HW33: Challenges at Al-Safina Middle School

The Podcast that I decided to watch was called “Challenges at a Girl’s School in Baghdad” this was shown on May 21st 2007. Here is the link that I found the Podcast on: http://aliveinbaghdad.org/2007/05/21/challenges-at-a-girls-school-in-baghdad. It first tells us about the Al-Safina Middle School in Adhamiya, Baghdad. The topic that is covered is how children face challenges getting to school. The people shown in this podcast are Jinan Jamal Mahmoud (Director or Al-Safina), Samirah Izzi Ali (Physics Teacher), and two students. One of the girls shown in the podcast, is wearing a hijab, and answering questions on how she gets to school. One of the students shown said that she wasn’t afraid of the explosions anymore because she’s so used to hearing them. The scenery is basically the classroom, but the school doesn’t look like a school here in America. The paint on the walls were chipped, and the classrooms were too small. From watching this video, I’ve learned that it must be really hard for students in other countries to go to school with all these explosions, raids, and shootings going on around them. I could never imagine having to live with that. I think that’s the most memorable part for me… when the student said she’s so used to hearing the noise, because it shouldn’t have to be like that.