In our first few Global Perspectives classes we talked about the meaning of the class and what kind of stuff we would be doing. We then decided on a topic to focus on for our portfolios that we would be using throughout the year. The topic we chose, after much debating, was Law and Criminality because everyone seemed the most interested in this subject.
We had a guest speaker come in named Renee Martinas. She works in the UN in a certain human trafficking division and told us a whole lot about it. Every disturbing detail.
After this we were given an assignment based upon freedom of speech and whether or not it should be legal or not. We analyzed an article and picked out information to use in debates we had in the class. We also had to make a creative piece to express our opinion on the subject.
Now we have begun learning all about patents and its pros and cons. We watched a documentary called 'Who Killed the Electric Car?' that was all about how patents could be used really badly to increase pollution. At the moment we are researching about patents to answer specific questions to help us write an essay.
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