Rwanda

The Rwandan genocide discussion made me realize a lot more about what really happened between the Tutsis and the Hutus and who actually started it (Belgium!!). I really found out how Belgium came in and basically started the war and then just decided to leave. It’s not right what they did and they’re the big people to blame. I also learned about the Interahamwe and how they killed many people which still isn’t right even if they say that they had to kill which I think is a load of bull. The U.S.A said they didn’t do anything wrong but that’s a lie too because yeah they just stayed out of it but they’re the number one country in power and they’re not going to help anyone? Well that’s wrong because they could have basically ended the war with all the power, but they didn’t so that’s the main thing they did wrong.

I like the way we did this discussion because it helped me learn a lot better about it. I liked this a lot more instead of just taking notes on this and then taking a test because I seem to learn a lot more in an interesting way because I like interacting with what we are doing. I would like this way more often and it would help me a lot more learning about it. There were some things that I didn’t like though like the way some of the information was put out and also how we just got a little jist if each group we didn’t get the whole thing, I think I would have liked learning a little more about each one, like maybe we should have talked about our groups more than just a little introduction. I’ve never done this in a class before so it was a new experience to me so I really enjoyed it a lot. If we could learn it this way all the time I would be a lot more informed about what’s going on because when were having our “debates” in class, I really would like to get involved but I don’t know what to see but this new way I actually knew what I was doing and what was going on. I really would like to do this more often in class.