Maus II

MAUS II

I think one of the questions that I would have liked to further discuss was the dictation of the Jews are mice rather than humans. I feel that it was little disrepectful to the many people who died during the halocaust the picture them just as animals. I feel that they should get some respect after the genocide occurred. I know his father and mother were part of the halocaust so he should feel a deep connection but by that depiction I do not feel that he gave them justice.

Another point that was made during the seminar was classifying polish as pigs. I felt that there was a huge bias during the discussion. I think that Jews would have done the same thing that polish did to keep themselves alive. I look at the example of his father trying to line up in different places to never be killed or bribing different people at the camp. I feel that they played the same role polish. I feel it was wrong to call them out.

Congo Today

http://allafrica.com/stories/201010060931.html

One of the more worrying factors in the Congo is the birth rate and life expectancy. Another problem the Congo is having education. Out of every 1000 children born about 158 of them die before they reach the age of five. Progressed has occurred since 2001, where the life expectancy was about 250 children out of 1000 do not make this. One reason for the low life expectancy is because of the water quality. The quality of water is not up standard. Another reason for the low life expectancy is diseases. The next problem addressed in the article is education. The education has imporved over the last ten years, but many of poor villages in the Congo still do not have a standard education. The average amount of people attending schools is ¾ of children.

What is being done to improve education and what is being done to combat diseases?

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-05/congo-premier-proposes-6-7-billion-budget-for-2011-sees-growth-at-6-8-.html

The Congo finacal situation has improved after struggling for about a decade and a half. The budget for this year is around 6.7 billion dollar budget. This is an increase in 6.8% since last year. This raise in the budget has increased from the project budget of this year because of the improvement of economy. One of the reasons for the improved economy is the higher mineral prices.

What happened to cause the economy to fall so much 15 years ago?