Comments on: Generation Y & “You Can be Anything you Want When You Grow Up” http://www.globalgirlblog.com/2009/08/generation-y-you-can-be-anything-you-want-when-you-grow-up/ Citizen of the World Wed, 14 Apr 2010 04:01:35 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Amanda http://www.globalgirlblog.com/2009/08/generation-y-you-can-be-anything-you-want-when-you-grow-up/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Amanda Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:21:21 +0000 http://www.globalgirlblog.com/?p=376#comment-71 Ryan, Thanks so much for the comment. I definitely agree that the education around the world will change as people are moving more around the globe. In Brazil many of the pre-college tests require both some Spanish knowledge and some English knowledge. In the United States I know some ex-pats that show their children in Spanish in order to make sure that they are bilingual! And it is interesting because many people experience the "global world" differently. I know for myself I feel like I literally exist in two countries right now. I grew up with American culture but most of my cultural experiences in the last two years are Brazilian. Even when I am studying in the US, I am studying about Brazil and speaking a lot of Portuguese and watching a lot of Brazilian TV. I have a friend who says he doesn't feel like he lives at all in the United States even though he spends most of his time in the United States for his doctorate. He has mostly Brazilian friends (or Brazil-loving friends), studies his own country, and is a huge blogger focused on the Brazilian community (he mostly writes in Portuguese). I felt like that was interesting two people in similar situations with different experiences. I'm excited to have joined Brazen, it seems like there are a lot of interesting people and a lot of great learning opportunities! Thanks - Amanda Ryan,
Thanks so much for the comment. I definitely agree that the education around the world will change as people are moving more around the globe. In Brazil many of the pre-college tests require both some Spanish knowledge and some English knowledge. In the United States I know some ex-pats that show their children in Spanish in order to make sure that they are bilingual!

And it is interesting because many people experience the “global world” differently. I know for myself I feel like I literally exist in two countries right now. I grew up with American culture but most of my cultural experiences in the last two years are Brazilian. Even when I am studying in the US, I am studying about Brazil and speaking a lot of Portuguese and watching a lot of Brazilian TV. I have a friend who says he doesn’t feel like he lives at all in the United States even though he spends most of his time in the United States for his doctorate. He has mostly Brazilian friends (or Brazil-loving friends), studies his own country, and is a huge blogger focused on the Brazilian community (he mostly writes in Portuguese). I felt like that was interesting two people in similar situations with different experiences.

I’m excited to have joined Brazen, it seems like there are a lot of interesting people and a lot of great learning opportunities!
Thanks – Amanda

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]]> By: Ryan Paugh http://www.globalgirlblog.com/2009/08/generation-y-you-can-be-anything-you-want-when-you-grow-up/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Ryan Paugh Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:33:48 +0000 http://www.globalgirlblog.com/?p=376#comment-69 Hey Amanda, Welcome to the Brazen Community. I was thrilled to see this post this evening. I was reading in the New York Times today about U.S. workers moving abroad to find jobs. Coincidentally, I just got done talking to a girl from our community who is moving to Switzerland. I think we're definitely becoming more accepting of cultural differences. And I think we'll see a lot of that play into the educational system w/ generations to come. We're already seeing it through the embracing of foreign languages at young ages. Dive a little bit deeper into what's being talked about on Brazen and you'll find a whole bucket of people talking about the location-independent work phenomenon. That movement alone says that we're trying to do something different. Something global. Great post! Keep up the good work. -RP Hey Amanda,

Welcome to the Brazen Community. I was thrilled to see this post this evening.

I was reading in the New York Times today about U.S. workers moving abroad to find jobs. Coincidentally, I just got done talking to a girl from our community who is moving to Switzerland. I think we’re definitely becoming more accepting of cultural differences. And I think we’ll see a lot of that play into the educational system w/ generations to come. We’re already seeing it through the embracing of foreign languages at young ages.

Dive a little bit deeper into what’s being talked about on Brazen and you’ll find a whole bucket of people talking about the location-independent work phenomenon. That movement alone says that we’re trying to do something different. Something global.

Great post! Keep up the good work.

-RP

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