To me, culture is everything that is around me and can be found in all aspects of life. It's about everything from your choice of entertainment to your taste in music and it has different meanings to everyone. It doesn't have a specific definition, each person has their own ideas of what culture means to them and how it affects them as a person.
In my opinion, culture has a big impact on my life because the different things I'm interested in and the choices I make are a part of culture and they help me grow as a person. For example if I was brought up in a high class family my opinion of culture would be completely different to my opinion of it now because I would most likely be interested in 'high culture'. I wasn't brought up to be interested in things which are classed as high culture (Shakespeare, visiting art exhibitions etc) and enjoy aspects of popular culture such as social networks and modern films a lot more, but I would still consider myself cultured because everything which makes me who I am is part of culture. Although there are certain people who believe high culture is the most important thing and you aren't cultured if you haven't taken the time to appreciate different writers/artists/musicians which have stood the test of time, everything that influences a persons life is to do with culture and all people are cultural purely for the fact they have different interests and are passionate about things which have impacted the way they live.
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