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  Globalization might have a great benefit and bring us all together; it also increases the rate in which technology grows, and the betterment of education. However not everyone is open minded and will accept different cultures and  religions so we must take this into consideration. The major flaw in globalization is extortion of cheap labor by major companies to increase profit. Gloablization can be considered a good mark on human rights, because of it great benefits.

We have been studying human rights for the past 6 weeks. We are now introducing a subtopic under human rights which is African colonization.  My question states that, Is Africa truly independent now? I am looking at the modern aspect of this question. How can this question be answered? In my opinion I feel that this question cannot be answered directly. It can only be answered in two parts. The economic stand point and political stand point. Well as for the political view, I can say that Africa is truly independent, we have formed our own form of voting system and  have a running government. we do not depend on any first world countries for our government system. However, economically I believe that Africa is very dependent on first world countries. For example, I know that the England and the USA help our country and our president travels to go and discuss matters in first world countries.  We may be independent but we are dependent on other country and that mindset has not been changed. In Africa we are convinced that we become miserable without the guidance of others. There is also the lack of good strong leader who defends us and uphold our independence. One might argue that globalization can play a role in Africa not being fully independent. This is because of world trade policies and financial operation. Developed country use the world bank and the international monetary fund as a way to keep Africans in total economic dependence. Look at the fact that when you think about if the US or  economy crashes, it would affect Ghana even though their country is different from ours this come from our dependence on them. 

Now think about it, the world you know now, whatever country you are from. What if we all united into one?  Would we survive would it end in chaos? Would it end with the world becoming the massive land of milk and honey? Well I strongly agree that this achievement is possible! For example think about the European Union. It’s a band of countries that has decided to become “one”.  They are the perfect example, they have a free market, and they provide free movement of people to whichever country located inside the Union. Now if the world was like this with having one universal passport or no passports at all, Even though there would be a flooding of people to major cities of the world. It would cause economic growth. How would law and regulation be kept? Human have been known to be able to adapt to change very easily. Now how religion would be affected? Religion is very important around the world, almost everybody has his or her own religion in which she supports. Religion will not be affected but it would become an opportunity for people to stop being ignorant about their religion and be able learn about others religion as well.  Even though the world is not borderless currently; we have been able to connect with one and another through Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr and many social networking websites.  It would take a lot of work and honesty from world leaders for this goal to actually thrive. We would need to become broad minded and share common motive with others.  This has been debated worldwide calling a borderless world a myth. No it is not myth if people are to change their mindsets and be open for change it would be possible. We are developing already toward this goal. Countries help one another when there is disaster. They send in money and many other thing to help go through it. Look at Haiti earthquake for example the whole world bonded and their goal was to help. It was possible wasn’t it? We presume that the world is only able to come together when there is problem needed to be addressed. This motive has to go! We should be able to connect with one another without a disaster, we should have a world without borders, because it would better the state of mankind and resurrect the fallen.

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/richard-st-john-why-it-pays-to-work-hard

In the documentary digital nation, it shows south Korea as one of the first countries to notice the over use of internet and other technological devices, to be known as an addiction and psychological problem. They have implemented ways to help stop and slow this problem. South Korea created camps, or rehabilitation centres to help stop the over use of social media. They also created a program or course on internet etiquette, and the use of social media for elementary students. I believe that this is a great start to help diminish the means of becoming addicted to social media. The overuse of social media such as video games can be reduced with these rehab centre they have created. Even though it might not seem true, when a person overuses social media he is not only hurting his academics he is also hurting his health. This can be proven because the kids who went to the rehab centre either had a few problems with their eyes or ears.  So I strongly agree with the use of rehab centres to aid such people. This is a great start to aiding these sorts of people, however if they are able to do more than just internet programs and camps, it would be greatly beneficial for them. The school program in elementary schools is a great way to teach young kids the appropriate uses of technology or proper internet etiquette, it is better than the child discovering on his own. Since the children are pretty young and the appropriate use of technology is continuously repeated to them in form as seen in the documentary as music, the children are more likely to remember it in the future. There is one great flaw though, In this plan, What about the ones who are past elementary school and have caught on these bad habits? This is still a great start to help address the problem they are facing. In class I argued once that it was a person traditional background which controls how you are addicted to the internet. I now have changed it to society because it is the key influence to this problem. Society in south Korea has branded the use of going to an internet café or using the internet at home to not be a problem, and officially it isn't, but overusing it is. The little excerpt from the documentary of when the reporter entered the café and the audience saw how many people are playing video games, this shows that the people help broadcast the use of social media. It would not be easy for the people who are addicted to stop if they see many others also playing video games around them. People in general normally follow the crowd. If they are able change the way people use and look at technology it will greatly diminish the amount of people who are addicted. What the government can do is to create more rehab centres and  create policies and conditions on the use of technology. However they cannot use force or over do and use high risk solutions like banning the use of internet and some technology. This will create problems for themselves and might lead to riots. The government should use solution like educating families by using advertisement on T.V to show the problem of social media addiction. The government could also pass a law stating that children should at least do 1 week of internet rehab twice a year.  The government can also put taxes on the internet and social media technology and if they have not already done so. if they have, they should increase it, this method will make families rethink how they use their internet and social media.  

