Coldstreams Travel and Global Thinking
Working on a global perspective
Did you know that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was once a U.S. citizen?
Did you know that Sen. Ted Cruz was once a Canadian citizen?
Did you know that Barack Obama, who was born in Hawaii and is a U.S. citizen also held citizenship in Kenya and Indonesia in his youth (as dual citizen with the U.S.)?
Fascinating stuff that blew my mind. These examples and more point to the critical importance of having international experience and “global thinking” capability.
Demand for multi-lingual workers in the U.S. is increasing. Unfortunately, U.S. public education has among the worst language education of any developed nation.
The U.S. is behind and is falling behind in global education skills, including being multi-lingual. This portends a future where the U.S. may be less influential in the world.
Several travel businesses have partnered with well-known language learning businesses to help travelers pick up some language skills.
Studying languages on our own, without the guidance of a teacher, is hard!
For best results, you will want to use multiple learning resources – do not rely on just one.
In this section, I describe tools I have found useful.