ancient greeks and the youth of the nation

So today I'm spending the day in bed studying for my Classical Civilizations exam tomorrow.... Can u spell LAME?? lol :)

So, amongst the ancient wars, filled with dates impssoble to remember, and tonnes of naked statue pictures, I'm sure I'll have lots of time to pimp out my blog ;)



It's Youth Day in South Africa... On this day in 1976, thousands of high school kids marched in protest to Apartheid laws which were forcing them to learn in Afrikaans. They were marching, but they weren't being violent at all and when the police showed up and over-reacted things turned ugly. Shots were fired and being unarmed school kids, it's obvious why it turned into such a horrible scene!

These 'Soweto Uprisings' were the scene of Hector Pieterson's death (famous photo of his body being carried away by a kind stranger, his sister following in tears). Being a history student, I've learned alot about Apartheid and it doesn't matter how much you learn or how often you tell the stories... It gets sadder every single time!



So, in memory of Hector and thousands more who died for South Africa's freedom, lets celebrate this Youth Day by being grateful for democracy, however flawed, and remember how much worse off we could be! (think north koreans being caught up in nuclear weapon testing!?)



Ciao, Gezzie! x