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Step Four Student Speeches

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Step Four: Student Speeches My year involved in Global Connect has taught me that the world has many more issues than the common ones discussed in media. I have been able to determine which issues over others I feel most passionate about, and that I can have a sustainable career while helping others better their lives. The two issues I personally feel most attached to are gender inequality and access to education. Being an educated woman in society I believe education has influenced my life for the better, and I want other children and girls to be able to experience the joy of learning instead of being confined to outdated gender roles. Many people simply disregard the gender injustice seen everyday in minute amounts or extreme amounts simply because it …show more content…

All of us living in Orange County and the United States have easily been desensitized to issues, which Global Connect has helped to bring back to the forefront. Yet there still are citizens that are unaware of the injustice that persists in a communal scale and the global scale. From a personal standpoint, I want to deflect the gender stereotypes we’ve all grown up hearing. Instead of creating more problems for the next generation to fix, I want our generation to produce progress for the next generation to carry on. Keeping all of this in mind, to meet my goals my career field of preference is International Media and Publications. Since the job location opportunities are global I feel this has the most lasting impact, which is my goal. Thankfully the education requirement is a Bachelor’s Degree, which I’m thankful for because it’s less time in the classroom and more time making a difference. The field also allows for all media whether traditional or new technology, which can help reach more age demographics since not everyone gets influenced through the same form of media. Which brings me to my next point, of how media influences everyone’s lives and most choices. In the modern day,

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