Through this semester I think what I have learned the most is that no one theory can ever explain everything and that the tools we currently use in IR are wholly inadequate. This seems to be a shame because so many of our methods are used for good, yet constantly marginalize those who need our help the most. To look at the world scientifically is one thing but to actually interact with the millions of others is quite another. It seems as if we are truly doomed to repeat the failures of the past and to never reach our ideal goals. Yet, all we can do is to continue living life for what it is. For when we try to make life something more than it is we are destined to be reminded that no matter what we do or what we perceive the word is as it has always been and nature will not change in this sense. Men will always be plagued by their vices and tragedies will always befall us.
This class has really challenged me to consider what IR is and how it can be used to create a foundation for character and the knowledge required for change. Through learning about our world we are able to find ourselves and our place in it. I understand now that I will never realize the hope I have for the future because I am always living in the present. With this as my reality I am able to accept the world that I see now, for perfection in reality can never be experienced until you find your place within it and come to understand its nature. IR can make a difference in the world, but real change will only happen when people can achieve a certain level of self awareness and act on it....Answers are not in books or presentations, they lay within the self.
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