ADSUMPTIONS

There are many assumptions about British people attitudes such as

they are rude and cold people
they are always drinking tea and talking about the weather. However, these are just the
general attitudes and they don't represent the whole.
As Britain is formed by 4 different countries, each one has its own culture and behavior and
we cannot make generalizations about their attitudes. Each community of each country have
different perceptions that’s why we shouldn’t make assumptions.

Assumptions and truths. We know the media exaggerates by saying very convincingly that
British people are distant, greedy, cold and rude, but this is not entirely true, sometimes their
behavior can be misunderstood, since they are too individualistic and they have a hard time
expressing their feelings they may seem distant, cold or even mean. However, they are
also known for being very tolerant due to their multicultural society (mix of ethnicity, race and
religion) immigrants brought a set of different attitudes with them that have contributed to
British culture to be more open-minded.
like to be considered as they have a good sense of humor. Jokes and sarcasm are part of
their everyday life.
Embarrassed of display their emotions they hide their feelings behind a cynical brand of
humor.
English breakfast
Tea time

Government
The United Kingdom has a constitutional monarchy in which the reigning monarch (king or
queen who is the head of state at any given time) doesn´t make any political decisions. All
political decisions are taken by the government and Parliament, therefore, it is a
parliamentary democracy.

“Religion”
A recent survey showed that just over half of Britain considers itself Christian. A further 6%
practice other faiths, while almost 40% claimed no religion. This survey confirmed what
ministers have known for decades; that congregations have become smaller alarmingly.
Half the population might be Christian but only one in ten people actually go to church on a
regular basis.
Many British have no physical connection with the church at all 'Believing without belonging'
kind of thought. Middle-aged Brits are more inclined to talk about 'spiritualism than to a
particular religion. youngsters are the least likely to express any belief at all. nowadays,
young people have a distant attitude towards religion and most of them don’t consider
themselves as believers.
All in all, even if they feel very proud of being from a specific religion these aspect doesn’t
define some other aspects of their life such as where they work or who their friends are.
Education
This ANTI-INTELECTUAL attitudes are held only by a small proportion of the population.

Traditionally, the upper and working class in Britain were not interested in their children
getting to university, this thought has changed in the past few decades but it is still unusual
for parents to pay for private tuition for their children, even if they can easily afford it.
Among the upper classes, too much intelligence in a person is still viewed with suspicion
because
it suggests this person might not be a ‘team player’. Girls generally do better than boys at
school in England.
Factual knowledge is something to be proud of. But abstract thinking and scholarship is not.
Nobody normally proclaims their academic qualifications or title to the world, eg: no
professor would expect, or want, to be addressed as ‘professor’ outside of a formal context .

This attitudes can be found in all four nations. However, they are mostly British because
Scottish consider education as a high value.
Public school is an expensive type of private school paid by the parents. State schools are
the ones supported by the government.

Family
Currently the model of a “perfect family” has vanished, fewer people are getting married than
ever before, and statistics show that 45 percent of those that do it are likely to divorce. Also
the number of lone parent families has risen steadily. And a third of all people choose to live
alone. But the family model most common decades ago (before the Second World War)
was very different, Finding a mate, getting married, having children; the women staying at
home, the man providing for the family was the ideal type of British family even when there
were issues of adultery and domestic violence.

EXTRA INFO
They are proud of being different, they are too individualistic to have the same habits as
each other, that´s why few live by folk traditions.
They have sentimental attachment to old things and to older times, they value continuity over
nmodernity.
They stop using formalities when they consider you as a friend:
Won´t shake hands when meeting
Won´t say please when making a request
Won´t address someone by their title (miss, mr, professor)
Will tell u things like ¨help yourself or you are one of the family¨

Love for nature: they spend lots of time with nature  they love gardening and growing
plants, one of the most popular hobbies. People who don´t have a yard rent lands for a
cheap price so they can grow their plants there.
  Idealized vision of the country side = it represents stability, peace and no crimes,
they would choose to live there if they find a way to earn life there.
Love for animals: sentimental attitude to animals:
half of households keep at least 1 pet.
There is a graveyard for animals called Rossedale Pet Cementery and a pet hospital
Illegal to run over a dog while driving and keep driving, you must inform the owner
Wildlife programesa are the most popular tv shows
Bird watching is a very common activity among british