martes, 17 de marzo de 2009

NEW: German teenager killed 15 people at a school

Who? 
A german boy of 17 years old named Tim Kretschmer.
When?
Mach 11, 2009
Where?
in the Alberville school situated in Winnenden, Germany
What?
A german teenager. Tim Kretschmer, killed 15 people at Albertville school, most of them female.
Why?
I think that he had a problem with women, and he has an  aggressive attitude, his parents teach him about guns and he has an obsession with them, he has some problems at school and when he leave the school he decide to take revenge killing people at school

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/11/germany.school.shooting/index.html#cnnSTCText

OTHER CASES

1.Columbine High school Massacre
Who?
Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold
When?
April 20, 1999
Where?
Columbine High School, Colorado, United States
What?
They killed 24 people at Columbine school.
Why?
They hate the school because every body annoyed them

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre#Warning_signs

2. Girl,15 years old Charged in school shooting
Who?
Teah Wimberly
When?
November 12, 2008
Where?
Lauderdale, Florida
What?
She shoot Amanda Collette at school.
Why?
Nobody knows the truth

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-1112dillardincident,0,6583883.story

3. Student shoot people at a school and commit suicide.
Who?
Steven Philip Kazmierczac
When?
February 14, 2008
Where?
Illinois University ,Illinois, United States
What?
Steven killed 5 people at the school and commit suicide after the killing
Why?
Nobody Knows

4. Student shot at Mitchell High School

Who?
Shermain Mayes
When?
February 11, 2008

Where?
Michelle High school, Tennessee

What?
Shermain shoot Stacy Kiser at the cafeteria of the school
Why?
Because a conflict between them

5. Virginia Massacre

Who?
Seung.Hui Cho
When?
April 16, 2007
Where?
Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
What?
He killed 32 people at Virginia Tech school and then he commit suicide
Why?
He has some psychological problems, he was a very aggressive person and wary to the physical contact, 
he wanted revenge for those that annoyed him

lunes, 2 de marzo de 2009

Parcial

1. Who is Robert Mugabe? How long has he been in power? 

How popular is he? He is the president of zimbabwe, the people is unhappy because he spend the money for hi own needs and they' re suffering of cholera and economic crisis.

2. Who is Morgan Tsvangirai? Whicgh is/ has been his political role? 

He is the prime minister of zimbabwe and president of the movement "Democratic Change".

3. What happened during last year's elections? Which was the outcome?

Robert Mugabe extortionate people to vote for him

4. Whis is the economic situation in Zimbabwe? How do the people feel about this?

They are in a huge economic crisis and people is angry because they don't have hospitals and all the services that they need and the president spend their money in his own needs.

5. What do you think about the celebrations and the lavish party? 

I think that it is complete unnecessary  to make a party like that when the people is suffering and dying because of the deceases and the economic crisis.

Based 
only on the article below, define a conflict.

a) Give the conflict a name and explain why you think it is a conflict.

Irresponsible or selfish?

b) Who is involved and why?
Mugabe because his government is affecting the population of zimbabwe, and the prime minister because the he started a movement against Mugabe

c) Explain in detail why the conflict has happened.

It started because of the lack of interest in the people

d) Give a timeline of events (at least 5) related to the conflict.

February 23, 2002
EE.UU. sanctioned Mugabe because of the intimidations for the elections.

March 9, 2002
Mugabe is accused of commit fraud in the elections.

March 13, 2002
Mugabe won the elections.





e) How do you think this conflict can be solved and why?

I think that it is difficult to solve this conflict because to solve it they would have to remove the president.