> I really dislike how American behavior is always equated with western.
Sorry about that. I tend to lump Westerners together because as a whole they do have so much more in common with each other than they do with Cambodians, and I've been here for a while now and don't really socialize with many non-Cambodians. Except for speaking in English typically with my wife (who is Cambodian) I speak more in Khmer than I do English, so it's pretty easy for me to get into the mentality of grouping all Westerners together unfairly (especially because here they tend to share other traits like being tourists, teachers, or NGO workers). But, my bad! I realize that the hover-parenting phenomenon is far, far worse in the US than in Europe.
And as you said the college experience in the US does involve a lot of hovering and nannying, hence my repeated near expulsion! Long story short, but the sole reason I was not expelled involved successfully hiding under a bed.
> It is rather ironic that in the land of individualism and freedom, there is so much control and regulation on peoples lives. I think Americans have mistaken economic freedom for personal freedom.
Americans are just delusional and most have no conception of what freedom really is. In my home state they can't even buy a beer on a Sunday, to give a sort of trivial but emblematic example. Too much propaganda rots the brain :)
Sorry about that. I tend to lump Westerners together because as a whole they do have so much more in common with each other than they do with Cambodians, and I've been here for a while now and don't really socialize with many non-Cambodians. Except for speaking in English typically with my wife (who is Cambodian) I speak more in Khmer than I do English, so it's pretty easy for me to get into the mentality of grouping all Westerners together unfairly (especially because here they tend to share other traits like being tourists, teachers, or NGO workers). But, my bad! I realize that the hover-parenting phenomenon is far, far worse in the US than in Europe.
And as you said the college experience in the US does involve a lot of hovering and nannying, hence my repeated near expulsion! Long story short, but the sole reason I was not expelled involved successfully hiding under a bed.
> It is rather ironic that in the land of individualism and freedom, there is so much control and regulation on peoples lives. I think Americans have mistaken economic freedom for personal freedom.
Americans are just delusional and most have no conception of what freedom really is. In my home state they can't even buy a beer on a Sunday, to give a sort of trivial but emblematic example. Too much propaganda rots the brain :)