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ask for coming-of-age corporation guidance negotiations previous proposal regain rite of passage vision
Dear Julio,
It’s been five years since we graduated, but I still miss my old friends from college. That’s why the reunion of the Class of 2003 this summer is going to be great! The years at Central State University were the best years of our lives. It was a coming-of-age
period in which we were growing from adolescence to adulthood. We were leaving behind ourpreviousfriends from high school and finding new ones in college. We were trying to decide whowe were and what we wanted to do, to develop avisionfor the future. We took courses and looked forguidance
from our professors, hoping they would help us decide on a profession. I remember a proposalfrom one of my professors; she said that how much money you made wasn’t as important as how much better you made the world. At first, I was just concerned about paying back my student loans to the bank. I wanted toregaina sense of independence, of not owing money to anyone. When I paid them back, I remembered my professor’s advice about contributing to society. I decided to work for a nonprofit corporation. I got a job with Fair Trade, an organization that buys food products, like coffee, from small farmers. These farmers can’t ask for
high prices because they produce small crops. So Fair Trade holds negotiationswith food companies so that they pay fair prices to the farmers. I even went to Central America to visit these farms, which was like a rite of passagefor me. I realized how much I really have and how much I must give back to society.
Your friend,
Shawn
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areas global policy technology created infrastructure priority economic protectionist require
It may sound as if the situation is hopeless for developing countries ever to have a competitive edge in global trade — but perhaps not. East Asia, for example, has found far more economic success than Africa has. The key to success seems to lie in each government’s economic policy. Malaysia and Thailand have the same tropical climate as many African countries, but their economies — unlike those of Africa — are growing fast. The reason? Their governments have created an economic climate in which people can move from agriculture to manufacturing. Geography is not the terrible obstacle to manufacturing that it is to farming. To help new entrepreneurs, these governments pay careful attention to infrastructuresuch asareas (harbors, railroads, and so on) and telecommunication. In other countries, such as India, information technology (infotech) is driving the economy in some cities. Computertechnologydoesn’t depend on geography, but it doesrequire educated workers. Therefore, education must be apriority. In addition, governments of developing countries must work with developed countries and persuade them to drop protectionist policies. Clearly, it is possible for government policy to prepare a path out of poverty in even poor countries.
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