Message from ckurtz

[Anonymous]

Many thanks for an interesting and varied lecture. Thanks too to Prof. Pitelka for answering the many questions we had.

I've always wondered why Japan was able to recover so fast after WWII and now I can teach about this in a more educated way! It makes sense that the same obedience citizens gave to their leaders during wartime expanded to post-WWII, at least until the 1960's. How amazing that the Japanese came so far, so fast, and have given the world so much incredible technology--and still are. I want to see one of those cool, advanced washing machines Lois mentioned.

I was interested too in the anime movies Prof. Pitelka mentioned at the end of the lecture. I did know that many high schoolers are into anime, but I didn't know about the variety of the genres available. It never occurred to me to watch anime--I don't watch American cartoons for kids or for adults (Simpsons, South Park etc. don't interest me at all). Now, I want to at least watch a few of the anime movies for kids because of the strong female characters and the life lessons they're supposed to have. At the least, I'll be able to relate to my students in another way!