Elizabeth at EBAFF, Bronx, NY

10 Questions about the World

1. When will the pollution stop?
2. When will we have a clean environment?
3. When will people stop throwing garbage on the ground?
4. When will earthquakes stop?
5. If we had an earthquake what will happen to us?
6. When is the world going to end?
7. When are people going to stop fighting and arguing?
8. When will people ever change?
9. When will people start eating healthy kids?
10. When will kids start behaving and caring more about school and education?

The United Nations estimates that the recent fighting has forced about 45,000 people to flee their homes in Darfur, which is roughly the size of Texas and has a population of about six million people. Some fled to Chad, where they have not been able to reach the safety of refugee camps because of continued bombing along the border. Others fled to Jebel Moun, a rebel stronghold to the east, and aid workers fear for the safety of about 20,000 people who are in the path of future attacks if the government presses ahead with its offensive and the rebels vow to resist.

I think that 45,000 has been alot of people. I also think that it was good that some people moved to other places for their safety. I think that things are going on in Darfur are very dangerous. I know that people are very scared. I also think that there is alot of violence in Darfur. 

Darfur

• Darfur is in Africa
• people have been burned
• people are providing medical and other stuff
• 30,000 people might have been displaced
• There are children being abounded
• peace keepers  protect people
• since 2003 theres been a lot of violence
• Rebellion broke out in 2003
• 2.5 million have been driven by their homes.

• 200,000 have died

         What I know about Darfur is that alot of people are dieing. Darfur is in Africa. People have been burned.There are children being misplaced and loosing their homes and their families. People have been providing medical and other stuff. Theres been a lot of violence and bad stuff going on since 2003. About 2.5 million people have been driven out their homes. And about 200,000 have died. I think that its not easy for those people living in darfur because of all that stuff is going on. I also think that sad because a lot of people don’t have nothing to eat and also because they are getting taken away from their families. I think no one would like to get taken away from  their families.

I think that its wrong that they are acusing them.

The conflict began in the arid and impoverished region early in 2003 after a rebel group began attacking government targets, saying the region was being neglected by Khartoum.

BBC NEWS | Africa | Q&A: Sudan’s Darfur conflict

Refugees from Darfur say that following air raids by government aircraft, the Janjaweed ride into villages on horses and camels, slaughtering men, raping women and stealing whatever they can find.

BBC NEWS | Africa | Q&A: Sudan’s Darfur conflict

I chose this picture because it looks very interesting and also because its sad to see all these people from Darfur going through all these bad stuff. I think that all these people feel bad for themselves and for others that are there and that are going through bad stuff like loosing their families and not having nothing to eat. I know that kids get sad when they get taken away from their homes. A lot of people had been getting burn and a lot of people have died.

They spoke of toddlers being burnt alive in villages as men on horseback razed their houses to the ground; of women being raped as they fled their homes looking for safety in the early stages of the conflict. At night, people said they still found it hard to sleep - terrified of being killed while in their beds.

BBC NEWS | Africa | Darfur: Little hope five years on

I think that it’s very sad to read this and hear about people being scare that things could happen to them. If I was one of them I would also be very scare. But one thing I don’t understand is that why do people need to get to these levels and rape and do bad stuff I think that is not right.

Boring

flordalise:

I am not thinking about anything. This class is boring. How am i supposed to free write if i don’t know what to write about?……………Some people in this class are writing about RUNESCAPE. Who does that? I would write about family but there’s no point.

dont worry i feel the same way i sometimes dont know what to write about, and truth what you sayin who write about RUNESCAPE.!!!!

My Family

I sometimes think that I am a lucky person to have a great family. I love my family with all my heart and I know that they love me too. I care about them all and I wont want nothing to ever happen to them.I be having the greatest time with them. Most of my family live in the Dominican Republic. I don’t really see them. I only see them when I go to the Dominican Republic for vacation. When I go I be so glad because I’m with my family, but when its time to come back to New York. I wish that I could go every year and visit my family.

The reason why I love and care about my family so much because they are everything for me they  take care of me and I know that if one day I need help with something I know that I’m gonna have them right by my side helping me out in what I need. Even though most of them are in Dominican Republic I know that they still care about me and that they love me. The person that I really love is my parents and my aunt that lives her in New York.

I also can’t forget about my grandmother that I love with all my heart. I have two grandmothers one from my mother side and one from my father side. But the one that I really love and care about is the one from my mother side. Every time I go to Dominican Republic I take things for her that I know that she would like and that I know that she would be happy.  I care about all my family not only one of them. Yes I might have a favorite cousin or aunt but it doesn’t mean nothing to me everybody in my family knows that I got love for all of them. Family is the most important thing I have in my life and I’ll never stop loving them or stop caring about them because I love them.