mardi 10 novembre 2009

An Informative International: a 3 part experience

Consider our class when each person raises his or her hand in offering of their unique world view. There is an odd network of information working towards an environment of absolute efficiency, and one built with every regard to the individual according to his and her every tongue and taste. The tongue is common to man, and the taste that dictates a mans choice in meal is unique to him and it matures, changing at the very least. In other words, there is a clear international presence in our every day classroom cited under the simple fact that a topic international in scope requires an international interaction, engagement, perspective.

To explain how I plan to complement our assignment to attend an international event and write on it in analysis, I ask only for you to consider the reaction to Germany and the Nazi officials. With World War 2 at a close and the loss waged in said war still under calculation, any kind of leader no matter his faction and governing ideology could grasp the importance of dignity for all parties involved. The race of German soldiers, of German citizens, and of German victims were topics for the court, for migration, and in books of interest. In other words, the syntax of race won precedence over the syntax of the nation and the same idea applies to our classroom. Each one of us has an experience as a part of the course, "Global Issues" but also as a part of different fields--at different ranges. One guy has an experience with politics as a political conference asked him into a new state and eventually to return and appear in court in said state. Another girl has passed a day in Japanese mall while Obama played on TV. Through a wide range of mediums (whether literature, film, judicial system...), each of us cultivates an intercultural experience, and for the most part, represents said experience when placed before a tunnel of conflict foreign in familiarity.

What should be done to solve set issue, for instance? How do both sides weigh in on the conflict? To an extent I could pick up several newspapers and attempt to understand world events through ulterior perspectives, but my presence as an international is not clear until placed within the context of debate among my peers.