Freewrite 1
The blog I’ve been looking at for some time is (http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/). In the image from the Unit 1 Assignment I started to wonder what the effects our presence in Iraq has on its people. We are so prone to thinking about ourselves and how it affects our soldiers and our economy and how the world views us.
Well what about the Iraqi citizens? Has their lives changed for the better or for the worse? What do they think about us and what our true aim is? How do they respond to the violence that continues to grip their country? I can go on and on, in fact I shall in order to find a solid inquiry that I want to research. Now getting back to the blog above, it is interesting to find a blog set up with links to other bloggers from Iraq. Yes, actually Iraqi bloggers! Well at least I find it cool, because I never thought it would be possible for some reason that we actually get an opportunity to hear the voices of Iraqis. Perhaps it’s just from being sheltered so much by our own media that I never thought this possible although I wanted to find out more about them.
Some of these blogs go through some day to day things that happen in Iraq, and it seems that a majority of bloggers are from Baghdad. I still have to do more research on that but it wouldn’t be surprising that the largest city and country’s capital would have the most educated people and technology. I will definitely love to take a closer look into this and incorporate it into my Unit 2 Inquiry.
Well what about the Iraqi citizens? Has their lives changed for the better or for the worse? What do they think about us and what our true aim is? How do they respond to the violence that continues to grip their country? I can go on and on, in fact I shall in order to find a solid inquiry that I want to research. Now getting back to the blog above, it is interesting to find a blog set up with links to other bloggers from Iraq. Yes, actually Iraqi bloggers! Well at least I find it cool, because I never thought it would be possible for some reason that we actually get an opportunity to hear the voices of Iraqis. Perhaps it’s just from being sheltered so much by our own media that I never thought this possible although I wanted to find out more about them.
Some of these blogs go through some day to day things that happen in Iraq, and it seems that a majority of bloggers are from Baghdad. I still have to do more research on that but it wouldn’t be surprising that the largest city and country’s capital would have the most educated people and technology. I will definitely love to take a closer look into this and incorporate it into my Unit 2 Inquiry.
It may be like the Cold War days in the United States where most people felt the would not live past the age of 50.
Anyway, I think that you have a really good topic and that it is important to know what the Iraqi civilians think since it supposedly is their right to democratic election that we are fighting for.
she posted some blogs written from Iraqi perspective. I would check out those blogs as they might be useful. I wonder if you can create a questionnaire and post it on those blogs and see if they answer you or if you just comment on their blog, tell them what you are up to, and start up a conversation with them...I'd bet they would be interested in your project...
Laurie
ps. Great important topic! Laurie