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MY UNFORGETABLE EXPERIENCES

GLOBAL LEARNING ​INFO

"The Office of Global Learning Initiatives prepares FIU’s students to be successful global citizens who develop global awareness, a global perspective and use their passion to make the world a better place.

We achieve our mission through the award winning Global Learning for Global Citizenship initiative, in which every student engages in active, team-based, interdisciplinary exploration of real-world problems."

 

Since the first day, I learned about the program, I quickly fell in love with it. As a young black man, it was a nightmare for me everyday to see people in my environment keep labelling one another; especially those they don't know because of their background, social status, race or gender. Therefore we label them as, "rapist", "black", "terrorists", "smart", "Christian", "poor", "white", "gay" among others...

I found it so dangerous for our society, therefore I decided to ignore a few things that I learned in school, from the media, internet and close friends to focus more on my personal experience with some places around the world. In consequent, I decided to complete as much certificates at FIU to help me get a better and a closer understanding of those cultures and people we don't know.  After I completed all the certificates for Asian Globalization and Latin America,  National Security studies, Latin American and Caribbean studies, Middle East studies program, European and Eurasian studies, Global Black studies, Haitian Studies  and finally a certificate in languages and cultures of North Africa. I am proud to say that and finally understand that the Medallion program was the last piece of the puzzle to help me become a global citizen.

GLOBAL LEARNING COURSES

  • WORLD RELIGION: REL3308
    In this course, I had the chance to study the world's main religions. After this class, I was able to analyze some sacred texts from Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Sikhism and Jainism. This course really helps me understanding better these religious traditions and their interaction with other elements in the society. 

  • Black Popular Cultures: Global Dimensions AFA 2004
    "Through an in-depth examination of key aspects of black popular cultures in their global dimensions, this course considers fundamental questions about the nature of identity, identification, and belonging. It employs a comparative, interdisciplinary approach, examining historical processes, race and racialization, Diaspora, gender and sexuality, music, and other related topics. The course begins with a look at how artists and intellectuals have theorized race, blackness, Diaspora and globalization. It then proceeds to further explore these concepts through various articulations of black popular culture."

  • Contemporary International Problems:
     INR 3081
    This course really helps me understand better the world system theory. It was very interesting for me to discover how the domestic politics of states around the world has been influenced by globalization. I was able to analyze some contemporaries issues such as human security, war terrorism and some global policies that are related to them.

  • Development of International Relations Thought: INR 4013
    From this course I was able to have a comprehensive understanding of the development of international relations thought. I was able to identify the main theories in the development of political thought in the field of international relations understand the perspective of non-Western thinkers in the field of international relations. For this class, instead of going to my regular church with my family, I had the chance to visit a SiKh Gurdwara and a mosque.  Honestly, I found my experience to be very informative and intriguing.

  • Spanish I & II
    In these two classes I was able to learn a lot and understand better the Spanish culture. Although I have a background in the Spanish language, I was able to learn some new vocabularies and improve my listening, writing and speaking skills.

  • FRENCH I & II
    French is my second language, which means I was already fluent when I took those classes. However while I was taking these classes it really help me build some connections with other students as well as understand and  acquire information from other French-speaking cultures. 

  • ARABIC I:    ARA 1130
    This class was completely a new experience for me. Everything was so different from my previous languages. I was introduced to learn how to write and read in Arabic. During this class I learned to develop my listening, my speaking skills and also learn a lot about Middle East and discover about some misconceptions people often have when it comes to this region.

  • CHINESE I:   CHI 1130
    From this course, I had the opportunity to learn the Mandarin phonetic system and how to say and ask some basics information. I had to practice conversation with classmates in Chinese every three days in order to develop our listening and speaking skills. In addition, I had the chance to explore the Chinese culture and some festivals.

 

French Heritage Language Program - Miami
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I had the opportunity to help many francophone immigrant children from multiple places around the world who live in Miami to maintain their French language. I had to work closely with the coordinator of the program as a teacher's assistant. Through the institutions that are affiliated with the organization, we try to help these children and show them how much of an asset French is and thus help them maintain their French eloquence while living in United States.


French Heritage Language Program is not only a place to learn but also a place to share love and affection. FHLP is a great place that keeps a lot of young Americans with francophone backgrounds together. This internship has definitely showed me that there are still some organizations and people who are interested in helping the francophone immigrants in the United States. It also increased my interest to help children around the world.

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