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Global Issues: Water Crisis

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Water Crisis “Clean, safe drinking water is scarce. Today, nearly 1 billion people in the developing world don’t have access to it. Yet, we take it for granted, we waste it, and we even pay too much to drink it from little plastic bottles. Water is the foundation of life. And still today, all around…

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Global Issues: Energy Crisis

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Energy Crisis The energy crisis is the concern that the world’s demands on the limited natural resources that are used to power industrial society are diminishing as the demand rises. These natural resources are in limited supply. While they do occur naturally, it can take hundreds of thousands of years to replenish the stores.  …

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Global Issues: Education Worldwide

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Education Worldwide Education can be thought of as the transmission of the values and accumulated knowledge of a society. In this sense, it is equivalent to what social scientists term socialization or enculturation. (Read more) ▪ Actual World Situation  As a result of poverty and marginalization, more than 72 million children around the world remain unschooled….

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Cultural Immersion: Buenos Aires (Argentina)

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▪ The country (Argentina) Flag of Argentina Argentina is an immense country located in the southern part of South America. Is also the eighth largest coutry in the world and  the second largest country in South America after Brazil. Argentina is a federal republic, there have been several democratically elected presidents after many years of political…

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Global Issues: Diseases

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Diseases     A disease is a particular abnormal condition that affects part or all of an organism not caused by external force (injury) and that consists of a disorder of a structure or function, usually serving as an evolutionary disadvantage. The study of disease is called pathology, which includes the study of cause. Disease is…

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Global Issues: Deforestation

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Deforestation     Deforestation is clearing Earth’s forests on a massive scale, often resulting in damage to the quality of the land. Forests still cover about 30 percent of the world’s land area, but swaths half the size of England are lost each year. (National Geographic) This advertisement was created for WWF’s campaign in order to raise…

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Cultural Immersion: Bucharest (Romania)

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Flag of Romania ▪ The country (Romania) Authentic, natural and cultural, are the words that Best capture the essence of Romania, country of  southeastern Europe. The national capital is Bucharest. Romania was occupied by Soviet troops in 1944 and become a satellite of Union of Soviet Socialist Reublic in 1948. The Romanian landscape is approximately one-third…

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Cultural Immersion

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Here you can find some useful information to help you in your Composition day. ▪ Agra (India) ▪ Athens (Greece) ▪ Barcelona (Spain) ▪ Bangkok (Thailand) ▪ Berlin (Germany) ▪ Bucharest (Romania) ▪ Buenos Aires (Argentina) ▪ Dublin (Ireland) ▪ Hong Kong (China) ▪ Johannesburg (South Africa) ▪ London (England) ▪ Mexico City (Mexico) ▪ Moscow (Russia) ▪ Paris (France) ▪ Philadelphia (USA) ▪ Reykjavik (Iceland) ▪ Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) ▪ Seoul…

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Cultural Immersion: Agra (India)

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▪ The country (India) Flag of India (Read more) India is one of the oldest civilizations in the world with a kaleidoscopic variety and rich cultural heritage. It has achieved all-round socio-economic progress during the last 70 years of its independence. It’s also one of the largest country in the world, India stands apart from the…