because of Romek final post

1: I think the most horrific part of the book was watching his family get shot. That would probably be enough for me to kill myself. I cannot even imagine what that must have been like for David at such a young age. This is such a horrific turn of events in the story, and probably one of the most disturbing and also one that shows the horrors that he Nazis commited during the holocaust.

2:
While in the Krawinkle camp David actually gets a good job for once in a long time. David's job of feeding the dogs not only got him more food, but keeps him out of the cold weather and from getting a really harsh job like some of the other prisoners. This chapter was another example of just how brilliant David was. He came up with the idea of taking the dog's stew, but at the same time knew he couldnt take too much, or the guards would notice.

3:
David desribes bergen-belsen as one of the worst concentration camps he has faced so far. He says in the book that the floor was littered with frozen feces and urine, and the bunks were filled with bodies of the sick and dying, who were being eaten alive by flies and lice. David also desribes some of the people in the camp eating the flesh of the people who were already dead. David also contracts typhus while at bergen belsen, which nearly kills him and makes him pretty much a walking skeleton.

4:
I think David's most triumphant moment is when he survives getting sent to the gas chambers when he is sick. David's quick thinking and good instincts got him out of trouble several times in the book, and also kept him alive longer. In this instance, David remembers something someone told him once, and it got him thinking that something bad would happen if he stayed where he was at the moment, and his instinct was right, only a few minutes after he left, the rest of the sick people were taken away to be gassed.

5:
David Faber's book, Because of Romek, should be required reading in all middle schools, high schools, and universities because all students need to learn about the horrors of the Holocaust and the crimes commited during it. During David Faber's speech, he brought up a valid point of the importance of being educated in not just the holocaust, but other genocides throughout history. Mr. Faber belives that all children should be read this book, in order to present the horrors of a genocide, and also to prevent future ones from happening. David belives that if children are educated in the history of persecution, it will stop hatred and make the world a better place. Many people share Mr. Faber's veiws of the world, and i think anyone would be more than dedicated to making the world a more accepting place.

Reniassance Project reflection

Name: Wade Bruffey
Project Reflection
Project Title: Reniassance projects
Class: BD
Dates: 6/4/08

[ PURPOSE ]
In this project we were supposed to learn about the time period known as the reniassance and the ideas that shaped the way we lived today. We chose a person to study and then found out more in depth information about their life's achievements. This helped us get a better idea of how the reniassance worked and how it influenced the modern age.

[ WHAT I LEARNED ]I learned a lot about the reniassance in general, but even more about a man that was a huge influence in the reniassance. This man was Filippo Brunelleschi, an Italian architecht who built perhaps the most famous and most extravagant chapel in all of reniassance history. This chapel was the Santa Maria del Fiore, and Brunelleschi was put in charge of the most important and most difficult part of this church. This part was the dome, a gigantic dome so large it took nearly all of Brunelleschi's life to complete. Before we learned about an important reniassance figure, we had to learn about the reniassance itself. the most important thing we learned were the ideas behind the reniassance, the i deas of humanisim. studing humanisim meant a belief in human potential, and the hope that every human could achieve great things.

[ REFLECTION ]I really liked this project because we got to study an important figure in history that helped shape the way we live today. I also liked this project because it was kind of small, but it still taught us a lot and in a short, manageable time slot of around three weeks. If i could do this project again i dont think i would change anything, the person i chose was easy to find information on, and i felt like i finished the biography well before it was due so i had plenty of time to edit and fix things.

[ ARTIFACTS ]i could put a copy of my bio on the dp