abaya

Now, I do understand that... I think it's actually very important to be committed to one's local community, and some people never do leave (and many of them can't afford to). I have no problem with that, though of course I wish it was mandatory for all high schoolers to spend one year abroad.

However, this attitude that "you've got everything right here,"... I don't see how it translates into, "I don't know where Louisiana, Israel or Iraq are... should I?" I mean, most people just don't think it's important to be *aware* of anything outside their own community (maybe even their own house/car/work). And that's what I'm trying to figure out about my fellow Americans... why is it not a priority for us to at least *know* where those places are?

On a very basic level, these are places that affect us on a daily basis, where Americans are dying, where billions of our dollars go... WHY don't we care where those places are?

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