Living is learning. From birth to death, people live their lives gaining knowledge whether consciously or not. A child learns how to speak and walk unconsciously; youth consciously learn different ways through life as long as they have the will to live. Adults learn from mistakes and the vastness of life they see ahead. Though knowledge is immense and can be obtained in all places, people with the fear of welcoming the unknown will always be limited in the knowledge they obtain. They may only have a single story. Never getting lost is a bridge to ignorance.
Welcoming the unknown and experiencing it has a great influence on every human being. People might experience the unknown by departing from their homes for various reasons, but unconsciously living in the new environment is learning about what was unknown despite the aim of being there. For instance, on a TED talk by Chimamanda Adichie with the title: The dangers of a single story. Chimamanda spoke about a domestic helper who worked at her parent’s home. Her mom told her that Fide’s family (the domestic helper’s family) was very poor. Her mom would refer to the helper’s family as people with nothing. Chimamanda became ignorant about people who were poor (specifically Fide’s family). When she visited Fide’s family, she knew that they did have something. They had beautifully patterned baskets made of dyed raffia. The baskets were made by Fide’s brother. Going to the village to visit a poor family is welcoming the unknown. It’s an uncomfortable event as a person should be careful on how to act and speak to avoid being rude. Unfortunately, there is no measure of ignorance. We can’t conclude that Chimamanda became less ignorant after meeting Fide’s family. People are either ignorant or not. Thus, the term ignorant is subjective. Since getting lost is related to being ignorant, the measure of getting lost is also subjective. Departing from one’s country to another does not stop someone from being ignorant. Listening to news and reading different books does not either. The same news or books that are heard and read respectively can be the source of ignorance. For instance, Chimamanda had a single story on Mexicans. She labeled them as abject immigrants before going to Mexico, since the media portrayed them in that manner. In this case, getting lost might be the bridge to ignorance though a certain knowledge is gained. A person might not be ignorant about other countries but ignorant about their own country. Chimamanda was not ignorant about the British and Americans. However, she was ignorant about Fide 's family. Nevertheless, never getting lost might not be a bridge to ignorance. Since ignorance is subjective, a person strictly brought up and taught by his or her parents about the things known to them, might not be considered as ignorant in a conservative perspective. Consequently, this won’t be true when the person diverges from the teachings or the planned life set for him or her. If …show more content…
The world we live in is interconnected just as politics are connected to every aspect of a person’s life. For a relatively stable and peaceful world, people holding power must have experienced getting lost to a significant extent. Experience gives people in power knowledge of how to deal with other countries or people maintaining a political balance at the same time benefiting themselves. For instance, the president of the United States, Obama spent a lot of time out of America while he was growing up. In a video ‘The Making of a Black President’ Obama said the experiences he had out of America gave him an understanding of races, ethnicity, religions and backgrounds of people. The experience made him look at the problems in America (specifically race) in a different way. In a published article by The Atlantic ‘My President was Black’ it is written: Obama himself was an activist and a community organizer. The writer proceeds writing: Obama’s solution relies on a goodwill that his own personal history tells him exists in the larger country. The experiences had a big impact on the decisions he made in and for the United States. He managed to maintain a certain stability among people. Possibly his leadership would have been different if he would not have gained the experience from other countries or continents. In this case getting lost is not a bridge to
Welcoming the unknown and experiencing it has a great influence on every human being. People might experience the unknown by departing from their homes for various reasons, but unconsciously living in the new environment is learning about what was unknown despite the aim of being there. For instance, on a TED talk by Chimamanda Adichie with the title: The dangers of a single story. Chimamanda spoke about a domestic helper who worked at her parent’s home. Her mom told her that Fide’s family (the domestic helper’s family) was very poor. Her mom would refer to the helper’s family as people with nothing. Chimamanda became ignorant about people who were poor (specifically Fide’s family). When she visited Fide’s family, she knew that they did have something. They had beautifully patterned baskets made of dyed raffia. The baskets were made by Fide’s brother. Going to the village to visit a poor family is welcoming the unknown. It’s an uncomfortable event as a person should be careful on how to act and speak to avoid being rude. Unfortunately, there is no measure of ignorance. We can’t conclude that Chimamanda became less ignorant after meeting Fide’s family. People are either ignorant or not. Thus, the term ignorant is subjective. Since getting lost is related to being ignorant, the measure of getting lost is also subjective. Departing from one’s country to another does not stop someone from being ignorant. Listening to news and reading different books does not either. The same news or books that are heard and read respectively can be the source of ignorance. For instance, Chimamanda had a single story on Mexicans. She labeled them as abject immigrants before going to Mexico, since the media portrayed them in that manner. In this case, getting lost might be the bridge to ignorance though a certain knowledge is gained. A person might not be ignorant about other countries but ignorant about their own country. Chimamanda was not ignorant about the British and Americans. However, she was ignorant about Fide 's family. Nevertheless, never getting lost might not be a bridge to ignorance. Since ignorance is subjective, a person strictly brought up and taught by his or her parents about the things known to them, might not be considered as ignorant in a conservative perspective. Consequently, this won’t be true when the person diverges from the teachings or the planned life set for him or her. If …show more content…
The world we live in is interconnected just as politics are connected to every aspect of a person’s life. For a relatively stable and peaceful world, people holding power must have experienced getting lost to a significant extent. Experience gives people in power knowledge of how to deal with other countries or people maintaining a political balance at the same time benefiting themselves. For instance, the president of the United States, Obama spent a lot of time out of America while he was growing up. In a video ‘The Making of a Black President’ Obama said the experiences he had out of America gave him an understanding of races, ethnicity, religions and backgrounds of people. The experience made him look at the problems in America (specifically race) in a different way. In a published article by The Atlantic ‘My President was Black’ it is written: Obama himself was an activist and a community organizer. The writer proceeds writing: Obama’s solution relies on a goodwill that his own personal history tells him exists in the larger country. The experiences had a big impact on the decisions he made in and for the United States. He managed to maintain a certain stability among people. Possibly his leadership would have been different if he would not have gained the experience from other countries or continents. In this case getting lost is not a bridge to