Realmente el que una persona venga a Canada o cualquier otro pais no lo hace mejor ni peor, todo depende de las metas que esta persona tenga fijadas. pueden ser metas de trabajo de familia, de estudios, todo esto unido, forma en conjunto un futuro brillante para todos los que se lanzan a emigrar buscando un mejor futuro y una mejor calidad de vida. Todo radica en la persona misma y en lo mucho que quiera salir adelante por muchos que sean los obstaculos. Hay que recordar que se puede vivir miserablemente aun estando en nuestros paises de origen. La mayoria de las personas imigramos y lo digo asi porque yo tambien lo soy para cruzar esa barrera limitada que lastimosamente existe en nuestros paises, para terminar el exito de una persona esta fijado en la capacidad de cuanto se quiera hacer, pensando de una manera positiva , marcando metas fijas y a largo plazo, las cosas no pasan de la noche a la manana pero si se trabaja dia a dia diligentemente esa persona tarde o temprano sera una persona feliz y exitosa en todos los aspectos de su vida, hay que recordar que no hay mejor lucha que la que se hace, teniendo mucha fe en nosotros mismos confiando dia a dia en lo que podemos hacer por nosotros y por las personas que mas queremos. Sin olvidarnos de alimentarnos espiritualmente cada dia hablando con nuestro padre Dios . Es dificil nadie dice que es facil, vivir en un pais diferente al nuestro, con tradiciones y cultura , pero si reconocemos que a pesar de ser adoptados por este pais o cualquier otro, seremos capazes de demostrar que tenemos muchas cosas buenas que aportar.y que podemos ser capazes de demostrar con ejemplos lo mucho que valemos los hispanos imigrantes en este pais.
confundida wrote:FOR MOST OF YOU JUST LIKE MYSELF YOU DONT SEE URSELF LIVING ANYWHERE ELSE IS BECAUSE WE HAVE A DIFFERENT BACKGROUND....WE KNOW WAT POVERTY IS, WE SEE THE LIVING CONDITIONS THAT MOST OF OUR COUNTRIES LIVE IN.....BUT LIVING HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT POVERTY DOES NOT EXIST.....NO MATTER WAT THE GOVERMENT TAKES CARE OF U INSTEAD OF LIVING IN A COUNTRY FULL OF CRIME AND CORRUPTION!!!ANOTHER THING MOST OF US CAME HERE AT A VERY YOUNG AGE, SO WE DONT REALLY KNOW WAT IT IS TO GROW WITH A TIGHT FAMILY, NOT LIKE BACK HOME NO MATTER WAT YOU KNEW WHERE YOU HAD TO BE ON SUNDAY AT GRANDMA OR SOMEONE HOUSE...NOT HERE YOU LUCKY IF U SEE UR RELATIVES MORE THAN 10 TIMES A YEAR.......
Poverty does exist here,.. of course not as bad as in our countries,. but it does exist,.. other thing is that the system is better and as Daeveed said you have to take advantage of what u get in this country,.and u are right about the relatives comment,. and it is because of the system we live in,. here everything is faster,. everyone is spread out, and some r not here... eventhough i have seen families who still gathered every sunday,..
We or our families choose to immigrate for different reasons but one similar goal and it is to get a better life in a country with more oportunities,.
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I think moving to Canada does not necessarily (or automatically) make one a better person. But I think Canada definitely can give you the potential to improve yourself as a person, given the exposure to so many different things (good and bad) that you get in contrast with what you saw back home.
There are also more opportunities if you know how to play your cards well.
However, I believe the values one is raised with, and the things one learns while growing up are the most defining factor in how much potential one has to be a "better person", even though the term is super subjective. All the things we are exposed to when we move here, are going to affect everybody in different manners.
For example, let's take the racial issue. In latin america there is not nearly as much diversity as there is here, we grew up among mostly latinos, and any person of a different race was looked at as an oddity (not necessarily in a bad way). Now after all that mono-racial upbringing, coming to Canada was surely a shock for most of us (especially for the ones who came here after their teens), and here is the part where the individual choices play a factor in deciding whether we become a "better" or a "worse" person. At the sight of the wide range of skin colours and backgrounds, some might become very intersted in learning about them all, considering this a wonderful learning and enriching experience; while others might freak out and limit themselves to fall into predetermined stereotypes (like the ones we grew up with), and close themselves to their own race, deeming all the other ones as being "crap" for different reasons.
Like this, there are other things about Canada, that can certainly offer you the opportunity to become "better" or "worse", like the weather, safety, money, politics, etc....
To me, it's all a matter of how do you take these changes, and how do you use them to your own advantage or betterment. We are social beings, and we must remember that, especially when moving to a country like this one.
