Building a Global-Citizenship Mindset: Essential Strategies for the Future ๐ŸŒ

Discover expert insights on fostering a global perspective and the importance of investing in education to shape responsible global citizens.

Building a Global-Citizenship Mindset: Essential Strategies for the Future ๐ŸŒ
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Building a Global-Citizenship Mindset: Essential Strategies for the Future ๐ŸŒ

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Develop a global-citizenship mindset, Rischard says.<br /><br />Question: What should we be doing?Armitage:ย ย ย  In my view we ought to be investing and reinvesting in education, and particularly in technical education.ย  We ought to find the wherewithal to be able to come up with a health scheme that can be quite robust and satisfy the needs of the great majority of our population.ย  But we spend our time, as I suggested earlier, arguing things very often which are not very important and leave these big, tough issues unfunded and understated.ย  I was thinking on the way down here today, Dwight David Eisenhower is the one who is responsible for our great infrastructure -- this great network of highways.ย  A big idea.ย  Lyndon Johnson had this great society.ย  Richard Nixon put a man on the moon.ย  I mean huge ideas.ย  We seem to be bereft of those ideas.ย  So I think we need to get a little more comity in our political discourse.ย  We need to focus on education in a very serious way.ย  And as I say, get a handle on immigration.ย  And if we do that, I think we'll have a pretty bright future.<br /><br />Question: What should we be doing?Armitage:ย ย ย  In my view we ought to be investing and reinvesting in education, and particularly in technical education.ย  We ought to find the wherewithal to be able to come up with a health scheme that can be quite robust and satisfy the needs of the great majority of our population.ย  But we spend our time, as I suggested earlier, arguing things very often which are not very important and leave these big, tough issues unfunded and understated.ย  I was thinking on the way down here today, Dwight David Eisenhower is the one who is responsible for our great infrastructure -- this great network of highways.ย  A big idea.ย  Lyndon Johnson had this great society.ย  Richard Nixon put a man on the moon.ย  I mean huge ideas.ย  We seem to be bereft of those ideas.ย  So I think we need to get a little more comity in our political discourse.ย  We need to focus on education in a very serious way.ย  And as I say, get a handle on immigration.ย  And if we do that, I think we'll have a pretty bright future.

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