Emma's English 1 Blog

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The Rwandan Genocide is my project. It was the mass murder of 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu. The main group that were killing was Hutu. This took place in Rwanda, a county in Central Africa. My research question is how did the genocide happen, and how could it have been prevented. The genocide did not spontaneously occur because of all the conflict the Hutu and Tutsi had before it happened. The main reason the Genocide wasn't stopped was because the UN had definitely not helped, and sent more soldiers to Rwanda. My topic is so important because genocide is a terrible thing and the UN learned from not helping and has set out to make sure that a genocide never happens again.

Rowdy and Junior my favorite characters because of their relationship. Especially in chapter three when Junior wants to 'disappear', and Rowdy talks him out of. Also when they were getting revenge on the triplets showed true friendship. I like how Junior showed that Rowdy means more to him than his actual family. The two are very alike and at the same time they are very different. Rowdy doesn't let anyone mess with him, and on the other hand, Junior is afraid of getting bullied. Their family lives are pretty similar. Like how both of their families drink.

Naya- My best friend Logan- Buffalo Trip 

Addi- Being Completely Honest Martha- free post

I didn't really play in the snow in the morning, since I woke up at 12. In the afternoon I met up with my friends that live in my neighborhood. We all went to my friend Kate's house and we watched a horror movie. It is always a tradition that we watch something scary at her house. After, we all went to another friends house, Trevor, to make a fire and eat lunch. We then all played in the park seeing who could sit in the snow the longest. When we got tired of that we went to Georges. We decided to go to LSU's amphitheater to slide down the ramps where it was icy. We were all craving something sweet so we went to Insomnia to get a million cookies for everyone. I was so shocked when I heard that some people have never had Insomnia. It is literally the best cookies in the world. I am obsessed with them. Later that night I finally decided to do the emergency closure lessons...

My research is surprising going very well. I thought it would be harder than it actually is, but I think it is going to get harder. My topic is on the Rwandan genocide and how it started and if the genocide could have been stopped if the UN had an affect. My research sources might be hard to annotate all of it because most sources include conflicts and what happened during the genocide. Some sources are very long.  My subject is kinda hard to talk about since it is such a sad time that happened. I could barely even watch a documentary about the genocide. It is just such a tough subject. I think my research is different from others because a lot of students' have topics on things that happened a really long time ago. 

I think that I have definitely changed throughout the semester.  I have different opinions and thoughts on things. I had a really good start to my semester and I hope to have a great start to my second semester as well. I would really like to spend more time on what I really enjoy, like track and art. I did really well in cross country this year so I would like to do really well in track. My goals for the semester is to have a lot more fun, while still focusing on school and my studies. I have learned that I worry abut things that I can't do anything about, so I need to worry less about those type of things. I would really like to make my freshman year very memorable. I can't wait to see what this semester has to offer.