US and Allies Walk Out on Ahmadinejad's Speech

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2010/09/23/sot.ahmadinejad.remarks.911.cnn?hpt=T1

Let's Adopt an Orphaned Elephant!

Click on the link to watch the 60 Minutes episode on the elephant orphanage I talked about in class.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/06/60minutes/main1479398.shtml

How do we raise money to adopt our own elephant?

Another Useful Site for Kashmir

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/south_asia/03/kashmir_future/html/

Useful Website for Kashmir Simulation

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2010/0811/The-other-Kashmir-problem-India-and-Pakistan-tussle-over-water

Little Bee Discussion

Why does Little Bee insist that we must all see scars as beauty (p. 17)?
I think the reason Little Bee wants to see scars as beauty is because scars show that you survived. Little Bee even says on page nine (of this publication) "A scar means, I survived." I believe that by this, Little Bee is saying that surviving is beauty, and overall, life is beautiful. By overcoming what gave you that scar, you are strong and being strong you are, once more, being beautiful. We must see all scars as life, as being able to survive that bad. Scars show the strength one has, the strength one has to live.

Were you surprised by the novel's ending? Would you describe The Other Hand as a bleak book? A political treatise? A melodrama? Or something else?
Personally, I don't think any of this titles fit what Little Bee is. Little Bee is a mixture of so many emotions and personal stories that it is hard to give it a name. This book was definitely a drama, but I'm not sure you can call it a melodrama. It surely exemplified the faults in the British governmental system. I wouldn't exactly call it bleak either, it had it's horrifying stories, but Little Bee showed how so many people can care for another; the way Sarah loved Charlie, how she loved Little Bee, and the way she felt about both men in her life, Andrew and Lawrence. It showed how Little Bee could care for Charlie, how she connected with him, the sorrow she felt for Andrew, and the distain for Lawrence, but she didn't want to hurt Sarah so she pushed through the hatred for Lawrence and tried to be friendly. I don't think the ending was quite a happy ending, it seemed it would be until the soldiers appeared on the beach. In the end, I knew that Little Bee's real name, Udo, would be told, and I knew that Charlie would finally take off his Batman costume. The end of the story is happy in a way that everyone finds out who they truely are, Batman is Charlie, Little Bee is Udo, and Sarah actually has compassion and isn't completely selfish. Although the soldiers got to them, I think the three characters are finally realived to know the true meaning of themselves and life.

Calling IR II Students--Create a Mini-Simulation!

Warning: Disturbing Video

Click on the link to the 60 Minutes website and watch the video titled "War Against Women." Address the questions, "What could the UN have done to prevent such atrocities? Also, what can the international community do NOW to prevent them from continuing?"

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/11/60minutes/main3701249.shtml

Is America Islamophobic?

Please click on the following link to Time Magazine's article and answer the title question, "Is America Islamophobic?" http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2011798,00.html