U. S. and Europe’s approach to foreign students is to westernize them in a way of educating future leaders.

The idea that educating future leaders from other nations will make them more Western has long guided the U. S. and Europe’s generous approach to foreign students of high and low parentage but not everyone thinks it works.

Gratitude leads to more positive emotions. People who feel grateful experience more happiness, joy, and pleasure on a daily basis. They even feel more awake and energetic. Gratitude also improves social lives. Grateful people are more willing to forgive others.