9/22/2011

Today in history class, we watched a super depressing movie called "Amistad". It's about African slaves being caught and being brought to America, but then brought to court. It was really so depressing that I almost cried and felt like throwing up when we had lunch later on. Slaves were being whipped to death by no reason, sick people got not food to eat although all of them are super hungry, females were being raped, and some people got dragged to the bottom of the sea with stones and chains around them, pulling them down. It really was so depressing. After the class was over, I couldn't stop thinking about it and I suddenly felt that I am so lucky to be living in this family. Not being beaten up for no reason, having food to eat, being able to go to the doctor when I'm sick. I often don't appreciate what I have already and feel jealous when I realize that someone else has something that I don't have. Today, whenever I feel that I am not satisfied about something, I think about the movie and then I know that they would be begging for a live like mine, and I feel satisfied.