Systems

=Systems:= Local & Global Literal Definitions Global Metaphorical Definitions

= = =Systems: Local & Global Literal Definitions= = = =Image taken from [|website] Brittany Anderson Alyssa Neglia Kristy Rzeszutek Rebecca Centinello =

A system is a set of interacting or independent units, composed of subsystems, which are subject to change to deal with situations in society (Systems). Locally, systems affect a nation as a whole and impact how that country lives within their culture while the actions of global systems change or influence the state of neighboring nations. A system, whether local or global, is a combination of things or parts forming a complex whole. These "things" are subsystems. Subsystems are separate but related parts that make up the total system (Systems). For example, the education system is a system that branches off into numerous subsystems. In grade school, the subsystems are made up of all the core subject areas, math, science, history, language, English and different artistic areas. In college, the subsystems relate to the degrees of different majors available. Biology, Communications, Psychology, Criminal Justice, Sports Management and Business Law are just a few. Subsystems, locally or globally, form the system. The system is the most important part because it’s the glue that holds the subsystems together. For example, the system of the United States holds each individual state together. The United States is composed of 50 sub national entities. Systems can have multiply subsystems for the same system. It’s like a chain reaction; one subsystem can lead to another subsystem and so on. The United States is the main system which is broken up into sub national entities, each individual state, which can then be a subsystem of each state's capital. Systems are endless. Subsystems can be numerous. No matter what, we are all part of a system. There are subsystems for each system. The system is the whole and the subsystems are the halves.

A local system is one that only affects the people of a particular area and not surrounding regions. One example of a local system is fashion. The U.S is very different from other countries when it comes to style and fashion. Other countries tend to express themselves in a different manner because of where they originate from. People believe in certain religions and choose to follow devotedly to their practices. They don't view name brands or designer items as important as people in the U.S. To many, living in another country symbolizes their identity and not common trends that one would normally find in the U.S. They are subjected to their own traditional ways. Unlike the U.S, you won't find many people expressing themselves like they would in other countries. Locally, the U.S sticks to a very trend setting style. They choose to dress somewhat similar to the people that live in their own society. High fashion is popular in our local society and people in the U.S. like to express themselves in that sort of matter. Another example of a local system is the United States Health Care system. The United States health care system is ranked last when compared to other wealthy countries for quality, access, and efficiency. Research by the Commonwealth Fund showed that the United States has the highest health care costs in the world. The American health care system performance is very poor in comparison to other countries. One primary reason for this difference is because Americans do not have universal health insurance plan. In fact, the United States is the only country in the study that does not have universal health care. It is also the only country, in the study, to not endorse a ‘medical home’ for its patients. The failure of the United States to have health insurance for everyone discourages stable, long term relationships between doctors and patients. This shows our unfortunate presentation on procedures of quality, access, efficiency, equity, and health results. America’s health system performance was compared on an international level with Australia, Britain, Canada, Germany, and New Zealand. The study concentrated on meetings with the medical doctors and patients who were inquired about their own experiences and opinions on their health systems. The United States graded lowest in most sections, comprised of access to health care, patient wellbeing, aptness to visits, efficiency to care and equity. It has been duly noted that forty five million Americans do not have health insurance. The United States is well behind in current health information knowledge, which ripples off into erratic costs and pitiable care. America prides itself on being technologically advanced in so many areas but we give little attention to health system technology. (Zablit 1) On the other hand, a global system is one that affects a group of people on an international level. A political system, a well known global system, involves a system of politics and the government. For example, the 2008 United States Presidential Election not only affects America's organization of society but also changes the way the outside environment lives as well, which can have an altering affect globally. [|Poland] for example, is analyzing the outcome if John McCain or Barack Obama were elected as President of the United States. One big consideration is which candidate gives a better chance for the elimination of the visa, which would allow more foreigners to access entry into the United States, so Poland is pushing for McCain (Keller). On the other hand, [|France and Morocco] are pushing for Obama. They feel that Obama is reconciling the French with the image that the US gave, after the Iraqi war contributed to the anti-American feelings (Keller). Whoever is chosen, it will not only affect the nation that is deciding, but also other nations that are involved with United States issues. ( Since elected by the people of the United States on November 4, 2008, Barack Obama, "[|Change is coming to America]," and other [|leaders] around the world applaud our desicion.) Berfin Besiroglu, a fellow Turkish student, commented on what she thinks of the US presidential election and quotes " I don't actually know much about them (referring to the canidates). I tried to listen to their debate, but they were focussing on the mistakes in the plans of each other. I think that the American people want newness and improvement, so Obama has a better chance. Also, once I saw on TV that people were booing McCain's speech. However, a president should be cuorageous and McCain is courageous enough." Berfin aslo talks about how the election is going to affect her country as well as others. she quotes "the election in the US will affect the whole world actually. It affects our nation negativly because, as i know, Obama said he would approve the supposed Armenian genocide and it may threaten our socities and we are extremely sensitive about the issue." She also says " politics of other countries are related to each other. When one is affected, not the same but similar things will happen to another country. For instance, if the US were to withdraw from Iraq, it may spoil other countries politics. You know, the US leads the world." So, obviously people know what is going on in the US and are keeping a close eye on the historical election.

