Proud to be American !

As I said, the first feature I was marked by was the attachment of American people to their country. Not only there were American flags in primary and secondary schools but also in people garden, homes, etc. I was surprised to see that almost all American home had a flag in their garden. I asked my host family the reason why and thel told me that people were proud of their country and liked to expose their membership. That reminded me of one class about American Politics in France : the teacher explained that American people naturally like their country and would like the other countries to be like them and to take them as an example. I was confirmed by the mother of my hostmother that it was true. In France, nobody will see a flag at somebody home or in any garden. People often refrain from holding a nationalist or patriotic talk or showing their French membership because they are afraid to be likened to the Extreme-right party -the Nationalist party -, whose slogan is "Proud to be French" and is itself popularly assimilated to racism. That is interesting to see how people are related to their nation all over the world and how pride they are or not of their country.