"This is the end, my friend the end"

All things come to an end. It has been a good semester but all things good or bad have a time limit were they all be over. Reading the book the world is flat has opened my eyes to many things.  The first is the extremes that Wal-Mart has gone thought to create the greatest supply chain that other companies study and copy. The way that people have started their own small companies that compete with the giants with the Internet to be able to connect to millions that was not available before. That one man was able to start his own news blog that had thousands of reads with a small voice recorder and his cell phone camera. The book also shows how little companies need to act big, with the service that they can offer or the way they offer them. At the same time it explains how big companies need to act small and provide the customer support and service that you would come to expect from a little guy try to keep all the customers. Another major point that I personally found interesting is how other countries are taking huge advantage over this small flat world we live in today. India’s college student working overnight at call centers and taking class during the day. Iceland restructuring it self completely in order to be the home of Intel, making it easier to hire and fire works and improving the populations education. Something I think that our government needs to do, our public school system is lacking and other countries are producing better graduates. Graduates that are willing to work for less than the average American with the same degree.  Overall the book bring to light many things that were right there in front of us but no one really gives any thought to or care to even think about as long as it didn’t effect them.