Language Barriers

       In the Bible, Genesis 11: 1-9 says that at one time everyone spoke the same language.  But the people came together and tried to create an city that would make them dominate over all of God's creation and build a tower to reach Heaven. Because they were so rebellious, God then confused them by creating all the different languages and scattered the people across the Earth, so that they would not be able to do this again. Now today we as humans have discovered a way to learn all of these languages. But we use this knowledge of communication for good. Businessmen are able to go to other countries and share the products they have to help better the world as a whole. People are traveling to other countries to help clean up after natural disasters  and using their language skills to further help the people affected. Immigrants who come to other countries have to opportunity to learn the language so that they could become a cohesive part of a different culture. In sociology, we learned that sometimes we are closed minded when it comes to other cultures because it is too difficult to adjust yourself to something so different and the language barrier multiplies the problem. But I think an important thing everyone needs is patience. People don't normally travel to different cultures unless they want to better their lives somehow. In America, we should be honored when people want to live here and be a member of our society. I think it's so wonderful that people have the ability to learn English when they come here. In the present I don't think we have defied language barriers as another form of rebellion, but we have overcome these barriers in order to come together has humans to better everyone's lives.