Paragon of Teamwork

At first I thought of the final exam project as just another research paper and PowerPoint in which most of the information would be off the internet and with just enough work to get an A or B. I had this mentality because of the fact that I was going to work in a group and I didn’t want to get stuck with all the work or have the problem of not communicating with the group. So I thought of just having everyone do a part and e-mail it to me on a certain day put it together and turn it in. After I was with my group I decided to propose an idea that would go above and beyond Natasha’s expectations just to see what the group would say. I proposed to host and event, video tape it and present it to the class. This task I knew would be difficult and time consuming and I was only up to it if the group as a whole would be up for it. Turns out I had an amazing group. Everyone contributed an enormous amount to the entire project and the dedication to the project was just unexpected and surprising. My partners , Danielle, Veronica, and Niko were great. Everyone worked in sync and we were very effective as a group. We all spent countless hours on editing the video, which was the hardest part of the project. I was surprised at how much cooperation there was in the group and how much desire to contribute to the project. I feel that I was really lucky in having my group members because I got paired up with individuals, that like me, expect nothing but the best. This mentality and atitiude is conveyed in the final product, and my pride and joy, the video “Darfur, The tragedy Unknown.” I just want to give thanks to my group members for having such an amazing project, and thanks Natasha for inspiring the group to give 110% effort…..

Jena 6

The Jena Six refers to a group of six black teenagers who were charged with the beating of Justin Barker, a white teenager at Jena High School in Jena, LOUISIANA, UNITED STATES, on December 4, 2006. The beating followed a number of racially-charged incidents in the town, of which the earliest that has been reported was when three white students hung nooses from a tree at Jena High School. Over 20,000 people have gathered to march in the town because they claim that the charges brought upon the Jena 6 were racially driven. From my perspective I believe that there was little control in this school and that discrimination was present at the school. But I believe the way that the black students handled this was play out dumb. By resorting to violence they basically shot themselves in the foot. They could have handle the situation in a myriad of other ways that would not have led to their incarceration. Yes, although the discrimination the white kids were practicing was wrong, two wrongs don’t make a right. If the black kids would have told a school official or involved the authorities, the white kids would have gotten in trouble and nothing would have happened to them. By resorting to violence in order to retaliate they basically have no case, and what ever punishment they get they deserved. They assaulted another person just because that person called them a name, that doesn’t mean that they have the right to hit anyone.