Where is Spain?
When I was getting ready to come to Cornell, I believed one of the most established Spanish stereotypes about Americans: they cannot put any other country in the world on a map (well, to be fair they can place Canada and Mexico) and they think Spain is a Third World country, probably in South America.
Ithaca and Cornell arent representative because everyone is highly educated, but Im glad to tell Spanish readers the following:
-Everyone knows where Spain is. At least they are certain that it is in Europe.
-No one thinks Spain is a Third World country but they often assume that it is very, very conservative from their knowledge of Catholic countries.
Everyone in Spain knows a friend of a friend who had to explain that Spain is not to the south of Mexico, so I thought youd like to know that is a bit exaggerated. What is true is that nearly everyone I have met had the assumption that Spain is a deeply Catholic country. Spain is a culturally catholic country, but hardly anyone at all goes to church, or believes in anything beyond a vague idea of God. Hardly no one takes reliion seriously. Many Americans are surprised when they find out that things like contraceptives and divorce are legal in Spain!
Ithaca and Cornell arent representative because everyone is highly educated, but Im glad to tell Spanish readers the following:
-Everyone knows where Spain is. At least they are certain that it is in Europe.
-No one thinks Spain is a Third World country but they often assume that it is very, very conservative from their knowledge of Catholic countries.
Everyone in Spain knows a friend of a friend who had to explain that Spain is not to the south of Mexico, so I thought youd like to know that is a bit exaggerated. What is true is that nearly everyone I have met had the assumption that Spain is a deeply Catholic country. Spain is a culturally catholic country, but hardly anyone at all goes to church, or believes in anything beyond a vague idea of God. Hardly no one takes reliion seriously. Many Americans are surprised when they find out that things like contraceptives and divorce are legal in Spain!
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