Weekly Response

This past week or so in American Studies have been fairly interesting to talk and think about. I really did like talking about the Great Depression of 1930 and learning why exactly it was such a hard time in United States history. I have never completely learned why the Great Depression happened before, so it was refreshing to really delve into what happened and try to understand that better. Also, it was interesting and kind of scary to look at and compare the Depression with the economic times of today. It does seem like we could very well be heading toward another Depression if we don't figure out how to get ourselves out of this mess now. The debate didn't go over very well in our class, especially the side against thinking we are heading to another Depression. In my opinion, the people who have not been a debator yet need to have a turn. No one really wants to be one but there are people who have done it twice now, and the people who have been researchers for both debates don't even help the people half the time and are rude when their group members are debating.

Other than that though, I have liked learning about the Great Depression and the economic times then and what happened with the stock markets. Also thinking about the people whose lives were ruined because of this crisis.