I really had no idea what I was walking into on my first day of citizenship. I really thought it was just learning how to be a good citizen. In the class we talked about COVID, environmental effects, cultural effects, and how us, as individuals affect the overall social community of the world. All things we talked about, I was able to connect them to outside life fairly easily, and if I couldn’t, it was mentally noted for when I do encounter that in the outside world. One section from Nussbaum’s book in the section “Citizens of The World ” I thought connected really well to the class I took, and to Nussbaum’s argument. This was on page 111, continuing the conversation of ‘citizens’ and all of the things in the world, like global warming, sexual abuse, and political dilemmas, being a few Nussbaum listed. “Nor do any of us stand outside this global interdependency. The global economy has tied all of us to distant lives. Our simplest decisions as consumers affect the living standard of people in distant nations who are involved in the production of products we use. Our daily lives put pressure on the global environment. It is irresponsible to bury our heads in the sand, ignoring the many ways in which we influence, every day, the lives of distant people. Education, then, should equip us all to function effectively in such discussions, seeing ourselves as “citizens of the world,” to use a time-honored phrase, rather than merely as Americans, or Indians, or Europeans.” UNE is a really good school when it comes to immersing students into different cultures and information.
