Sydney Svoboda

Reflection #6

Getachew

Inter Comm

I decided to write my paper over the “Promises” Documentary that we watched in class. While watching the documentary I was very thankful to live in a country that has never seen war on its own land, at least for the past so many years that is. It was very eye opening and sad all at once to hear the kids tell their stories. War is something they have to worry about in their day-to-day lives. While many of us American kids have never been affected by war except for family members, and friends who have served in it overseas.

            While watching this video I realized that these kids are very brave in the sense that they still go about their everyday lives with the constant worry, but still seem to hold a smile on their faces. For example, the two boys who take the bus to school everyday, and sit in fear that a terrorist with a bomb may be on that bus never passes many kids minds in America. Another thing that grabbed my attention was the man sitting at the volleyball game with a machine gun just sitting in his lap. I hope that I never have to, but I will most likely probably never have to experience any of these things in my lifetime.

            As the weeks go on I learn more and more about not only other cultures and countries, but also about myself from this class. It has really shown me things that I have never truly seen with my own two eyes, but rather have just heard about. I am thankful to live in a country where freedom is allowed, and war is not, and I can’t stress those words enough.