Blog 2
Before watching the video i knew that Nigeria was a larger country in Africa and was not very wealthy, also i learned in this video that Nigeria's official language is English which is something i would not have assumed. It is important in life to seek out more about people and not rely on one story of a person because you are not able to judge a person based on one of their experiences, however the more you know about a person the more you are able to actually know about them. One time where i saw a culture very different from mine is when my family and i visited St Thomas this past year. Even though the island was beautiful with some of the nicest beaches in the world, it was interesting to see the people who live there and how it is viewed as a "nice inland island", even though it is far different from american culture. Also when i went to Mexico it was a very different experience because there would be people lying on the ground in the middle of the streets or wild dogs running around looking for food which was very weird to see from an American point of view. Living abroad in college would be very cool but also expand my paradigm because i would be able to get a different perspective on a different society and learn a new culture which would help my view of the world outside of America.
Before watching the video i knew that Nigeria was a larger country in Africa and was not very wealthy, also i learned in this video that Nigeria's official language is English which is something i would not have assumed. It is important in life to seek out more about people and not rely on one story of a person because you are not able to judge a person based on one of their experiences, however the more you know about a person the more you are able to actually know about them. One time where i saw a culture very different from mine is when my family and i visited St Thomas this past year. Even though the island was beautiful with some of the nicest beaches in the world, it was interesting to see the people who live there and how it is viewed as a "nice inland island", even though it is far different from american culture. Also when i went to Mexico it was a very different experience because there would be people lying on the ground in the middle of the streets or wild dogs running around looking for food which was very weird to see from an American point of view. Living abroad in college would be very cool but also expand my paradigm because i would be able to get a different perspective on a different society and learn a new culture which would help my view of the world outside of America.
