Blog Post 1

Last semester I had the opportunity to take Geography and World Affairs from Professor Knapp.  One element of world affairs that we discussed throughout the entire semester was globalization. Globalization is how the influences and operations of the world have affected the globe.  Even though globalization has many positive effects, it is still an international debate on whether it is destructive because it affects people negatively as well.  Living in the United States, I am lucky because I have all that I do because of globalization.  The most common for of globalization in my life is clothing.  Most of the clothing that we buy from stores was made in countries such as China, Thailand and Taiwan.  Designs are created in the United States and then outsourced to other countries to be made.  Another example of globalization in my life is the produce at the grocery store.  With Utah’s continental climate we are not able to grow many crops year round, so we ship produce in from other countries that have more maritime climates and are able to grow fruit and vegetables throughout the entire year.  I am also affected by globalization because of medicine.  Throughout the centuries as people have researched diseases and sicknesses, they have created cures through medicine to heal.  These scientists and researchers were not all Americans, they were from all over the globe.  They were able to find these medicines by going to countries such as Africa to research those who are sick, and now I am able to benefit from the medicines they have created.  I am so grateful for globalization.  It allows me access to resources I could not live without.     

-Alexis Williams