I've had much more opportunity here than i think i would of had back home.
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FOR MOST OF YOU JUST LIKE MYSELF YOU DONT SEE URSELF LIVING ANYWHERE ELSE IS BECAUSE WE HAVE A DIFFERENT BACKGROUND....WE KNOW WAT POVERTY IS, WE SEE THE LIVING CONDITIONS THAT MOST OF OUR COUNTRIES LIVE IN.....BUT LIVING HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT POVERTY DOES NOT EXIST.....NO MATTER WAT THE GOVERMENT TAKES CARE OF U INSTEAD OF LIVING IN A COUNTRY FULL OF CRIME AND CORRUPTION!!!ANOTHER THING MOST OF US CAME HERE AT A VERY YOUNG AGE, SO WE DONT REALLY KNOW WAT IT IS TO GROW WITH A TIGHT FAMILY, NOT LIKE BACK HOME NO MATTER WAT YOU KNEW WHERE YOU HAD TO BE ON SUNDAY AT GRANDMA OR SOMEONE HOUSE...NOT HERE YOU LUCKY IF U SEE UR RELATIVES MORE THAN 10 TIMES A YEAR.......
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I have to agree with Miel 100% on this one. I don't think it made me better coming to Canada, but I have learned a lot from other cultures including the different range of latinos we have. I mean I didn't know what a pupusa was. Now I can't believe what I was missing. LOL
I mean I love Mexico and always will, but I don't see myself living there anymore. Its hard to explain.
Colombiana4Life wrote:I agree the most with McO and Miel's answers. Being in Canada has helped me to learn more in depth about different cultures, situations, etc. At times I wish I was back home, but one thing I realized, we obviously have an amazing time when we go back there as visitiors. Everyone caters to you. But when you actually live there and have to struggle there, it's different. There are more opportunities here for my kids and I, so I dont see myself going to live back home anytime soon. But visiting, I want to do so as much as I can.
HAVE YOU EVER WONDER WHY?? ITS SIMPLE U HAVE THE AMERICAN DOLLAR!!!!
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I agree the most with McO and Miel's answers. Being in Canada has helped me to learn more in depth about different cultures, situations, etc. At times I wish I was back home, but one thing I realized, we obviously have an amazing time when we go back there as visitiors. Everyone caters to you. But when you actually live there and have to struggle there, it's different. There are more opportunities here for my kids and I, so I dont see myself going to live back home anytime soon. But visiting, I want to do so as much as I can.
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Do you think coming to Canada makes a person better or worse, as far as values, attitude, common sense etc?
Discuss
*Useless poll attached*
-- Edited by Jaime Cruz at 13:34, 2007-01-22
Yeah, being raised in Nicaragua was the best thing that could ever happen to me: there's no crime, poverty, racial or class discrimination and everybody believes in El Niño Dios.
Oh, and it rains candy bars and milkshakes.
And tomatoes
I so hate it when people don't answer questions con la seriedad que el tema merece.
Canada has made me more open minded but I the same time I'm less sentimental, less romantic, more synical perhaps, but not bitter;and I 've learned that in Canada there's no "palabra de hombre" and everything must be in writting.
I 've learned a lot here (though my english still sucks) and I've learned that people is the same everywhere, some are nice some are not,just like backhome. I think coming to Canada has given me a lot of things but I 've also lost others. Can't have everything in life. Pero si me gano la lotto me regreso y me quedo alla en invierno y vengo los veranos ( the best of both worlds)
Canada has made me more open minded but I the same time I'm less sentimental, less romantic, more synical perhaps, but not bitter;and I 've learned that in Canada there's no "palabra de hombre" and everything must be in writting.
I 've learned a lot here (though my english still sucks) and I've learned that people is the same everywhere, some are nice some are not,just like backhome. I think coming to Canada has given me a lot of things but I 've also lost others. Can't have everything in life. Pero si me gano la lotto me regreso y me quedo alla en invierno y vengo los veranos ( the best of both worlds)
Do you think coming to Canada makes a person better or worse, as far as values, attitude, common sense etc?
Discuss
*Useless poll attached*
-- Edited by Jaime Cruz at 13:34, 2007-01-22
Canada does not make u a better person, u follow the same values as your family ( Mother & Father), your family is your biggest influence. Canada did help me in opening more doors for me n also give me the opportunity 2 growth as a productive citizen in society so I can help those around me.
Do you think coming to Canada makes a person better or worse, as far as values, attitude, common sense etc?
Discuss
*Useless poll attached*
-- Edited by Jaime Cruz at 13:34, 2007-01-22
I don't think that coming to Canada made me a better person,. but it made me more open minded to other cultures,. to apreciate in another level the differences as individuals,... and now I think I can live anywhere around the world,.
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