These are the two sentences from the reading that María selected for you to work with. Choose one and take your stand.
Deadline: June 17
1. "Even if you are as nice as pie, there are always going to be people who try
to take advantage or abuse their position, and that's true of any
country."
2. "...a portrait without a name or a story has no more value than a
landscape without a location."
I totally agree with the first sentence. There's always someone traying to take advantage of nice and generous people. As well as the ones that believe that because they're in a better economic position can manage your life at their wish! And, eventually, you can find this kind of people all around the world! The fact that you're good, doesn't mean you're stupid....
ResponderEliminarI love taking pictures and I completely agree with the second sentence. I can't travel without my camera, for me is like travelling without my ticket. And portraits are one of my favorites pictures... so, all the time I approach someone and I would like to take them with me, I ask first for the picture and we always end up talking for some time! There are so many fascinating histories out there! Let's start talking with strangers!! :)
ResponderEliminar"Even if you are as nice as pie, there are always going to be people who try to take advantage or abuse their position, and that's true of any country."
ResponderEliminarI parcially agree with this sentence, I don't think in every country people take advantage of their own position. I haven't been abroad that much but I heard stories from my aunts who did, and most of the time they talked about the kindness of the natives, specially well off people. Of course there are some who abuse of their posetions pretending they are superior for having "everything" or try to show off but as I say before, althought it happens in many countries, not everybody treats travellers as inferior, not everybody has been spoilt by wealth.
I absolutely agree with the first sentence. I think that in every country that we visit, there are local people who try to take advantage of that position. I know that souvenirs and small gifts in other countries, (and in our too) cost more than the things that a local person could find being a native. If you go to BS As for example, and you are a foreigner, and peolpe notice you are from other country, you can be ripped off because things that cost 10 pesos, will be charged 10 dollars for you... And the same happens in the rest of the world!!!!!
ResponderEliminarI agree with the first statement. For me, it's not a matter of being "richer than others". Many people see tourists as people who are well-off and who travel around the world, and that's not always true. I get mad when I see that there are two prices for tours or things like that. Tourists pay more just because they are foreigners! That's not fair, because some people make a great effort to travel and locals take advantage of them charging the prices and not advicing them about which option they should take.
ResponderEliminarAnd it also happens with facts that are not related to money. If you see a tourist that is lost, don't pass by as if you have nothing to do. You waste just a minute to tell them their way!!
I think we should be nicer with tourists.
"Even if you are as nice as pie, there are always going to be people who try to take advantage or abuse their position, and that's true of any country."
ResponderEliminarI agree with this statement because whenever you travel to other places, traders will usually charge you a higher price for an object or product if they realize that you aren´t from that region. For example if you go to Bs As and you take a taxi there, the taxidriver will probably choose the longest way to take you to the place you want to go. Of course that not all people is the same, but you have to take care and not be so trusting of people.
Hi everybody!
ResponderEliminar"...a portrait without a name or a story has no more value than a landscape without a location."
Well, I partially agree with this statement 'cause when you travel is very important to bring with you a camera 'cause then you will have the pictures to see them and remember each place which you have visited and also to share with your relatives. But what is true is that being in the place, with the landscape or whatever it is in front of you is sth certainly amazing and even if it is a place where you have always wanted to go. Nevertheless, having portraits hanging on walls with beautiful landscapes and places is also interesting, even though those pictures haven't been taken by yourself. I do have some portraits with pictures of places that I'd really like to go, but it's not a matter, though I hope to be in those places and have my own ones.
"Even if you are as nice as pie, there are always going to be people who try to take advantage or abuse their position, and that's true of any country."
ResponderEliminarI totally agree with this statement. As the girls said before, it is common to see local people who try to take advantage on you to charging the prices of certain products or the rates of certain services as soon as they notice that you are a foreigner. I don’t share this behavior of course, but I recognize that as we suffer it whenever we go to other places, foreigners who come to our country have to live the same situation. From my point of view, this is not a matter of being good or bad people; it has to do more with astuteness.
I go along with both sentences. In the case of the first one, I think it is really true because when you are a tourist in a different country, and even in Argentina, there`s always someone who is waiting to take advantage of your situation. Maybe it happens because they think you ignore, for example, the price of something, or because you are nice and generous. According to the second statement, I believe when you are visiting a place, taking pictures with a stranger is amazing. That`s because it´s a good way of bringing back the time when you took that photo, what happened that day, or because you had a talk with that stranger and you had a good time there. Taking photos is something I have to do every time I visit a new place, so that I have in pictures the story of that journey.
ResponderEliminarHi! I totally agree with the statement number one: "Even if you are as nice as pie, there are always going to be people who try to take advantage or abuse their position, and that's true of any country."
ResponderEliminarI agree with this because I had a similar experience when I moved to Rafaela. When I took a taxi one morning, the taxi driver was really kind. She asked me about my studies and I made the mistake to tell her I lived in Rafaela because I was studying there, but I didn`t know the city. So, she was really intelligent and she ripped me off taking advantage of I was NOT from there. She went through the city. As I didn`t know where I was going, I didn`t say anything. When I arrived home, I had to pay her $34 pesos. It was a theft!
I personally believed that sometimes to be so kind can cause us problems. We should be respectful, of course, but conscious that there always people that have bad intentions.
Hi guys! I choose the first statement which says:
ResponderEliminar"Even if you are as nice as pie, there are always going to be people who try to take advantage or abuse their position, and that's true of any country."
I totally agree with this because when you travel to other countries or even if you visit places within yours´, there will be people ready to take advantage of you, especially of your money. Of course that if you are just getting to know a country or a place for the first time, you will carry some extra money to buy presents, gifts or whatever you want to buy for you or maybe for your family or friends. The thing is that they know we are foreigners and they take advantage of us. They put up their prices. Once I travelled to Punta del Este and I bought a present for my brother in a small shop, but as I was crossing the street, I listened to a man claiming the price of the same t-shirt I had just bought. Of course, it was cheaper! That was the moment when I told to myself: How fool I am! Anyway, it seems to me that we have to be aware in any circumstance of life because not only by travelling we can confront this type of situation. I consider that everyday we are dealing with them. So you must pay attention and make the others know you are not just a fool!!
Nice comments guys!
See you soon!!!
"Even if you are as nice as pie, there are always going to be people who try to take advantage or abuse their position, and that's true of any country."
ResponderEliminarWell I totally agree with this statement. It's aweful and a shame, but it's true. There is always some people who will try to take advantage of the foreign people. For example, taxi drives and traders, when they realize you are foreign, they will charge you more than they are supposed to, just because you don't understand. And that's a truth of very country! it doesn't happen only in Argentina!!
Hi guys and Taty! I do believe that there are always going to be people who try to take advantage or abuse their position whenever they realize theres a foreigner where they live. This has happened in the past since Ancient Greece I suppose. Of course, it is something the tforeigner should learn to cope with in order to avoid any kinds of quarrels and other problems.
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