Sunday | October 22, 2006

About stereotypes

  When I knew I had to write about stereotypes, I believed that I wouldn't like to deal with this subject. It is difficult to speak about how the costumes, the different way of living for a part of the world are prejudices for the other part. Then I thought I could explain that some stereotypes are not true or why, in my opinion, a lot of people agree with them.It is easy to hear that the people from the South of Spain are always happy, they always sing and they never work. What's more, you still can hear that these men and these women are always in the streets without anything to do. Unfortunately, there are other similar cases: Scottish people are mean like Catalan people and also serious.In fact, the weather of Andalucia is very hot in summer and they work early in the morning and late in the evening. If you go to Sevilla you can't see people at midday because they are at home to take shelter. What's more, a long time ago this place was poor because some noble people had huge areas of land and the rest couldn't work. Nowadays the situation is changing.Surely, in Scotland they don't like to pay taxes to the British government. In the same way, in Catalonia that has been a controversial subject: how many euros do the catalans have to pay to the Spanish government? How many euros does Catalonia need to pay for its expenses? Possibly, this is the reason why the Britons and Spaniards (not everyone, fortunately) say that the Catalans and the Scots are mean.On the other hand, there are more and more travellers who have visited several lands and cultures. These people, probably, don't have prejudices about the parts of the world  where they have been.
Posted by ORLANDO at 20:30:48 | Permanent Link | Comments (3) |
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1 - Yes, I certainly agree with you that travelling people become more open minded!

Here are some mistakes I'd like you to correct.
You say:
-the different kind of life for a part of the world are prejudices for the other part
-people had lot of land
-in Catalonia there have been a controversial subject
-How many euros do Catalonia need
-this is the reason that the Britons

You should say:
-the different way of living for a part of the world are prejudices on the other part
-people had huge areas of land
-in Catalonia that has been a controversial subject
-How many euros does Catalonia need
-this is the reason why the Britons

Thanks,



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Written by: virginia at 2006/10/22 - 21:35:53
2 - I forgot to tell you that I sent the list with the class blogs. I had problems with yours which have been solved! As you can see I can write my comments. Thanks! (Comment this)

Written by: virginia at 2006/10/22 - 21:40:51
3 - yes, I agree with you that we sometimes we mix our thoughts about people. I don't like to define them as it's done, I'd like to have the power to have a wider scope when I meet new people, when I visit new countries (Comment this)

Written by: stil acer at 2006/10/28 - 15:26:57
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