Week 5 Post

1.) http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/looking-to-the-children-for-guidance-in-afghanistan/?ref=world
(Focus Article)
This article was about the children in Afghanistan, and how they are extremely strong willed and knowing of what is going on. They are used to fights and such, and all have different reactions to the soldiers, depending on what sort of area they live in. For example, if the area is well off, thanks to the soldiers, the children will greet them with smiles and a raised hand. If the area is worse, the children might even greet them with their middle fingers raised. The article was written by a man who had been to Afghanistan as a soldier. It relates to Human Geography because it shows how dichildren react to US soldiers in a different part of the world.

2.)

This is a picture of a two week old baby rescued from the rubble in Turkey. Turkey recently suffered a severe earthquake, and is asking for help from the world for recovery.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-15453272

3.)

This picture shows Afghan girls going to a makeshift school to learn how to read verses of the Koran, which is a sacred book for the Islam religion.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-15453272

---Learning Reflection---
This week was interesting, because we presented our projects. It was cool seeing all the different clothing and music of other countries, and the different food (although I didn't eat any of it!) I liked that we got to do google documents for the projects. That's all we did this week.