Last Test Today

Today was our last day in the first semester. We ended it by taking a test. I'm confident i did well on it. There was 2 or 3 i was unsure about because i forgot about them. Also during the test i was starving!! i cannon t wait to go to lunch today to take my final test. I learned a lot in this class and it was a pretty fun class. I hope the next semester brings me more challenging objectives and better weather ;). It was a very interesting quarter. I didn't really know a lot of people in the first month or s, but know i made friendships (sorta) that i know well known. So this is my last time blogging in this semester. I wish a good luck to myself and others and i bid a farewell.

North Korea notes part 2

• Kim Il-Sung ( 1912-1994)
• Ruled from 1948-1994.
• Prime Minister 1948-1972.
• President 1972 until death.
• Great leader, eternal leader, Supreme leader, Eternal president of the republic.

Under Kim Il-Sung

• Kim Il-Sung viewed as a God.
• Establishment of "Cult of personality".
• The people are required to show extreme devotion to him
• During early part of his rule, the state destroyed over 2000 Buddhist temples and Christian churches.
• Kim Jong-Il (1941 - 2011)
• Ruled from 1994 - 2011 as Supreme Leader
• Kim Jong Un
• 32 years old
• December 17, 2011 he became leader.
• He attended school in Switzerland.
• He liked to draw Michael Jordan pictures.
• He was obsessed with basketball and computer games.
• He is a fan of Eric Clapton.
• They have nuclear weapons.
• Only 8 countries in the world have nukes.

Third Day of watching the Movie.

Today we watched the final part of the movie. Its sad that people don't even recognize the doctors that helped them regain sight. They thank their leader in a dramatic way. Its honestly crazy. We also saw a story about how a guard and his friend tries to escape from North Korea through the electric fence. Sadly his friend died right in front of him as the lines in the fence regained power. He traveled through the mine field and crossed the border to South Korea. He said life there was tough. Also we saw that they had concentration camps there. Even if someone in your family committed a crime, usually all of the people in your family had to go to concentration camps as well. People usually died there and it was used to scare people of the leader and what he could do to you.

2nd day of the movie

Yesterday we watched more of the North Korean movie. Its very interesting and sad honestly. They showed where the border between North and South Korea was and how strict North Korea was with not answering the phone calls from South Korea. Its crazy how much everyone worships the leader. I don't think i could ever live in a country like that. If i did live there, i would be so depressed. Its obvious North Korea needs help from other countries but they remain to not listen. Anyways i couldn't go to the Powwow because I had wrestling.

Movie Day

Today we watched a movie about people going in North Korea with a secret camera crew to help with some medical issues for blind people in North Korea. Its crazy because everyone was so obsessed with the leader. They don't even have a lot of technology in their everyday life. Everyone always bows to the leader. You cant even take a picture of the leaders statue. If you do, you usually get kicked out of the country. The leader thinks he controls one of the best countries in the world, but he controls one of the worst in the world. The people who live their are usually poor and they don't know what is going on outside of North Korea.

Notes that i missed on Monday from Sammi

Korea- North and South

About North Korea

• oppressive government 
• very secluded and isolated from the world 
• currently headed by Kim Jong-Un 
• Kim Jong-Un didn't seem to like The interview

North Korea 

Oppressive Government 

• State run socialist government that many consider to be a Stalinist dictatorship 
• official name: Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)
• notice that they say "Korea", not North Korea- they claim to be legitimate rulers of the entire peninsula 

Secluded and isolated 

• isolated by the government 
• also somewhat isolated geographically 
• Pyongyang in the capital

North Korea is almost completely dark compared to neighboring South Korea and China.

Brinksmaship- between North and South Korea threaten things

First day back and im sick

Yesterday i felt horrible and today i didn't feel very well either.My stomach was just churning so much that i saw the bathroom a lot lol. So i had to get some rest and get fueled up for tomorrow. I'm excited to be back and see all of my friends. I was getting pretty bored at my house anyways.