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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 : )