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I used to think that internationally minded meant you hand to either be from that country or your parents or grandparents had to be from that country. But now I think that you could be internationally minded by: eating the food from there, knowing some one from that country, or even just knowing a lot about that country. There are soooooooooooooooooooooooooo, many different ways to be internationally minded.

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I used to think that interconnection meant that I was related to someone with a different race or religion but now I think that interconnection can mean connecting with things around the world. It could mean changing the world for the better. It could mean being an internationally minded person. I now think that anyone can be interconnected.

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I used to think that people with different backgrounds to me were very different to me but after going to mount view and speaking to different people I realised that we have a lot in common and have the same interest in things. I also realised that just because people were born in a different country and have a different background to me doesn’t mean that they should be treated differently because we all have a lot of similarities.

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I used to think that being internationally minded meant you HAVE to be from another country, but that’s not true. Even the smallest, tiniest relation to other countries could mean that you are internationally minded. I could have a baby-sitter’s cousin’s-best friend’s dog’ walker’s sister,s twin’s uncle,s dad’s great grandson who adopted someone, who is from china. Does that mean I’m internationally minded? If so, one word. Wow. I could listen to music from another country. I could’ve been to another country... so, yeah!

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I used to think that Internationally minded meant that you have to come from a different country than other people. Now I know that Internationally minded means that if you have family that live in other countries or if you have a background from another country it men’s that you are internationally minded. I also realise that some people in the world earn $2 a day and other people earn about $2000 a day.

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When we started the unit I thought that internationally minded meant to know about the world or having gone somewhere and seen there culture, but now I understand that you don’t even need to have left your country. I now think it involves the fact of respecting someone or a culture no matter what they can look like or sound like. To be internationally minded you may have knowledge about other religions and have global awareness of what’s happening around you. I learnt all this by interviewing a kid from another culture which I found interesting because we found differences and similarities between each other  even though we may have looked the same.

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I used to think that being internationally minded was to be up to date with other countries affairs/events and having been to that country. Now i think that there is something way more to being internationally minded. To be internationally minded you have to know about culture, religion and feelings. But even that isn’t enough. Learning about other countries and finding out about money income and the earnings of most families in some third world countries really put things into perspective for me. Most people live off $2 a day so I think we are really lucky. Being internationally minded brought me to be aware of this topic.

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I used to think that diversity within this world made a huge difference to whether or not people could connect. I thought that cultures or religions divided us and that people who may look different to me were different to me. Now I understand that even if someone looks different to you, you may still share the same interests, responsibilities or sense of humour. This unit shows us not to judge a book by its cover. I’ve had an experience where I sore someone who looked different to me however we were still able to have a conversation. I belive that interacting with people of other ethnicities and learning about there life, experiences and challenges makes me internationally minded. I think it’s important that people all around the world understand that in the end we are all very similar.

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I used to think that people with different backgrounds as me or speak different languages have nothing in common with me. Now I think that we are all different but we have similarities with each other and to not judge or dislike people because they are different to us. On the excursion I learnt that there are lots of different cultures and when I was there i chose to learn more about there customs, culture and religion.

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I used to think that people could be embarrassed about there background but now after going to my view I know that they are very proud of where they come from and not embarrassed at all.

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I now think that if you have a different background you can still connect with people. Some poeple don’t look the Same but we all have things in common and everyone should be treated how you want to be treated. It’s interesting learning about different peoples backgrounds and learning things that we haven’t learnt about before.

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Since we’ve started this inquiry I feel really grateful for what I have and where I live. Especially when we we had Yared come to school to talk to us about his school and the kids that go to it. I feel that that talk really made me have a more vivid picture of how the kids live and what they go through.

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Now i think that no matter what background you can still connect with other people. They might not be born is the same place or look the same but everyone can like to same things. And it is always interesting learning about other peoples backgrounds and what there interested in.

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I used to think: that being internationally minded meant that you know things/languages from that country
Now i think:that being internationally minded means that you aware of what’s happening around the world, you know/speak foreign languages, you’ve been overseas, you have family which live overseas, you know someone who lives overseas, you like foreign foods, your friends with someone of a different race and etc i was one of the only kids in the whole class who write a whole story kind of thing about being internationally minded and it was very true I personally enjoyed this unit it was enjoyable for me because i am internationally minded  myself i have learnt sooo much more about being internationally minded physically and mentally. Instead of just learning about being internationally minded in my home room class (6G)i have also learnt about it in music art and in some of my own personal inquiry about it in sport, I think this unit has changed the way I think about the phrase internationally minded a    Heap
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I used to think that when I asked people questions about themselves, they wouldn’t want to answer them. But now I know that people will answer your questions and also ask you some. I feel like when we ask each other questions we become more aware and more connected with one another.

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I USED TO THINK......
NOW I THINK........
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