questions and answer

I think the holidays influenced the answer of the people, because when i asked them about traditional dishes almost all of them said "empanadas". I think it is funny how easily people can forget about their own traditional dishes, i mean a lot of them said spagetti of hamburgers. I think this is because we are so used to eat junf food or fast food and we do not take our time to look for healthyor real food.
Other thing that cought my attetion was the answer of whisch national heroe.... A lot of them aswered that they recall the Chilean heroes not for their history classes. but for the Tv program Heroes, a documental about the most relevant national heroes. Moreove nobody mentioned one women as a national heroine, i mean what about Mistral, Parra....
I think we (Chileans) should give more value to our own things, tradition, products, etc.!!!

civilization-culture and crithical thinker

In my own words.
I would define civilitization as a group of people, who share a specific time in the history, with their own traditions, knowledge, beliefs and aims. Also i think that people must be concerned of the errors of the past then they would not do it again or they would learn about it and try to develop the good side of it at the next level. this is called make a progress. Culture is a fact that is inside of the meaning of the word civilization, for me culture refers to the knowledge, experience, beliefs, values, attitudes, hierarchies and religion acquired by a group of people, and this is give and improve it generation by generation. furthermore to be able to do what i previously said, we need critical thinkers.
To me a critical thinker is a wise person, who is able to respect others opinion, brave to share their own ideas with the word without feeling shy or ashamed of it, loyal with their own ideas, notions, belief and values. a critical thinker must be concerned about what happen around him/her and try his/her best to change what he/she thinks is wrong.

I believe this three concepts are like a triangle, because we need it all together to make the whole figure, i refers that if we have good critical thinkers we will have a better culture, and a better culture means to develop the best civilization.

That's all for today.

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lanistica

Expectations!!

What i expect about this class?

First of all, I do not know so much about the history of those country, just what I learned when i was at the school, that were the elemental facts and dates, such as the 1 & 2 war world or the industry revolution, but i would like to know MORE.
I want to know more about the history of United states and England, because i believe that knowing this would help me to understand a little more about their culture (beliefs, traditions and costumes) and point of view of the people from those country.
Also knowing more about it, I would be able to develop a better critical thinking level and be able to talk about different things with my classmates or native speakers. Having a good point of view and support my ideas with facts .
Well I just hope that during this semester will be able to obtain goods marks and be able to understand everything.
i have a good feeling about the course.
I think it would be interesting and fun. that whats really matters!
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lanistica