Today was a very special day, since it was the day of our presentation – which we had worked so hard for – and also sadly our last day in Atlanta. We met up in the media center, like every day, and did a quick rehearsal. After giving each presentation the final touch, everyone began to practise their own part again and again. We then went to the auditorium, which was impressively big, at about 11:50pm and had time to get used to the big stage and the microphone. After goofing around a little bit, the actual presentation began. We were all very nervous as we could see important faces in the audience. There was Mr. Dancer, the principal of MJHS, Mr. Sittauer, the principal of our SSG, and his wife Mrs Sittauer, Mrs Lorenz and Mrs Elliott, our two super supportive teachers, Johannes, our expert from the expert panel and many more. And we could also recognize some of our dear host parents. The presentation itself went very smoothly and I think every group did a pretty good job. You can see our presentation if you follow this link:
After the presentation, Mr. Sittauer and Mrs. Lorenz held a thank-you speech in which they expressed their gratitude to everybody who supported our project and after that we all ate lunch together in the media center. Mr. Murray had set up a little buffet with fruits, vegetables and chicken and we sat together at two long tables and chatted for a long time. After that we were free to go home with the permission of the parents. Later that day, we all met up for the last time together at a Restaurant called “Grindhouse” and had a delicious dinner. It was a little sad since we were all beginning to think about our coming farewell but we still had a lot of fun. After eating a delicious burger, Willow, her family and I went straight to the airport. Some of the other families still had to pick up the luggage from their home but we already brought mine with us, which saved us the way home. When we all arrived at the airport we took a lot of photos together and hugged each other really tight. Then we had to say our final goodbye and parted. We were of course very sad but at the same time exited to go home to our families.
by Sao La
In the first act we were confronted with the fact that in 1946, many African Americans didn’t dare to register as voters. As a consequence the needs of the Negroes – as African Americans were called in those days – didn’t have any voice in Parliament.
Afterwards we played African Americans who wanted to register, and we lived through their humilation when being rejected with illegal arguments.
Today was an exciting, interesting and packed day. In the morning I was awakened by Hailey, one of the dogs of my host family. I was a bit late, but I got it all. The father drove us to school like every day. I like my host family so much, they keep me involved in their conversations and are always nice and helpful. During first period we worked on our presentatiosn about Germany, Nuremberg and the SSG. We had reworked everything before we gave it to the teachers as a sample. After the teachers said a few points that we should revise, we sat down again at our computers and did that. Since it was lunchtime, the other groups went with Mr. Sittauer and his wife to the large supermarket Kroger. My group and I worked on our presentation a bit longer and then followed up with Ms. Lorenz. The market is so incredibly big that it still fascinates me after the third time. There is everything there. We stood for ages in front of the food displays and did not know what to eat. I chose Asian. Everything was or is packed in plastic. Even the dishes are packed in a plastic bag unnecessarily. You could also just take normal dishes and wash them again instead of using the plastic dishes once and throw them away.
Human rights project Atlanta-Nuremberg 