As I had mention to everyone I am currently taking World Geography as an elective class and I am really learning a lot just three weeks into the course. Or should I say I am learning how much I did not know. Let’s just start by saying the last time I opened a World Atlas was in middle school or at least that is when I can remember last looking at one. It is amazing for me now seeing where the different regions are are and all the countries within.
World Geography is something I can honestly say did not interest me back when I was in school, but I feel differently now. I think a lot of that is because I have friends from all over the world and I now have a better appreciation and understanding of different cultures. My professor was saying how schools today still do not want World Geography as a subject. That disturbs me because we need this more in schools today than ever before. The schools are filled with ethnic backgrounds from all over the world and the children need to be able to understand one another better.
I am currently writing a paper about Rwanda which is a nation located in central Africa. During a span of 100 days in 1994 a mass genocide occurred in which nearly 800,000 people were killed. Most of the international community did nothing to intervene and stop the massacre. It was absolutely awful and it is unfortunate that America or other International Countries did not take action and stop the killing that was going on. In Africa they were spilt by tribes Hutus which was majority of the population and the Tutsis which was only about 14%. On April 6, 1994, the airplane carrying President Habyarimana and the President of Burundi was shot down as it prepared to land at Kigali. Both presidents were killed. As though the shooting down was a signal, military and militia groups began rounding up and killing all Tutsis and political moderates, regardless of their ethnic background. It became a disaster and many lost their lives. They killed lots of women, children and men regardless of what their stature was.
This was in 1994 which was not long ago and things like this are still going on today. I ask what is wrong with people. They are killing humans as if they were cattle. It is a great story and I encourage you to learn more about it. They made a movie called Hotel Rwanda back in 2005. Please rent it….you will understand the pain I feel for people all around the world. This is just the start of world of knowledge through this class. I will share what I can along the way.