International Education Multiculture
International education brings the ideas of many to one place of learning. These ideas express different views of different topics. Being exposed to different views and ideas help us learn the subject matter more effectively. This is primarily because when we are surrounded by people who are from the same place that we are, the majority will think the same things that we do, and if we all think the same thing from the start, how will our minds ever expand? I don't believe they will. We need to be exposed to the views and opinions of other people in order for us to understand better what we learn, because these different views allow us to question, and the more we question, the more answers we get, and the more answers we get, the greater our knowledge builds. If we were to sit and listen to opinions we already had on a certain topic, we would never question why we believed what we believe. One problem that many people today face is the lack of tolerance. In international education, many nations, with many cultures and ideas, are brought together in one environment to learn. Education deals with interaction, and when students of differen
I have been to four different high schools in my four years of high school and not one offered a course on different cultures of the world. Two of the high schools were U.S. public schools and had very little internationalism, but the other two schools were international schools in Ghana (Ghana International School and Lincoln Community School). International education, while taking normal courses such as math, and science, is a whole course of its own. Learning about international cultures is important in our lives, partly for general knowledge but also because it could end up helping us out in many ways in the future. I had some friends from Italy who always greeted each other with kisses on the cheek. When I first saw this I was confused, but later found it to be Italian culture. Later in the year, I went with my boyfriend to one of the Italian's house for dinner. If I had not learned that kissing on the cheek was natural in Italian custom as a greeting, I would have punched my friend for laying her lips on my boyfriend. The point is that we never know when some custom or culture will help us out. t nationalities and different cultu
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Lebanese American,
School International,
international education,
exposed views,
learning environment,
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