by Elena Kravtsova

Created on: October 28, 2009   Last Updated: October 31, 2009

"Many men-many minds"- we all know this expression when we try to prove that there are different opinions. My nation is a nation of stubborn individuals. It is not bad indeed: if you want to achieve more in this life, you have to be so! You have to be persistent and ready for risks. As for the last word, we are not a nation of those who will take a risk and do something without thinking about the consequences. This feature leaves us aside. Ukrainians are hospitable: we even have a joke that you will never know if a Ukrainian family is rich or poor-they will always feed you well and give you expensive presents without thinking what to eat the next day! I like being one of them!

I like Americans for their being open-hearted and having smiling faces. I don't like them for being so, because I understand that they aren't always sincere and happy. Nevertheless I like them for their being different from us - we gladly buy it!

My people are different: if they are not in a good spirits they will show it. I have a contradictory opinion: on the one hand, I accept such behaviour, on the other, I understand that as impoliteness towards those who are in a good mood (nobody wants to get offended by such grim person who is always upset!).

Italians are very hospitable. They like people and behave sometimes childish: they can be naive and simple. But they are liked by others! Their children are not very independent, they listen to their parents who tell them what to do and how. This is nation of rich culture and arts which helps them to be religious and have values which differ from Americans.

I like each nation because of their unique ability to be interesting to others. I feel safe with any representative of the culture I have mentioned because I believe that whatever happens I will find a right person among them, the person I will reveal my inner world to. I also know that they will find me interesting because I can tell them a lot of things they will hear for the first time, in particular, our songs which have no end and anybody can finish them the way they understand them.

We are here to learn from each other! Don't be too late to understand that!

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