This past week we watched a documentary called Soilder Child. Its a documentary on child soilders in Africa and about their life after being taken out of the militia.
when i first signed up for the class i didn't know what to expect. i'd heard about Kony and his army of children but i didn't know much more. I know not every kid in the world has the same life as me but i never thought someone would just give them guns and tell them to kill everyone. it seems cruel that someone would do that to an innocent child.
the documentary made me think about things i dont really want to think about. i always thought that the kids wouldnt want to be a part of it but when one of the boys said that he was mad when he was taken out of the army i was shocked! why would you want to stay a soilder! but then what hit me more was that these children were conditioned to want to kill, its what theyre taught to do and how can you fight that.
when the kids were talking about how if they'd ran their friends and family would be killed it hit me. i dont know what i would do if someone told me that they were going to kill the people i love. i'd be terrified and i don't think i'd ever know what to do.
