Caesar or the Good of Rome?

If I were put in the position Brutus was in-To choose Rome or his best friend, I would have to choose the Good of Rome, and join the conspiracy. If Caesar were to die, it only affects a few people, like Calpurnia, and a few of his supporters, but Rome has hundreds of people, that need to have the right person make their decisions in order to have a good and stable city. When Caesar same back to Rome, after defeating Pompey in the Civil War, many people thought that he didn’t deserve the amount of power, control and attention he was getting. If Rome decides on which leader they think is better, for them and their country, it will affect everyone.

Leaders

Qualities of a good leader:

• Understanding
• Has control over what she/he is doing, but not dominating everything
• Responsible
• Knows right from wrong

I think a good leader in our grade is Aysha, because she is very positive and energetic.

Case Studies in Imperialism

Motivations:

Gold: There were many natural resources/ raw materials in Africa such as diamonds, gold copper and tin. There was also cheap labor there.

God: The Europeans thought they were better than the Africans. They also thought that European rule would end slavery trade and help convert native people.

Glory: The Europeans took over many parts of Africa and technology helped them succeed. Markets and plantations were also being set up there.

Methods:
The Europeans used a lot of modern day technology to help them dominate Africa. There were telegraph, railroads and steam engines.
Most of the time to prove one country had taken control over a particular part of Africa, they merely had to tell the others and show they had control over that particular part.

Reflection.

For first quarter humanities I got to my goal for handing in homework on time. But for my other goal-To write descriptive pieces more affectively, didn't go so well. We didn't have too many writing pieces like that, but for the descriptive piece on the IR museum, I didn't 'get into the persons shoes' much.

For second quarter my two humanities goals are:
1)To get at least an A- in humanities this quarter.
2)To participate more in class.