As we all know the FIFA will be held in Brazil and that is bringing consequences to the people that live there more specifically to the street children who are gathered up and killed they are believed to be undesirables and unwanted for the media image of Brazil.
http://cyberwarzone.com/street-kids-murdered-clean-brazil-ahead-world-cup/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/death-to-undesirables-brazils-murder-capital-1685214.html

My favorite part about Global Connections is the Civics part. I've learned more about the law in this class than anywhere else. I thank you Stewart and Smith for this. Most people and cops take advantage of teens especially at our age right now since we're viewed as bad kids doing drugs and up to no good. its good to know the law especially your amendment rights. If you ever end up in court, you'll know how the system works. Looking at different court cases and how the amendment rights come into action in certain things. Its good to know the law in your own country. Let us not be taken advantage of. All my global people, don't forget your rights and dont forget to know the law

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Also the Upstander effect that taught me to be courageous enough to speak up against injustices and not to be a bystander and stand there and do nothing to help out someone in need.For example in the Rwanda documentaries as well as the Holocaust videos we saw how bystanders transform into upstanders who saw the injustices and put at stack their own well being for that of others this has has a huge impact in my life and has taught me that although its not always easy to stand up to injustices its whats right and what must be done in order for actual justice to exist.Such as Pual Rusesabagina in Hotel Rwanda who not only put at risk his own well being as well as his family and enlarged his circle of obligations by saving more than 1200 tutsis and hutus.Now he didn't have to do any of this he could have gotten out of Rwanda before things escalated to the mass murdering of tutsis and trader hutus who helped them.Now throughout  these years we've learned about history repeating all over and over again and I'm  disgusted to know that we keep making the same mistakes towards humanity.If enough propaganda is spread we forget that we are humans beings and behave like ruthless savages.I sincerely hope all of us in Global learned to be more loving and to have more  compassion towards each other.


Also for my  holocaust presentation sorrrrrry guys i was supper nervous i just wanted to be different and hope that it was a learning experience for all of us sorry if i got physical with anyone.My apologies it was scary but definitely worth a try.

Another thing that I learned throughout the year on Global was the importance of justice. There are so many injustices that occur and instead of fighting them some people just let it be. The Rodney King case is a very good example. What if there had never been a Rodney King case to make the rest of the country aware of the rasicsm within the LAPD? I definitely learned a lot about the law thanks to this class and I understand my rights a lot more now. I know that this is very important to understand the system in order to not become a victim like those people who were falsely accused of drug possession and locked up.

Final Reflection

Throughout this entire year I've learned so much in global connections and gained knowlege that I hope to keep close to me in the hopes of becoming and mainting myself a better person in the hopes to make an impact in this world.One concept peticularly that cought my attention is race in America
Firstly i'd like to point out that fact that america for the longest time and until today has had a very difficult time coping with race due to the fact of lighter skin being not only "superior" to the rest but also most desired to have.I'm not saying its right, no one should ever have to feel guilty and have to hate the very skin they were born with,Myself as an example for the longest time was not very happy with my skin color due to the fact that i was looked down upon by society as a minority an outcast in my elementary school all because i was too "dark" for them.Thanks to this class I'm learning to be fully accept myself to be proud of who i am,to love the skin I'm in.Besides what defines us as a individuals should not be our skin color but our ability to impact the world.We as a nation have been through so much from the Native Americans to the African Americans to Hispanics to now a days everyone who falls victims to racism.Global has taught me to learn from the past and we as the future hold in our hand the key to success but not committing the same mistakes the previous generations have.Race should not matter we are all the same under our skin ,we live on the same planet,share the same air,share the same sky,live under the same sun.There is only one thing i know for a fact is that we are all humans and deserve the same equal treatment regardless of our history.Thus please class of 2014 let us go out there into the real world full of knowledge and determined to change the world into a better place.

Final Global Reflection 2

Another concept I feel was valuable in terms of my development in the class was the concept of racism and acceptance, race has been an issue that continues to change over time but there is no guaranteed way that things will change for the better and all I can really hope for is that the future generation will be educated enough to understand the differences in others and accept them because they don't have an impact on their lives. What I have seen in countless of cases such as the Scottsboro Boys or Loving v. Virginia. The Scottsboro Boys were an easy example of racial ethnicity affecting the rights of an individual even by law, while the Loving v. Virginia was more based more on both the racial discrimination of an individual due to their race as well as the discrimination of an individual because of the racial groups they associated with. As a nation we have come a long way an now there are more rights to those who are of a different race, but I also feel that even though it has been less over the years there still isn't a solid solution for racism. What these concepts have made me see is to accept people for who they are and respect them until you know the story because one cannot judge one based on the color of their skin or the aspects they have solely because it is different, I feel that it has opened my perspective to being more accepting and if not insightful on not judging others based on things that don't matter. This class has made me learn and grow in so many ways that it may be hard to name them all but I can honestly say that I have developed as a person and even if I'm not fully prepared for the next step, college, I feel that experiencing the new ideas have made me prepared to be more open minded to new opinions in order to grow more from others and from what I learn. 

"Ladder of Inference"

Global Connections has taught me so many new concepts and ideas that are useful in life. After learning these concepts and now reflecting about them this year, i can look at things differently and make wiser decisions that will influence my life positively. Throughout senior year in our global class the concept that impacted me the most was the ladder of inference. Everybody jumps into conclusions quickly without finding out about the real problem. You cant deny it, we have all done it. Now that the school year is ending and were all going to college, i feel like we can start using this more; of not making assumptions quickly about things that you probably just heard or something that is going on. I got better at not making assumptions quickly. Every time for example when i see people walking on the street, i would assume their bad or they are up to no good, and i would label some of them when i wouldn't even know what they have been through. The Ladder of Inference made me view things differently; by not jumping into conclusions quickly. This Ladder of Inference is a useful way of understanding "reality" versus "perception" because we have to be realistic about things and not just assume things when we observe or hear something. Personally, I really like global because i learned so many new things that are important in life.