Global Citizenship Education

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by myrna Laham6 views·Updated Apr 14, 2022
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  1. Welcome to my digital essay,
  2. How has this course influenced me
  3. with much of the course content being focused on different topics such as racism,
  4. oppression, and privilege.
  5. I was able to dig deep into my personal
  6. life in order to connect and reflect on certain issues
  7. growing up in Syria and having parents who are immigrants.
  8. Has taught me a lot about the problems that immigrants face in their day to day lives,
  9. having to learn about these issues from such a young
  10. age and beginning to realize that many people in this
  11. country may not be accepting of me due to my
  12. background has caused me to push away from my culture.
  13. This of course has allowed me to meet many
  14. new students who have faced these challenges in the past
  15. and together we were able to explore different content that
  16. allowed us to understand the importance of our differences,
  17. my perspectives and beliefs
  18. as a daughter of immigrant parents.
  19. I was very surprised to see the amount of world issues that I was unaware of.
  20. I value equality, peace and acceptance, like many others in this world.
  21. After viewing different course content,
  22. I became aware of the fact that many people are still very uneducated and ignorant
  23. realizing that I am capable of change was very challenging for me.
  24. I had to maintain an open mind in order to
  25. truly make the most out of what I was learning.
  26. There are many different groups of people in my life that are able to affect.
  27. They are able to have an effect on my perspectives.
  28. For example, my family, friends and classmates
  29. when discussing different articles and themes,
  30. I felt that my classmates had the largest effect on my position,
  31. al Itty and perspective.
  32. How do my group memberships shape and affect my life
  33. being placed in a classroom environment where I was able to connect with
  34. different people and understand the different ways
  35. that they may view certain view.
  36. Certain topics.
  37. Has taught me a lot about how our experiences shape us all in a different way
  38. in order to differentiate with my new and previous position Haliti.
  39. I thought a lot about what my classmates has taught me.
  40. It was very shocking for me to see how many people were able to
  41. relate to their own stories in different issues such as racism and privilege.
  42. These things affected me in many ways because it allowed
  43. me to look past my own life and I felt like
  44. it was the first time I realized there were others in this world that struggled
  45. every day with similar issues.
  46. Immigration,
  47. what does it feel like to be an outsider?
  48. One thing that I still struggle to understand is how people
  49. continue to be unwelcoming to those in need.
  50. Immigration is a very common thing.
  51. Many people are put in terrible situations that they must leave
  52. in order to maintain a positive life for their family.
  53. Immigrants are faced with extreme amounts of racism and obstacles
  54. they are treated unfairly and are forced to pursue challenging
  55. low paying jobs in order to provide for themselves.
  56. My father was an engineer and my mother was a teacher,
  57. but they both had to leave their education behind because it meant nothing here.
  58. Having to start over with little to no support
  59. in an area where you feel very unwelcomed
  60. is extremely challenging.
  61. We must teach Children from a young age to
  62. accept others and respect all backgrounds and cultures.
  63. We can't expect change in a world filled with hate.
  64. one quote that I found that stood out to me is
  65. my fellow americans.
  66. We are and always will be a nation of immigrants.
  67. We were strangers once too.
  68. This is how I feel about immigration in all countries.
  69. Okay,
  70. what are some chapters and articles that spoke to me?
  71. Global citizenship education was one of the main
  72. topics that stood out to me throughout this course
  73. as well as in the article where all treaty people
  74. and immigrant and migrant labor movements
  75. chapter themes
  76. throughout this course, we went over many different chapter themes such as racism,
  77. oppression and privilege.
  78. One of the main articles that stood out to me was we are all treated people.
  79. This article told me about the
  80. struggles that indigenous people are constantly facing
  81. with their land being controlled by the government.
  82. They are no longer capable of doing what is right for the people.
  83. It surprised me how we can continue to stereotype certain
  84. groups of people and speech so negatively about them.
  85. Although many people may disagree with my opinion being expressed in this article,
  86. I think that the land should have remained
  87. in the possession of the indigenous people.
  88. This is because indigenous people truly value the land
  89. and the resources. Unlike the government,
  90. immigrant and migrant workers in Canada was also an article that stood out to me,
  91. We explored this article in March.
  92. I was very surprised to read about these issues. I was very unaware of the fact that
  93. this was a problem in Canada
  94. and some of my other classmates had the same reaction as well
  95. as someone who has a family of immigrants.
  96. I began to feel frustrated due to the lack
  97. of attention that people are giving these issues.
  98. I always thought that in a country like ours there
  99. was no such thing as unfair and hateful treatment.
  100. Although racism is a constant issue in the world,
  101. I hadn't predicted that such a large group of
  102. people would be in favor of these actions.
  103. I want to continue to learn more about these topics
  104. in order to raise awareness and expand my knowledge.
  105. Finally, global citizenship education,
  106. global citizenship education was one of the topics in
  107. our course that mainly stood out to me.
  108. I believe that in order to make a positive change in the world,
  109. we must begin by ensuring all Children are receiving a meaningful education
  110. that allows them to pursue an active role in their community.
  111. I also believe that I will be able to create change
  112. by incorporating this method of learning into my own career.
  113. I enjoyed being able to learn about real world issues because
  114. that was often overlooked in my elementary and high school education.
  115. This made me extremely detached from the world around me.
  116. After this course,
  117. I want to continue expanding my knowledge on real world
  118. issues and have meaningful conversations that helped me grow my perspectives
  119. in order to pursue a career in education.
  120. I want to make sure that I'm teaching Children about the meaningful things in life
  121. Finally,
  122. Dance for a Change.
  123. This was an article that we explored
  124. throughout this course and it's something that I will not forget.
  125. one of the main quotes that stood out to me is
  126. my biggest fear is not knowing who I am, or worse,
  127. my grandchildren not knowing who they are,
  128. no one should feel like they have to change in order to fit in a certain group.
  129. One of my biggest regrets is becoming so detached from
  130. my culture because it's a beautiful thing that I should
  131. I should want to share with the people in my life.
  132. I hope that others like me are able to realize this as well.
  133. The world can be a very hateful place,
  134. but we cannot let it change us.
  135. And I believe that global citizenship education will help so many
  136. people in the world start to begin to value their differences.
  137. Thank you