earthquake

A Really Bad Surprise

The Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan Changing People’s Life Forever



Through all the stories that I read on quakestories, I had noticed that a lot of the people in Japan were actually prepared for this kind of situation. They knew how to act responsibly. In Erika’s story from ISSH, she mentioned how her mother had their “72-hour kits” ready.

I'm learning more about the tsunami that happened in Japan right now, in particular what I'm wondering about is why is this little girl is writing a letter to her mother if she might be dead. I was researching this question online, and a news article caught my attention: Longing for her mother / 4-yr-old girl pens heart breaking letter to missing parent, by Norikazu Tateishi, Daily Yomiuri Online (April 1, 2011). It's a sad story in which a little girl has hope that her parents are alive.

Recently in Advisory, we've been studying about the natural disasters in Japan. At first, I thought this study was meaningless and insignificant. When I heard Mr. Allison speak about this issue again, my thoughts didn't change; alter. I know that many people indifferent about this issue. After doing this study, I still think this issue is nugatory to us kids. For example, I heard that Johnson (in our class) argue that this issue is unimportant to us.

One thing that I know for sure about Japan is that many people are homeless and many have passed away. Now I've studied my share of current events and its really useless. I believe that we should stop learning this nonsense and have fun and share our feelings in Advisory class. Personally, it's funny to me how we're using Advisory for its unintended purpose such as work.

Recently in english, we have been studying the earthquake in haiti. At first I thought that Haiti already had a robust government. I also had not realized all the negative influences/history that has helped to ruin this country. When I started watching videos on democracy now, thats when I realized that haiti has been raped and pillaged for its resources and I quote from one of the videos "has been used like a plantation". I know that many people feel that america has nothing to do with this and that they are just helping out and on top of that, they are the good guys in this. The truth is that they aren't, they are the ones that invaded the country, overthrew the government. On top of all of this, barack obama and bush and those guys are only giving money and trying to help out to show that they are interested in the country. I will quote from one of the videos again" its powerball money".