Romek post 3

1) I think David Faber's speech was beyond words. He was so moving and he spoke with a passion like i have never seen. His dedication to the promise he made to his mother has kept him going even today. During the speech he would get so emotional, and I have the utmost respect for a man that has endured so much, and can keep a straight face while talking about it and not break down.

2) I think that Romek is proud of David because he was growing up and romek was proud of his brother's independence. David helped his country and Romek knows the feeling from being in the polish army and serving his country. David also his younger brother and i know that feeling of pride when your younger sibling accomplishes something important.

3) I think the main reason is that he is young. They also knew that he would suffer more if he did live after beating him so they probably didnt want to shoot him. The nazis are so horrible to kill his brother i wouldhave wanted to be killed if i saw that.

Romek Post #2

1: well for one, based on the pidgeons not showing up one day and David's mopther's instinct, they avoided being shot, and lived longer. I think David's white pidgeon was sort of a symbol that was like a dove, like a sign that god was with his family, and the pidgeon was a symbol representing hope. The pidgeon also was a source of joy in a time of dispair for David, and at least i know i would have enjoyed having a pet.

2: As much as the exact opposite of a vacation the camp actually was, i think it referred to being one of the camps with better conditions, and it was probably eaiser there than at the other camps. Considering that his job at the camp was to chop trees, it was nothing compared to later experiences in the book with the other concentration camps he is sent to. it way have also been because there were less guards and fewer punishments in the vacation camp.

3:

How has the experience of being in a concentration camp for so many years affected the way you see yourself and your loved ones?

How has your experience during the Holocaust affected your view of human nature?

Romek post #1

1) When I did the Family History project, the relative I chose, My grandmother, talked about the German-Austrian "Anchluss" the annex or joining of the two countries.  When we discussed and read the passage about it, i noticed a lot of similarities and differences between the story in the book and the story from my grandma. The story David talked about was very similar, when he said the austrians welcomed the  Germans with open arms, that was true. But from i Grandmother, i learned that the Austrians really had no choice, and that they had no military to defend their country and they welcomed the germans to defend their country and get them our of their recession. 

2)

A)) David's family is incredible. David is a brave boy, despite such young years. He is also brilliant, and comes up with many ways to keep himself alive. Romek is very funny, but he seems sometimes serious, and if he were to get in trouble, he would be able to come up with something to get out. David's dad is also a good person, he cares so much about his family, same goes for his mom. Unfortunately, not much has been said for his sisters at this point in the book so i cant really tell what theyre like but them seem like good people. 

B)) I think the first reason is that in this part of the book he is still young so he could remember more. and secondly it could be because the conditions he's living in are still good.  Later in the book since David gets  put in a concentration camp, he may lose some of his memory because he is being starved and worked really hard.

3) David is a brave and resourceful boy. He has a strong sense of whats's right, because he made the decision to save his father even though it was dangerous and probably stupid.  In the book, in the scene where he is rescuing his father, his spur of the moment thinking helps him come up with a plan to get his father onto the roof so they can escape the nazis. This is smart because it was the only thing that would work. If they tried to run, they would have sure been shot.

 

project reflection AZTEC

Name: Wade Bruffey
Project Reflection
Project Title: Aztec Mural Project
Class: BD
Dates: 5/5/08

[ PURPOSE ]
The purpose of this project was to learn about Aztec history and representations of their lives through murals. We visited Chicano Park to see murals painted by professional artists, and then used their ideas to create our own orginal murals. We learned about aztec culture through the murals that we created and by doing the artist's statement.

[ WHAT I LEARNED ]
I learned not just about Aztec culture, but also about the murals that we created. I learned about how Aztec gods related to the way the Aztecs lived. The Aztecs belived that every event that happened on earth was pre determined by the gods. since they belived in this, then crime was not punished by jail, they were punished by a dicipline in relation to their action. so if a person stole, then they were required to repay the person they stole from three times worth what they stole.

[ REFLECTION ]
I really liked this project because we got to design and paint a mural that related to an interesting topic. I think i learned a lot about the Aztecs in a fun way and i really liked that about this project. The project kept me really busy all through it. I dont think i would change anything about this project if i re did it either, I also think my group was really good even though it was all guys.

[ ARTIFACTS ]
i could take pictures of the mural and put them on my DP