The West

I am not an academic in a trained sense though I could have been one perhaps, if I had not made such a mess of my Biology A’Level. Anyway, I noticed that I used a term in my last Blog which sounded both distracting and boring because it is a sort of jargon which I hate.

‘The West’

You see I am from the England, but I have for a few years been living in foreign parts working with different cultures. This is extremely stimulating and rewarding it opens my eyes to different ways of working and of seeing the world. So sometimes I encounter something that makes me see a piece of my home culture, of my original home life in a different way. I can then contrast the new world with the old one and draw out some thought. In common parlance I find that my home culture is called ‘The West’ and so I used that term.

Perhaps I should use a different term because as I think about that phrase it comes with quite a bit of loaded meaning, and I should I suppose, now set about defining it clearly in my terms or perhaps create a new word or phrase to convey what I truly mean. For now though I refuse to be so fussy, I will put up with it and allow you dear reader to consider what you think about this term ‘The West’.