How Current Events Shape my Perspective

As an international student, you are bombarded with questions about your opinions of different topics comparing your country and the USA. That usually freaks you out. That’s why I decided to take this class, however I thought it would be the usual history class were you just read about facts and dates and then you forget. This class was not that kind at all. In this class I learned about very important facts among them how the media can manipulate people, how information needs to be digested and compared from different sources, how your perception can be manipulated and changed from one day from another, how to be objective and shape your political identity, the last being the most important in this course, from my point of view. I am now aware of the external world, specially the part I was not interested in; the Middle East and the Arab Spring which was really interesting and important to learn about.

 During this class, I learned to read and categorize information. I also learned to not believe in everything I hear, see or read. The important thing is to use your assumptions and take your own sides by being informed. I learned how to research and most important the importance of respecting others’ opinions. Their points of view count because you can learn from them especially when they talk from their own experience. I also learned to choose different sources, the ones that are less biased, and the neutral ones which show the news from different perspectives. 

 I even learned to know myself better. I was always confused about political and I was afraid to give my point of view. After this class, I learned that I was very political, liberal really liberal but that I can respect others points of views and sides. I discovered I am passionate about other cultures and also about the human rights. My idea of the USA government changed and knowing about the way they spend money and do secret stuff made me be more skeptical and critical.

 I really enjoyed this class most of the time but I would change the time pressure of the blogs and I would give more space to write them. I felt I didn’t know a thing when I had to write one. I tried to do my best but I couldn’t get to write the best in the class. I mean the ones that made the others comment or better the ones who made my professor to argue. However, I learned to write and to write about my point of view. That I will use in the future not just for classes , I will do it for fun and I think I am a more interesting person since I have discussed and write about the most important event that shape the world.

 In summary, this class was the best class I have taken in a long time. I really love to talk about the death penalty and the way this country is handling it. I love how people try to find the right punish for others and how biased they are depending of the victim and the aggressor. I also enjoy getting to know about gun control and all the consequences this fact has brought to the US. I could just keep on writing about the topics I liked. I can see all of them and I feel really satisfied with the methodology of this web class. I am pro web even most of my friends have had awful experiences I can say I really learned more than I was expected to learned.