New semester. New quarter. So what will this new quarter bring us? Well as of now, we have been discussing about challenging the "status quo". We read "Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King Jr., and analyzed the methods that he used to challenge the status quo during his time period. It is pretty obvious that it's challenging to understand something that has occurred in the past but it's easy for us to relate to it if we compare it to something that has happened recently. Fortunately, we just got what we wanted.
This past Friday, Mr. Allen told us that somewhere in the world, the status quo is being challenged. That somewhere is Egypt. The majority of the class time was spent watching the news online about the Egyptian protesters. Apparently tens of thousands of people are out on the streets, demanding an end to the 30 year rule of President Hosni Mubarak.Citizens have been protesting against to what they think is a corrupt authoritarian government. Then even shut down the internet.
This goes to show that challenging the status quo can happen anywhere, at anytime. If something is deemed unfair, unjust, or just wrong, people are not going to stand there and wait for an event that will make things right. No, they are the ones that are going to proceed with action and do whatever is possible to make a difference.
And it's also mind-blowing how we can see something that has happened in the past occur now.
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