Local and global systems inpact a society, whether it is a small and localized or known world wide. Subsystems help make up a system and hold the pieces together to bring about change, such as the US presidential election. Systems also bring about physical changes like personal style and beliefs as well as changes in a heath aspect. Along with the systems mentioned above and many others that are out there, the individual systems as well as the the global systems hold this universe together like a puzzle and without them, this world is nothing more than a puzzle in a box waiting to be put together.

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 * Works Cited**

Keller, Brett Global Views of the 2008 Presidential Election. 21 October 2008 __Oxford International Review.__ 4 November 2008 http://oxfordir.org.uk/2008/10/21/emji/

“Systems.” 30 October 2008 __Wikipedia.__ 4 November 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System

Zablit, Jocelyne "US Health Systme Ranks Last Compared to Other Countries: Studies." __Common Dreams.org News Center Breaking New & Views for the Progressive Community.__ 15 May 2007 31 October 2008 http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/15/1198

=Systems: Global Metaphorical Definitions=


 * Begüm Guleray
 * Pınar Ünal
 * Sule Karataş

 Systems are some kind of rules, which control our lives and which organize us to behave according to them. Because of systems, we sometimes can not direct our lives. Although we admit the systems giving a way to our lives, we can be restless and feel restricted. Whether we want or not, the systems’ restrictions are parts of our lives. In Turkey there are many systems which people belong to. Hierarchal order is one of these systems. In hierarchal order which takes part in family, the father is dominant. And we see him as a leader of family. And generally this order takes place in Turkish families. Maybe this order makes the relations, which exist inside the family, much closer, maybe not.


 * Alexis Bartkowiak
 * Jessica Battaglia
 * Merissa Ciesielskik
 * Matthew Kremer

 Systems are some kinds of rules, which control our lives and which organize us to behave according to them. Because of systems, we sometimes cannot direct our lives. Although we admit the systems giving a way to our lives, we can be restless and feel restricted. Whether we want or not, the systems' restrictions are parts of our lives. In Turkey there are many systems which people belong to. Hierarchal order is one of these systems. In hierarchal order which takes part in family, the father is dominant. And we see him as a leader of the family. And generally this order takes place in Turkish families. Maybe this order makes the relations, which exist inside the family, much closer, maybe not. This is according to Begum Guleray, Pinar Unal, and Sule Karatas. There are many different systems in the United States of America as well. For an example in our economic state of being there is the stock market. The stock market is a big system to the United States because, people have money invested into the stock market. So the economy is happy when the stock market is up and the economy is not so happy when the stock market is down. The stock market is a pretty big system to the United States of America. Our working definition for Global Metaphorical Systems is that it is an organized structure that has great significance to another part of the world. Some examples of this type of system could be the presidential election, the war in Iraq, and the gas crisis. 

