Peruvian youth: What do you know about the US?

I asked Confirmation youth here in our parish (14-18 years old) to answer a few questions about themselves in order to begin an interchange with Confirmation youth from my former parish in Corvallis, Oregon. In this entry I have posted their responses to the question of what they know about the US, and in the previous entry I share what they like and dislike about Peru.

What do you know about the United States?
That it is a globalized country and is very developed as much in technology as in its people.

That is is a very big country, with a lot of people with charitable spirits.

Well, it is a country that is very developed in all aspects.

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It is a country that is considered the greatest world power that has an excellent government that helps the country advance more and more each day.

I know that it was the first country to develop and libertate itself in all aspects in respect to the 13 colonies, and that this stimulated Latin America to be free. There is acid rain there and it is polluted; in truth I know a lot of other things also.

That it is very beautiful, very well organized, and has a good government.

Well, I just know that there a lot differences between the United States and Peru.

That it is very populated, developed, orderly, nice, and has big universities and casinos.

That it is a very developed country with the most opportunity of any country in the world.

Well, I only know that it is nice there. I have an uncle who lives there in the United States.

That it is a very developed country, technological, but like all countries has defect; but very beautiful.

That it`s a very nice country, the majority speak English but like latin features and customs, the same as we like their features and customs, and that it is a very developed country.

That it is a very modern country with a lot of technology, and with many nice people.

It is a very big country that has a lot of work and opportunities,, and there is a lot of technology.

Well, that it is a developed country and that the things there are good in comparison to the things in Peru.

It`s a country, considered the biggest world power, that has an excellent government that helps the country move forward each day

It is very beautiful and calm, there are many pretty things.

That it is a very developed country, it has a lot of riches, it is very beautiful, and it is very big.

That it is a very beautiful country, orderly and very clean. In addition it is very beautiful and that there are many beaches and casinos there.

That it was a world power and that currently it has been surpassed by Japan.

The United States is a country of many qualities (riches, poverty, good wellbeing); mostly I hear that it is a country that is very advanced, full of free people, work can be found, it has a good government, very civilized country and very developed. Although sometimes Peruvians there are a little discriminated against and treated poorly, but only in their work.

That it is one of the biggest countries in economic development, it’s another life. My dream is to be able to step on a soccer field there.

That it is big, beautiful, full of hard-working people, but they don`t have time for God.

That it is one of the most important countries in the world and that it has an economy that is very stable. That it supports many Latin American countries.

That it is a great world power, that it participated in World War II, that it had a rivalry with the Soviet Union, in the 90`s its economy was very good.

That it is a very nice country, they speak English, the people that live in the United States are kind and good.

I don`t know anything.

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That it is an underdeveloped country, with a lot of technology and it offers jobs.

That it is a very developed country.

That it is a very developed country, very nice, big, and its language is English

I think it is an important country where there is work, and I think it is a country that is very far ahead.