final reflection

I've learned a lot this year in global and I have really enjoyed this class. It has for sure been my favorite class at Los Altos High School. I think the most meaningful concept that I have learned in this class is that being educated and well informed on specific topics makes the world an overall better place. I feel like this class has really opened my eyes to social situations that if I were previously faced with it, I would react completely different. An example of people being ignorant and uneducated on the topic at hand is the whole HIV and aids topic. Magic Johnson and Mike Sisco were faced with a lot of hardships, discrimination and hatred because people didn't understand or know what this disease was and they would jump to conclusions. I think that through these case studies I have learned that I need to step back and listen to the information, be educated on the situation or topic before jumping to conclusions.