Bernie will bring home lessons learned

This past weekend I went to the beach everyday. Being at the beach is one of my favorite things so I am making sure that before I leave I go as many times as I can. Also I hiked Table Mountain this past Friday and that was an experience. I am not sure what hiking trail we did but all I know is that it was hard but I am so happy I did it. I feel like when you come to Cape Town you have to hike Table Mountain, so after 3 months I can cross that off my list. It’s crazy that there is less than 2 weeks left here in Cape Town. I still feel like I have so much to do with so little time. I’m excited to go home and see my family but I am sad to leave this beautiful place but I am going to make these last 2 weeks the best before I leave!

On another note in Marita’s class we watched a video, America Needs Human Rights, on how America violates them on a daily basis. I never thought much about human rights in America and that is mostly because of the circumstances that I was raised in. However after seeing this video I realized that human rights do get violated everyday, there’s a violation when we see a homeless man in New York but we don’t see it like that. After watching that video I changed my perspective so instead of saying there’s a homeless man, I will see him as a man who is having his rights violated by not being given shelter and food. I wish everyone in America realized that there are people whose rights are being violated right next to them, but they don’t realize it because since their rights aren’t being violated they aren’t worried about someone else’s; that’s how I used to think. However it’s important to think about others whose rights are being violated because we're all connected and should care for each other and want the most for one another. People in America need to realize that America isn’t the best country, that we have even more problems than other countries and its time to do something about it and fix those problems. I am going to take the information learned from this video and use it when I get home and get people to see the truth and how to fix it.