Thursday, November 15, 2007

HW 33: Podcast

The Podcast I watched was called “Challenges at a Girls School in Baghdad”. This Podcast is from Alive in Baghdad. This podcast was published on May 21, 2007 and can be found at http://aliveinbaghdad.org/2007/05/21/challenges-at-a-girls-school-in-baghdad/. This podcast is about the unfortunate schoolgirls that must attend schools in Baghdad. The story tells us about the difficulties for girls to even get to school with all of the shootings and bombings that are going on due to the war. There is one girl who appears in the podcast and speaks about how she herself has not much difficulty getting to school because she gets driven there. However, she says that there are often a lot of accidents, which sometimes prevent her from getting to school and force her and her uncle to take different roads. The girl tells us that she isn’t afraid of the shootings and such because she is used to them. I think she is an extremely brave person because if that were me I would freak out. In the background of the podcast is a rundown looking school and paint looks to be peeling off the walls. A viewer could learn a great deal about what is going on in Iraq after watching this Podcast. They could also learn that the war is affecting the educations of young minds in need of good education. Viewers may also discover a new found respect for the 15-year-old girl who is not afraid of bombings.

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