nothing, there will be no results.” - Mahatma Gandhi
“You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.” - Mahatma Gandhi The Reinvention Exhibition project made a huge impact on me. Every time I see something that could be remotely connected to the Rwandan Genocide, that is my first connection. One of the facts that made the greatest impression on me was the UN Security Council’s unwillingness to do anything. In fact, the member countries voted unanimously to do nothing. I suppose that they were afraid of their own peacekeepers being destroyed by the Hutus. This might have been the case at the beginning; who can say? They didn’t do anything, so we will never know. It is impossible to know whether your actions will help the issue or just make it worse, but if you do nothing, nothing will change, and, as in the case of the Rwandan Genocide, one million innocent people could die.
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Of the choices on the screen, my vacation of choice would be the third option. Costa Rica seems like a beautiful area. I greatly enjoy hiking in forest areas, or just being in the wilderness; the seclusion is excellent, and so is the scenery. I have always wanted to visit the Canada, actually, but I’ve never considered the tropics. It might not be the best place to backpack for a variety of reasons, but a tropical forest would be beautiful nonetheless.
I would be most likely to continue reading the third headline: “Break in Siege is Little Relief to Syrian City.” I know about the revolution, of course - doesn’t everyone? - but I did not know about a siege. My curiosity is rather piqued reading this headline, because I can learn about something that I did not know before. The Syrian Revolution is very important, and significant to millions of people in Syria alone, and billions outside of Syria. I want to know more about this siege: who is assaulting whom, why are they doing it, what exactly is happening, etc.
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Author My name is Peter Fisher. I am a freshman at High Tech High North County, and this page is for the Moral Compass project that we are currently working on in my Humanities class. Archives
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