We watched a movie today in my Govt. Class (block scheduling gives you two hours in each class, and my teacher is too lazy to grade work, so we watch videos) and it was about North Korea and Kim Jung Il’s rule there. It is a documentary from National Geographic, I forget what it is called? “Inside North Korea” perhaps? It’s very recent—he taped it last night.

Anyway, I knew a little about how bad off North Korea is but… it is insane. I feel lucky to be where I am, and I really wish I knew some way to help the others. We hadn’t finished the video, but my teacher said they have concentration camps for people who don’t “follow the rules”. These people worship Kim Jung Il to the extreme. They are his “great leader” when Kim’s dad died, the previous leader, the people were crying, “Why are you leaving without us?” one person was shouting (They showed film). It was just…so strange.

Opens your eyes, I have to say. (I probably misspelled a thing or two in this post…)