What I learned in First Semester

In my global education class I learned a lot of things. Some of the things that I learned were How to do margin notes. Margin notes are little side notes that you write on the margins to help you understand the article better. In class we had to margin note these articles that were at a higher reading level. When I did something like this in my other years of school I didn’t margin note and when it came to the time where I had to write a paper on it I did not do so hot. Now when I had to do this I used margin notes and got an A on my paper.

Another thing that I learned to do to help you comprehend a story or a article better to use Q.C.V.Is which stands for questions, comments, vocabulary and interesting facts. Questions should not be just “What are the main character’s name.” they should be things that are not something that you can find by just skimming the story. Make them good discussion questions. Comments can just be you relating the story to yourself. Interesting facts would just be facts in the story that might be important or that you think is a cool fact. Even though these can be a little annoying the will help you comprehend the story better.

Writing a memoir can be a little tough but it can be pretty easy once you get the hang of it. When you a writing a memoir you should zoom in on a particular moment that has lots of detail. You should use lots of descriptive words. Pretend that you were writing a memoir on your trip to the water park. It was your first time going there and you go down the biggest slide. To describe this you should not just say that “It was a very twisty and turning slide that was very fun.” Say something about how the workers always tell you to keep your arms and legs crossed and how you felt going down the slide.

I had a hard time trying to write a myth in class but I got how to do it after a while, with a few tips on the way. If you can’t think of anything to write you myth on then you should go and look at other myths that have been. Think about the Greek Gods and all of the stuff that happened with them. When you are trying to figure out some god like names to put in your myth, you should take a name of a god or something else and spell it backwards.

One of the major topics that I learned in school was on the Rwandan Genocide. This was a horrible time for the Rwandan citizens. You can’t blame this all on one group of people like the MRND or Paul Kagame or Belgium and the United Nations to name a few. All of the groups had some role in the mass genocide of 800,000 Rwandan citizens. For example, the MRND also known as the Hutu extremists made a radio station that brainwashed the other Hutus to kill the Tutsi living around them. The United Nations did not do their job very well. They ignored the signs that came from Rwanda saying that genocide was going to happen.

Wanted: the Most Power and land

While comparing and contrasting the history of Australia, the United States, Rwanda, and South Africa, I noticed that each colony wanted to have the most power and own the most land.

A main thing that I think that these four countries have in conmen was gaining power by controlling the natives to that region. Colonizing the natives and making them work for little money let them get lots of gold and other natural resources without spending much money. With South Africa British defeated the Zulus which won them land and power. In America and South Africa they used the natives and slaves for cheap labor and in Australia they used prisoners. After each country taking over the natives and their land they all got to have the most power and the most land