Posted Afterthoughts to EDHD 3100 - South Africa: Tracing the Footsteps of Social Change 2010/11
I probably should have said this in our group circle tonight, but I'm not very good at vocally expressing what I want to say, but I just want to thank everyone in our group for talk circle tonight. We all have had and are still having a really difficult time processing the past few days. Walking into Mandela Park was difficult for me, but the moment that really just put me in the moment was when we walked into the women with diabetes' home. And all I could think about was "I want to run out of this place, I...
Posted Information Overload to EDHD 3100 - South Africa: Tracing the Footsteps of Social Change 2010/11
Yesterday was a very busy day one that produced deep thought and a stream of different emotions. The first tour of the day was to the district six museum and the guide that led the tour was a man of colour that lived through the entire apartheid movement. That was truly like a breathe of fresh air, as the history of a tragedy is usually recapped by the oppressor or an outside party. The story behind the district six destruction is very similar to many American tragedies, but I was shocked at the fact that the history is still so...
Posted Speachless... to EDHD 3100 - South Africa: Tracing the Footsteps of Social Change 2010/11
Reading through all my fellow group members' entries, I feel like they have all so well expressed the thoughts that I feel like I do not have the words to explain. This place is just unbelievably beautiful - and anyone who knows me, knows that I am not a hue nature person. I feel as if back at home, I am just so busy that I miss the natural beauty in things, and it is difficult for me to think about, because I am from a small town, and I really felt that difference moving from that small town to...
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