Hussam


 * Hiroshima and the dropping of the atomic bomb**

For the past couple of weeks our International Relations class has been studying about the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and talking about the before and after of the actual dropping of the bomb. We talked about and discussed the rights and wrongs of dropping the bomb and how the bomb affected Hiroshima. We then divided ourselves into different groups where each group chose a topic to research in more depth and then present our findings to the third graders. My group focused on the rights and wrongs of dropping the bomb, in which we presented by creating a debate amongst two groups and both groups brought forth facts to help convince the audience to side with them. My side of the debate was against the dropping of the bomb because not only was it inhumane due to it being dropped in the middle of a populated city with civilians that have nothing to do with the war but another great factor was that the Americans didnt know the after effects of the bomb (radiation) and what it would do to the people of Hiroshima. While at 3M we listened to the story of Sadako which gave a good example of the conditions after the bomb and taught the 3rd graders more about the radiation after the bomb and the diseases it brings like Leukemia. The interaction with the 3rd graders wasnt just educational but it helped us bond with each of them or many of them and they can now look at us more like their friends. I think that us meeting the 3rd graders and interacting with them really brought us together so we shouldnt stop here I think that more of our subjects should include more of the other elementary grades because not only will they get useful information from us and be exposed to many different methods of teaching but it will bring us all together and thats the most important thing in creating a peaceful community.

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