In the news article: Taliban poison attack or mass hysteria? Chaos hits another Kabul girls' school, poisonous gas attacks to prevent girls from attending school is being discussed. This most recent event happened at about 10:30 August 25 2010. Some questions that would help this story make more sense would be: have the scientist found if it was a gas attack or not? Do the schools have any military help or protection to help prevent these attacks? To be able to report on this even I would need to learn more about the history of the Taliban vs. girls' education. I understand they do not like girls being educated, but why? Also I would need more history on previous attacks on other schools.
On August 25 at about 10:30 am multiple girls in the Totia High School of Kabul began fainting, feeling dizzy, or nauseas. The girls began to panic. The order came to evacuate the school and hundreds of girls ran out with handkerchiefs pressed to their mouths or their head scarves. A total of 46 students and nine teachers were treated in the hospital after what was an "apparent poisoning attack". Many girls after being treated quickly recovered, but some stayed unconscious for several hours. There were also other girls that were feeling the effects long after they went home and changed out of their school clothes. The opinion of whether this was a poisonous gas attack or mass hysteria is split. Most believe that it was a gas attack because "in the largely Pashtun neighborhood in a rough area of eastern Kabul no one one believed the incident was anything other than a chemcial attack by people who object to female education".While others say that it could just be mass hysteria which has been used as to cause physical illness before.
Friday, August 27, 2010
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
News Worthy Events I Remember
Which news worthy events do you remember from your lifetime? (about 3). Why do you remember it?
Two news worthy events that I distinctly remember are 9/11 and the election of President Obama. I remember 9/11 because I had gone to school that day like any other day and I didn't notice anything different about the day. I didn't notice if the teachers were acting different. I got picked up by my nanny and went home with my sisters. When we got home, all I remember is that I walked into the tv room and Ana, my sister, was watching the news channel and there were these burning buildings. I didn't know what was going on and why Ana was watching the news. Ana told me that two planes had crashed into the twin towers. She said it was a terrorist attack. We watched the tv for the rest of the night. I remember this so well because it was such a surprise once I finally understood what was going on.
I remember the election of President Obama because we did the mock election at school and I remember I had a doctors appointment that morning and I didn't get to vote! Then when I got to school and the results were shown to the school, they said there was a tie! I could have made that difference! I was so angry. Then after the results were shown and we watched President Obama's inauguration speech. I remember this so well because I was just convinced I could have made a difference.
Events that are really memorable for my mom were when JFK was shot and 9/11. When JFK was shot she was in the 5th grade and sitting in class and it was in the afternoon. She was hot and sweaty. Someone came to the doorway, they had just gotten back from lunch, and noon recess. They were about ready to start, someone came to the door, and then her teacher started crying. She said, "The President has been shot and we don't know if he is dead or alive. We need to watch this and see". They went to the library and watched tv, which was a big deal. Getting to leave the classroom to go to the library and watch tv with a lot of kids was a huge deal. When she got home the president was declared dead. She was excused from school to watch his funeral.
On 9/11 she was working in Bloomington, IN at the hospital. She was reading films early in the morning. Some one came into her office and said "Oh my God turn on the tv! A Plane just ran into the world trade center!" My mom turned on the tv just in time to see the second plane crash. She saw both towers go down. She couldn't believe that it was happening in the US and that it was real. The tv talked about the other planes and how one crashed into the Pentagon and the other had been intended for the White House. She couldn't believe everything that happened.
Two news worthy events that I distinctly remember are 9/11 and the election of President Obama. I remember 9/11 because I had gone to school that day like any other day and I didn't notice anything different about the day. I didn't notice if the teachers were acting different. I got picked up by my nanny and went home with my sisters. When we got home, all I remember is that I walked into the tv room and Ana, my sister, was watching the news channel and there were these burning buildings. I didn't know what was going on and why Ana was watching the news. Ana told me that two planes had crashed into the twin towers. She said it was a terrorist attack. We watched the tv for the rest of the night. I remember this so well because it was such a surprise once I finally understood what was going on.
I remember the election of President Obama because we did the mock election at school and I remember I had a doctors appointment that morning and I didn't get to vote! Then when I got to school and the results were shown to the school, they said there was a tie! I could have made that difference! I was so angry. Then after the results were shown and we watched President Obama's inauguration speech. I remember this so well because I was just convinced I could have made a difference.
Events that are really memorable for my mom were when JFK was shot and 9/11. When JFK was shot she was in the 5th grade and sitting in class and it was in the afternoon. She was hot and sweaty. Someone came to the doorway, they had just gotten back from lunch, and noon recess. They were about ready to start, someone came to the door, and then her teacher started crying. She said, "The President has been shot and we don't know if he is dead or alive. We need to watch this and see". They went to the library and watched tv, which was a big deal. Getting to leave the classroom to go to the library and watch tv with a lot of kids was a huge deal. When she got home the president was declared dead. She was excused from school to watch his funeral.
On 9/11 she was working in Bloomington, IN at the hospital. She was reading films early in the morning. Some one came into her office and said "Oh my God turn on the tv! A Plane just ran into the world trade center!" My mom turned on the tv just in time to see the second plane crash. She saw both towers go down. She couldn't believe that it was happening in the US and that it was real. The tv talked about the other planes and how one crashed into the Pentagon and the other had been intended for the White House. She couldn't believe everything that happened.
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