What I have learned...

One of thethings that I have learned in Mr. Fielder's class is that Rwanda was ruled by Belgium, and Belgium gave out name cards, which started a lot of the killing. Before Belgium was Germany, who gave up Rwanda because of the need for money to support them in war. Belgium also put the Hutus in power over the Tutsi causing much tension between the two groups.
I also learned how to write questions that can start a good debate. For instance in the story The Kaffir Boy I wrote a question that goes like this, “What would you do if someone from another race that is dominant over yours called you a discriminating racial name.” This question can be answered by saying You would call him something else or start some conflict, another way is to say that you would turn the other cheek or not do anything.
I also learned how the Aboriginal culture was treated from the movie The Power of One. The Aborigines were sent to different settlements occupied by whites, and were forced to change their culture into the white’s. The only true Aborigines left today are dying and even though some of the people might be Aborigines they don’t keep the culture with them, instead they have modernized and gone to work in the city.
Even though this may sound easy, but I learned how to find a credible source online. I found out that most sights can be edited, and some news websites can be bias, and lie to cover different stories up. I also found out that most history textbooks are false, and some authors have to guess what happened for instance the pyramids of Egypt, we have no solid proof that humans built them, and many stories have come up saying that aliens built them.
One of the last things that I learned is what is happening in Uganda where Joseph Coney is kidnapping young children and making them kill their own families, and turning the children into soldiers. Surprisingly this crisis is not being recognized and that is why Invisible Children is trying their best to get this crisis known. Many of the children that have been saved are scared for life, and some might not be able to ever overcome the events they have witnessed.