sometimes it's weird...today in class, Matt brought up the point about water (specifically taking showers), electricity (lack of, black/brown out), the road (dirt road, unpaved, traffic) and talked about India (part of its culture)...I don't think this is specifically unique to India, I think this is a commonality in third world countries...I see the same issues in the Philippines.
What's weird is that I'm not surprise by these facts because I grew up in it. A majority of the class were surprise to hear all of these. Sometimes I forget about the opportunities and privileges here in America (as clicheyie as it sounds but it's true).
I've been living in America for some time now that I've been westernized. In 2003, I visited my family in the Philippines for Christmas, I got my culture shock. I felt claustraphobic because of the traffic that lasted for 2 hours (when in reality if there were no cars on the road but yours, it's would only take half an hour), also the amount of people walking in the street at night trying to catch a ride in an overloaded bus...
In America, I here people complain about bus strikes or the inconvience of road being repaved, at least they can do these things (complain)...I'm not saying that the people in the Philippines are not complaining...we're just privileged here in America that at least our complaints eventually get heard...
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