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My name is Morgan Henwood and I am from Barrie Ontario. I am studying Knowledge Integration at the University of Waterloo in hopes of one day becoming a speech pathologist. In my free time I like to make short movies with my friends.

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The reason I am taking CI 250 is because I really enjoyed taking German classes and was told that a CI minor may be the minor for me. I began taking language and cultural classes to fulfill this minor.

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I hope to gain from this course the knowledge of how mass atrocity crimes have changed culture and how different nations/cultures have dealt with these crimes. Perhaps there is a response that can become the ideal for other cultures.

I have spent the past eight months working on a thesis looking at how culture can affect mental health around the world and this course helped me along the way. I wanted to understand how cultures have changed in the past (or are working toward in order to change), and this provided me with next steps to suggests ways in which societies and values can change to benefit the mentally ill.

Furthermore, I wanted to gain a broader understanding of events, both current and in the past, around the world so that I could become a more well-rounded person when I am able to travel again. I dislike feeling like a tourist in other countries because I do not feel like I am getting an authentic experience. Telling these stories through literature is such a unique way to learn that is more engaging and desirable as opposed to a typical lecture-based history class.

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I first gave my paper a title that related more to the content of the writing. This new title was not given its own page but instead was at the top of the first page and made the paper look more neat and engaging.

I found that I over explained many things in my original paper, saying what I was about to do before I did it. I changed sentences that began with something along the lines of "in this paragraph I will..." to "I have done..." or removed the extra words completely.

I also expanded on points made in the essay about Ben's realisation about South Africa and its systematic oppression. The remaining changes were related to grammar and spelling.

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First, I deleted my title page (I have a habit that is hard to break). I also did a lot of clarifying points that may not have been clear in the first draft of the essay.

There were also sentences that began with "I believe..." which were redundant and unneeded so I re-worded them.

The spacing between the paragraphs in my first paper were odd and not formatted correctly so I put an empty line inbetween each new paragraph.

The remaining changes were grammar and spelling related.

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Feedback from the course's professor helped me to make these revisions.

I also found that re-listening to the Prof Casts provided on Learn gave me a better sense of the direction I wanted my paper to proceed and what I wanted it to say.

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Feedback from the course's professor was of great assistance when revising this paper.

I also found it useful to re-read parts of the book when I was trying to clarify points I made.

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Morgan Henwood (20709948)
CI 250: Truth-Reconciliation-Story
James Skidmore
19 April 2021

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First activity: Apartheid made real
I chose this activity because it made me reflect on the novel and think about how systematic the racism toward black people was in South Africa.

Second activity: Choose a Character
In this activity we were asked to choose our least favourite character and I chose the main character's (Ben) daughter, Suzette. I chose to talk about this activity because in the novel Suzette turns against her father for her own personal gain and because she thought it is what the government would want her to do. This showed that family can turn on you and that ideologies have a grasp on everyone.

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Activity 1: Germany's Auschwitz Trial
I chose this activity because it gave the history of the real-life trials of Nazis. This activity taught me and made me reflect upon the reconsiliation efforts of Germany.

Activity 2:

Bernhard Schlink and German Identity

This activity gave me an insight into how people post-holocaust/war viewed themselves and their country. It was useful to understand how cultural ideologies changed and in what form (one of my learning goals).

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Activity 1:

The Survivors Speak

This activity made me understand the ripple effects that the residential schools had and how it has inpacted people years later and intergenerationally.

Activity 2:

History of Residential Schools in Canada

This gave a more historic perspective (or at least a different one) on residential schools that looked more at the big picture to gain an understanding of the system.

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Activity 1:

History of Segregation in the United States

This just gave me a larger picture of the entire story on racism in the United States.

Activity 2:

Race as Social Construction

This activity was quite interesting because it made me think about if race was simply a social construction. Though I disagree that the entirety of "race" is just social construction, it made me realise that much of it is.