Earth is a brilliant melting pot full of diversity. We experience meeting new, fascinating individuals with diverse cultures, different languages, different religions and an all around completely distinctive lifestyle.
It’s crucially important for individuals to understand and be knowledgeable of other people and other cultures, even if it is thousands of miles away and even if it contradicts one’s own opinions and way of life. The world we live in has been consumed of globalization. Globalization itself is a wonderful thing. We have modernized and progressed from linking hands with other countries.
It’s also vital to not be culturally ignorant. In this day in age, we will be faced with conversing and working with other countries. There is a high chance that you will be faced with communicating with foreigners or visiting, or even living, in a foreign country. It is quite a mesmerizing feeling to be submerged in a country that is different from one’s own; it is quite the culture shock.
Now, I am not saying that one should necessarily agree with another culture’s act, especially if it deals with murderous actions such as the Islamic State, but it is quite important to simply educate yourself on the matter. This also ties in with religion. Knowledge is power.
You are not the only individual on this earth. There are billions and billions of people on this world (to be exact, 7.3 billion people are on this planet as we speak). In fact, the individual sitting next to you could be the most mesmerizing person you had ever met. Regardless if he or she has completely opposite viewpoints, completely opposite cultures, yet they are completely beautiful all around.
But what most individuals do not realize is that the events occurring thousands of miles away benefit them in some way or another, whether that be economically, politically or socially.
Being globally aware and being willing to collaborate on an international level will have individuals become more well-rounded. It will encourage people to see and acknowledge alternate perspectives, and it will help them to make educated choices. Not only this, but the information will be beneficial for individuals, and it will remain with them throughout their whole life.
According to the Association of Graduate Recruiters, many businesses cannot find candidates with the essential abilities to work and perform in an intercontinental market place. This should change now.
I am communication major with a concentration in journalism, and I am minoring in international affairs. I have a dream of traveling the world and seeing different places, cultures and people. It’s ultimately mesmerizing.
When my daughter is of age, I will teach her of these things. The history, the life, the culture, the religion, the beauty of individuals all around. Hopefully, we will be living in a different country at some point of our lives. She will not belittle other individuals due to their ethnicity, culture and religion but will be knowledgeable and respectful of them.
