Today in class, we started our next unit. This unit isn't about a certain culture, but geographical regions. I've never taken a geography class. In middle school we never even really talked about it, Just about the wars over and over. From the activity we did in class, I can tell this is going to be a hard unit, and not so easy to get by as the first one. I really like geography because I think it's important to learn about our earth, and the way it looks. I hope to be fortunate enough to get to travel out of this country some day, and see other regions. This is something I wish everyone could experience. Right now, I kinda feel like I just have a imaginary world of what I think other countries look like. To me, I've always felt like we are the most established country just because of what my teachers say. So I've created this image that other countries are poor, dirty, not as technically educated as we are. This is not true. When I see pictures of other countries, it proves that. But how was I suppose to know that? I only know that because of the internet. So what about the people in other countries that don't have this technology? They are like me. NO CLUE. This is why I'm looking forward to learning on this subject, I'm also very fortunate to get learn about other places of the world, when others aren't as fortunate.

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