Flora Mondi- Reflection #7

Flora Mondi

Getachew Godana

COMM 211

Reflection #7

An Idiot Abroad

            The show An Idiot Abroad was entertaining and funny at the same time. The main point that the show was trying to depict to the viewers is that do not go into the world with a close-minded attitude. We make perceptions about others all the time. It might me an opinion of how an international student might not know much about the place that they are studying abroad in, or how someone who looks “foreign” does not know the language that’s spoken throughout the country.

            My Nigerian international best friend always assumed that I did not know any Nigerian music. So the first time few times we hung out, she would just play American music assuming that I only listen to it. One day when she started playing a Nigerian song and I started sing, she was stunned and excited and surprised all at the same time. She could not believe that I knew songs that she always played back when she was at home. This proved how we cannot just make judgements and perceptions without asking nor getting to know the person first.