March 25, 2011

First in class, SSL seniors presented their service projects for us. One senior worked with the Children's Inn at NIH while the other one collaborated with the Second Chance Wildlife Center. Next, we listened to a speech by Eli Weisel. He spoke about the Final Solution of the Holocaust and how he tries to make sense of all the destruction and indifference. After listening to the speech, the class discussed it. Some of the points we brought up were Weisel's reverence and respect when writing about the victims and that although he was in the White House, he still criticized some of the US's earlier methods. Next we read Viktor Frankl's account of Auchwitz, "man's Search for Meaning."