Adrian Aleman
English III
5/21/13
Period 5

Professional Reflection on Learning Experiences from the Past School Year

Personally I’ve learned a lot in my classes this year. To start off, I want to begin with
U. S. History. In U. S. History I learned about a horrible event that should be discussed because you never know if it can happen again. This event is called the Holocaust. The Holocaust was caused by Adolf Hitler and his SS guards that he assigned to work for him. Basically Adolf Hitler caused the deaths of about six million Jews. Most people gave credit to the Jews as the only ones who died but, in fact Hitler also killed Gypsies, Gays, POF, and many others. What Hitler did was transport Jews on a train to so called Concentration Camps which would in turn pay the Jews for their work. This did not happen, the Germans set up Concentration Camps and Death Camps. In some camps the Jews were sent directly to the death camps, were put in Gas Chambers and died instantly. Others were fortunate to be able to work in the Concentration Camps and survive the horror of the camp. Those found to survive after the Holocaust were malnourished or had some form of medical problem. In total eleven million people were killed during the Holocaust. Next, is Marine Biology which is about ocean animals. I learned about a topic that really surprised me. In Japan the fisherman slaughter, sell, or catch Dolphins everyday. But how do they do it? The Japanese have ships which have sound barriers. The sound barriers are used to make a very frustrating sound for the Dolphins. The Dolphins in turn are hurt by the noise of the sound barrier. The Dolphins start to stress because they dislike the noise. The ships draw the Dolphins off the coast, changing their direction close to shore. The Dolphins swim into a trap which is made up of nets that gets the Dolphins entangled. The Dolphins