Most of the people form their opinions about America from indirect sources. Some learn about the US from commercial movies, some look at the decisions of an illiterate president, others just read the news. Sometimes I feel so frustrated because all these sources depict an average reality. I know that a common view in Europe is that Americans are just a bunch of TV watching, burger eating, ignorance breeding arrogants. I agree. You can find many Americans to fit that image, but few know about the people on the other side of the scale. Since I came here four years ago I have always been amazed by the compassion, love and openness a lot of Americans guide their life with.
Here is an example of people volunteering to come to Romania and help raise children in an orphanage. They pay about $2000 out of their pocket, pause their life for a couple of months and travel to a place where they are total strangers. All this just so they can save the life of a child. I know that the common Romanian mentality is: nah, you're so naive. It can't be true, they are up to something. It's really sad that doing good things has become suspicious. Believe it or not, there are still people in this world that truly believe that helping others is the right thing to do.
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You may as well change US with Romania in your first paragraph. If people happen to know Romania exists in the first place. :)
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