People’s intellectual, social and personal
development is influenced by information they attain in every single day. With
the understanding, I believe that knowing global issues is important for
people. This is because it enables people to broaden interpersonal skills and
enjoy a better quality of life.
Firstly, knowing global events helps people to broaden their
interpersonal skills. Understanding the relationship between the social skills
and potential role of being aware of events occurring inside and outside of one’s
own country is crucial to substantiate this view. I engaged in a variety of
academic studies in my university and graduate school years. In addition to my
major, I was interested in watching news. Especially, I was greatly into news
channels that mainly dealt with global issues, such as CNN and BBC because I was
always curious what was happening outside of my countries. My curiosity had
turned into great asset because it helped me to build interpersonal skills for
later years in society. In one situation, couple of years ago, a president of
France was newly elected. At that time, I didn't stop updating new data by myself
about global issues, which was my hobby since in my university year, and I knew that the recent president of France was very
young and politically lucrative. I and my France clients joyfully continued
talking about the issue after the meeting. Furthermore, my bosses were pleased
to listen to my opinions on global events on the newspaper as they had same
interests with me. In this regard, knowing about global warming has an effect
of broadening interpersonal skills.
Secondly, keeping up the information of global events helps people to
enjoy a better quality of life. Interestingly, a renowned social scientist in
South Korea recently published an article claiming that gaining knowledge of various
global issues helps people to strengthen their social competitiveness. According
to the research, 62 percent of 200 Korean leading recruiters prefer people who
have encountered various global issues since they were young. They show such
tendency because they tend to be more flexible. In the long-run flexibility
increases job performances. This is because they know how to shift their
perspectives. They trained the ability unconsciously by reading articles with
different cultural dispositions toward global issues. This not only results in
job promotions but also ultimately encourages people to enjoy a better quality
of life.
To conclude, I believe that knowing global events is crucial for people
for the following reasons; to broaden interpersonal skills and to enjoy a
better quality of life. Consequently, the importance of my view cannot be
underestimated due to the reasons I have mentioned.