After all...

After registering for this world issue’s course I couldn’t help but wonder over the summer…what we would really accomplish in class?

Would we just skim over the news and point by point discuss our views on the subjects?

Would we focus on only a couple issues?

Basically I had no idea what I was getting myself into…

Looking back now I have realized that I had gained some important qualities throughout this year.

Considering how I was so interested in my law class, my love for understanding world issues was at it’s high by the end of grade 11. We would keep up with current events and look deeper into global events to expand our knowledge.

I feel it’s very important as young adults to keep up with the news to maintain our knowledge at it’s high.

As Ms. Arthur would say, “ It just makes you smarter. Plain and simple.”

And we did just that throughout the year. Our world issue’s class allowed us to voice our opinions and go in depth on some main issues. We looked at the Arab-Israeli conflict; which allowed me to get a better understanding of what the conflict really was and how we as global citizens can help solve it.

On a day-to-day basis we look at the news and discussed our opinions. This allowed me to not only expand my train of thought on the subject, but allowed me to keep an open mind and listen to what others had to say.

I found this very valuable, this class reminded me that not only should I voice my opinions but I should also take others into consideration and keep an open mind.

Most important I learned that we, as global citizens are not so different after all, even if we live in Africa or Israel… we can make a difference even if it’s one step at a time.