Our actions affect other people.
I was reminded of this in reading a recent Reuters news article about how newly elected US President Obama is helping Japanese people learn English.
“The Speeches of Barack Obama” is a textbook–a textbook, mind you!–that compiles all of Obama’s speeches from his 2004 Democratic National Convention speech to his victory speech when he secured the Democratic nomination this past year. It is written in English with corresponding Japanese translations, and comes with a CD presumably so that readers can perfect their pronunciation.