Cultural Difference and National Traits

Under the constitution and the Bill of Rights, all Americans’ life, liberty, and property are equally protected. The first ten Amendments, which is called the Bill of Rights, protect Americans’ basic rights, and the overall constitution encourages the advanced right to fully secure the American’s rights. The US constitution includes protections such as freedom of speech, right to vote, right to own private property, and providing the equal opportunity to get a job. The constitution restricts the US government’s abuse of power to protect the Americans’ life, liberty, and property, and it keeps changing and adding to improve these rights over time. 

Compared to the constitution in the United States,  Japan, the country where I was born is more restricted in terms of freedom. I have Japanese cultural standards while I used to live in the US for over 6 years. The national personal traits and standards are very different in each country. The Bill of Rights is respectful for everyone to express and believe in their own set of basis. Although “life, liberty, and property” is guaranteed under the Japanese constitution, there is no such as the Bill of Rights with Amendments, and people do not respect what the individuals believe and express it. It is most important to follow the rule and be under the rule in the Japanese education system. It is unjust to practice or expand religious activity in schools in Japan. However, there are even religious holidays, and absence for religious reasons is excused in the United States. Moreover, people who are expressing political opinions in the public may result in offending the other majority of people under the rule made by the society. According to the Japanese national trait, there are many rules made by the society but not by the government, and breaking those rules means you are in the minority and unjust. 

The importance of individual rights and the amount of respect for individual rights are different. This difference in each county represents the national traits or personality. I feel like there is more freedom in the United States. The constitution and the education system may have caused this difference in national traits. I like to live in the United States rather than living in Japan because there is more freedom and respect. More activities are restricted under the rule, not only by the constitution but also the rule made by the standard made by society. All Amendments from the Bill of Rights persuades happiness, and it allows us to implement the activities that make your personality.

 

Opinion as a college student

I work part-time at the restaurant on weekends. The time I spend on the work is over 20 hours a week. Those 20 hours, I can use for the study or schoolwork. However, the school supplies, food, and transportation necessitate the spending. In addition, I need to make money for my interests too. Working restaurant every week allows me to earn more than need. I believe that I could earn more money when I study accounting and graduate school, then get a full-time job.  It should be a higher rate of the salary compared to the job at the restaurant as a part-time job. Because I am giving up time to study in exchange for working at the restaurant, I want the money I earn from there to be a meaningful and future benefit. Therefore, I decided to use the money I earned to engage in the investment. You need money an initial deposit in your investment account to get started. Without working restaurant, I can not take this opportunity. I found this commitment the most meaningful and valuable study opportunity so far. Since I started the investment, I read the news every day, research the world economy, and the principle of investment. No matter whether you make a mistake or make some losses, it is very important the college students to actually engage in real-world business.

Investment type: Cryptocurrency

Since the cryptocurrency is not issued by the central bank, it is your choice to engage in the cryptocurrency platform. However, there is boundless potential for holding cryptocurrencies in the future. It is important to know and adapt to the social transition of a new form of currency.

1. Bitcoin (most popular) is one of the most advanced digital currencies of the cryptocurrency. The value of Bitcoin is based on the people’s needs and its popularity. No complicated fees and easy access to the peer are the reasons for this significant development. Based on the open-source software, people use the digital currency on a special platform that is created by the non-government.  Increasing the popularity and use of bitcoin would lead to increasing the value of bitcoin.

2. Bitcoin Cash is the upgrade version of Bitcoin, which is created to perform easy transactions for everyday use. Compared to the original Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash has less block size, so it allows the users to use Bitcoin Cash in minor places with cheaper transactions very fast.

Investment type: Stock Market

1. Individual Stocks are when you invest in the company directory without the bond company’s involvement. Individual stocks tend to provide you high returns with low costs

2. Mutual Fund is to invest in multiple companies, so in exchange for the small rate of gaining, there is less risk of losing money because some losses can be recovered by the gaining in the other companies.

3. Index Fund is a mixture of individual stocks that can experience higher returns. The companies are determined by the investors who have the knowledge and succeed, so buying index funds is less risky and high reliability.

Is it easy to start investing?

There are several different types of investment. The stock market, Real estate, and cryptocurrencies, all have the potential to increase your assets in the future. At the same time, it results in losing your assets in the future. Some investment methods are risky, but you can expect high returns. Nowadays, investment apps such as Robinhood, and First trade are popular and keep increasing their users over time. One of the biggest reasons is that it is easy to get started using those apps. It is easy to open an investment account and buy and sell stocks in the investment app.