Cultural legacies are more powerful than individual differences and characteristics in determining social outcomes because culture shapes who we are as individuals. In the United States, we are taught that you are either good at math or you are not. This however, is not true, being good at math is not genetically predisposed, it is learned. Many American students would say that Asian students are all good at math, this is because of the hard work and dedication they put towards completing math assignments, and exams. Being good at math is a cultural legacy, it stemmed from the cultivation of rice paddies. Being a rice paddy farmer is a long, drawn out process that requires perfection. The harder you work at making the best rice paddy the more
