How do I avoid stereotypes in a country comparison answer?

Move from character to conditions. They are very disciplined is a claim about people; schools there tend to start early and the day is long is a claim about a system. Then add a limit, such as at least among the families I know. If you catch yourself mid-sentence, repair it out loud: I should not generalise, but most of the people I have met do this.

Stereotype answers usually fail on scope rather than vocabulary: a sentence that begins with a national label has to cover millions of people, so it is almost always false. Attach each comparison to a group you can actually describe, such as your street, your year group or the people you worked with, and name the setting before the behaviour. Describe what people do rather than what they are like, because behaviour can be observed and character cannot.

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