This bias unit has changed the way I listen or watch media now, because even though I do not watch news often I now always have to watch from another news source to make sure whatever they are showing is right. Even though I did not watch fox news often, because of the documentary I have now totally avoided on news level of the media. I also noted that on the radio I have to do the same because some radio do support specific political parties making it difficult to know if there is story framing, limiting debate and Omission. I barely listen to the radio during the day but I have to change it most of time because the words they will use is a turn of and will tell that they definitely supporting this party or another. While tracking the only that popped was the Kenyan mall incident which was a surprise to the whole world not only me, because of this the world was no more focused on Syria all the time.

There is not much evidence that you can show to say that BBC or Fox supports one side. Making such a mistake could cause problems. Each of the new stations wrote their articles as unbiased as they could and they were able achieve it.  Only Fox news ran into a few bumps but they were not serious. Their choice of words was slightly biased but was not extreme. The left very little information even though in my perspective it is very important. For omission I will say they were also just slightly biased not too extreme. Looking for third choice was a challenge which if it is can tell you that the article is was great and not extremely biased at all. Even though the BBC article was not biased, it was also not interesting.

"What’s Happening in Syria and Will the Violence End?" BBC News. BBC, 27 Aug. 2013. Web. 08 Sept. 2013.

  For the design thinking I think our class seriously need a remodel because as soon as you enter the class. You wonder what kind of boring subject you are going to do. It just a turn off. The classroom currently has boring wall color and really boring carpet. I think the classroom should just change the wall colors to something bright which get our minds to start going. The class should be green or yellow color. These colors will influence technology. For me personally when I am in a class and I am tired looking at these bright colors might wake me up slightly. The current one which just take me more into the sleep state.  In our model we also talked about seating arrangement in the classroom. We considered the fact that if the class was in a U shape it would be more fun and we can view the teacher from different angles. The teacher will also be able look at all student and will be able to tell if the student is able to understand what she is teaching, The table should be able to arrange themselves but this is make the budget rise and the school will not be able to afford it. In other half of the classroom, there will a relaxation area, for the student who have finished their work. The area should consist of a bean begs different color walls as well. There will be sofa as well as bean bags. This area can be discussion area. Even though some students may hand in horrible work just to go and hang out with friend in that area. If the student does hand crap work the student will be banned from the area and could also lose its privileges. We could also include a café. When kids are hungry they can come up and take a snack. It is one snack each class not some free buffet. 

For the design thinking I think our class seriously need a remodel because as soon as you enter the class. You wonder what kind of boring subject you are going to do. It just a turn off. The classroom currently has boring wall color and really boring carpet. I think the classroom should just change the wall colors to something bright which get our minds to start going. The class should be green or yellow color. These colors will influence technology. For me personally when I am in a class and I am tired looking at these bright colors might wake me up slightly. The current one which just take me more into the sleep state.  In our model we also talked about seating arrangement in the classroom. We considered the fact that if the class was in a U shape it would be more fun and we can view the teacher from different angles. The teacher will also be able look at all student and will be able to tell if the student is able to understand what she is teaching, The table should be able to arrange themselves but this is make the budget rise and the school will not be able to afford it. In other half of the classroom, there will a relaxation area, for the student who have finished their work. The area should consist of a bean begs different color walls as well. There will be sofa as well as bean bags. This area can be discussion area. Even though some students may hand in horrible work just to go and hang out with friend in that area. If the student does hand crap work the student will be banned from the area and could also lose its privileges. We could also include a café. When kids are hungry they can come up and take a snack. It is one snack each class not some free buffet. 

I consider my father as a role model, because the story of his life was a motivational journey. My father came from a family of wealth back then but his father died at an early age which changed the rest of his life. In Ghana when someone dies family who you may think is friendly and fun to be around can change easily. I am not saying I do not trust my family, but if you came from a wealthy family people from all over will try get their hand on the little wealth your family or whoever has left behind. It is a big problem and is sad, but his own was not as serious. My father grew up in Kumasi and moved to Accra he lived with his sisters. He was trying to finish his ACCA level 2. This is an accounting course. Now when my father married my mother they moved to London. When they were there then went through “hell” excuse my language. They did not have enough to eat. They were even barely able to pay rent. When my sister came along she was good baby though because she did not cry and make living harder than it already was. She was always smiling and laughing this brought happiness to them. My father worked at bakery, then was a janitor at night. My mom also cleaned for him on some days. When my father was tired he moved back to Ghana, he left with my sister and my mother stayed behind to work for a while even paying for a ticket was hard. When he came back he got a job at  KPMG a few month later, which led to him getting his job at standard Chartered Bank. By that time my mom had moved back and was pregnant with moi. When I was born I was known as a troublesome kid but for also bringing Good luck because that was around the time my dad got his job at Standard Chartered.  This started a chain of event which led him to where he is now. He worked hard and only had one thought in mind to give his family a wonderful life. This was what pushed him. HE eventually reached the peak at  Standard Chartered. He retired after a while and wanted to move back home. He is currently CEO of an oil company and has definitely achieved his goal. This is the type of person I would like to be and the reason he is my Role model.