Do you agree or disagree with the statement?
The best way to learn about a foreign country is to read newspapers and magazines from there.
Undoubtedly, learning backgrounds of alien countries plays significant role in people's daily lives in many of the places where they work or play. Some people think that reading newspapers and magazines from the countries are the best way to know about the countries, while others suggest different methods. Each opinion may have its own reasons to support its views. If I were asked to choose one, I would say that going on a vacation to a country is the best way to learn, while reading newspapers and magazines are not. There are several reasons as follows.
To begin with, people can learn a lot about a country when they are touring. When people tour around a country, they meet many people, eat cuisine, and go to the historical sites that they have never experienced before. Under such circumstances where people go through diverse sorts of experience, they can actually achieve multidimensional comprehension about the country. Lacking these diverse experiences and only relying on specific sources such as newspapers can lead to a misconception. For example, when I was in elementary school, I learned about Italy in history class. My teacher used to bring sources from Italian newspapers and showed them to us as class materials. However, I still couldn't understand some aspects of Italian culture before I went to Italy when I was in 5th grade. I met many Italians, got an explanation about Italian ambrosia and historical places such as Pompeii from a native guide. I could then understand how country shaped as today's feature that I found difficult to imagine hitherto.
I strongly believe that the advantages of traveling countries far outweigh those of reading papers from the countries for the reasons I have mentioned above. All in all, the importance of traveling cannot be overestimated in life.
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