Banks Reading

I never really thought of education on the global/international level and reading this article has brought some elements of education and it’s problems to light for me.  It never really crossed my mind that students from different countries around the world were taught differently.  What I mean is that I knew that people were taught differently but I didn’t consciously understand what that meant.

It was really interesting to read about how education on the global level influenced so many elements of governments.  I found the section that dealt with immigrants the most interesting.  I never quite realized that some countries wanted immigrants to leave after a period of time.  To me immigrant means someone who comes from one country to another to live permanently.  I found that the disregard that these countries had for these immigrant children and their education disastrous.  I liked how, after some time, efforts were made to better acclimate the education system to these immigrants and how the education system has had to try to evolve to help these people to better acclimate to living in the new country they have moved to. This article has helped me to better understand some of the challenges and problems of globalization and education.