In my Global Issues class this week we did a lot of discussion based talks. We are still talking about some of the same issues as we did the previous week, but now we are more focused on the ethics of whether or not to implement EIT’s. Our teacher Mr. VanOrman told us to get on a certain side of the room based on what we thought about the issue, and I was surprised to see a majority of the class was pro implementation of these sorts of interrogation techniques. Only me and about five other people of a class of twenty were against EIT’s. We were then instructed to choose five reasons to argue our beliefs. The three our group came up with were 1. Inhumane 2. Doesn’t always work 3. Takes too much time The discussion didn’t really get anywhere, since everyone was pretty strong with their beliefs. Yesterday we started learning more about lone wolves, or people who do terrorist acts alone, or by themselves. Mainly we focused on the Oklahoma Incident. This bombing happened in April of 1995, and it involved a white supremacy fanatic setting off a bomb situated next to Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. One hundred sixty eight people died, including children who were staying at the daycare located in the building. We watched a video today, and it was just so hard to wrap my head around. That somebody from our country would be capable of setting off and bomb and killing people just because they were angry that the government was trying to regulate the people's possession of guns. It’s just so awful to think that there are people living in our very own country that would be willing to commit acts similar to those of ISIS or other terror groups. It’s scary to me, but also kind of depressing. In my AP gov class we started watching a documentary called Fed Up. The reason that we are watching this movie is because of government regulations, and interest groups, and how they cover things up and lead the public to believe things that are untrue. I’ve only watched about fifteen minutes of it, and I’m already super suspicious of things that the government has been covering up due to food processing and what goes into regular foods that we ingest daily. The intro said that it was going to somehow directly relate obesity to cancer, but I’m a little skeptical of the data they have. I think it will be a pretty informative movie though, and I’m looking forward to knowing more about what the government does behind our back, if not a little worried about becoming a conspiracy theorist. This week seemed to go by really fast though, and I’m looking forward to a little one week break. It will also be my birthday on Monday so I’m definitely ready to turn sixteen. I think that this was a really productive week, and I know from all the homework that I’m getting today and tomorrow there will be plenty to do over my break, which I am not looking forward to, but oh well.
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Mr. Klak
3/31/2017 10:36:00 am
I'm surprised that your group was in the minority in the class. Thanks for sharing this. Nice work.
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