Lost Boy, Lost Girl: Escaping Civil War in Sudan:

After reading the perspective of John or Martha, please respond in detail to the following questions. NUMBER EACH RESPONSE

1. Whose story did you read?
2. How did you feel after reading John or Martha's story?
3. How can you relate to what they went through?
4. What most surprised you about the attitude of John or Martha?
5. What were you most surprised about when reading of the journeys?

Should the United States get involved in other countries’ policies? Use all the articles you have and additional research to answer this question.

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Cool Costa Rica

I have been learning about Costa Rica. It is a democratic republic government. That means the power is from the people, and the government is run by elected officials. The government is made up of the president, two vice presidents, and the members of the Cabinet. The president has a four year term, and is elected by the people, who have to be eighteen or older. I also learned about the education. There are public schools in every neighborhood, which you have to wear a uniform to. Kids go to elementary school for six years, and high school for five to six years. The first two years of high school are for education, the next two or three are provided for special training. Food in  Costa Rica is very important. One popular breakfast food is gallo pinto. Gallo pinto is a meal with rice, black beans, sour cream eggs, and fried bananas. A popular lunch meal is casados, which is rice with beans, meat or fish, fried bananas, white cheese, and a corn tortilla. Arroz con pollo is a popular dinner meal. It is chicken and rice. It was very cool and interesting researching Costa Rica!

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Not Iphone, Iraq

                  The country I chose was Iraq. Iraq is a country in Asia surrounded by Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Turkey. Iraq is quite a diverse country. First off they have a horrible economy. I think this because they had many wars and one is going on with people from their own. Those people formed a group called Isis. I think that I would be easier to fight them if they had more money. Their GDP is $14,100 while US GDP is $54,629.5. They also only make about 77.7B from exports and America makes 1.42T. They also have a Prime minister and a President while America has 1 president. The Prime minister has 2 assistants and is in charge of the government while the president is in charge of the state. Iraq also has the Parliament which is similar to the congress but the People on the Parliament has people serve for 4 year when people on the Congress can serve for 4-8 years. In my opinion I think this is a bad idea because then there would be new people each year meaning no experienced ones. One of the most important times in their history was when the dictator, Saddam Hussein, was president because he caused the Iran-Iraq war which cause quarter million deaths and billions in money. He also killed many people because of their race and if they didn't listen to him. These are some of the reasons why I decided to choose Iraq.   
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Democratic Republic of the Congo

   The Country I chose was the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is in the middle of Africa and is surrounded by land except for a tiny bit of land that borders the Atlantic Ocean. 

   What I learned about the DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Is that Education is an important part, most parents encourage their kids to go to college! I also learned that the DRC's government type is Republic and the President is Joseph Kabila. One of the most interesting facts was in the health/sickness category, the first known case of Ebola was in the DRC and Ebola was actually named after the Ebola River. One last thing I learned about the Democratic Republic of the Congo is that Copper is their main export. I think that the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a cool place and was very interesting to study! 

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This Blog IS RAEL

For my project, my country is Israel which is located in the middle east. I have learned a lot more about my Jewish culture by doing this project and I found a lot of the research interesting. Israel also has six years of elementary school and goes to high school. However, it's very unlucky because after that they are forced into the military for 2-3 years! Isn't that insane?! It's not fair because they could die there or have mental trauma if there's some kind of war. It could make you stronger by training though if there's need to protect people. After the military the kids normally go off to college but that's their choice.
I also have learned that Israel is a lot more fortunate than a lot of other countries and has a prime minister and a president to run Israel. We don't have a prime minister but it's good to have a constitution and a president. Their president is Reuven Rivlin and the prime minister is Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israel has a lot of holidays like Hanukkah, Rosh Hashanah, Passover, Yom Kippur, Ramadan, and many more. I'm a Jew so I celebrate a lot of holidays but they probably get bigger feasts, more presents, it's sometimes I wish I lived in Israel.
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