16. After watching Hotel Rwanda to begin our new Unit please write a blog post answering the following questions: What caused two tribes of people who lived in peace for hundreds of years to build up hatred for one another? What reasons do they describe for their dislike? How is the hatred spread? How do they justify the horrible things they do? What similarities from other countries or historical events do you see? What sort of reaction do you have to watching the film?
Questions&Responses
What caused the two tribes of people who lived in peace for hundreds of years to build up hatred for one another?
A: The two tribes conflict started when the Belgium people differentiated between the Hutu's and Tutsi's. The Belgiums wanted to take back one of the tribes that looked more European with sharp noses and tall heights. The Belgiums thought the Tutsi's looked more European. Which the Europeans put Tutsi's in responsiblility. This infuriated the Hutu's. Which led to the Hutu's to instigate a massacre, this was just the fuel to the fire. But this has been a back and forth issue between the Hutu's and Tutsi's since the beginning. The Tutsi's had a higher population which made them control Rwanda. The Hutu's were feeling like they were getting discriminated against which they felt they werent equal, that eventually provoked the Hutu's to kill and get their equal rights and in control.
What reasons do they describe for their dislikes?
A: The reason they dislike eachother from the beginning is because of the ethnic tension. But in some ways they were similar but they didnt realize that. The Tutsi's loved being better then the Hutu's and the resentment to the Hutu's built up so much that they killed the Tutsi's. Overall the MAIN reason is that the Hutu's felt the resentment and hatred.
How is the hatred spread?
A: The hatred spread by Propaganda. Propaganda is information, ideas, rumours purposely and deliberatley spread to either help or harm a person or people. This is a big movement that can be good or bad. But in this case the Propaganda was deliberately used to harm the Tutsi's people. They used this propaganda over the radio which everyone listened too. Once the Hutu's heard the radio, they would get infuriated and hyped to punish the Tutsi's.
How do they justify the horrible things they do?
A: They justify the things they do by bringing in the UN and help from local police. Which led to stop the genocide
What similarities from other countries or historical events do you see?
A: Some of the similarities i still see to this day are hatred and sexism. For example their has been one genocide occuring in India since beginning of time... The female genocide, heres a little background on what the female genocide is. The female genocide is the killing of baby girls because in india the parents want to determine the sex of the baby ahead of time to see if its a boy so they can keep it and if its a girl kill it. In india it is believed that if you have a boy in the house it is good because they can carry on the "name" of the family and carry on the family business, which in my opinion is stupid. Women are the same as men, they are equal to men, whatever men can do women can also do, their are many powerful women out there that have done so much for the people and the world, that are such a great inspiration. In India this genocide has effected many women. More then 50 million baby girls have either been missing or killed...the culture of favouring males in India is costing the lives of millions of young girls which is absolutley disgusting. More than 2,000 illegal abortions are being carried out every single day, and it is dramatically altering the balance of the population. Many baby girls have been killed before even being born, and many baby girls have been killed after being born. It truly sickens me that this type of belief in India still exists in the 21st century, It hurts to see that many baby girls that could have been something and done something could not even be given the chance to live. I am a female myself and seeing events like this in india, in my culture still happens hurts, I feel like there should be something done about this, spread the word, make the parents understand the value of being a female, make the mothers understand themselves that you are a FEMALE yourself so why on earth are you part of the killing of your own daughter. I think that the most powerful people in the world should focus on a topic like this, atleast there will be a change in a horrific event like this and hopefully a end to this event.
Thursday, 18 April 2013
Thursday, 11 April 2013
8) We watched the movie Gladiator with the TOC and the final day talked briefly about the difficulties of high school and the need for the human brain to stereotype others as a way to categorize and simplify information. We all understand this in an emotional sense and thus create/accept/use our public personas and protect our personal ones. Write a blog post describing the public persona Maximus takes on (or is given) by others and compare it to what we see of his personal persona. Next, think of someone famous or someone you know who you feel has a very distinct public persona. Why do they have it? What does it do for them? What do you know of their personal persona? Then describe your own public persona (whether you feel you create it or are given it by others) and how that is similar or different to your personal persona. What does your public persona do for you? Why did you create or accept it? What don't you like about it? *As a part of our skill development in formulating and argument and using web tools for modern literacy you are encouraged to embed short videos or images that help provide context or support your writing.
