Hunter Mayginnes
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Professor Pande
ComSoc 321
2nd May, 2021
Final Paper
So many countries to choose from because everyone is so different and unique in it’s own
way. While looking through the map of the world you can see that there are 195 countries. The
one that stuck out to me was the Domincan Republic.
The Domincan Republic is very intriguing to me because of the spanish culture and how
rich it is. When people watch baseball, they can see that a lot of professional baseball players
come out of the Domincan Republic. This is one of the biggest reasons I wanted to learn their
culture because of baseball history. One other big reason is that they are in the Caribbean right
next to another bordering island, Cuba, which is another spanish country and both are fairly close
to the state of Florida. So, if I visit Florida anytime soon, I can meet some Domincan people and
have an understanding of what they are doing and what they are doing it for instead of just
wondering what they are doing it. I can understand some of the spanish language as well so that
can help me pick up what they are saying.
Since the Domincan Republic is an Island in the Caribbean, the scenery is beautiful and it
is a tropical paradise. The natural resources in the Dominican range from a lot of variants of
rocks and minerals. The embassy of the Dominican Republic states that, “country abounds in
gold, silver, amber, larimar, ferronickel, bauxite, coal, tin, marble, salt, gypsum, and stone.”
(DomRep). The economy of the Domincan Republic is very reliant on its resources to be sold to
many other countries that use them for various reasons. They make about $9.617 billion off of
their exports. All of their other money comes from resorts and the other tropical lifestyles that
are around the area. Education within the Dominican Republic is huge. They are always trying to
make themselves more educated. The United Nations gave us these numbers, “Committed to
delivering quality education, the Ministry of Education of the Dominican Republic has been
encouraging increased teacher training, resulting in a steady increase of well-trained teachers in
the school system. As a result of these actions, the percentage of trained teachers rose from 75%
in 1999 to 85% in 2012.” (Unesco). Other numbers have been tampered and have been
misconstrued. The Borgen Project did more in depth research and this is what they found, “Some
of the issues facing education in the Dominican Republic include overcrowded classrooms, poor-
quality facilities and outdated curriculums. Dominican law mandates that four percent of the
