What Have I Learned?

What have I learned? Better question would be what HAVEN’T I learned? Well I've learned LOTS! We discussed the subject about Rwanda for about a week or two. The first few days I was like "who on Gods green earth is he talking about?!?” I'm sure I wasn't the only person saying this or something like it.



I mainly realized that I didn't know much when we did the little self judging! Out of 10 we were suppose to rate ourselves on how well we knew this subject. Ten being we would ace a test or quiz and 1 we would fail miserably! I rated my self a 3! Ouch, that’s like saying that all I know is that a lot of people died, Rwanda is on planet earth, and possibly on the continent Africa or Asia!


After the little self judging thingy we each explained what we knew and after having the discussion open for about 15 min. I had a little view on it. Not the whole picture but a little puzzle piece. Anyways here what I have put together so far!


Blaming will always go around for the genocide of 1994 in Rwanda. But there will be questions that will go around for a while. But who is really responsible for it? Who started it? When will all end? Why didn’t it get any help or attention? I could go on for a while asking the questions but let me get straight to the blaming.


First off Belgium won Rwanda from Germany after WWII. After colonizing it for a few years, they decide to make some sort of identity cards. The catch was that people who owned more than 10 cows were considered Tutsi (15% of the population that has more power). Being a Tutsi was like being a White man in the 1950’s and the Hutus being an African American. After a while they gave all power to the Tutsis and left because there weren’t any more natural recourse to steal.


After a while the two groups started going at each others throats and started fighting! To tell you the truth I don’t know if the U.N. (United Nations) were on vacation or at Disney Land but they say that they are here on this earth to help resolve world problems but some how they missed the entire “About 800 thousand people died in the genocide of Rwanda” special on CNN! The United States could have done something to help but they didn’t. I understand that they got humiliated in another country in Africa where a few soldiers’ bodies were dragged on the streets. The US never said that they were always going to try to solve world problems (even though they always seem like they try to). They should have at least sent some support because the only threat was a lot of people attacking you with Machetes while you have fully automatic M16’s with the perk bandolier (extra ammunition) attached! Anyways I could go on for hours blaming other groups (even though everyone knows Belgium started it all) but to sum it all up in 5 short words.

I HAVE LEARNED A LOT!

When does the mechanic become the machine?

Emerson's argument that the mechanic is becoming the machine is still was true, is true, and might always be true.



If u think of a Ford assembly line, one person knows how install the glass or the seats and that’s all. Well not exactly, most of them know how to do the few basic things to build the Ford but what I’m saying is that the windshield installer could represent a lawyer, the man who puts in the seats could be a semi driver, and the person who inspects it could be a construction worker. Anyways, the lawyer only knows law and not how to drive a semi or mix cement, the semi driver only knows how to drive and get around to their destination, and the construction worker knows how to build or repair buildings.


Everyone in America has become the lawyer, driver, or construction worker. Even thought there are many more jobs than the 3 I listed, they all know how to do one thing and one thing only. Now “the mechanic has become the machine, the sailor has become the rope of the ship”. All men together make the whole man, the whole man represents everyone and every skill. Emerson says “Man is priest, and scholar, and salesman, and producer, and soldier.

Where in the world would I live and what would I own?

Imagine your parents win $765 million dollars in the lottery and decide to kick you out and ONLY leave you $200 million. Where would you move?


Here are some places I would personally move if I could afford to:

1. I would probably go to دبيّ‎ (Dubai) in the United Arab Emirates. First off I’m willing to bet you have never heard of it. Well let me put it this way… by far its one of the most beautiful and amazing places to live in the world if only you could afford to. If you take a house from Livonia that costs $400,000 and put it in Dubai it would cost $1.8 million. I would move in the Palm Islands or the World Islands. The Palm islands are man-made islands that from overview they look like a Palm tree. The 300 World Islands which put together make a map of the world are also man-made islands but cost about $25-30 million dollars each. Another place in Dubai I would move to is the Hydropolis, the world's first underwater hotel. It was entirely built in Germany and then assembled in Dubai.

2. I would also want to live in Venice, Italy. It has an old fashioned but professional look; I also look like a place where some rich Wall Street guy would go to relax. Anyway, it has a nice Italian look especially all the water around the building and the old log boats and bridges. Even better than the scenery is probably the food. I’m Romanian but on any day I’ll eat an Italian Pasta cuisine rather than a Traditional Romanian dish unless it’s something I really like. While I would be there I would buy a nice Aston Martin Vanquish or Rolls Royce Phantom or Ghost to show off while I would be there.

After I find a place to stay I would need to choose my sort of transportation. Obviously I would buy more than one car but here is a car I would love to own:

Its the great Bugatti Veyron! Don’t know what it is? Shame on you! This car is by far one of my favorite cars and one of the priciest one on the market. The base price for this beauty is $1,700,000, but who say I would only go with the basic package. First I would have all tanned leather; silver paint, 21” rims, and the rich person touch an I-Pod dock.

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