my post on last week's lecture

Of all the countries that we have reviewed Japan was the one I knew the most about prior to our class. What is particularly fun for me is in the last class we reviewed subjects that I can actually remember. Yes, I saw the Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl so this is a period of history that makes me smile. On some level of course I resist the notion that anything I remember is "history" however discussing the clash of modern protest and traditional values during this time was a theme that was occurring here in the U.S. as well. For me personally I would add that as students we felt it was our responsibility to speak out. At the time it felt like at this age this is what you do. What is surprising to me is that the following generations did not do this. So the fact that students in Japan were protesting was something we could relate to.