Month: May 2020

International Perspectives on the Cornonavirus Pandemic

On April 22nd, 2020, I attended a Zoom video chat to listen to varying perspectives on COVID-19. In this video chat, I was able to listen to other OSU students living in France, Germany, and China. I greatly enjoyed this opportunity. The Coronavirus pandemic is not solely impacting the United States. Nations across the globe are experiencing similar scenarios. Each country has chosen its own tactics to implement in hopes of slowing the spread of the virus. Many of these countries are also in quarantine.

Most of the students I was able to listen to agreed that college work has not been heavily impacted by the outbreak. I agree with these statements. Remote learning has been different but is still very manageable. High schooler and middle schoolers are experiencing a bit of a varying experience. Thankfully, a good amount of college work is already online and pre assigned. Unfortunately, high school and middle school teachers are have to greatly change their strategies to properly educate their students.

A student from Germany expressed that different part of the country are implementing different extremes of solutions. This concept is the same in the United States. The Federal Government gave each state the chance to make their own decisions regarding quarantine, closures, etc. Other countries are doing the same. This issue is being dealt with on smaller scales such as by city or by state as opposed to a larger, national scale.

I believe that it is important for us as a country to understand what works and what does not work. The United States is able to look at strategies used by other nations around the globe to decide what works best for our needs. I really enjoyed getting a personal account of the situations in other countries from other OSU students.

(Virtual. April 22nd, 2020.)

Earth Day Celebration Webinar

On April 15th, 2020 I was able to attend a webinar centered around the celebration of Earth Day. As an international affairs scholar, it is so important to understand environmental efforts being made by nations, institutions, businesses, and other organizations around the world. As I listened to Mr. Sharp, a director in the School of Environmental and Natural Resources at Ohio State, I learned more about the importance of keeping our Earth clean. I am currently taking a class called “The World Since 1914.” In this course, we have discussed many environmental issues that exist around the world. For example, major food chains, such as McDonald’s, have increased cattle supply around the world. This increase in farm animals requires an increase in farm land. As a result, deforestation in places like South America has become very prominent.

As a business student at OSU, it is important to understand the affects that major corporations have on the environment. I hope to one day work in an company that is actively working to minimize pollution and waste in hopes of improving the environment. Earth Day is a day to cherish the planet we are blessed to live on. It is important for environmentalists and business executives alike to united to create a cleaner place for us to live.

(Virtual. April 15th, 2020.)