September 28, 2020
The second event that I watched was Current Event Night. I was unable to watch the meeting live, so I watched the recording. The meeting took place on September 27th, and it was led by Samantha Zimmerman, a student at OSU and member of the International Affairs Scholars Program. The meeting was about various different stories about politics from around the world. The first story that Samantha shared was that France has increased their paternity leave time from two weeks to four weeks. My opinion on this is that France is taking a step in the right direction. I do not think that fathers are usually given enough time with their newborn, so this is a nice change. Another story I found interesting was about Australia’s recent economic recession. Much like Samantha, I am an Economics major, so this is directly to my studies. The recession was the first that Australia had in three decades, showing how much of an impact Covid-19 and climate change have had on the global economy. I found the meeting to be very educational, as I had not heard of any of these stories. I think that Samantha did a good job presenting the information which also made it worthwhile. The key takeaway that I had was that myself and other people should try to stay up to date on foreign affairs.