It was a good exercise to think about what really matter for us in our life and how it has been changing our thoughts and beliefs.
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My world view
My history
started in Brazil at the city of São Paulo in 1992. I was the second
child of my mother, the first one was my sister, she is 2 years older
than me. The history of my family it is full of adventure that has
led to mixed cultures in the house. My parents are both from Brazil,
however they have background from Europe, that is why I do not look
like a Brazilian guy (following the pattern: black hair & tan
skin).
The fact of
have a background from another country can be useful for you or not,
it is going to be up to your family. Fortunately my family always
tried to bring it as a useful thing. First of all, my grandmother and
my grandfather they came from Portugal and made their lives in
Brazil. It would be just a normal thing in that time, cause Portugal
was passing throughout financial problems in their government.
However, my family tried to teach me what is the important thing
about it.
Moreover, I
grew up listening and discussing about the differences between the
cultures of my background and it was so important to me because I
started to develop an interest about the opportunities that the
global citizenship can have. Furthermore, all the difficult times
that my family passed throughout led me to build my thoughts as a man
earlier than the usual.
Since I was
a kid I always had interest in how to build the things, it led me to
get in a course of Engineering in Brazil. Being a student it is
always good for learn new things and build your knowledge. Since I
got in the university I have passed through a lot of experiences that
changed my thoughts and my behavior. One of the best experiences that
I have got was the scholarship from my government. I am a part of
the program called by Science Without Borders. I came to Australia as
an exchange student for 17 months. I have been here for 10 months and
since the first day I have met a lot of people from everywhere in the
world. It is being so useful for me, every person that I have met I
learned something new about their cultures. Now, I am living in a
huge house with 32 people from different countries. I can easily say
that I am changing every day, it is shaping my mind.
My housemates
This
experience in Australia is showing to me that our thoughts, behavior
and knowledge, they are related to the culture that we have
experienced. My view of the world now is different than when I was in
Brazil. I understand that the culture have influence in our view of
the world, our values and beliefs. Another important thing to point
out it is about the differences of each culture. For example, the
Chinese have a different calendar. In the first moment that you see
something really different than your reality the feeling it is weird
but after few words explaining about that you start to accept it as
something that can bring to you knowledge and maybe change your
thoughts and beliefs. For example, when I saw my friend from china
drinking warm water I was feeling so weird, but then they explained
to me that it is common in China and it is consider as a healthy
practice of them. The friendship make the world better, sharing
experiences and cultures even though whether differences are strong
or not.
I would like
to say that the fact of being living with so many people it is the
best experience that someone can have about learning cultures. The
cultural connections that it has bring to me it is building who I am
now. The respect, the interest of learning and the adventure, are
words that come together in a peaceful experience living with so many
different cultures.
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