Maximus public persona was that the gladiator was never defeated in his battles. His personal persona was that he was weak inside and looked strong on the exterior. In the movie everyone wanted to see him fail but that didn't stop him, the trauma that he had made him stronger and powerful. My public persona is Gandhi, he was a political and spiritual leader for our country, he had many movements too help India. He wanted to stop discrimination for indians. He had been jailed for conspiracy. He wanted to stop the Hindu and Muslim conflict but that led to assassination. People wanted to see him fail. He died on January 30 1948. Gandhi was a simple believer in change. He faced many challenges just to make a difference in the world. I believe in change, change is a good thing because it leads you to new experiences.
Maximus public persona was that the gladiator was never defeated in his battles. His personal persona was that he was weak inside and looked strong on the exterior. In the movie everyone wanted to see him fail but that didn't stop him, the trauma that he had made him stronger and powerful. My public persona is Gandhi, he was a political and spiritual leader for our country, he had many movements too help India. He wanted to stop discrimination for indians. He had been jailed for conspiracy. He wanted to stop the Hindu and Muslim conflict but that led to assassination. People wanted to see him fail. He died on January 30 1948. Gandhi was a simple believer in change. He faced many challenges just to make a difference in the world. I believe in change, change is a good thing because it leads you to new experiences.
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
Write a blog post reviewing your efforts this year as percentages (your total/total owing) : What percentage of classes have you attended (include lates and early dismissals)? what percentage of assignments do you have complete? what percentage of your assignments have been done to your BEST ability? what percentage of time in class do you spend "on task"? what percentage of your final presentation for Genius Hour is complete? What percentage would you give yourself for "self-regulation" (being in charge of yourself)? What percentage would you give yourself for effort on assignments? What percentage would you give yourself for quality of writing and assignments (list each one)? What overall percentage would you give yourself so far? WHY?
I have missed a lot of classes 70%, I admit that I haven't been attending classes due to medical issues, but its not an excuse to not complete my homework, whenever I do miss a day I always use my time wisely and complete my homework so I can get a good mark 80% of my assignments are complete. Whenever I am in class I am focused 100% I do chat but I do my work while I talk to my peers around me. 70% of my genius hour project is complete. I give myself 85%-90% for self regulations. I give myself 95% for effort for my assignments I try to use a wide range of vocabulary and make my assignments meaningful so that I am proud of my assignment and the final mark. 75%-90% for the quality of writing an assignment.
Tattoo Assignment- 90% it was a meaningful piece
Forever young- 100% I put my mind into and lots of effort and understood the concept of the song
10 year plan- 75%-80% it was my first assignment but I thought I described my future plan well
Personality Test-80% it didn't have enough quality that I expected it to have but still it was well done
Hamlet-90%-95% because I have used my life as an example and tried to use an extensive vocabulary and thought I wrote it pretty well.
Overall percentage I would give myself an 75% only because of my attendance.
Overall percentage I would give myself an 75% only because of my attendance.
14. 1) Write a blog post reflecting on the story of Hamlet and his most famous soliloquy. 2) What parts of his story or his feelings can you relate to? 3) What struggles do you wrestle with when you are alone? 4) What positives do you look for when you are feeling down? 5) What do you think Shakespeare is trying to say about family, suicide, murder, love or life in general in his play Hamlet?
1) Hamlet was about a young teenage boy that was the prince of Denmark (Hamlet) who's father was killed by his fathers brother(uncle) that was sleeping with the queen. Hamlet seen the ghost of his father, who tells him that his uncle Claudius poisoned him and that was the cause of the death. Hamlet is angered because Claudius married Hamlets mother to gain the crown of being the King of Denmark. Hamlets fathers ghost tells him to plot a plan to kill his unlce Claudius. Hamlet needed a good plan to let everyone know how the former king died, Hamlet created a play about the way his father exactly died, Claudius was angered and walked out. Hamlets mother asked why he would do such a thing, Hamlet heard something in the closet, he quickly grabbed a knife and stabbed someone, Hamlet came to know it was his lovers father. T prove himself innocent hamlet had to have a sword fight... Is step father poisoned the wine glass and sword, the mother drinks the wine falls dead and hamlet got stabbed had poison flowing through him as hamlet was dying he killed his step father.
