Differences Of World Essay, Research Paper

We should look at the differences of the world and try to learn from them. All

people have their good points and bad points. We live in a world that is not all

white, all black, or not even all yellow. We live in a world where all races

interact among themselves. The university in the United States is where this is

easily seen. At the university, we see people of all color and ethnicity from

our neighborhoods and from around the world. This is the place, where we are

hoped to be forged into begins that will be a contribution to the world that we

live. But to be a good contributor to the world, we have to know who lives among

us in the world and why we are different. This is where the university plays an

interracial part in shaping the future. The university forms a miniature version

of the world we live in. Because the university represents the diverse world we

live in, the uniersitry gives the futures of the world a good base to learn, to

experience, and take advantage of the strengths of the different races in their

miniature world to help them to become better members of society. In our

neighborhood, we live among many people. Not all the people in our neighborhood

are the same as you or I. Down the block there is a black family, and around the

corner, there might be an Indian couple living in the red brick house. There

might be a Korean family that just moved into neighborhood. But do we know them;

do we know how they live or what their impressions of the neighborhood are that

we share? Most likely we have only seen them in the morning when we are getting

into our cars to go to work or seen then as they were walking back to their

homes from the T stop. We probably do not know if they are interested in the

same things as you are, such as the safety of the neighborhood, or a nice

baseball game? Most people do not know the other culture that resides in their

neighborhoods. The university gives most people the opportunity to talk and get

to know people of other cultures, for hardly any class we take are only full

white students or only full of black student. One might have the opportunity to

sit between a Spanish person and a Japanese person and find out they all enjoy a

nice beer on the weekends and happen to have been patrons of the same local bar.

Or from an essay of a classmate, one might find out the Latin Americans are big

fans of soccer. You may even learn the black student in front of you hates rap

music and loves Mozart. From the other students in our class we learn that all

black people are not like all black people, or all white people are not like all

the other white people. This helps us to understand who our neighbors are. In

the multi-cultural universities we attend, we learn about each other?s

strengths and weaknesses through social contact. With this knowledge we can

apply the strength of other cultures and disregard or try to improve in

ourselves the weaknesses we see in other?s or ours cultures. The black student

might find out that the study habits of the Korean students are effective and

try to implement them. The white student might learn that the work habits of the

German people are productive and try to emulate them. The university gives the

opportunity to look at other races at a person level instead of a passer-by. At

the universities, students of all races are evaluated by their performance, not

by the color of their skin. This might not be the best way to evaluate each

other, but it is better then just visual clues. The removal of the color factor

will give a better impression of the strengths and weaknesses of each race. The

multitude of classes that the universities now offer help the students better

understand the differences of the fellow students that attend the same classes.

In the classes we learn that the races have different problems and similar

problems. Such classes help others look at the problems and successes of a

culture in a different perspective. In a class of Asian studies, a student can

learn how a defeated nation after a war, such as Japan, has become an economic

leader in the world. The students can learn how many countries in Asia prospered

at an astronomical rate. The students who study in the classes can learn how to

use the formula of success and stray from the problem of such success to shape

the future that they are preparing to enter. In a class of black studies, a

student can learn about the process of attaining racial equality. Students can

examine the tools that were effective and the tool that were not as effective.

Tools that were violent or illegal for the fight for racial equality can be

modified to be peaceful and more effective in the progress to total equality.

With these studies, we can learn how to effectively prosper and not make the

same mistakes our predecessors have made. We learn that the similar problems can

be solved with different means. Some means are more effective and others are

less. The students have the opportunity to learn this through taking a class on

the other cultures. The university is a great place to learn, not only about

computers, human anatomy, and even math, but a place to learn about the world we

live in, a place where we can learn about the different races and different

problems that they face. The university is a place where we can learn more about

our neighbors. It is also a place where we learn about the strengths and

weaknesses of our neighbors. We also learn how we can use the strength to our

advantage. With the help of the programs and opportunities that the university

offers the students, they can form a good base and progress toward being a

better citizen to the world. This will help everyone move forward in leaps and

bounds to make a better place to live in the fast changing world.