Since last week, I’ve been working on researching Burma in early 20th century,and the main person I am looking for is General Aung San, who was the father of Burma and AungSan Suu Kyi .
Burma was under control of the great Britain, and as a university student, obviously AungSan did not have so much power.However he joined the student union and became the editorof students’ union magazine.As a result he published an essay that point out the rascality of British professor.The university asked the name of writer but Aung San denied.Consequently he was expelled.And this is the time when his power showed up. On third ofthe students in university protested on the stairs of Shuadagon Pagoda, from that moment, AungSan got in his way of politician, he sooner became thesole student representativeto correct injustice in the university’s policies. When people started the revolution he sensed Japan can help against Britain,so he sent 30soldiers to Japan to study and when they returned, he and his friends built the rebels.Finally the Burma was independent.
It is such an amazing life of Aung San and also it’s impressing to see students without power as individuals became so powerful that can let the government concess.It remindsme how easy you can get power from students as they are so easy to enrage.Because they lacked resources of information,students can be easily brainwashed.Talking about brainwashing,Taiwan is a great example.Recently Taiwan students had a movement against high school history textbook changes.They said they are fighting for the right of knowing the truth.However ironically plenty of them do not know what has changed in the textbook, personally I think it’s a movement supported by those people that desire to break China apart(I’ sorry uncle Sam).
At the end of Aung San’s life, he was the most powerful person in Burma,but he lost power to spend time with his families. Which is sad because when his daughter Aung SanSuu Kyi was two years old,he was assassinated by assassins hired by former prime minister.
Jay, it is great that as you started your research into Aung San Suu Kyi, you found the life of the father to be of more interest to you and you followed that line of inquiry. That’s the joy of project-based learning – you never know where it will take you, and it may take each student on a different path of discovery.
I like the personal viewpoint that you offer in this blog post, which is exactly what it should be: this is your own personal reflection on what you are learning and what it means to you. By connecting your research to current events in Taiwan you show that you are able to think creatively about concepts, which is great. Your observations about the power of students could well provide you with a focus for further research and development of this project.
Good post, well done.
Mrs T 🙂