In some ways I can say I can relate to hamlets story because in my life there were many times were I was alone and didn't understand how to cope with the world around me. There were many days were I would turn to very serious dangerous things that could have made me sick or dead. I had so many feelings suppressed inside of me that I had no one to talk to because I would worry about how people would judge me. We're Hamlet and I are the same are the feeling of being alone and judged. The struggles I had faced of being alone was I was diagnosed with severe depression ,the very traumatic events that have happened to me built up so much inside of me that I didn't know what was going in around me, with my severe depression I have put my family through a lot. I would cry myself to sleep, i wouldn't talk to no one in my house, I did not eat, I lost my appetite, I closed myself off from the world, i could barely make it to school, life was just a mess, it was such a mess that I tried many times to make myself "disappear" which really landed me in the hospital and counselling, I have learned with all the struggles I have faced i have learned to become a stronger person and become a role model to the people who have faced the same problems and traumatic events that I have . I love my family for all there support and positivity they made my journey of being better and healthy so much better. When I feel alone I keep myself occupied in the stuff I like doing and that distracts me or i talk to my bestfriend my mommy.The positives I look to when I'm feeling down are that I am in a loving and happy family/environment that support me through my high and lows, my rise and falls, success and struggles, I love how my family keep me happy everyday knowing that I have been through a lot and they want me to stay positive so with their positivity I get through my low days, so with all this positivity life is definitely worth living. I think what Shakespeare is trying to intend is with many struggles comes judging, frustration, and thoughts about your life, with all this if you have negative happening think positive about life,think about the people that care about you. There will always be struggles in life but that's life, you have to suck it up and get through it to become a stronger person.
1) Hamlet was about a young teenage boy that was the prince of Denmark (Hamlet) who's father was killed by his fathers brother(uncle) that was sleeping with the queen. Hamlet seen the ghost of his father, who tells him that his uncle Claudius poisoned him and that was the cause of the death. Hamlet is angered because Claudius married Hamlets mother to gain the crown of being the King of Denmark. Hamlets fathers ghost tells him to plot a plan to kill his unlce Claudius. Hamlet needed a good plan to let everyone know how the former king died, Hamlet created a play about the way his father exactly died, Claudius was angered and walked out. Hamlets mother asked why he would do such a thing, Hamlet heard something in the closet, he quickly grabbed a knife and stabbed someone, Hamlet came to know it was his lovers father. T prove himself innocent hamlet had to have a sword fight... Is step father poisoned the wine glass and sword, the mother drinks the wine falls dead and hamlet got stabbed had poison flowing through him as hamlet was dying he killed his step father.
In some ways I can say I can relate to hamlets story because in my life there were many times were I was alone and didn't understand how to cope with the world around me. There were many days were I would turn to very serious dangerous things that could have made me sick or dead. I had so many feelings suppressed inside of me that I had no one to talk to because I would worry about how people would judge me. We're Hamlet and I are the same are the feeling of being alone and judged. The struggles I had faced of being alone was I was diagnosed with severe depression ,the very traumatic events that have happened to me built up so much inside of me that I didn't know what was going in around me, with my severe depression I have put my family through a lot. I would cry myself to sleep, i wouldn't talk to no one in my house, I did not eat, I lost my appetite, I closed myself off from the world, i could barely make it to school, life was just a mess, it was such a mess that I tried many times to make myself "disappear" which really landed me in the hospital and counselling, I have learned with all the struggles I have faced i have learned to become a stronger person and become a role model to the people who have faced the same problems and traumatic events that I have . I love my family for all there support and positivity they made my journey of being better and healthy so much better. When I feel alone I keep myself occupied in the stuff I like doing and that distracts me or i talk to my bestfriend my mommy.The positives I look to when I'm feeling down are that I am in a loving and happy family/environment that support me through my high and lows, my rise and falls, success and struggles, I love how my family keep me happy everyday knowing that I have been through a lot and they want me to stay positive so with their positivity I get through my low days, so with all this positivity life is definitely worth living. I think what Shakespeare is trying to intend is with many struggles comes judging, frustration, and thoughts about your life, with all this if you have negative happening think positive about life,think about the people that care about you. There will always be struggles in life but that's life, you have to suck it up and get through it to become a stronger person.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)