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One Major happening that is occurring globally is the 2008 presidential election. The 2008 presidential election is very big this year. The two candidates running in the 2008 presidential election are Barack Obama and John McCain. The outcome of this election is going to change the way the world is not only viewed but run. If you’re a democrat, then most likely you’re going to be voting for Barack Obama for president. Polls say that Barak Obama is high in the polls to win the election. This is true because he is a better candidate; he is all for making improvements, so that gives him a better chance. The sad part is that if Obama is elected president in the 2008 election he already has three threats out against his life. What is the world coming to today that in the year known as 2008 that death threats are already out for a man that wants to become a president of the United States of America do to his color of his skin? Barak Obama just wants to make a change for the government, and people who do not approve are taking it to the extreme. Instead of just not voting for him in the election they want to put his life at risk. I mean seriously come on now I thought that the United States overcame the racial segregation issue years ago, it is sad to see that it is still occurring in some ways today. The presidential election is a big ordeal for our world that we as people live in today. So, we are waiting for the outcome to see what is going to turn out. It may not turn out the way everyone wants it to but that is the way systems work in our world. The 2008 presidential election is bringing out a lot of different systems. It brings out the system of racial segregation and the system of what to expect with the outcome of the election. 

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John McCain is another presidential candidate for the 2008 Presidential election. He is running against Barack Obama. Although, this is a major change going to happen for the United States, it is also going to have an impact on the rest of the world. It is just a given that if you are a Republican, you are going to most likely going to be voting for McCain. According to the [|Arizona Republic], “McCain has described himself as a "wise ass." His edgy and sarcastic sense of humor helped cement his media image as a straight-talking "maverick" and made him a hit with late-night TV hosts such as Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien. Other times, his mouth has gotten him in trouble. Back when he entered politics, he once referred to the Arizona retirement community of Leisure World as "Seizure World."” McCain wants to have change like Obama, but for different areas. 

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<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Another major happening that is happening globally is the problems with gas. Many people were all worried about the rise of gas price because they couldn’t afford it. Some people state that you should look at it in a different way, such as what kind of car you are driving if you are driving a bigger vehicle than do course it’s going to cost more to fill you tank. Gas prices are getting so high because the corporation is trying to make a profit. It’s all because the war really we didn’t have any of these preambles before the war. I believe that the only people that are affect by the gas prices are the lower and middle class because now they have to watch how they are spending the money and make sure they have enough. The rest of the citizens aren’t really bothered because they have money to spend and that they are worried much about it. The gas price also affect the truck company those trucks are big and they use allot of gas, so they have to spend more money on putting gas in the trucks so that they can get sample around the national. When you think about buying a car your thinking about the gas how much is it going to take to fill my tank. So I believe that even car dealers are having trouble because of the gas prices, they aren’t selling their bigger trucks and cars because of how they people are thinking and that is how much it will cost to fill the tank. When it comes to gas price allot of people are traveling a different way to see they family and go on vacation allot of them say that they are going to travel by train or bus it's going to be much cheaper. Gas prices is a part of a system in how it is playing such a big affect on are economy. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">

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<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">As we all know, the War in Iraq has had a very big global effect on all of the national systems. The war in Iraq has lasted longer than WWI, WWII, and the Civil war. It is also the most expensive war in the history of the United States. The United States is in almost $600 billion dollars worth of debt, and is still increasing each day. Their averaging the war cost approximately $720 million dollars each day, and so far the war cost total is approximately $3.3 trillion. Because the war is costing the US so much, it has started to take a hard hit on our economy. Seeing how Iraq is where most countries, including the US, get there oil supplies, dangers to the oil wells and political pressures certainly affect the cost of where we get our sources from, and every time there is a threat on oil productions, gas prices increase. What does that do to our economy? Since Iraq is where we get most of our oil supplies, when there oil wells are being bombed, so are our prices. Due to animal rights, we’re not allowed to tap into Alaska and get oil supplies from there, which limits the US as to where they get there oil supplies. <span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">

<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">As you can see there are many systems that cause that shape us globally. Whether it be within the United States of America or in Turkey, all around the world there are many different systems that shape us. Sometimes we do not like how the systems shape us and sometimes we do, but it is something that we learn to live with. Different systems are part of our everyday lives so we learn how to incorporate them into our daily lives, and make them work for us. Systems are what make us who we are as a person, sometimes they even make us stronger. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">

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Medaille students who have published essays about Systems on this wiki are: Alexis Bartkowiak Chris Brunetto Christopher Waclawski Jessica Battaglia Matthew Kremer Alyssa Neglia Merissa Ciesielski Mike Moskal Kristy Rzeszutek Desmond Kennard William Doepp Tamara Ingram

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