I think that some people like to look at Europe as a model, when in fact they have never actually been there, or have bothered to keep up with current events there. I went to Germany because I wanted to see what Europe was like, especially after having known Europeans in America say how much better Europe is. I needed to see it for myself! I can see a lot of good and bad things, and I suppose my European friends were probably homesick. That irritating quality that travelers sometimes have to put down their host country is ubiquitous. Sometimes I do the same thing. I think that if I were back in the States, I wouldn't have such and such a problem. I don't think one can fully understand this feeling uneless one has lived in a foreign country for at least a a couple of years, and not just for a few months during an exchange program.
Most people think what they see in the news is what it's all about. That is irritating, but I just bite my tongue because this is just the nature of the masses.
America is under such a microscope; pretty much anything that happens is broadcast all over the world.
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Date: 2005-08-31 05:21 pm (UTC)Most people think what they see in the news is what it's all about. That is irritating, but I just bite my tongue because this is just the nature of the masses.
America is under such a microscope; pretty much anything that happens is broadcast all over the world.