http://www.good.is/post/a-13-year-old-s-slavery-analogy-raises-some-uncomfortable-truths-in-school/?fb_ref=rightrail
This article was about how a 13 year old girl read a essay about Fredrick Douglass and wrote a very strange response. He statement was that her public school experience is similar to a young Fredrick Douglass's as a slave. This statement is untrue and extremely ridiculous.
In Mr. Douglass's essay, he talks about how his masters wife was cought teaching Fredrick to read and write. "If you teach that nigger how to read, there will be no keeping him," Auld says. "It will forever unfit him to be a slave. He would at once become unmanageable, and of no value to his master." The girl said that this is close to her school experience because: the overcrowded, poorly managed classrooms prevent real learning from happening and thus produces the same results as Mr. Auld's outright ban. She wrote that her white teachers—the vast majority of Rochester students are black and Hispanic, but very few teachers are people of color—are in a "position of power to dictate what I can, cannot, and will learn, only desiring that I may get bored because of the inconsistency and the mismanagement of the classroom." This is ridiculous because if this was true this would be a much more public issue. What this girl is saying is not anywhere near the reality. The truth has to be so twisted to be like what this girl is saying and it's crazy that she is comparing this to slavery.
The other reason why this assumption is crazy is because this girl is obviously daloutional. Anyone who thinks that slavery is like Public school is crazy. I think it was wrong of the school to give her a award for her disloutional essay. At most she should of mentioned something about school, and she should of wrote a essay about how the morals of slavery still exist or something. This article reminds me of a video I saw of a girl who had a mental breakdown in her science class screaming about how evolution kills black people and she started threatning everyones lives.
I think things like this happen because people hear about the past of their people and as the issues start to fade away. They act out and make these crazy assumptions to try to remind everyone of what happened cause they think people are forgetting.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Chance poem response
This poem is called 'Old men' by Ogden Nash. It goes like this:
"People expect old men to die,
They do not really mourn old men.
Old men are different. People look
At them with eyes that wonder when...
People watch with unshocked eyes;
But the old men know when an old man dies."
They do not really mourn old men.
Old men are different. People look
At them with eyes that wonder when...
People watch with unshocked eyes;
But the old men know when an old man dies."
I like this poem because it is meant to be jokey but it has a serous meaning to it. People gain knowledge from just living and that is why old people are so wise is because they know the mistakes they have made and they know how other people can avoid those mistakes in their life; and so they do not morn death.
The part where he said "they do not really morn old men." shows that old men are too wise to morn and they know how to spend their time better sense they are dying and have so much knowledge. It is important for people to listen to old people because they know what is best for everyone. People say that we learn history so we know not to repeat it. Well the old men are the history.
This connects to real life because although most people will grow old, everyone will experience death, and experice people dying around them.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
KONY2012?
This post is to try to encourage people NOT to participate in the KONY2012 movement. Before you read this, go watch the actual KONY 2012 video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc
After watching that video you were probably thinking you were going to go out and buy a action kit and on april 20th you were going to go out and "cover the night." Here are some reasons why not to:
The first reason is because the organization, Invidiblechildren, is very shady and does not have much of their money actually going to the cause. Only 33% of it actually goes to helping the kids in africa. the rest of the money goes to either film production or salaries etc. This shows that the organization can not be trusted, and by donating to them, only a third of your money would be going to the cause.
The second reason is because Joseph Kony himself is not a issue anymore. The LRA and Kony are not in uganda anymore, and there has not been a attack from him sense 2003. The issue of child soldiers is still very much around but the Kony2012 movement is mostly focusing on just one person and not the issue of child soldiers as a whole, this is another reason why Kony 2012 is not to be trusted.
The final reason is because the only reason the movement is so popular is because of little brats saw the video and freaked out because they did not know the were bad people who do bad things in the world. They just watched the video and did not go anywhere else for information. This really irritates me because people can be persuaded by social media so easily and they will just listen to any crap that is thrown at them.
There are many more reasons why this movement should not be supported but if feel those are the main ones.
