For both good and bad reasons, the United States of America has been a rather popular/important/infamous country during the last few hundred years.

How did you learn about the USA? If it was in school, what did you learn in particular?

If you learned about it from parents/guardians/relatives/friends, what did they teach you about it? Was it from personal experience?

If you learned about it from the media, how was it portrayed?

Also, if you have since visited/moved to the USA, is what you learned true? Explain.