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So this week as mostly been stress, there's a lot going on in my inquiry group & in all my other classes. It's starting to be very difucult to deal with but at least there's an end in sight.

My inquiry is reall starting to come together, there's still a lot for us to do, our major task at this point is looking at major players, beliefs, and the effects of the bomb.

My thoughts are in a million seperate directions at this moment, so I really don't have a lot to say..

Be thankful for hard times in your life. Try not to look at them as bad things, but as opportunities to grow and learn...

So, this past week was definitely one of a kind, and I’d love to sit here and say that I learned a lot in class about my topic but the truth is that I didn’t. I was very preoccupied this past week; however I can reassure myself that I did do a lot of learning outside the class this week.

I guess I’ve come to realize that things happen in life that can’t be explained and just need sort out by themselves. No one can really explain why someone would ever feel the need to hurt themselves but the reality is it happens. Nor can anyone explain the affect it has on the people around that individual. I think the worst part is that when you watch a friend go through that you feel guilty for being upset and confused about it that you push aside the fact that you’re clearly not yourself and need to release some stress... But I guess time showed me you have to deal with it eventually.

Another thing that’s been on my mind this past week is; how can you prepare yourself to say goodbye to a person you love knowing you may never see them again, or if they’ll even be alive tomorrow. It’s not all it’s cracked up to be... that’s for sure. But hey, every new beginning comes from some other beginnings end,

I just really don’t know what to say this week.. I’m just thankful that I’m starting to be okay with things that have happened this year, maybe there’s a reason these things happen.

Things are looking up, and I’m going into this week ready for some H-I-R-O-S-H-I-M-A loving : )

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This past week in class was a very good one for me; I still absolutely love my inquiry group and am continuing to learn a great deal on the decision to drop the bomb on Hiroshima.

The main things I learned about the decision this week was the importance of the Potsdam conference which was the conference where the three nations decided to bomb Hiroshima. Another key point is that that in Truman’s diary he states ““The target will be purely a military one and we will issue a warning statement asking the Japs to surrender and save lives. I’m sure they will not do that, but we will have given them the chance. It is certainly a good thing for the world that Hitler’s crowd or Stalin’s did not discover this atomic bomb. It seems to be the most terrible thing ever discovered, but it can be made the most useful.”(56) This to me is just ridiculous, when you drop a bomb you can’t just decide who you want to be killed.

I also learned about the test bomb that was used in a New Mexican desert. Through this I was able to realise that they knew the effects of the bomb therefore I’m starting to question how they ever thought they could pick their targets.

I think I’m starting to believe that maybe the bomb was used only due to the fact that the US wanted an active target to test an atomic bomb on. In all honesty my thoughts are all in a jumble and I’m not really sure what I believe yet. What I do know is that I’m very excited to move on and have things come together.

Hiroshima X 2 (:

So, I adore my inquiry group, they are all awesome. We have a really good system going for us and it seems that for the most part everyone is doing their fair share of work. We are exactly where we should be and things seem to be really coming together for us. I’m so excited to go further and finish our report just to see how it all ends up working out. I feel so sad that we didn’t get to this point last semester because I love it. It’s such a great feeling to know that we are going somewhere and there is an end point in sight.

I have learned so much about Hiroshima recently but still have a great deal more to learn. So far the major things I’ve learned are; the importance of the Potsdam conference, the practice test bomb and the importance of Truman and Stalin in the decision to bomb. Things are still a little unclear and the information is still in a cluster but we are definitely on track and things are going well : )

Hiroshima :)

This week in class we finished up with our feasibility groups and picked our inquiry groups. I am soo excited that I got in the Hiroshima group; I’m so excited to go on and learn more about the decision to bomb. To be completely honest I don’t know a single thing about the decision to bomb Hiroshima, and this is why I choose that subject. In high school I had learned a little bit about the aftermath of the bombing and whatnot but I was never explained the decision behind it. Because of my lack of knowledge I am so excited to go on and learn more about it.

The one thing that got to me this week was when it came to the process of picking the inquiry group topics. I just feel that it was too much for some people.. I know there’s a few people that got upset with the process.. maybe it was too much for us as first year student? I’m not sure, personally I’m loving it. Let’s just hope the feasibility groups did their work and there are no dead ends here.

I can’t really say that I learnt a whole lot this week since we’ve been dealing with the same topics and little bit of knowledge for a while now but I know this is about to change. I’m very excited to start my readings and make progress with my group : )

Good week

I’m so excited that we are going somewhere this term, and I love the feeling of knowing we are on the right track. At the beginning of this term I was a little worried that we were going to fall back into the same slum we did last term- it seemed like there weren’t very many people taking their work seriously. However now that we are in our feasibility groups about to move onto picking our inquiry groups I realise that we have already gotten much further than last term. To a certain point I’m really disappointed we didn’t get to do this last term I’m loving doing this research and learning about all these things I hadn’t previously given any thought. I’m really excited to see how everyone’s final feasibility reports turn out and to move on..... All smiles ( :

Good Week ( :

I absolutely adore Truth in Society-Previous to last week I was never overly excited to go to class, but this as changed. I am actually so glad that I realised I had to just go with the flow and trust the process. I had one of the best weeks in Aquinas this week : ) I am however a little sad that we will no longer be spending time in the three separate disciplines, I really love when we are spending separate times with each subject, ahh well. I am still excited to see where we are going from here and to see what’s going to happen next.

This week my favourite times were definitely in Journalism, I really enjoyed reading and discussing “The Fallen Man” it opened my eyes to so many different things. Steph’s point of what makes us better than them really weighs on my brain and I’m continuing to think about. Like her I agree that 9/ 11 hit a little closer to home but why is it okay for us to expose countries and culture’s that far away from us in similar ways to what we viewed in the picture? I see both sides I guess.. I’m just really curious about this and it’s something I plan on focusing a lot on.

All in all it was a good week, and I’m hoping all goes good from here on in, it was about this time last term this got bad, I’m hoping things are different this term (:

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This past week I went through a major reality check, I was forced to go home for a night and that really threw my off track with one night of traveling home, one sleep home, then back the next day I found myself three days behind in everything. However, I realize this and am aware that I no longer have wiggle room to slack off for the rest of the term.

Despite the fact I just wasn’t able to make it to all classes this week I am still so impressed with how the three disciplines are unfolding. I’m very excited to see how this term is already beginning to come together. The thing I like the most this term is the fact that journalism is actually getting some attention and we’re spending so much time on it, I love this. I had also never before realized the affect a journalist can have in the re-telling of an event. It’s amazing to look at the power a journalist has in telling the reader a story, or to look at how they can tap into our emotions.

I’ve also really come to appreciate what we’re doing in Religious Studies, I’m so glad we’re finally starting to dig into the topics we had originally picked.

Gettin back into it : )

So, when we first started again I was really exciting to see that we would be spending times in the three separate disciplines. I was even more excited to see a full schedule of what we’re going to do this semester, I feel like we will have no problem getting to our end point this semester. The learning I did this week was not in class, it was something I learnt from all my classes. I had done pretty decent in all my course when it came to marks, so when I first got back to school I thought that I was going to just fly through this semester with no problem. Well, I was very wrong I’ve definitely came to realize that I cannot put things off because I am going to fall behind, I already have. I’m just glad it’s only been a week and I can catch up.