What I've Learned

Throughout this semester I've learned so much about different cultures that I never knew before. While reading The Kite Runner I learned about Afghanistan culture, the depreciation of women and how they are treated compared to men. This helped me appreciate how good we have it living in Canada, equal rights are often taken for granted. I found it very interesting learning about the native people and the story of how there land was taken while watching the documentary 8th Fire and reading The Rez Sisters. The symbolism used in The Rez sisters made it appear that white people had it so much better in life with fancy thing such as paved roads and toilets. This helped me understand more about life on the reserves, the quality of life the natives have is not anywhere as good as other Canadians. I learned that most reserves have poor water quality, to a point where they shouldn't be consuming it but they have to in order to survive. Throughout reading some of these texts I've gained a whole new perspective on what is really going on in the world. The most important thing I've learned this semester is to treat others with respect whether they are white, black, or native, everyone should have equal rights and be treated the same.