Oral+History+Reflection

Example Oral History Reflection

**Interview subject-** Mr. Joseph Georgeson (my Mathematics Teacher)
 * Topic- ** College Campuses during the Vietnam War

To start with, before the Cold War unit, I knew very little about the Vietnam War, let alone college campuses. I did some research and I knew the basics about how towards the end of the war the opposition to the war escalated and many protests broke out, especially by the younger people. But my interview was to get into the mind of an eyewitness. Mr. Georgeson was not at Kent State on May 4th, 1970, but he did see protests at his own college and city. You could say that since Kent State, protesting and how to contain behavior has gotten better.

Not just Kent State, but many other protests, such as the one in front or the Pentagon, showed major opposition to the war. When soldiers got back from Vietnam, they weren't really welcomed with open arms. Mr. Georgeson said that he didn't support the war, but he didn't think that that was a good enough reason to be doing what some of the kids were doing such as: burning draft cards, burning buildings, stoning the national guard, and rioting rather than protesting. Maybe his views would be different if he were actually at Kent state, May of 1970. But then again, maybe it wouldn't be.