In-class discussion 4/5/2006

Sharing ideas for this essay was a really good idea because it made it a lot easier for me to brainstorm what I plan on writing.  I can relate to what they think and put it into my own thoughts.  This is always good to use other opinions to help out your own writing.  I agree with the book on the ripple effect of all these countries.  It's obvious if one leads to another and it effects so many different countries.  In future classes, you should use this tactic of sharing your thoughts and ideas with others in order to have a group opinion or even group conflict.  It will make writing essays much easier and also make it a lot easier to generate thoughts and ideas.  I, personally, have a hard time thinking up ideas for papers.  And now that I have heard other people's ideas, i can relate to them and decide to write similar or opposite of this person.