Hotel Rwanda

   Throughout the past few weeks, my class and I have been watching the movie 'Hotel Rwanda' which is about the genocide in Rwanda between the Hutus and the Tutsis! We have also watched the movie 'Sometimes in April' which is about the genocide too but it is viewed from a different perspective.
   We have been watching these movies as we are currently learning about conflict and how it can affect different people in different ways. I was shocked and upset after watching these movies because I had never heard about this genocide and how bad it was! I was amazed at how this conflict situation was allowed to happen and how nothing worthwhile seemed to have been done by the West to save the lives of all these Rwandans. Was it because they were African?
   What also upset me was the fact that it was Rwandans against Rwandans. They were all from the same country yet they were trying to destroy one another. During this genocide, the Hutus tried to 'get rid' of all the Tutsis or anyone related to a Tutsi! This really upset me. However it has really encouraged me to look into other cases of genocide and cases where peoples basic human rights aren't being met!
   For the next few religion classes we will be studying Conflict and so far it has been really interesting!

Sci Fest !!

   Good News! My science group got into SciFest :) Sci Fest is a science fair competition, just like Young Scientist where we all get to display our projects and experiments we have carried out. My group and I are investigating to see which type of milk container ( Carton or Plastic) keeps the milk freshest for longest! To do this, we are using Universal Indicator Paper and a Ph Probe to see which milk turns sour first. Therefore we can determine which container best preserves the milk!
   We better get working though because it's on the 9th of May and there's a lot of work to be done :)