by 053603 on May 22, 2013
Spain and Russia are two very different countries. In this post, I will be comparing and contrasting both countries.
First of all the two countries are both in Europe, but Russia is not part of the European Union.
Spain is a constitutional monarchy, with their king being Juan Carlos while Russia being a semi presidential constitutional republic with their president being Vladimir Putin. However, they both have a prime minister, with Spain’s being Mariano Rajoy and Russia’s being Dmitry Medvedev.
The capital of Spain is Madrid, and the capital of Russia is Moscow.
The GDP per capita of Russia is 17,709 while Spain’s is 30,500. (USD) And from that, you can infer that Spain has a good economy, but in actuality Spain doesn’t. In 2008, the whole economy went down , causing the collapse of many construction sectors, causing a influx of unemployment, as it went down to an all time low of 37%. The debt of Spain is 27%.
The population of Spain is 47,265,300, while Russia’s is 141,900,000, which is not surprising, as Russia’s area is 17,075,400 sq km and Spain’s is 505,992 sq km. And as you can see from those numbers, Spain is quite a dense country.
by 053603 on May 15, 2013
For this year’s experience week we went to Chiang Mai, Thailand. Chaing Mai is the largest city in Thailand, and is also the most culturally influential. During our excursion in Chiang Mai, we stayed at the Maekok River Resort, which was a very nice place to stay. We stayed in Chiang Mai for six days. During this trip, we did many activities that were very dangerous and were new to me. These activities included kayaking, jungle survival and archery. Although we did many dangerous activities, we also did some other activities such as community service, which was one of the highlights of the trip for me. For this trip, I think I demonstrated risk taker the most. The reason why I think I demonstrated risk taker the most is because I tried many new activities that I have never tried before such as rock climbing. Rock climbing was sort of a “new” challenge to me, as the last time I went rock climbing was when I was 6. I was quite scared while doing this activity, as my palms were quite sweaty. I think the other learner profile attribute I demonstrated the best was being open minded. The way I displayed this was for example, during the time that we were in the temple, I respected the environment around by always following the right instructions, such as not making noise, taking off of the shoes, etc… I also respected the culture there by taking time to look at things that were native to Thailand. I also respected the fact that the hill tribe people were quite shy, and I didn’t disturb them while I was there. Being away from my family during my trip was not very different from home. When I had my friends around, it already felt like family. This trip taught me more about the culture of Thailand, as we visited the temples, and old hill tribe villages. It also taught me about how Thailand was very rural/varied. Thailand is a very varied country as they have a big city, and while they have a big city, they also have farm houses, and rural countrysides.
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