Lucia explains basic ideals

Amurican Ideals

1. Individuality. yes its true. when we are little it is stressed to always be yourself and not care what anyone else thinks. You dont try and go out and buy the EXACT same clothes as everyone else, or use the exact same slang. infact, theres always those posters all around with all those cheezy slogans like "B Different". Americans like being unique.
2. Hard-work. super duper true. this is something that, as americans we have grown up with. Many teens, starting at 16, hold part time jobs. we always strive to do our absolute best, and if something can be better, we improve it. this, i would like to argue, is because we are a nation or immigrants who came to amurica with the american dream of a better life and had to work incredibly hard to achieve it. basically hard-work is in our blood.
3. Acceptance. going along with the cheezy poster theme, the words "acceptance" and "diversity" are insane common on all these posters. This is also because we are a nation of immigrants, therefore technically anyone can be american. Amerians are very accepting of other cultures, religions, countries etc. (apart from maybe Arizona....)
4. Inner-beauty. awww. but its actually totally true. i guess i could also say "natural-beauty". its considered attractive if a girl can go out without her hair done perfectly or without makeup. also, american guys dont do their eyebrows, shave their legs, get their nails manicured ect.

Italian ideals

1. Food. they value food. they care about the quality or their food. they like eating good food. convienient and food do not go in the same sentence. hamburger helper does not exsits because it is not good, quality food. prepackaged meals do not exsist. they go to a cheese store to buy cheese, a market to buy vegetables, a bakery to buy bread. italians like good food.
2. Family. they extremely value family. infact, they eat with them every single night for dinner, every single day for lunch, usually breakfast too. then on weekends they go to grandmas house for lunch. Also, italians boys are in love with their mothers, probably because italian mothers baby their children sooosososososos much. like its a bit disgusting how much teenagers rely on their parents...gah sorry this is suposed to be unbiast!
3. Self-presentation. okay yeah, unbiast...no. there is no way i can present this without saying my opinion. self-presentation here is E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G! it matters more what you seem like than what you actually are. if someone doesnt fit the "perfect image" of the italian person, they are shunned. were talking like litterally. no joke. sorry italians who read my blog, its true.
4. Being passionate. Lets allow these italians to redeem themselves after those two blows they just took. yes, italians are passionate. they dont do anything without passion. heck, they even drive with passion. everything they do well, they love.
5. Soccer, yes this is actually an ideal. being a fan is a way of life. literally. if theres a game on, they dont go out. if theres a game being played, they go to see it. if someone says something bad about their team, they hate them. its actually pretty comical at school seeing all the rivalries.