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Concise History of U.S. Foreign Policy, gives insight into the important, and often ignored, effects foreign policies throughout the history. Alongside keen insights on foreign policy, Kaufman provides detailed events in which domestic relations coincide with the effects and creation of foreign policies. By providing the reader with concise examples, Joyce Kaufman provides detailed connections between governments, economies, and individuals that are ultimately intertwined by foreign policy. More…

Stresemann was a German politician and statesman. He accomplished many things from serving as a Chancellor in 1923 to a Foreign Minister 1923-1929 to winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1926. Gustav Stresemann put a lot of hard work to achieve his goal. He made major contributions into politics from his experiences in education, office, politics, and military. Gustav Stresemann was born May 10, 1878 in Berlin, Germany. His father, Ernest Stresemann, was a Berlin innkeeper and beer distributor..…

In today’s internationally connected world, monolingualism is becoming more and more of an anomaly. Business is conducted across countries, cultures, and people while media is often successful in a multitude of languages. Benefits aren’t always so tangible - a study by Kathleen Marcos (1998) showed children who have a higher level of fluency in two or more languages are more flexible thinkers, better communicators, and have more doors to other cultures as well as a greater job pool in their…

The Mistreatment of the Guest Worker Guest workers are known to us as documented and undocumented immigrants from other countries. Guest workers migrate to other countries to find work, even though the majority work is low-skilled labor, such as farming, landscaping, caring for children, and housekeeping. How would it feel if employers refused to pay and threatened to deport anyone who complains? These are just a few of the situations that guest workers have to encounter when they work in…

with the strongest military in the world? Because of weakening foreign relations, decreases in the protection of America, and the negative effects on the families of those who serve in the military, budget cuts in the military should be stopped. Although many believe that the military already has enough money, more funding should be given to necessary programs. Our country has been fighting over foreign policies for a long time. Foreign…

cold, but after a few awkward moments she let me in the door. Over the past several weeks I have gotten know Margarita, and though we have extremely different lifestyles, and I have come to admire her adventurous spirit. She has a passion to visit foreign places, she has a thirst for knowledge that few possess and she doesn’t let anything stand in her way. Margarita turned is seventeen and has seen more of the world than most people do in their entire lives. She is the only child of her parents…

Political and Social Science 449 (1980): 17-30. The benefits of knowing a foreign language are undeniable in the current U.S. economy. In this article, the author successfully points out the national needs in foreign language and international studies. In addition, she uses analytical data to show how important it is to implement these skills in the U.S higher education. In term of explaining the importance of knowing a foreign language in current U.S. economy, the article is not very…

“Learning a foreign language, and the culture that goes with it, is one of the most useful things we can do to broaden the empathy and imaginative sympathy and cultural outlook of children” (Michael Grove). For children just beginning their journey in school their enthusiasm to learn is profound. They are excited to learn anything and everything. For most schools this includes the basics such as math and reading, but for Morningside Elementary School this is not the case. The children at this…

to teach it. Education should ensure the development and cultivation of all subjects; reading, mathematics, and science will only bring students so far. “‘We’re talking now about what is it we really want our students to do,’ says Paula Patrick, a foreign language coordinator, ‘It’s no longer a check-off to college admission. It’s a tool for communication’” (“Why Learn”). After the completion of school, students should stand on the threshold of life with confidence and overflowing toolboxes, but…

Introduction In 2003, Nicholas Carr wrote an article that made huge waves in the business world called “IT Doesn’t Matter”. The article’s main premise is that modern IT has evolved into a necessary infrastructure, that it no longer serves the purpose of giving companies a distinct competitive edge, but remains a necessary commodity (Carr, 2003). The paper highlights the business trend adopted by many companies, that of saving resources by moving away from internally developed software and…