What I know about Not-America

After living in Japan, I realized just how much I didn't know about the rest of the world. Not like about foreign politicisms or
gubernatorial infrastructurialisms, but just in terms of geography, language, culture, almost nothing. Something I noticed after about a year of being out here is that a lot of the newer American teachers I'd meet would 1) have this view of Japan and then 2) get upset because the "real" Japan didn't match their Japan. (For the very few who are reading this, it's not you).

But then I started to think about when I first got to Japan. I don't think I was that similar, but when I read the two journal entries I wrote 3 years ago, it sounds pretty close-mindedly arrogant.

Apparently, America doesn't acknowledge Africa ....