What is culture? .....from the previous entry

I posted a view of a reader on a blog a couple of days ago. I've found a couple of sites that I agree with about "culture" and how to define it. On http://www.culture-at-work.com/concept2.html you will find what I agree with. Previously I've heard other South Africans saying about the UK when they arrived here..."wow, what a "culture shock"....and it is true....in some ways. I will explain it. The only "shock" I experienced was the schools, being a teacher, we are not used to the children behaving like they do back home in our schools. Also, the youngsters and their behaviour in public, e.g. a night out in the pubs and what you see what happens after that, especially the girls. We are not used to girls/women drinking like they do in the UK. - (I'm sorry, for not knowing much about other countries, I can't add my view about them.)So, what I want to say, is that culture is definitely a way of living. You are used to live in a certain way and used to people acting a certain way in situations, but that is only one definition! READ HERE more about what I agree with. I agree that you learn culture. "Culture involves at least three components: what people think, what they do, and the material products they produce. Thus, mental processes, beliefs, knowledge, and values are parts of culture. Some anthropologists would define culture entirely as mental rules guiding behavior, although often wide divergence exists between the acknowledged rules for correct behavior and what people actually do. Consequently, some researchers pay most attention to human behavior and its material products. Culture also has several properties: it is shared, learned, symbolic, transmitted cross-generationally, adaptive, and integrated."
A baby is born "blank" and the inputs that you as a parent make, depends on his/her behaviour, which is part of culture! So, parents, you have nothing to be excused for! If your child is misbehaving....it bounces back to you....haha!