Why Europeans picture Americans in the way that they do.

Okay, so this one is just gonna be a big wall of text because I ran out of pictures on my iPod. I promise it'll be worth the read, though.

WARNING: ANALYSIS INCOMING

So I noticed something at school the other day. The administrator, Mme. Rousseau, took me to class herself. I can't remember why, I think I was lost or something. Anyway, when she came into the classroom every single student immediately stood up. All eyes were trained on her as she walked over and explained my situation to the teacher. When she left, everyone sat down. Similarly, whenever we started class, everyone remained standing until they were told to sit down by the teacher. Both of these aspects befuddled me, and so I asked my friend Adrien about it. He said that it was a show of repect for the adults. I replied that in America, you don't do that. Kids walk into class whenever, sit down as they please, and don't stand up when another adult walks in. He was shocked, needless to say.

That's when in hit me: Americans don't add anything. It's always "Oh, you don't have to stand." or "You can sit down when you want." European kids are born into a society that puts a focus on respect and formality. Kids are taught at a young age to stand when an adult comes in, and wait to be told to sit, and so on and so forth. But in America, that formality is absent. We probably look like improper delinquents, comparitively.

France is a place that holds on to it's past values. There are social norms that have been there for hundreds of years. People act in relatively the same way they did in 1714. America, by contrast, is young. We have a completely different idea of how to act and what makes a good kid good.

If anything, we could learn a thing or two from these people.