Our class started as usual, talking about what each one of us had done since the last time we saw each others; our teacher told us what happened and why he had to go to the hospital the week before; I think all of us were very concerned about his situation, so it was great to see him healthy and full of energy as always.
He told us about a book that he read during his stay at the hospital; it was written by William Boyd and tells the story of a man’s life; he found it very interesting and really got into the story, which in our teacher’s opinion it is more appealing if you are an old man.
Then we spoke about the situation in Haiti: the problems that have arisen from the earthquake that hit this island a few weeks ago, and the role of the international community in the reconstruction of the country.
Then we read an article to gain an insight into the situation, this article was particularly biased and presented many facts and opinions to support the writer’s idea that the real problem in Haiti was not the earthquake, and that the real catastrophe was not caused by nature but by men.
In this article we got to know many things about Haiti’s foundation and history; many facts were presented to explain why Haiti is the poorest country on the western hemisphere, and why people is showing such empathy for their situation.
It was said that the amount of the international aid reaches a few billion dollars, being the US, by far, the biggest donor. We discussed the interest of the US to do so, and some theories were proposed about it: Someone said that because of the proximity of the two countries, the intention to show the effectiveness handling a crisis, the fear to have an immigration wave towards its territory, to show their power, etc, but the truth is that it is pretty hard to know for sure.
Finally we heard a report from a famous commentator from CNN, and we tried to transcript it; it took us some time to get all the worlds, but in the end we got the whole idea, and it was very interesting what we could learn from it.
As the article, it showed many history facts that helped us understand a bit better the whole situation; it explained how it became the only country founded by slaves, and how the inside struggle for power lead it to what it is today.
Ok, so that would be all, see you all next class,
Gustavo,
He told us about a book that he read during his stay at the hospital; it was written by William Boyd and tells the story of a man’s life; he found it very interesting and really got into the story, which in our teacher’s opinion it is more appealing if you are an old man.
Then we spoke about the situation in Haiti: the problems that have arisen from the earthquake that hit this island a few weeks ago, and the role of the international community in the reconstruction of the country.
Then we read an article to gain an insight into the situation, this article was particularly biased and presented many facts and opinions to support the writer’s idea that the real problem in Haiti was not the earthquake, and that the real catastrophe was not caused by nature but by men.
In this article we got to know many things about Haiti’s foundation and history; many facts were presented to explain why Haiti is the poorest country on the western hemisphere, and why people is showing such empathy for their situation.
It was said that the amount of the international aid reaches a few billion dollars, being the US, by far, the biggest donor. We discussed the interest of the US to do so, and some theories were proposed about it: Someone said that because of the proximity of the two countries, the intention to show the effectiveness handling a crisis, the fear to have an immigration wave towards its territory, to show their power, etc, but the truth is that it is pretty hard to know for sure.
Finally we heard a report from a famous commentator from CNN, and we tried to transcript it; it took us some time to get all the worlds, but in the end we got the whole idea, and it was very interesting what we could learn from it.
As the article, it showed many history facts that helped us understand a bit better the whole situation; it explained how it became the only country founded by slaves, and how the inside struggle for power lead it to what it is today.
Ok, so that would be all, see you all next class,
Gustavo,
