On Thursday and Friday we learned a little more about Africa then we really think we know.

On Thursday we had to write what thought of when we heard the word Africa. Then Mr. M put a chart on the board that showed the most used words that we used. One of the largest used words was poor. Sometimes we give people the label of poor because of what we most know about the country. We hear people are adopting there and we need to donate to people there because there are people in need. But really Africa is a cool place and most people there aren’t poor, only certain areas there are. We also think it is mostly desert but it’s not, again only certain areas are. Sometimes we need to be carful what we label places.

On Friday we got to see how many people had good houses, were Christians, had running water, had cell phones, and more things. Not a lot of people had phones, houses and a religion but still there was a good amount of wealthy people.

Ms. Cabral – She was born in the United States and moved to Mexico when she was one year old. She grew up in Mexico and went to a private Christian school. There were 3 other boys in her class and it was a very strict relationship with the teachers and classmates. When she moved here she came for collage because her parents wanted her to go to a good collage. She said it was way different because the respect level was lower in classes and there weren’t many Christians. There were a lot of Catholic churches made with gold and a lot of old pyramids. Some of the changes she went through were how you greeted someone. In Mexico they greeted people with a kiss, it was impolite if you would wave to someone. A lot of people in America think Mexico is like a desert with donkeys and camels but really it is big cities and lots of houses and churches. A popular sport there is soccer.

Mr. Drost – He was born in the Netherlands and his family decided to move to Canada. He came to America for collage and his family moved back to the Netherlands and he meet his wife so he decided to stay here. It was different because there you didn’t need insurance if you got hurt, you just went to the doctor. Here you need health care insurance. The winters were similar to here, stormy and cold. It is pretty similar to here but it is a little more plain. The food there isn’t as spicy as it is here. A popular sport there is Hockey and hunting and fishing.