Today in class we went over things for the test on Friday.  We went over globalization and the message to Garcia. We also went over our power points most of them had a lot of info. Graces Probably had the most that would be very useful when I am studying. There group had tons of facts. I think that this test should be easy as long as I study and know what I am doing. I think I know enough about globalization the only thing that I may have to study more is the letter to Garcia. I am going to reread it again and study the main parts of the letter.

I know it’s a day late but I was having issues with my internet last night so I had to post it when I got in school

 

            They said that thing were better at Nike but they really are not. That just adds to why people think that the workers for Nike are doing fine because if they improve one little thing then the news people pick it up and make it sound better then how it really is. Nike said that there workers agree to sign a contract that makes them work for less. But that is not really true yes the do have a contract that they agree to sign but they are more forced to sign it. Nike brought in the military to scare the workers into signing it. But the news people felt no need to right about that. And then that creates a loop the news people wright good things about Nike and people that read about it think that everything is ok. So then nothing gets better over there because people have no idea what is happening.

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Today in class we learned mostly about the cons to globalization. We watched a video about 2 people who when to Indonesia. They went to the Nike factories and lived like the workers who work there. When they went there what they found was truly disgusting and horrible. The workers were living in 9 by 9 concrete houses. And they slept on thin pieces of fabric. They found that the concisions that the people were living were so awful that people were getting sick and the sewer was above ground and open so all the sewage was in the streets. And all the left over rubber from the factory was getting dumped and burned. So all the children and people around there where inhaling the smoke and are probably going to get cancer. It is amazing that there are no laws to help prevent stuff like this from happening. I really do not know how the ceo and all the people in the top ranks of the company can live with themselves. And they know what is going on and they are trying to hide it. If I was them I would really have a hard time living with myself.

Today in class we talked about globalization and what it is. We learned that it is the inner connection of all the county's becoming one. We also learned that it is sometimes called Americanization because most of the ideas in globalization come from America. As a result of globalization here is a boom in economy. There is also a grow in international, cultural and political activities. We also learned how to use google documents. I think this is a very neat thing it allows people to work on something together without the group of people meeting. This will be very useful on projects. Instead of getting people to meet and working around other peoples plans everyone can just stay at home or be anywhere and work on the paper. I think I will use this a lot while I am here at john carroll

One fact that I thought was amazing was that we are teaching kid how to solve problems that don’t exist yet using technology that also does not exist. There must be a lot of confidence that these technologies will exist soon. Another that I though was amazing was that the newspaper in a week gives people more info then people in the 18 century ever would come across. It makes science that after the printing press there was a boom in inventions and art and knowledge. When the printing press was invented info could travel faster and be more permanent then word of mouth.The last one was that there will be more than 40 Exabyte’s of new info this year alone and they said that is more then in the last 5000 years. We really are in a technological renaissance more and more technology is being invented every year. This is a time that there really are no limits on what we can do or what we will discover.

Today in class I learned a lot about Greece. I learned a lot about how they were the first ones to invent democracy. I learned how much the Greek   tried to do everything they did perfectly. I also learned about how much the U.S learned from them. I learned a lot about Socrates and his ideas. It is sad that he died for teaching young people. But I do think that the decision that he made over death or exile was a wise one. If he chose exile he would be thought of as a coward and all of his ideas would probably never be remembered.

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