Cultural Differences Between The USAd Mexico

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In these two its talking about two different countries and the cultures. However each country around the world is different and people may or may not agree or disagree with what people say or do. These topics is about the United States and Mexico. In "Mericans" The grandmother is freaked out because she's in the United States and she's seeing and hearing ask these different things being done and she's not used to it. She has her grandchildren with her and they understand whats going on expect the grandmother.

The grandchildren had to find a way to calm the grandmother down. "these children live in a babrblic country" is what the grandmother was trying to say. this would refer to the grandmother dislikes and likes if she had any,

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