Reflecting over my peer responses and posts, I have been quite consistent on posting comments and posts. Before the midterm, I had 3 posts including the first post regarding my idea of Latin America, the secondo post regarding Tim Ingle and how Toyota North America is planning its operations, and a post talking about Simon Bolivar. Now, I have 5 posts including this one and I am planning on writing my last post as a reflection on the topic that I enjoyed the most. Like my posts, I believe my comments have been quite frequent as I spaced them out throughout the year and I have now commented on 7 different people’s posts. Some of the most successful comments that I received this year were mainly on my second post regarding Tim Ingle’s talk. I talked about economic issues, the supply chain crisis and inflation and I think some of my readers enjoyed the economic aspect of the talk. Some of the comments also included interesting and thought-provoking questions such as issues regarding sustainability and how to be more cost efficient in Latin America, an area that is still developing. I also got another interesting question regarding how inflation will impact imports and Mexican-US relations since there is so much trade that goes on between the two countries. Overall, I think the comments I received on that post were very positive and successful as my readers were able to relate to what I talked about and they also posed questions that made me think further.
Reading my peer’s posts, I learned a lot about my peer’s perspectives on Simon Bolivar, Tupac Amaru II, and their thoughts on events they attended during the semester. Particularly, I found a post from my peer about social impact investing in Latin America to be very interesting. Since I did not attend this event, I learned from my peer’s post that we can use private capital to invest in startups and use venture capital to grow these companies that make positive impacts in society. Specifically, the post talked about how youth empowerment and technological education can be used to bridge the gap between developed and developing nations. I found this post to be very interesting and I wish I had attended.
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