Saturday, March 13, 2010
PERIOD 2 - ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Over the past week you have seen films and read articles about The Armenian Genocide. On Friday, you heard an insightful and informative lecture about this terrible event by Father Boghosian. First, what did you think of Father Boghosian's lecutre? Second, the last stage of Genocide is denial. Given everything you've heard, seen, and read about this event, what do you think should be done to make more people in the United States aware of the Armenian Genocide?
22 comments:
I thought the lecture on friday was a nice way of bringing the armenian genocide to our attention. I also thought it was interesting to hear somebody's opinion on the subject who knew so much about it. I think a good way to bring the armenian genocide to people's attention would be to teach it in history classes. I think high school is an appropriate place to teach the armenian genocide. This way kids that are becoming adults will know about the armenian genocide.
I think Father Boghosian was very interesting and he did a good job describing his life before the genocide and how it affected him. I think it is very important for the people in the United States to be educated about the genocide so that there will no longer be any denial in the U.S. I agree with Jake that the Armenian Genocide should be taught in a high school history class, because high school kids are mature enough to understand what it means.
Personally, I thought the film on the Armenian Genocide and the guest speacker, Father Boghosian, really helped me understand this horrific effect in our world's history. Prior to learning about this event, I had very little information about the genocide. I found Father Boghosian's biography and story very interesting and realistic. Also, I like how he was able to relate the event to the present. I didn't know that Obama had sent the Secretary of State to tell the House of Reps to not pass the bill allowing recognition of the genocide. It gave me a better understanding of how hard it was to live under the Turkish government during the time period. I agree with Kristen that it is important for people in America to learn about and be aware of the genocide.
I agree with Jake in that the lecture was a good way of making us aware. However, it's unrealistic to think that everyone in the country will want to be informed through lecture. Teaching it in school would be effective, but would only reach the kids. A movie on the genocide could reach the entire population and may not bring the negative sanctions from Turkey that Obama seems to be afraid of.
I really enjoyed the lecture on Friday, it was great way to learn about such a terrible history through someone who actually experienced the aftermath and whose family was some how spared like Father Boghosian. It really opened my eyes and showed me that there is still so much of the world's history that is left in the shadows.It really bothered me how the U.S. is ignoring the genocide because of politics, I understand why, but it bothers me that the world works like that. I think that the U.S. should educate people about this and give the people of Armenia the closure they have been looking for.
I thought Father Boghosian was extremely interesting. It was the first time I heard learned about the Armenian Genocide and found it to be very upsetting that President Obama does not want the world to know more about what happened to these innocent people because of war reasons. It really makes me angry and President Obama should do the right thing and tell the world of these horrible happenings.
I agree with Jake that we should teach the Armenian Genocide should be taught in history classes. This way, students will be educated about the genocide.
I really enjoyed Father Boghosian’s lecture. I always think that you loose ability to be able to connect and relate when seeing pictures or words describing an event. I felt that his presentation made the Armenian Genocide more personal and informative than even the videos about it. I thought it was good to get a background of the Genocide with the videos and then having him come and talk really put the whole thing in perspective for me.
The Armenian Genocide is not talked about in the public schooling curriculum, which is where I think the first step in understanding will have to take place. If kids are not learning about this, you can’t expect the United States as a whole to become more aware. I think it starts with schooling and hopefully after kids start to learn about it in school maybe something will be done to recognize the Armenian Genocide. I think it’s truly sad how we are not forcing turkey to recognize what their country did just because we want to have army bases located in turkey for the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts.
Jake,
I completely agree with you that this conflict should be brought up in the high school setting. I think it’s a very important event in history that needs to be understood in order to prevent it from happening again.
I thought the lecture by Father Boghosian was informative and it called my attention to the selfish countries around the world to not give it its rightful genocide title, such as the United States. In order for it to get its deserved attention, Barack Obama will have to consider it one. Though he has publicly done so, our country has yet to acknowledge it officially. The only way for the Armienian Genocide to get recongnition is for the United States to push Turkey to admitting it and it starts with our government first.
The movie we watched was a great way to indroduce the genocide because I honestly had never heard of it. Then listening to the guest speaker tell us about his personal experiences of himself and of his family really put me in my place in terms of understanding what actually went on. I think that americans don't know about this genocide because they were never taught that it happened and back when it was actually happening no major news coverage was focused on it. Now that people are being taught about this they feel like it was so long ago so it has no personal impact on them. The best way to educate people about this is by making the president, like he said he would, make the armenian government issue an apology and with that media coverage many people would learn about what actually happened.
Devin,
I completely agree with how you think people should learn about the armenian genocide. President obama needs to make sure there government address' the issue and apologizes to all the armenian people throughout the world.
Before seeing the movie and hearing Father Boghosian speak, I didnt know much about the Armenian Genocide.I think that to fully understand what people went through during the genocide, you must know someone's life story.Its not enough to just watch a film about it, because its too difficult to relate too but when you hear someone tell you what their life was like and the obsatcles they overcome you can connect with that person and understand them. Their story becomes real and you realize that this is what people had to go through. After hearing Father's story I was really sad because his story ahd such a powerful effect on me.
Jake-
I agree with you about having kid's learn about the Armenian Gencide in School.
I was absent on this class. :/ really wish i wasnt
I think that it's totally bizarre how most people aren't even aware that such a horrible event ever happened. I thought that it was very interesting to hear someone describe their own first hand account of the conditions there. I believe that the Armenian Genocide should be covered in history courses so that we are less prone to repeating the past.
I thought that the lecture was very interesting. It amazes me that one person could experience so many things in their life. It makes me sad that he has had to live his whole life without the confession that the genocide really happened. I think that Turkey should admit that in fact the genocide really did happen. I think that this is the least that they can do for the over a million innocent people who were murdered. I think that if Turkey admitted to the Armenian Genocide that more people would be aware that it happened. I also think that kids should be taught in their history classes about the genocide, just as I am being taught right now.
The lecture on Friday was really interesting. I think that its sad to hear that the Armenian’s are still fighting to get people to understand how terrible of a time this was for them and how it still isn’t completely acknowledged today. I also think that Father Boghosian was a great speaker that held my attention.
Jake,
I agree that this should be taught to kids within schools. I didn’t know a lot about the subject until we had Father Boghosian come in.
i tought that the lecture open my eye to the Armenian genocide and made me more aware about it and what our government is doing about it. i very glad we had the chance to hear about it because before now i have never heard about it.
I was absent on Friday, March 12.
It's pathetic that this isn't taught in schools. If it weren't for this course i wouldn't have ever heard of the Armenian Genocide. Father Boghosian did a good job with the lecture overall, I thought it was really interesting.
Jake,
I agree with you when you say this should be taught in history classes.
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