Friday, November 20, 2009

Rwanda Genocide 1994


As Juvenal Habyarimana the blame for this war rested mainly on Paul Kagame and Uganda. Paul Kagame is the one who ordered our plane to be shot, and when we died the war became a true genocide. Then Uganda claimed that they were only harboring Tutsi terrorist because they were giving them the chance to defend thereselves by training an army. They also claimed that the Tutsi were fighting for peace, which is a lie the Tutsi want be in power and wipe the Hutu out. Another speculation is that the Tutsi lied to Uganda about there intentions and if that is the case then Uganda still should have kept an eye on what they were doing. Juvenal Habyarimana was the greatest president and could've brought Rwanda out of this slump if only he was still alive

This experience overall was really fun and I surprisingly learned a lot about everyone’s role in this issue. I hope we do something like this again when learning about a different situation. Role playing is probably the most fun way to learn in my opinion.

Friday, November 6, 2009

The American Scholar


Emersons's argument in "The American Scholar" about American society still holds true today.

One reason Emerson's argument still hold true today is that the people who do the jobs they do only know how to do that kind of job. For example in Detroit,MI when the auto industries shut down the people who worked there did very specific jobs so it became harder for them to find work. In the article it also talks about jobs, "The tradesman scarcely ever gives an ideal woth to his work, but is ridden by the routine of his craft, and the soul is subject to dollars." (Emerson 1) This just further proves the point of how far off people are from the Man Thinking.

Before you get to a job you have to go to school, there's an upside and downside to the schools in the U.S.A. Though in most schools there are a lot of different classes people fail to try new classes they wouldn't normally take. Yet those classes could end up leading you to something you really like or just another way to gain a new skill. "Is not indeed every man a student, and do not all things exist for the student's behoof." (Emerson 1)