Final Assignment

     The lessons that Peekay learns throughout his journey in the the book "The Power of One" had a great affect on his life. The most important of these "lessons" I think happened at the prison. When the lieutenant of the prison ward, and boxing coach, decided to have pictures. As they were getting set for the picture, lieutenant Smit asked if a prisoner named Geel Piet would join the picture, Geel Piet was Peekay's personal trainer, and almost everyone stepped out of the picture, leaving only Peekay's closest friends Doc, Gert, and  Geel Piet. "The photograph captured the exact moment when I understood with conviction the racism is a primary force of evil designed to destroy good men". This "lesson" cultivated his true "Power of One".
    What is the "Power of One"? The "Power of One" to me is someones will. It is how someone acts towards other people and to them selves. It determines if the person "Controls" their destiny, or have someone make the decisions for them. If someone is at one with them self and can "control" their destiny, then they have truly understood what having the "power of one" truly means. When Peekay got his picture taken with the African American in the prison, he realized that people don't have to act the same way that everyone else does. Peekay learned that he doesn't have to be racist. He learned that someone does not move him around like a puppet, that he can make his own decisions. The thing he learned that is the most important is, that he has the "power of one" inside and no one can change that.

Significant "Lessons" in Peekay's life

     In Peekay's journey he found him self going to prison to visit his friend. He spent very much of his time in prison and learned very valuable "lessons". "You must box like a Mozart piano concerto, fast and light with perfect timing". As Geel Piet said "I had to box with my feet". "The photograph captured the exact moment when I understood with conviction that racism is a primary force of evil designed to destroy good men" Doc once said that "you should ask before you look". "you must go saftey first, klein baas, box, box, box, never fight".
     When Peekay went to his new boarding school, he met some friends that taught him some "lessons" as well. "Now my theory is that to beat the system you have to know it intimately. Rebellion is senseless, and being pointedly different only leads to persecution. The only way to control a system is from the inside". "I can only accept a loan if you'll let me do something to pay it off". "it was the first time we'd beaten the system, although of coarse it was Morrie had really done so, although I Guess that's what being partners is all about". "From little acorns mighty oak trees grow". "Racism does not diminish with Brains".

The new kid on the block!

     Its never easy being the new kid in school. I remember when I first moved to Big Timber I had no friends. Not one person really talked to me for at least the first week. They just looked at me as if I was an alien. They didn't care what my personality was, all they cared about is what I looked like.
     After I finally made a friend, then people started talking to me. After I had friends I felt a lot better in school. I no longer felt alienated from everyone because of what I looked like. And I knew that the friends I have made are because of my hidden self.

China

In 2008 China had held the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing. There was a huge controversy over whether they should be able to have them because of the pollution that they have and how crowded it is there. China has a very large amount of people all crowded in a few towns. The government in China has passed a law that says the people are only allowed to have one kid. The government passed this law to help with the over population problem that they are facing. Other than the overpopulation problem and the pollution problem in China i don't really know much about the country. I would hope to later learn a little bit more about it, like the festivals and food that they have.

Mali and the plentimaw fish

Mali and the Plentimaw Fish are like The Three branches of government in our Government. As Mali straightens  the story's the plentimaw fish come and tangle them up. The branches of government act in the same way as Mali and the Plentimaw fish. The legislative branch makes laws, the Executive Branch enforces the laws, and the Judicial branch intepret the laws. The branches have to act according to the other branch.

India

I found it interesting that jenny was writing about the trafficking of women, men, and children into India to be sold and exploited for physical labor, factory labor, working in brick kilns, agriculture, and embroidery factories. I knew a little bit about the trafficking of people but i did not know that Children, specifically, are exchanged between in India to be used as beggars, and forced into terrorist groups.

An interesting fact that Tyrell has informed me on is that in India their life expectancy is very low. Its interesting because the life expectancy is 66.46 years. That is not very old.

 India and Pakistan have been at war for a very long time. India's nuclear weapons tests in 1998 caused Pakistan to conduct its own tests the same year. November 2008, terrorists allegedly originating from Pakistan,conducted a series of coordinated attacks in Mumbai. I find it interesting that Pakistan waited ten years to attack India.

India

     The Republic of India is roughly 1.27 million square miles. It is about one-third the size of the U.S.
India Varies from Himalayas to flat river valleys to desserts in the west. It has 28 states and 7 union territories. When looking for Natural resources in India you can find coal, iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, chromite, thorium, limestone, barite, titanium ore, diamonds, and crude oil.

     Nearly 1.17 billion people live in India. Only China has a larger population. At only 2.4% of the worlds land, it holds 15% of the worlds population. I0n social society they live in castes, and are separated by religion and language. They have 18 official languages. It is about 81% Hindu but they have 138 million Muslims living in India. India has one of the world's largest Muslim populations. India gained its Independence on August 15, 1957.  They established a constitution on January 26, 1950.