My name is Claudio. I'm a Chilean-American born in Chile. For those who don't know the country, here's an image for emotional impact:
Image from ConchayToro
Glorious :)
And now, I live Philadelphia:
Image from philadelphialift
Again, Glorious :)
These two places represent an important part of my perception of the world today. Even when looking at these two images, it's hard not to see the drastic changes.
Growing up in these two cities definitely gave me a unique perspective on lifestyle, culture, and religion. At the age of 5, I came into the classroom, unable to speak english and in one month, I started getting the hang of it. This was mainly from watching WAY to much TV, especially on Saturday (90s kids, you know what I mean). This first classroom was in a catholic middle school on the edge of the schukill in an Irish American neighborhood. After that, it went from catholic middle school to Lower Merion High School, where 80% of the students were Jewish in a jewish community.
Talk about another shift. On the outside, this might not seem like an interesting shift perspective, but added on to everything I've experienced, these perspectives definetly influenced certain events in getting to know people or seeing things happen to my peers. Add this on to my own experiences and there is a story behind this.
(This journal has already taken 3 days, so I'll end it here for now :) )
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