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After reading this fourth chapter of My Freshman Year, I have to say there are things I agree and disagree about. I agree with Nathan on the idea that American students are or can be ignorant to other countries. The sad thing is that this doesn't just apply to college students, it applies to a lot of adults and other people as well. I don't know what it is, but so many people think that America is superior to every other country in the world. That idea alone is so ludicrous I cringe when I write it. No one country is better than the other. Yes maybe America has a lot of freedom, but look at what it's done to us. It gives us the right to think things such as this. There is no reason to big ignorant to other countries. I also agree with how Nathan said the material here is different than other countries. I've never been to any other country, but from the few people I've talked to and the transfer students my high school had, we're way behind on curriculum. We need to step up our game.

What I don't agree with totally is the friend idea. Nathan stated that American students consider a friend someone you just said "hi" to while talking or hangout with at a party. I met people from different countries at Penn State who considered friends the same thing. Sure a close friend might mean something different to one culture, but this is college we're talking about. A friend is someone who you can comfortably say hello to and see at a party and know you can hang out with them.