The Wrap Up

Woah, this year has come and gone and school is over for the semester. I always assumed taking online courses would be tough, but you format made the class very informational and easy to follow. The links and documents you sent to us really made the class so informative because you got a good sources from both sides of the story. You shed the light on the Trayvon Martin case and found at facts I didn't know about Zimmerman and Martin. The war in Iraq and Afghanistan you could see and feel the struggle of the people in those countries through the information provided. Between learning about the presidential race and republicans and democrats, you have helped explain what the mean and helped me form my presidential opinion.

Many of the skills I learned from this class involved in researching and note taking, along with my typing and sentence structure. You giving us a topic and providing us with information from both parties involved helped me learn to research my topic and get two different stand points. My note taking now has a bulletin type structure similar to how your emails were structured. You reminded me the proper way to form my blog and to make sure to use spell check and not misspell words. Mainly it helped me try to focus on my research and do thoroughly and diversely.

Im not to sure how to answer what I learned about myself this class, because I feel it opened up more questions then answers. It did indeed help me form my political identity, but that is why I'm registered as undecided. As a student I see myself as I always do, I see what I exceed at and try to focus on that while trying to approve in areas I can improve in. What I'd change about the class is I'd put more lively colors and maybe just revise the question asking into a clearer form. The emails did not always have the clearest format and the comprehension questions were very hard to find. What didn't work for me is the unclear context in many of the questions you asked us to write about.

I feel like a lot of these questions are very repetitive and can be answered in fewer paragraphs. What I learned, what knowledge did I get, what knowledge or skill did I learn, and what new skills did I learn can all be pretty much summed up by asking what new information will I retain for the future. A lot of the news was not that mind blowing to me because we can all see world wide news over the internet, which is faster then the TV or newspaper. I feel like the class should have a way more diverse form of questions, because there was a few time I ran into questions that repeated themselves. I feel it is easier to simply ask similar questions on similar topics in one question and then ask who, what, where, when and why form of questions. All the knowledge that I received during the research and writing of these blogs is the information I will take into the future.

As for what my favorite topic to write on , the class itself, is current events. I enjoy writing about current events because we do not know the outcome. It is fun to hear people share their opinions on a topic as its in the making. By reading everyone else's opinions, it not only helps you form your own, but gives you an idea of their beliefs, living situations, and what the feel strongly about. With writing on current events its like an author with an outline and you choose as to how it ends. The fact that if you simply articulate yourself well and express whats on your mind in my opinion, is better then a right or wrong answer. We were not destined for anything in life, it weights on the results of you action and determination. A very great man by the name of Vince Lombardi once said  "The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand." Current events are the best because we can determine the result by our actions, not our words. I had a great time writing about this class and I hope you enjoyed reading my stuff.

Why so Syria?

What is the United States' job exactly? Are they expected to police and patrol the globe by some people? Our laws only apply to our boarders and people need to realized that. When faced with the question as to if we should get involved with Syria, I believe we should not get involved in international affairs right now. It's a civil uprising for a reason, and the civilians should be the ones involved. To interfere with another country that we have no relation to, and also effect feelings towards our current allies seems pretty ridiculous if you ask me. I love the idea of a democracy, but it does not fit everywhere and settle with people's belief. If these revolutions expect to be successful I feel they will have to be done so alone. I'm curious as to why we're so serious on the issue of Syria.

Our country was built on its "due it yourself" attitude, former during our revolutionary days way back in 1776. Of course ammo was provided, but I feel that the reason the victory was so successful was because people that fought in it had such a just cause that they wanted to fight strongly for. I don't understand how our involvement in another countries revolution will help us or them. If we we're to help them we'd receive even more resentment from foreign countries sparking hatred towards the United States. It will effect them because if we do help them, how will the know how to run the country and make decisions without the guidance of the United States. These random uprisings are a good thing in my eyes, for there is nothing wrong with fighting for something you want to change. It's always good to see us trying to continue this world and make it a better place for us and our kids. The US getting involved in Syria would bring no sort of peace and only help destroy the world. If the rebels dont stand for something, they'll fall for anything. They need to realized how much they want it and to form a plan, similar to the patriots of the revolutionary war.

The symbol for the United States is a bald eagle right? Then we do some people believe we're suppose to be robo cop. Half the resentment towards us comes from us thinking we're so great, and the people who believe it is a good idea to help Syria, you have the right idea, but will only cause more tension with other people. We make all these mandates to mind our own business while not getting involved with others, here we are doing the exact opposite. We have so many problems as a country right now that the last thing we need is another conflict. It's funny to me because the people that would say to go into Syria, are the same people complaining about violence and war. Doing the right thing in hindsight isn't always the best route to take. Most problems will be fixed themselves, so why involve a 3rd person party that does not understand the situation first hand. There is nothing to be gained from helping Syria, and I believe this country should be ran like a business. Some people are offended by that but we have to understand if we want to get back on top of things on a global scale, we need to start making smarter conditions. I believe these revolutions happen for a reason and the US intervening ruin what was meant to be.