Well, I showed this photo in class, as part of a little current event explanation, and I got very moved indeed in explaining how Obama was just going to shake hands with the Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor, but when the man got too nervous and emotional so he couldn't speak but could only tremble and shake, Obama just hugged him. Setting aside questions about whether Obama should have got Japan's Prime Minister to visit Pearl Harbor or Nanking, or should have got Hiroshima's Peace Park and Museum to mention Japan's role in WWII, or should have apologized directly for the atomic bombs, etc., this hug showed him acting as a human being giving comfort to another human being in emotional distress, and made his visit to Hiroshima worthwhile by itself. Of course, I also was rather impressed by his speech as well.
Anyway, I guess talking about this photo was the most intensely emotional part of my eighth week of school. That eighth week was not easy, because we'd just gone to China from Saturday till Tuesday night, so I didn't have any time to recover and prepare for the week's Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday classes... But I survived! (no more travel during the school year, though, I hope--) See you next Saturday!
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