Challenges at a Girls School in Baghdad HW 32

The title of the episode was called Challenges at a Girls School in Baghdad and it was a post in the series of Alive in Baghdad. The post was created on May 5, 2007. A link to this video pod cast is http://aliveinbaghdad.org/2007/05/21/challenges-at-a-girls-school-in-baghdad/. This video is about the problem with these young girls trying to get and education. In the podcast many young girl students are interviewed along with the teacher and the director of the school. The director of the school is Jinan Jamal Mahmoud. In the video she is seen sitting on a stool by a plain white wall. She is wearing a red and white shirt and a white Vail to cover her hair and neck. Her face is round and pale with red lip stick and eye shadow on. She talks about how she is worried about these children loosing and missing out on their chance to get an education. She talks about the teachers at the school and how they all have a whole range of experience. The school looks really run down and dirty. The white walls are cracked and there is little sun shinning through the window. The children are sitting by wooden desks and there is a black board for the teacher to write out notes on. From watching this video a viewer would learn how hard it is for these young girls from Baghdad to get an education. I hope that a viewer would watch this video and be thankful for the kind of education they are getting and the life that they are being able to live. This is different than any other news cast or video I have watched from Baghdad because it was so real. I felt like I was almost there giving the interview. I also have not seen this topic really mentioned or I have not heard of much concern about these schools in Baghdad. The most interesting part of this video to me was watching these children respond to the interviewer. I thought they were so mature and brave. One girl stated that she did not fear at all. Other children just answered the questions without even thinking as if it was no big deal. One student stated how she didn’t have difficulties getting to school, but when the interviewer asked if there were accidents she said yes, all the time. It seems to me these children are getting so accustomed to this way of life. I just think that it is so depressing and horrible and I could not imagine being in their shoes.