | how it influences your philosophy. |
| reconsider past beliefs and make changes for the | | | | Your Schooling |
| future if necessary. | | | | The purpose of the school system to educate |
| This philosophy controls everything you do in your | | | | and make good citizens. When you attend school |
| life. It is your destiny and determines how | | | | you will be taught to follow the rules of the school |
| everything will turn out in the end. | | | | system. These rules are the school system's |
| Where does philosophy originate? | | | | philosophy. |
| Culture Influences Philosophy | | | | When you take a history class, the teacher will |
| The nationality of the country you were raised in | | | | probably tell you more information about the |
| affects your philosophy. People have different | | | | country you live in, and less information about |
| styles of life depending on whether they are | | | | other countries. Also, depending on whether it is a |
| American, Indian, Iranian, Japanese, Mexican or | | | | public school, christian school or a special school |
| any other nationality. | | | | for delinquents, there will be a different philosophy. |
| People have different beliefs according to how | | | | Each school has their own set of rules to follow. |
| they were taught. What is natural and good for | | | | Your Social Influences |
| one culture, offends other cultures and is | | | | When you socialize and make friends, your friends |
| considered odd. | | | | usually have the same interests and beliefs about |
| Think about what opinions are inherited from your | | | | their philosophy of life. Everytime you get |
| upbringing in your culture. | | | | together, you confirm your philossphy without |
| The Culture of Family Life | | | | conscious knowledge of it. |
| As you are grew up, your parents, and other | | | | If you change your group of friends, you will lean |
| relatives influenced the way you think. If you | | | | towards the philosophy of your new friends. |
| oppose your family's philosophy now, your | | | | Although you might not be fully aware of your |
| relatives may judge you and think something is | | | | philosophy because it is locked in your |
| wrong with you. | | | | subconscious mind, you follow it anyway without |
| The culture of your family usually reflects the | | | | thinking about it. You should take time to seriously |
| majority of your country, however if your family | | | | consider why you think this way, where your |
| migrated from another country they might hold | | | | beliefs originated and is this best for you. |
| onto some of their original country's beliefs and | | | | |