Everyday you learn something new. Today we watched a TED video called Weird or Just Different. The speaker, Derek Silvers compares things from 2 different sides of the world, like how in the US streets have names and in Japan blocks have names. I never knew that, which is probably important to think about, because in the discussion we had about the video later the class talked about how some people are "in a box" and don't care about other perspectives on things. I do have many Western Ideals but I never thought myself to be "in a box" until now. I never really thought too much about how simple things work in other places just complicated things, like the form of government, or the views of leaders. I would love to actually be able to go to some other place just to be able to see these differences, and get out of my box. I don't understand why others wouldn't want to get out of their box. It is so interesting to see the way things work in the rest of the world, and be able to understand other people. If we want to fix global problems we have to work together as a whole planet.
"Shoot for the Moon, even if you miss you'll land among the Stars"- Les Brown
