Let's Blog; RWANDA.

To be someone's daughter for 18 years, you think that you know everything about them. Well, I learned that you don't, until you asked questions. If we had never touched on Rwanda Genocide I would have never learned that my dad, who is my world, went there was I was just 3 years old... for 'computer communications' and actually came back with the training to properly body bag humans. I never knew my dad ever saw the horror that was the Rwanda Genocide, until now. To be honest, I didn't know much about the entire genocide at all until this article was brought up - now, I am going to get the book 'Shake Hands With The Devil' and can't stop researching, asking questions. I learned alot of the past of Hutus and Tutsis and that it isn't always easy to point a blaming picture. I learned that when I was just three, there were innocent people being slaughtered while I was in my sandbox in delight. I also learned that I have alot emotion towards hate, killing, justified killing through war and the real difference between a war and a genocide; every single person is important.
Besides the horror that is the Rwanda Genocide I learned how to research, how to research deeper and how to look where I have never looked before. We are so quick to turn to the internet and the unreliable wikipedia for answers that are very much to complex to answer with one source.


The week was interesting, it was nonstop - and it still isn't over.

B.Moore

Let’s Blog – Truth In Society - September 10th to 18th

Truth in Society – three words that scared the hell out of me when used in a sentence until I witnessed and experience my first class. I guess I didn’t know what to expect stepping into the world of university and even further into a programme specifically designed for first year students. I had alot of questions related to the course but instead of asking them I tucked them into my mind and just waited for the answer to come. I should’ve question. I’m glad I didn’t – Truth in Society so far, when looked at in bulk – has already been quite the shift from high school. Right now we have three professors teaching us in a room of 30 students, 30 completely different personalities and minds. We are not only asked to write, something that I love, but not it is part of the ‘curriculum’ to witness the life that is revolving still around us as we strut through university – that from the start is why it should be on the pedestal it is.
Although only just a few short, yet interesting, days into this whole idea of ‘truth’ in our society my mind hasn’t stopped running, jogging at times and full tilt others – never stopping. The first thing I learned was this was going to be an experience of a lifetime – I get the vibe it’s going to be heated, heavy and nonstop work. I use the word ‘work’ loosely. What’s work if you enjoy it? This was like the seven days of Christmas in a way – instead of gifts, I learned. On day one I realized that not many other people in the room want the same thing as I; to better understand the world around me, to really understand how we believe what we do, to touch on ‘taboo’ subjects with a gentle heart and to take three completely different courses and make them click into something larger – larger than you or I. I also learned on this day that there are people who take questions that seem miniscule and write with everything they have to give a intriguing answer as I loved to do, writing as an art form. I learned this through our first prompt and working with it. I also learned that this would be one of the most realistic and most ‘home hitting’ programmes I would take as I read through the website, although it doesn’t look easy. On day two in our circle I saw everyone as a person, not just as strangers, and that Jay Scott agrees with me and some ‘unknown’ writer in class that we can explore everything that is unspoken about with sensitivity and open minds. The circle triggered a lot of emotions and thoughts – I loved reading these words of other people reaching out. I think that we noticed in this circle that we are all in boxes but as Justin said ‘What are these boxes and how did we get into them. And how do we get ourselves out.’ I personally think, and hope this will be something we will figure out for ourselves as we step out of those boxes. Day three as we looked at articles that related to our fellow colleagues I was put at a halt. There are so many things going on in our world that I haven’t seen. I don’t know if I have just be blinded by my own world therefore making me ignorant to not being able to reach out and relate or if this is my first step to getting out of my box. Some of the most interesting things were brought up in the articles that just held my attention; Someone is on trial for a genocide that happened what seems like a lifetime ago – the deserve justice, more than once was I reminded about medical further medical advances and a story that hit my heart about a murder of a student. Already my horizons are being expanded.
Truth in Society was three words that made me nervous for this new adventure in my life called University. But, it has only been three days or so and I am already reaching out to parts of the world, through writing and reading, which were once just a vague blurr in my mind and heart. This is most important to me because I am learning that I believe one thing about the world, my society and by having a clearer vision of these other places and other personalities I am seeing question graze through my head about what I really know. In four short days, I learned a lifetime. I can’t wait for what is next.
Sincerely Yours,
B.Moore