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I don't even know why I'm writing this here today. *sigh* Last Monday, one of my students called me an 'antipatriotic'. I couldn't have laughed more...or felt more offended. The thing is, she's learning English and calls me that because I teach English. puff....Dunno how I could hold myself back and not hit her.

It got me thinking, I remember a while ago, cygny asked about prejudices, specifically aghainst Belgians. It got me thinkling at that time, and it does again.

Well world, guess what?! I'm Colombian!!!! and from Medellín. Ohh yes, Pablo Escobar lived and died here, so did the Cartel. Yes, it was my city the one in March's issue of the National Geographic Magazine, in which many horrible things were said about my country. It is people like me, who's always stopped in the airports because we're allegedely charged with drugs....and so on and on and on...it's an everlasting list.

*sigh....again*

It's so easy to judge. Maybe that's why I don't judge people. I hate to be the one on trial. I hate to be the foreigner. Some months ago, a friend from Chile was telling me about how horrible it was to live in my country with all the terrorism and stuff. People have no idea what it was like to live in Colombia 'till say 10 years ago. Things are different now.´

There are a lot of good people still living in this country.

Some people, rant against those who say bad things of us, Colombians. I don't give a damn. I know my country. I know the people around me. I can see the good in them. If the rest of the world can't...well...what a pity. You're missing incredible people, incredible places...bad things do happen, but my country is not the only one with problems, where the most well known, which is different.

I guess that's why it pissed me off to be called antipatriotic. I love my country. Very. But it doesn't mean I can't like other stuff, like English. Even Naty has called me names beacuse of English.

Why don't you just get to a language schooo, learn what you haven't wanted to learn and stop talking about what you don't know. You're so frustrated because others can do what you can't, that you don't even pay attention to what is said.

If being antipatriotic is loving languages, then I'm guilty at charge.

I better stop here....

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Welcome to the club, Ari. Mexicans don't have it as bad as Colombians in the "Look, drug lords" fame, but apparently, we're the worst of the worst in every other aspect.

I'm about to go to my visa application this year to go to San Diego, which of course, in the eyes of many, makes me antipatriotic. Because, if you speak English, realize that yes, there are many bad things in your country, but there are also some good, and don't want to play the "Rebel" and join the forces against "The man", well, you're bad.

Just don't pay attention to those people. We anglospeakers of latin america know that learning english is part of love for languages, and the rest of the world can go fuck themselves if they don't understand that.

I don't really pay attention to that, I told her "then what're you doing here?"

I've learnt that a lot of people are just envious for what they can't or don't know how to do. They can screw themseleves if that's what they want. I was just...mad that day. I guess that's why I waited this long to write about it.

My country *deep breath* is the best, not because it's better than any other, but because it's home.

People...God...