China is the world’s most populous country, but now it’s facing a surprising problem — fewer and fewer babies are being born each year. This big change is starting to affect schools in a major way. Across the country, thousands of primary schools have shut down because there just aren’t enough children to fill the
The Decline of Multilingualism in America It is a common complaint, both within the United States and abroad, that Americans lag far behind Europeans in foreign language skills. In the United States, most people do not study a foreign language in school. Many who have taken French or Spanish for years still struggle to form
1. Superhero Movies = Military Ads While your kind of superhero flick would be exciting, what you would not realize is the fact that some of them are supported by the military in exchange for positive portrayals. Films like Top Gun and even Marvel hits collaborate with the Department of Defense so that men in
America’s Friends Are Leaving Alliances emerge not from feelings but from trust, mutual benefit, and reliability. The world had previously turned toward the US for the assurance of stability. Whether you loved it or hated it, America was a largely predictable entity. Today, this is a country whose leadership disregards treaties overnight, whose policies swing