Saturday, August 4, 2007

diversity

i just love diversity. its my favourite new word. why. probably cause i realised that i come for a place where it is most apparent. i had to come to europe to see it. i had to come to this place to be able to see my unbelievable upbringing. what a privilege. who knows what this means. !KE E:/XARRE //KE. it means diverse people unite. how precious. it is the motto of my country back home. it is a bushman dialect. when i read it a couple of days ago i became very emotional. i realised it is our most powered possession. i was preparing a presentation for my fench class. i never knew this to be honest. it made me wonder about its meaning and the strength of this unity. i see it in my school here too. that probably sparked this thought. when we get together like at last nights wine festival there are mutli national groups of people getting together. it is amazing. you have french. you have spanish. swiss. german. english. dutch. irish. colombian. and me. african. white african. african none the less. we speak english. german. french. spanish. dutch. all mixed in one. almost our own language. its fun. we all understand each other. we compare. we ask. we laugh. we joke. diverse peole unite. amazing. you cant get enough of this. i want more. i learn everyday. we learb form each other. what we like. what we love. want we detest. a pity that soon we will be split up again and everyone will return to their own. berlin. valencia. dublin. amsterdam. barancia. sussex. montpellier. imagine that. the world in one classroom. it feels strange. it feels good. it excites me. we are not all that different. might have diffenrent ideas on certain issues. but that makes us human. that makes us diverse.

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