Word Canada: Immigrant Parents

Classroom Wall Dept: Sometimes, the best of our dominion shines brightest in distant, deranged reaches, according to The Star. I came late to the concept of patriotism, a downtown Toronto kid of immigrant parents, who for the longest time believed herself to be American, or maybe second-class British, because of the Queen s portrait on a classroom wall and God Save the Queen as anthem. It appears children of later generations suffer from no such identity confusion, weaned at an early age to the distinctiveness of their nationality, their birthright, a message pounded into their brains by teachers, mass media, Can-cult and Olympic gold medal hockey games and sPERWAN GHAR, AFGHANISTAN Sometimes, you have to travel far from home to fall in love with Canada again. Sometimes, the qualities that make us a fine and honourable nation a country of virtue reveal themselves in the most benighted of places, where the word Canada is uttered with such envy, like a prayer. As reported in the news.
@t olympic gold medal, god save the queen