Meeting of the Minds

It is finally time for Meeting of the Minds Day 1. I am very excited and I believe I am ready for it. I am very glad that we are getting a dress rehearsal so I make sure I can get it perfect for Tuesday. To prepare I did a massive amount of research on Otto von Bismarck I read a book about him and printed off about 20 pages of information relating to him to read and than I took the major notes down and looked them over. Some of the things that helped me the most feel like I can be him is looking over his quotes and also looking over things that he did (Who he attacked, why, what he thought of people). I will use this information as an aid to the questions to back me up in the points that I make and help me explain why I believe something.

05/17/2009

Revolution Rebuilding and New Challenges
The powerpoints that were picked to be presented in this section was a great choice and the presentations were also great! I loved learning about NATO and Opec and learning more in detail about many things I only knew the base facts of. Some of my favorite and most insightful powerpoints I heard were the Dalai Lama and The future or the united nations
"Who was the bloodies Tyrant of the 20th Century?"
I really enjoy this paper handout and It taught me a lot of things. I did not realize how bad things were under Mao Zedong and that 40M deaths occured. Looking over this sheet and remembering the facts that you presented us with in class i still have to say that I think Stalin was the "Bloodiest Tyrant" of the 20th century. I base this on the facts that even though Hitler did not care for life Stalin killed many more by his own hand and never once had a regret for it.