There were 3 different presentations from three different groups that were all very good , the topics of these presentations included 1. Climate Change, 2. Gender Inequality, 3. Infrastructure. My group which was group 3 presented on the topic of Infrastructure.I believe all the groups did an amazing job with their presentations and they all went into extensive detail to help explain the topic they were assigned in a way that was digestable and entertaning. The group discussed important topics such as the future and present parts of infrastructure, Infrastructure in different countries, Social Infrastructure, and Economic Infrastructure. I think group 3's presentation was very well made and informative it illustarted how important infrastructure is too a country in a very entertaining way. Infrastructure makes up our roads and transit systems, water pipes and water treatment, as well as our parks and waste facilities to name a few. Infrastructure is extremely important because it's pretty much the skeleton of any functioning country, without proper management of infrastructure, none of the systems we have built can function properly. Another important example of infrastructure would be that of Social Infrastructure. Social Infrastructure are services and structures that support the quality of life of a nation, city or neighborhood, this encompasses basically anything that makes a place appealing to live such a Transport, schools, places for recreational activities, arts and culture, hospitals etc. The most common type of infrastructure is roadways, road are simply everywhere and people can't get from point A to point B without roads.The U.S rankes #14 on Infrastructure against Singapore which ranks #1, althought bolivia ranking last and regarded as not extensiviely devloped by international standards with an average of 5.7 out of 10.
The second group that presented was group 2 which had presented on important topic of gender inequality. I think that the group that had presented this power point did a fantastic job with the visuals, showing interviews and videos to help accentutate and illustrate the points of their presentation. They explained what they defintion of gender inequality was which is .Gender inequality is discrimination on the basis of sex or gender causing one sex or gender to be routinely privileged or prioritized over another. The group had also explained that discrimnation occurs in many places such as sports and the work place. Woman earning statistically less in silicon valley jobs or not being paid as much as male athletes where some are paid up to almost a billion dollars whilst woman athletes make but a fraction of that. There is also gender inequality with the fashion industry , another excellent point that group 2 had explained , an incident had occured where fashion company and giant of the industry would not accept gay or transgender woman to walk on their runway in shows. These are experiences that all woman should be treated equally on but they simply are not due to rigid old ways that have yet to be completely changed. There is also medical inequality for woman from types of treatments to trans woman being completely discrimnated against based off solely personal opinion and beliefs, causing things like the exhorbant suicide rate for trans woman and men soley based off the extreme discrimination the face in all walks of life. There is also social discrimnation and the rigid gender roles placed on woman and how they're supposed to act, what they're interest should be , leaving little room for growth and personal enjoyment or doing something they're actually good at, instead forced into something they might actually not like or might just completely despise. Overall this presentation was very well put together and I am excited to see more from this group. The final presentation was about the very important topic of climate change. This is a topic I personally enjoy a lot and find the topic very intriguing but I had felt that the presentation was a little bloated with text and information and wasn't the most digestable. Whilst they had brought up plenty of great points , they weren't communicated as well as they could have been which is an extremely important factor to get correctly when presenting to a group of people. Some of the key points that had been brought up were how climate change can heavily impact the agricultural market and how rising temperatures affect food production, leading to droughts etc. In just the past few decades climate change has already been shown to make alarming changes such as more frequent and harsher weather events, the ice caps in the far north melting, declining populations for plenty of varied species going extinict even. Coral reefs bleaching their colors, mosquitos expanding. A great example of the more extreme impacts of climate change have been with the recent wildfires these past few years in places like california and australia, the temperature reaching too high for dry grass and plants to keep up with causing fires and mass devastation around them, a very pronounced effect of climate change that has only shown up these past few years due to the constant blind eye turning in regards to the effects of climate change. The list goes on and on with how truly important the impact of climate change is. The U.S is making strides and attempots to reduce climate change such as pollution free power sectors in the future but I personally feel like it isn't enough and more extreme measures are required to truly protect the only planet we have. Whilst everyone can play their part in helping to reduce climate change, it truly comes down to mega corporations and the government that produce more than 70% of the worlds pollution to ultimately double down on fixing the mistakes and helping to create a healthier future for the planet and all of its inhabitants. Overall I feel that all the presentations were great, they all did a good job at explaining their points and arguments and I'm excited for the future to come with more group presentations
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