American guest

Last day we met an American person who told us several things about United States. I met people who lived there but nobody who was born and lives for a while but I had never met people from there. Actually we hear things about American government and citizens by newspapers, TV, internet… But I think it's very revealing because she explained us her point of view about some things.

For instance, she told us the importance of volunteers in hospitals, schools, community centers… she told us she is a nurse and where she lives there are Latin people who don't speak English. It was very difficult to help them because they couldn't communicate in a good way. For that reason, they learnt basic Spanish to help them in the hospital. Then she and more people think about these people, and they decided to teach basic English to people who don't speak any English.
I think it's a good thing to do because you can help your neighbours or stranger people. Of course, you can be a volunteer all your life, whatever your age was. Our guest and the teacher told us the way how retired people work as a volunteer in United States. This idea it's more extended in USA than in Spain. There are retired people who feel alone or bored or not useful and if they have a good health (more or less) and it's a way to relation with other people.

Anyway, I liked the experience because it was an opportunity to know United States in a different way than we watch on TV, for instance.