Monday, May 12, 2008
Unit 7: Number 1
I don't think people only change when bad things happen. I think its more likely for someone to change after something bad though. Unfortuanetly thats the way it is. Most of the time the state is not going to put up a new traffic light or stop sign until someone has had a wreck in that area. You just don't really think you need something until its gone sometimes.
Unit 6: Number 5
I'm kind of torn on whether not the US should get into foreign politics are not. I mean when a small nation is being bullied, it only seems right that someone step in and help out the little guy. Then again its not technically our responsibilty to do anything. I think at the end of the day, the US as a county, should just vote on it. That way everyone will get to voice there opinions about it.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Living History Interview
1. What was your reaction to Sputnik being launched?
He heard about it when it was successfully in orbit and was shocked. He also believed America was the best so when they won the space race he felt kind of embarrassed. On the other hand he thought it was neat to know that somebody finally put something in space.
2. Do you remember where you were when you first heard Martin Luther Kings famous “I Have a Dream” speech?
He was in front of a TV set, but didn’t really pay much attention to it because he was in high school. He did remember thinking that it would become something very important. The first time he really ever thought about civil rights.
3. What was your experience during the civil rights movement?
He wasn’t active in any protest or anything like that. He always heard that the south was where black people were treated well and was surprised to find out there was segregation in the North. He worked really hard during that time to not be prejudice.
4. What impact did JFK’s assassination have on you?
He was right in front of the TV set when Kennedy was assassinated. He was in tenth grade and he had broken his leg, so he spent a lot of time at home watching TV. His family liked Kennedy a lot, and he said if he had been old enough he would have voted for him. In the beginning after the shot was fired there was a lot of commotion and he and his family didn’t know what had happened yet. Then one of the announcers on the TV said that the president had been shot.
5. What was your reaction to the riots and protest during the civil rights movement?
Found it kind of fascinating. He said looking back that the coverage on TV was kind of biased. What he found shocking was that a lot of people were protesting and looting in there own neighborhoods. He also thought it was kind of scary, because he knew that it could easily happen in Cleveland (his hometown).
6. How were you involved with the first “Earth Day”?
He participated in the first Earth Day and didn’t even know it. He was sitting in the cafeteria at his college on April 22, 1970, when somebody came in and said “Hey, you guys want to protest?” At that point he had never been in a demonstration before. He asked what it was for and the guy said they were going to protest everyone polluting the earth. This made him think he would be fine with supporting that. After that he went outside with a group of people and walked through time. Twenty million people were involved worldwide, and it wasn’t even planned. Somebody just sent a memo to different universities and word just got around.
7. What was your opinion of Richard Nixon and his actions?
Even before Watergate he remembered people used to call him “Tricky Dickey”. He remembered thinking that he always seemed like a politician, he always seemed to say what the people wanted to hear. He never really spoke from his heart. After Watergate he wasn’t too surprised. He didn’t hate him or anything, but the fact was, he was glad that even the president could get in trouble for doing the wrong thing.
8. Which civil rights court cases do you remember most well?
When I asked which ones he remembered he said he couldn’t remember any. Then when I asked about Brown VS the Board of Education he said which one was that. At the point that all this happened he was in college and had already decided he was going to be an ecologist. So most of the things he was interested in and watched the news for were stuff about the earth and the environment. Civil Rights just wasn’t one of the things that really interested him.
9. What do you remember about the Iranian hostage crisis?
The thing that stood out the most to him about it was that the country had went from drafting an army to an all volunteer army. So he believed the military was not up to par. He found it kind of scary that a foreign power could seize our embassy and take our people hostage. He wished for the best, and watched the news everyday to see how it all played out.
10. Where were you on Sept 11, 2001?
The terrorist attacks on 9/11 made his heart drop. He was out in the field with a team of biologist when his cell phone rang. His asked him if he’d heard, and then told him that a terrorist group flew a plane into the World Trade Center. He felt bad for the people that had lost their lives and felt scared that something like that could happen on American soil. He knew things in the United States just wouldn’t be the same after that.
He heard about it when it was successfully in orbit and was shocked. He also believed America was the best so when they won the space race he felt kind of embarrassed. On the other hand he thought it was neat to know that somebody finally put something in space.
2. Do you remember where you were when you first heard Martin Luther Kings famous “I Have a Dream” speech?
He was in front of a TV set, but didn’t really pay much attention to it because he was in high school. He did remember thinking that it would become something very important. The first time he really ever thought about civil rights.
3. What was your experience during the civil rights movement?
He wasn’t active in any protest or anything like that. He always heard that the south was where black people were treated well and was surprised to find out there was segregation in the North. He worked really hard during that time to not be prejudice.
4. What impact did JFK’s assassination have on you?
He was right in front of the TV set when Kennedy was assassinated. He was in tenth grade and he had broken his leg, so he spent a lot of time at home watching TV. His family liked Kennedy a lot, and he said if he had been old enough he would have voted for him. In the beginning after the shot was fired there was a lot of commotion and he and his family didn’t know what had happened yet. Then one of the announcers on the TV said that the president had been shot.
5. What was your reaction to the riots and protest during the civil rights movement?
Found it kind of fascinating. He said looking back that the coverage on TV was kind of biased. What he found shocking was that a lot of people were protesting and looting in there own neighborhoods. He also thought it was kind of scary, because he knew that it could easily happen in Cleveland (his hometown).
6. How were you involved with the first “Earth Day”?
He participated in the first Earth Day and didn’t even know it. He was sitting in the cafeteria at his college on April 22, 1970, when somebody came in and said “Hey, you guys want to protest?” At that point he had never been in a demonstration before. He asked what it was for and the guy said they were going to protest everyone polluting the earth. This made him think he would be fine with supporting that. After that he went outside with a group of people and walked through time. Twenty million people were involved worldwide, and it wasn’t even planned. Somebody just sent a memo to different universities and word just got around.
7. What was your opinion of Richard Nixon and his actions?
Even before Watergate he remembered people used to call him “Tricky Dickey”. He remembered thinking that he always seemed like a politician, he always seemed to say what the people wanted to hear. He never really spoke from his heart. After Watergate he wasn’t too surprised. He didn’t hate him or anything, but the fact was, he was glad that even the president could get in trouble for doing the wrong thing.
8. Which civil rights court cases do you remember most well?
When I asked which ones he remembered he said he couldn’t remember any. Then when I asked about Brown VS the Board of Education he said which one was that. At the point that all this happened he was in college and had already decided he was going to be an ecologist. So most of the things he was interested in and watched the news for were stuff about the earth and the environment. Civil Rights just wasn’t one of the things that really interested him.
9. What do you remember about the Iranian hostage crisis?
The thing that stood out the most to him about it was that the country had went from drafting an army to an all volunteer army. So he believed the military was not up to par. He found it kind of scary that a foreign power could seize our embassy and take our people hostage. He wished for the best, and watched the news everyday to see how it all played out.
10. Where were you on Sept 11, 2001?
The terrorist attacks on 9/11 made his heart drop. He was out in the field with a team of biologist when his cell phone rang. His asked him if he’d heard, and then told him that a terrorist group flew a plane into the World Trade Center. He felt bad for the people that had lost their lives and felt scared that something like that could happen on American soil. He knew things in the United States just wouldn’t be the same after that.
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