HW40 Podcast On Schools
The podcast that i viewed was titled “Challenges at a Girls School in Baghdad” and it is part of the series Alive in Baghdad. This episode was published on 5/21/07 and the link to it is: http://aliveinbaghdad.org/2007/05/21/challenges-at-a-girls-school-in-baghdad/. In this podcast the topic that is covered is the challenges the schools face. Some of the challenges are the ability to attend classes. It is hard for them to get to school because of the searches and the road blocks. If they cant attend then they cant keep up with their studies. This doesn’t just go for the students its also the teachers that risk themselves getting to class. The people that appear in this podcast are some of the students, the Director of the school, and also a physics teacher. One person in general that does a lot of the explaining is the director. She explains the troubles about getting to school and how everyone risks themselves in trying to get to class. She know about her students and the teachers and their struggles. The scenery in this podcast is very plain most of it is in the class rooms with desks and students or just a plain white wall. A viewer might learn more about how hard it is to attend school in Baghdad and how hard it is for some students to gain an education. This video compared to others I’ve seen of Iraq is sort of the same because both are very plain with not a lot around and all of the people in them are scared and are having a tough time. The things i found most memorable about this podcast was the statement that the physics teacher said at the end about how they cant quit because it is a “exceptional experience and they don’t know what will happen tomorrow”
