Native Blog

If I had to be a Native from America, South Africa, Rwanda, or Australia I would want to be from Rwanda. I would want to be from Rwanda, because the Rwandan Natives weren’t forced to move, and even though both of their major ethnic groups were discriminated against, it was at different times.

It would be better to be a Rwandan Native, because they were not forced to leave their homeland. In all three of the other countries (Australia, South Africa, America) the Natives were forced to move when the Europeans arrived. In America the Natives were forced to move when the Europeans wanted to expand the United States, they were even forced to walk thousands of miles, and were eventually driven out. In South Africa the Natives were a little bit more resistant, however it led to various battles many of which they lost. Then In Australia the Natives were not only forced to live in certain places, but they were also abducted as children and taught to be more like white “proper” children.

Some people may say that the Rwandan Natives were discriminated against the most, but I think that they actually had less. If you think about it pretty much every Native in America, South Africa, and Australia were treated, and discriminated against the same. This was not true in Rwanda. In the beginning the majority Hutu were discriminated against. This would mean that if I were a Native Born in that time I would have an 11% chance of being the more privileged (Tutsi) Native, and an 88% chance of being a less fortunate Native. If I was born in the later times I would have had a flipped chance (88% good, 11% bad). Either way you put it you still have a better chance than if you were from another country.

The bottom line is that the Rwandan Natives had less discrimination (of people) than in Australia, South Africa, or America. Even though there was much more drama over races there the Natives still had a better chance of not being discriminated against. That is why I would chose to be a Native from Rwanda instead of Australia, South Africa, or America.

Final Blog

Over the course of this year I have learned many things in Global Education (Language Arts) the first was learning about the life of an aboriginal boy close to my age. I learned how they must travel across the land of Australia from one side to the other to get to the river and manhood. If they don’t they die. I also learned about the capturing of Aboriginal children, and how they were mistreated, even though the Europeans thought that they were doing the right thing. It showed me how when you are taught one thing that you truly believe it is right (like the movie I’m Normal you’re Weird).

I also got to see the tragic of the Rwandan Genocide from the view of Paul Rusesabagina. I viewed how even a Hutu man with plenty of connections could get caught in a world of trouble during the Genocide. The Hotel Rwanda showed me how influencing a radio station can be (MRND) and how terrible things can get if no one can stop a group of extremist like the Interahamwe. One of the major things that I learned in the movie was how dysfunctional the United Nations is, and how passive a lot of countries really are when another is in a crisis.

My favorite thing that I learned so far this year was when we did a Mock United Nations practice in class. There I learned how much patience you have to have to be on a committee of that sort, and how frustrating it can be when you can’t speak.

Another crucial thing I learned was the importance of more than one point of view. In discussions I would always go into believing what I thought was right. However when you hear what others have to say it persuades you to change your mind. I learned that more perspectives make the whole situation make much more sense.

The big thing I learned was about power, and how big it is. Everybody wants power, and doesn’t want to give it up. It was in the Rwandan Genocide, it was in the Apartheid in South Africa. In almost every single thing we looked you can find a struggle for power and it showed me how No matter what might be right, whoever is in power decides what goes on.

So I would think that everyone would have watched the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game. I thought that it was interesting how the coaches kept Colt McCoy out of the game after sustaining and injury. I mean sure they of coarse have to take in to consideration the fact that he will be playing in the NFL too, but it was just a sprain.
The Jedi Master Yoda once said that you should worry about where you are now and live in the moment. If you think about Colt McCoy was playing in the biggest game of his career so far, and he sprained his shoulder, but wasn’t let back in by the coaches. I think that they shouldn’t worry about the future so much. I mean to be a good athlete, or coach, you have to be greedy. If I was the coach and if he wanted to play I would want him to play too. I mean you have a guy who can play, but instead of playing him you go super conservative,