I am a student who dreaded the current event quizzes distributed by my professor in my previous media production class. I prefer to
avoid politics and I despise the dreadful stories about war. I also hate hearing
our country's economy is on a constant downfall because it makes me sick. On the first day
of my reporting class I found out we will be focusing specifically on military
affairs. I almost removed myself from the classroom.
When my professor made the announcement this is a military affairs
class, my jaw dropped and I thought to myself, "There is no way I can do
this! I know nothing about military affairs since I have always kept this hard
news subject out of my radar." Before I jumped out of my seat to leave, I
argued against myself, "This will be good for me. I always choose to do
the lighthearted, uncontroversial stories. I should change this characteristic
about myself. This class will force me to think outside of my little world of
butterflies and rainbows."
When the first day of class was over, I caught up on the issues going
on with Syria. I did know before starting this class we were going to war Syria
but did not know the details or realize the lack of communication between
Congress, Kerry and Obama. A friend, who is well educated in Political Science
and the issues brewing in Syria, informed me of the issues between the three
politicians. I browsed the web and read up on the congressional hearing and
also watched this video.
This video caught my attention. Not because John Kerry sounds like he
has no idea what he's talking about and Rand Paul is verbally challenging him
and putting him in his place, but the light bulb that went off when I finished
watching it. The light that shined in my mind was the realization I never would
have known this mess was going on in our country if it wasn't for this class. I
would continue to be ignorant to our country and the world around me. I have
always wished I knew everything going on around me but I found it so
complicated.
My change of thought will include hard work and time to catch up
on what I have avoided my whole life. My new interest to learn will benefit my
career as a student, my career when I enter the real world and also my security
as a citizen.
I am glad I talked myself out of dropping this class. I now can face my fear of learning the secrets to this country and on the
brighter side, learn more about our very own soldiers, the military
lifestyle, and the military affairs our country is currently involved in.
How do you feel about the video mentioned?
What do you think my first step to learning
Military Affairs should be?
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