For me to be a Chilean means to live with ideals and objectives, to try to reach personal and common well being, to be involved with current events and to participate daily in the growth of the country, to contribute to the development with conversation, discussion, culture, education and meetings, intent on constructing an equal society that does not discriminate disabilities, creeds, ideals or sexual preference. Being a Chilean means to be intent on rescuing our traditions; to be proud of our indigenous past, of our ‘folklore’, of our dances, food, games and wealth. The things that characterize us and those that we should be proud of are our happiness and the motivation to celebrate whichever thing, because everything is an excellent motive to get together with our relatives and friends to share a drink and a delicious barbeque. We have humor unique to the world, for we all are able to say something funny; we smile at ourselves and at others. We are very observant; we pay attention to every detail and then comment about them with our closest friends. We wait anxiously for every important date and especially for the month of September, because we know that we will have some free days and extra money to have many barbeques, to go to inns, to drink and eat a lot. We have a particular language that no one else in the world understands, because we do not speak Spanish, we speak Chilean…
What we should be ashamed of is that many of us are ignorant; often we do not know our own history or the motive behind our celebrations. We recognize our country only once a year or when our country plays some sport on a global level. Some people imitate other cultures. When they travel to Argentina or Mexico, they return with a different accent and a different manner of dress. Finally, we love to adopt foreign traditions.
September 11th is a date that brutally changed the rhythm of our history and that affected everyone in some form. Although I was not born, more than ten years passed in which my family members’ lives and their social circles changed radically and left a profound mark on each of them, and obviously it has affected me and my way of seeing many things—my ideals and my interests. I think that it is extremely important because history constructs a future of a country; we have to be able to analyze and criticize the errors of the past so that they are not repeated in Chile.
What we should be ashamed of is that many of us are ignorant; often we do not know our own history or the motive behind our celebrations. We recognize our country only once a year or when our country plays some sport on a global level. Some people imitate other cultures. When they travel to Argentina or Mexico, they return with a different accent and a different manner of dress. Finally, we love to adopt foreign traditions.
September 11th is a date that brutally changed the rhythm of our history and that affected everyone in some form. Although I was not born, more than ten years passed in which my family members’ lives and their social circles changed radically and left a profound mark on each of them, and obviously it has affected me and my way of seeing many things—my ideals and my interests. I think that it is extremely important because history constructs a future of a country; we have to be able to analyze and criticize the errors of the past so that they are not repeated in Chile.
For me to be a Chilean means to live with ideals and objectives, to try to reach personal and common well being, to be involved with current events and to participate daily in the growth of the country, to contribute to the development with conversation, discussion, culture, education and meetings, intent on constructing an equal society that does not discriminate disabilities, creeds, ideals or sexual preference. Being a Chilean means to be intent on rescuing our traditions; to be proud of our indigenous past, of our ‘folklore’, of our dances, food, games and wealth. The things that characterize us and those that we should be proud of are our happiness and the motivation to celebrate whichever thing, because everything is an excellent motive to get together with our relatives and friends to share a drink and a delicious barbeque. We have humor unique to the world, for we all are able to say something funny; we smile at ourselves and at others. We are very observant; we pay attention to every detail and then comment about them with our closest friends. We wait anxiously for every important date and especially for the month of September, because we know that we will have some free days and extra money to have many barbeques, to go to inns, to drink and eat a lot. We have a particular language that no one else in the world understands, because we do not speak Spanish, we speak Chilean…
ResponderEliminarWhat we should be ashamed of is that many of us are ignorant; often we do not know our own history or the motive behind our celebrations. We recognize our country only once a year or when our country plays some sport on a global level. Some people imitate other cultures. When they travel to Argentina or Mexico, they return with a different accent and a different manner of dress. Finally, we love to adopt foreign traditions.
September 11th is a date that brutally changed the rhythm of our history and that affected everyone in some form. Although I was not born, more than ten years passed in which my family members’ lives and their social circles changed radically and left a profound mark on each of them, and obviously it has affected me and my way of seeing many things—my ideals and my interests. I think that it is extremely important because history constructs a future of a country; we have to be able to analyze and criticize the errors of the past so that they are not repeated in Chile.
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