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5 Reasons Why Traveling Is the Best Education
Why Traveling Is the Best Education
- Learn New Languages. Before visiting a country where English isn't the primary language, learn the basics. Practise by talking with actual native speakers.
- Explore Cultural Differences. Different cultures prefer different types of cuisine, manners, and social expectations.
- Discover Cultural Similarities. Break down barriers by finding shared interests, habits, and values.
- Unearth History. By exploring other parts of the world you'll play the part of an adventurer and discover new artifacts of knowledge.
- Gain Independence. The most well-planned traveler will see his or her plans fall awry. Traveling teaches everyone how to improvise.
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Time Travel
The Science Fiction’s holy grail, Time Travel has been a popular topic in various books, movies and TV series for decades.
Time Travel is the ability to ‘travel’ between two different point...
Understanding Time
According to physicist Albert Einstein, time is not a constant phenomenon as it appears, but is an illusion, and can vary from different vantage points.
Space is three-dimensional, and Time, according to the famous physicist, is the fourth dimension. It also speeds up or slows down, so is actually subjective, as stated in his Theory Of Special Relativity.
Space-Time
Einstein's theory of general relativity says that Time can be bent, stretched and squeezed, and the four-dimensional fabric with a huge mass creates a dimple, or bending of Space-Time, causing gravity.
This effect of time dilation is proven using GPS satellite technology in space, making astronauts not only travel space but in a slightly different time than the earthlings.
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Pushing limits
Traveling forces you out of your comfort zone.
You know and feel comfortable with all the people in the school: the teachers, the friends, the parents, and other school workers.
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Travelling and time management
Traveling teaches you better time management skill
In your travel adventure, getting late will cost you lots of money. After all, you can’t ask the plane to wait for you.
New experiences and perspectives
Traveling allows you to see and experience new ways of living.
Have you been to Guangzhou, China and seen people eat cockroaches and worms? You might be able to see the photo of that from a textbook, but experiencing it yourself can only be done through traveling.
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Bigger Isn’t Better
The Travel and Tourism industry always thrived on big. Big cruise ships, crowded national parks, and large scale corporatization.
The trillion dollar bailouts and stimulus packages should b...
The World Becomes Non-Essential
As we fall back to the ‘essential’ living conditions, locked down at our homes, the excesses of our globalized world, the giant amusement parks, malls, hotels, airlines, resorts, and the hoards of travellers are visible.
We have to look towards a more sustainable future of travel, and not screw up this time.