Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Haiti Reflection



The human rights that are being denied to the children of Haiti after the earthquake was that they could not have food or shelter. The action that is being taken to address this is that the U.N. and the U.S. military forces are coming to help bring food and water. They are also helping on reconstruction. The difficulties faced by this country as it tries to recover from the earthquake are that all of the people were hungry and didn't have food and so some of the people would start to be aggressive when the U.N. and the U.S. military come to give it to them. Some countries can rebuild faster than others because some have much higher technology when it comes to construction tools. Because Haiti has natural disasters and political problems, Haiti is put at a disadvantage. This country will cope in the forthcoming years by becoming organized. This makes it easier for the other countries to help Haiti.

I got frustrated a lot while playing this game because I kept on getting in the negatives with my money. And the parents would always die and I couldn't get past the first year.I would explain this game to a friend by saying that I think that it is very challenging because you have to keep everyone happy, keep them healthy, educate them, and you need money! I would also say that you should probably strategize well and choose the right things to buy. The 'primary objective' that I choose was health because it is the most important because if you don't have enough or you don't do anything about it, everyone will die. The types of decisions that I had to make about the family members while playing the game and trying to achieve my goals was for an example, it said "Would you like to spend all of your money on this celebration" or "Would you just like to have a simple celebration". I choose the second one because it helps save money and it is still a celebration so that choice includes all of the 'primary objectives'. A strategy that I used was choosing the right decision because if you don't do this, it can make you go into the negatives in your money. Another strategy that I used that didn't work was sending everyone to school and work when I didn't have enough money for it. The parents would devote so much effort sending their children to school so that they could get married to an educated person and then this would help you to get more money. The obstacles that I faced in trying to keep the children in school were that I would either run out of money or I don't have enough money from the start. Access to education is a huge challenge for LEDC's to try to develop because
maybe some of the people don't have enough money to pay for it or the country just doesn't have an opportunity to build a school. It is vital to a country's development to educate its people (especially woman) because the more educated they are, the more developed the country is because they can help each other. Some ways that countries could prioritize education, even for women, even in the countryside is by having the country organized, then it wouldn't be so hard to develop a school.

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Action Project Reflection


In Global Issues, we helped many of the middle schoolers understand what is happening with shark's fins by having many activities and videos that give facts about it. I think we made a difference by categorizing the games by having good games, that are against the crucial slaughtering of the sharks and then we have the bad games, that are supporting it. I do think that we did raise enough awareness because many people understood that it was not the right thing to do. If I could do this action project again, I would have more videos that were like the one with the lady that was screaming and crying because there wasn't any more shark fin soup. What I have learned about action projects is that you control it and it is up to you to make awareness for other people. What I learned about sharks is that every year about 73 million of them are killed for their fins.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Article - poverty anwers

1. It is a huge bank and is linked to the united nations.
2. Disparity. Its good to look at lots of countries but add on to see the disparity.
3.Not having the basic needs, lack of income, poverty takes away peoples future, choices, rights, and dreams.
4. Extreme poverty means that you are just trying to survive and you are completely powerless. Poverty means that you only don't have the basic needs.
5.A poverty trap is a situation where you are stuck in poverty and you remain there. Three generations in poverty is a poverty trap.
6.It means you dont meat your basic needs.
7.1.5 billion
8.20 years
9. Raise the taxes and give it to the poor. Give charity, and start small

Monday, April 26, 2010

Malaysia week- global issues

During Malaysia week, one of the teachers, another studend and I went to pick up trash for about 7-8 minutes. We had already gathered two bags of trash and were on our third bag of trash. The worst part was most of the pieces of trash were plastic bottles. Some of the bottles were full of water!

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Third world farmer


Some strategies that worked were :
  • well - secured source of water
  • save up - financial security,food security, and income choice
  • Medicine
  • Cheap - Expensive - Risk
  • Voice Insurance
  • Technology
Some strategies that didn't work were:
  • Don't sell your children
  • Doing things randomly (interdependent)
  • Marriage/kids
  • Drugs, army, theift
  • Showing off
  • Dunping waste
www.3rdworldfarmer.com

Monday, March 29, 2010

Global issues are serious!



Global issues really leads to the SLR living ethically because we are considering how to help other people. In this class we are learning how to care for other people in other places. We are becoming more aware and responsible about our behavior and the environment. The environment is not just plants and animals but the social environment as well and even the economy. Global issues are really huge but we are learning to start small. This wordle I created represents what I think about what what global issues are.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Global Issues

Please respond to the following questions:
1) What are Global Issues?
2) Why should I care about Global Issues?
A global issue (the topic) is when there is a problem going on around the world and you discuss them in Global Issues (the class) to get a better understanding of them. You learn what needs to be done and you know that you can help.
I should care about Global Issues because there are people out there in poverty and there are wars going on and the human race isn't getting along well. If I understand it and take the time to learn about it, I can do something about it and I can make a difference.
Take a look at this video...how does it make you feel? Why does it work so well?
This video encourages me to help the people in poverty. It also makes me want to tell others about it so that they may help too.
This video works so well because they are repeating things a lot and that makes you get it in your head.