learning

i love aquinas - i think this week there is one particular thing, well two, that really helped me learn something or that is have my beliefs challenged. first, when Russ was talking in class on Friday about how we really, really have to listen to what somoene is saying he hit me. everything that he was talking about was making perfect sense, it was things that i always though i could tell - that tone. but it really is difficult in literature and a specific word could change an entire situation. it would be like saying to your child, 'i almost took you to McDonalds tonight.' what does that help?! 'almost' in this context isnt fun lol
the other thing was in Michael Camps lecture on Friday - we watched a movie about the war in Iraq and it was more showing up the difference between censorship and what the media can tell - this showed us that they didn't hold anything back. the part that made me sick to my stomache was the dead soldiers showed when the americans were captured then .. even more.. something that the SGT of media said - he was disgusted when he saw these but when he saw the same thing about the Afgans it didnt phase him. this alone talks a worlds about the media.
aquinas was good this week, i cant wait to see what the semester has to hold.