Only Know What You Were Taught Analysis
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Cahlil Thomas
Professor Massenburg
English 131L-05
24 October 2013
Only Know What You Were Taught As an American college student, we can be very stereotypical and commonly conceptualize other cultures or countries. We like to assume every Mexican that we see is an illegal immigrant and cuts grass for a living, that the Asian in our class is usually the smartest, and that Germans have no sense of humor. International students are aware of how their peers view them, Rebekah Nathan, who is in her fifty 's attended Northern Arizona University as a freshman. Nathan observed and interviewed some international students to get their opinion about the lack of information and misinformation that American students have about other cultures and countries. With her results she wrote an essay titled "My Freshman Year: Worldliness and Worldview”, in the essay all of the international students interviewed described American students misconceptions as ignorant. I agree with them but I don 't blame the American students, I blame America’s educational system, simply because of my experience with social studies for the twelve years I was in grade school. When I think back to what I was taught …show more content…
Most Americans only know about other cultures and countries what they 're taught in school, and in school we 're taught America is most important and those other cultures and countries slightly matter if they aren 't benefiting America. America is confident that all Americans need is America, which isn 't a problem because America isn 't a bad place to live, it’s a great place to live in my opinion but educate yourself about the continents and countries around you. You shouldn 't think you 're better than another person from a different country because in school you only learned about the bad that took place in that country while your teacher highlights all of America’s greatest
Cahlil Thomas
Professor Massenburg
English 131L-05
24 October 2013
Only Know What You Were Taught As an American college student, we can be very stereotypical and commonly conceptualize other cultures or countries. We like to assume every Mexican that we see is an illegal immigrant and cuts grass for a living, that the Asian in our class is usually the smartest, and that Germans have no sense of humor. International students are aware of how their peers view them, Rebekah Nathan, who is in her fifty 's attended Northern Arizona University as a freshman. Nathan observed and interviewed some international students to get their opinion about the lack of information and misinformation that American students have about other cultures and countries. With her results she wrote an essay titled "My Freshman Year: Worldliness and Worldview”, in the essay all of the international students interviewed described American students misconceptions as ignorant. I agree with them but I don 't blame the American students, I blame America’s educational system, simply because of my experience with social studies for the twelve years I was in grade school. When I think back to what I was taught …show more content…
Most Americans only know about other cultures and countries what they 're taught in school, and in school we 're taught America is most important and those other cultures and countries slightly matter if they aren 't benefiting America. America is confident that all Americans need is America, which isn 't a problem because America isn 't a bad place to live, it’s a great place to live in my opinion but educate yourself about the continents and countries around you. You shouldn 't think you 're better than another person from a different country because in school you only learned about the bad that took place in that country while your teacher highlights all of America’s greatest