Where to Invade Next

In the documentary Where to Invade Next, the main character, who was born in the U.S., decides to visit and explore different countries in Europe in order to take their successful ideas and bring them back to the United States as a sign of invasion. During the documentary he visits countries like Italy, France, Finland, etc. All with different good qualities and characteristics, and some specific ones that our main character decided that are good enough for being imported to the U.S. Some examples of the things he brings back to the United States are free tuition, healthier food, paid holidays, or no homework. The take home message of this documentary is a wake up call to a country that everyone who lives in think it is the best, showing a different reality and a more accurate objective perspective of it. The United States has the potential to be the greatest country in the world, as it was not a long time ago, but still has a long path to go.

In my opinion, this documentary fairly represents the reality of the world we live nowadays. Each country has great ideas and proposals, but they are all far from beecoming perfect. Woth technology we can now learn and understand, to a certain point, what the situation is in other countries and try to improve by the example of others.

As an international student, one of the biggest changes I have seen is tuition. In countries like Spain or France tuition is basically free; while, in the U.S. the sotuation is completely different. That being said, the college experience is also far from being the same in both countries. In the UmS yoy pay for room and board, you pay for a experience, for sports, for different events during the year, for food, for extra activities and free trips offered by the school, etc. On the other hand, in France you pay a minimum amount but you only go to college for a maximun of 3 hours per day. In France, a student doesnt live on campus and his/her life is not related at all with the college besides those 3 hours. No extra activities, no college sports, no dinning hall, etc. Just a classroom for 2 to 3 hours. Sometimes, the grass looks greener on the other side, only until you get to the other side. Things are not always as perfect as they look.