19. What is the most important skill that you’ve learned through your participation in this course, and how will you use it as you move on with your life?

Similarly to my previous post, I believe that the most important skill that I obtained through this course is the ability to study an issue and consider its potential implications globally. Through this I have been able to understand world issues on a much deeper level, and subsequently I have gained insight into the sensitivity of certain issues (ex Arab Israeli conflict). In other words I have learned that there are global repercussions to any issue, and that solutions are not simply achieved without considering the perspectives of every party involved. Additionally I have come to understand that localized issues have the apparent potential to become global conflicts (as history suggests), thus as I move on with my life I will use these skills in the sense of gaining a much more in depth understanding of issues in our world today.