Paul, where are you from? And where are you going to school? According to your profile you live in the state of Washington. Judging by your post I will assume you are either in high school or below, or are a foreigner. Please don't tell me this be a college sociology class! Especially if it is being offered in America. I took more than my fair share of sociology classes in my college days, and this thing is extremely out of whack from anything I would expect to see. It takes a fairly negative stance towards American culture (though not half as negative as your post) and it fails to understand the concept of culture.
I very much resent your comments on "how that's lame that American's thing that," and especially "how this differs from you as an individual, how you've received clarification on how super cool we are..."
I fail to see how Americans think of themselves as "super cool" just because they live in their culture and by their social norms. I suppose Germans think they are super bloody (we love to steal words from the British, we find it super cool) cool because they are German, and the French because they are French, the Greeks because they are Greek, etc. You can search the whole world and never, ever find a culture that fits you like your own. You may find one in which you find some of their differences fascinating and maybe you will even prefer them to your own. But to holistically abandon everything that has been encultured in you and to fully accept acculturation.
Yes, American culture is exported and sold abroad. I could write for hours on this subject, but I will just sum up my opinions to say that it is in some ways extremely unfortunate. Unfortunate that some countries would rather watch American TV and American movies of which they hardly understand the puns and jokes, rather than film, watch, and support their own culture and make they films. I also find it extremely and mutually unfortunate for Americans and any applicable country that McDonald's has come to be considered American food.
The question is why do other cultures buy into and drink so deeply from imported American goods, then turn around and say that America should butt the hell out and leave the rest of the world alone, or any number of other things that are commonly said by other countries. I just don't get it. If Americans and so lame, stop eating our nasty little hamburgers. Stop watching our silly little movies that are ridden with our filthy and laughably close minded values and world view. Stop drinking our fizzy brown water in the red bottles.
In fact, I think the idea that Americans are super cool is perhaps more of a foreign concept that one to be found here on the home front. After all, why would we buy American products if they were not super cool? Sure their are a lot with a very simple view of the world who would never dream to wander past their boarders, and maybe this makes them seem ignorant and close minded, but every country has that to an extend. It is unfair judgment.
Paul, I think you could use the above to answer pretty much every question on that list. You can honestly put down that every American you talked to disliked the questions. Also, I am in my mid twenties, so perhaps I am ten years older. Hope you can get the bonus points. Good luck. Let us know how it goes.