Interview Reflection

My groups interview was with David, a Sudanese officer who fought for his rights in the civil war. David, who was known as Dep in Sudan, was attacked in his village at the age of twelve and then became a lost boy. He had 7 siblings, but many died either shortly after they were attacked, or before he was born. He joined the army soon after leaving his village and fought for several years.
In addition to telling us his history, David also told us about Sudan. While listening to his countries history, I realized how little I really knew about Sudan. The situation there is awful, it's basically North against South. It's very like the civil war here except we don't have children fighting among the men.
During the Interview David said these words, "You learned not to cry after a while. After a while, you just became used to all the death and killing." His words struck me. I personally, can not comprehend what it would be like to see so much death that you wouldn't care any more. Especially if it was my family and friends dying. I think most Americans could not or would not either.
While we were at the Sudanese Community Center, we got a chance to meet some kids that were our age and younger. To tell the truth I was surprised at how alike they seemed to us. I was expecting more of a, foreign look or aura I guess. It was cool though, we talked for a little bit. They went to high school around town. They had homework they needed to do, just like us. All in all, I think the Interview was a success. I learned so much more than i counted on, and we have enough information to complete our writing components. We also are going to invite David and the man we met first, Dep (there are two), to the Pol night where we present our work.