What not to do if you're looking for a good time

So I kinda like school, but I think I found the least fun school activity, ever

-Writing bibliographies.

Wait no, it gets worse.

-Writing annotated bibliographies.

As a college student with a major in liberal arts, one would think I had written a number of these annotated biblos. Nope, thankfully my professors have been too kind. Until now.

But I have to say, I understand the idea of spreading the word about helpful texts, giving props to people who do good work. 

I mean Cara Bocchino sure worked on this text (the one which I will annotate below) for awhile, and I thank her for it. Sure helped me out big time in writing my paper on Peace Parks in South Africa.

Now, I won't call my current professor unkind, for its only a 3-4 page paper with 3-4 annotated biblos... but still, this has to rank in the top of my least favorite academic activities. 

Here's a taste:

Bocchino, Clara. "Landmines and Conservation in Southern Africa: Peace Parks in the Aftermath of 

Armed Conflict" African Security Review 16.2 (2007). 11 Nov. 2010

< http://www.informaworld.com/10.1080/10246029.2007.9627419 >

          

 Clara Bocchinos article first outlines the history of the national parks in Southern Africa and the movement towards and establishment of Transfrontier Conservation Areas or peace parks. In using this historical context, she stresses issue of landmines and their negative affects in the parks, more specifically, in the Great Limpopo Peace Park located along the Zimbabwe-Mozambique border and created in 2000.  She provides a legal framework, explaining various national and international organizations associated with these landmines, while addressing several areas of concern: the domestic conflicts in the surrounding communities, the attainment and distribution of landmine resources, and the environmental impact of the mines.

           She organizes her argument clearly by providing the chronology of peace park establishment in conjunction with relevant international agencies and organizations associated with their creation. She provides sufficient information, maps and graphs related to the conflicts in Mozambique and Zimbabwe surrounding the Great Limpopo Peace Park and how these conflicts have shaped her argument landmine reform. Thus, those familiar or unfamiliar with this region can use this article as a research tool for southern African political, ecological, and socio-economic development.