After watching that video you were probably thinking you were going to go out and buy a action kit and on april 20th you were going to go out and "cover the night." Here are some reasons why not to:
The first reason is because the organization, Invidiblechildren, is very shady and does not have much of their money actually going to the cause. Only 33% of it actually goes to helping the kids in africa. the rest of the money goes to either film production or salaries etc. This shows that the organization can not be trusted, and by donating to them, only a third of your money would be going to the cause.
The second reason is because Joseph Kony himself is not a issue anymore. The LRA and Kony are not in uganda anymore, and there has not been a attack from him sense 2003. The issue of child soldiers is still very much around but the Kony2012 movement is mostly focusing on just one person and not the issue of child soldiers as a whole, this is another reason why Kony 2012 is not to be trusted.
The final reason is because the only reason the movement is so popular is because of little brats saw the video and freaked out because they did not know the were bad people who do bad things in the world. They just watched the video and did not go anywhere else for information. This really irritates me because people can be persuaded by social media so easily and they will just listen to any crap that is thrown at them.
There are many more reasons why this movement should not be supported but if feel those are the main ones.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
The Killing Joke
In Allan Moore's The killing joke, He is trying to say that: regular people can be turned into psychopaths.
Throughout the book Alan Moore scatters various flashbacks of the Jokers life before he was "the Joker". He was a pretty normal guy, struggling with a job that does not pay and a wife at home with a baby on the way. This shows that the Joker was a psychopath, or evil, he became that way.
There are 2 incidents that cause Joker to become the way he is now. The first incident is when he finds out that his wife has died, his wife and his baby were all he has had, and he lost them. The 2 guys who where forcing him to do this red hood job were not sympathetic at all and didn't give him time to morn.
Than when he was doing the red hood job, batman was chasing him, he fell over and into a vat of acid. This was the tipping point to joker being insane. Obviously this would make a person crazy, but the real deciding factor was that he did not really have a will to live anymore. Sense he was fixed on the fact that his life was a joke (he said: "It's all a big joke to me.") before when he was talking to his wife means this was not just some random occurrence of falling into acid and being crazy, it means it was because of a deep personal event that happened to him. When he fell into the acid just sewed the pieces together.
All of these are good reasons why a regular person can be turned into a psychopath, and why the killing joke is a complex and amazing book.
Throughout the book Alan Moore scatters various flashbacks of the Jokers life before he was "the Joker". He was a pretty normal guy, struggling with a job that does not pay and a wife at home with a baby on the way. This shows that the Joker was a psychopath, or evil, he became that way.
There are 2 incidents that cause Joker to become the way he is now. The first incident is when he finds out that his wife has died, his wife and his baby were all he has had, and he lost them. The 2 guys who where forcing him to do this red hood job were not sympathetic at all and didn't give him time to morn.
Than when he was doing the red hood job, batman was chasing him, he fell over and into a vat of acid. This was the tipping point to joker being insane. Obviously this would make a person crazy, but the real deciding factor was that he did not really have a will to live anymore. Sense he was fixed on the fact that his life was a joke (he said: "It's all a big joke to me.") before when he was talking to his wife means this was not just some random occurrence of falling into acid and being crazy, it means it was because of a deep personal event that happened to him. When he fell into the acid just sewed the pieces together.
All of these are good reasons why a regular person can be turned into a psychopath, and why the killing joke is a complex and amazing book.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Born racist? (the Help)
The book I am reading currently, the help, is mainly about raceisim. It takes place in the 1950's, when racisim and segregation are very real issues. People who are born don't have their personalty imbedded in their genes, that's why People are not born racist. If ones parents are racist, it is more likely that the kid will be because they have a influence on them from a young age. But mabie if there was a kid who was born to racist parents and adopted by nice non judgemental parents, kid would be a non racest.
In the help, the little boy named Mae mobely is born with a absent and mean mother so the maid takes care of him, sence the maid is raising the boy, he will probaly think of the maid as more of a mother figure than the actual mom.
In the book it talkes about how the maid would see red hand marks on the back of mae's legs from the mom. This is another reason why the baby would grow away from the mom and testes the main character.
I can't wait to find out how these issues will be resolved. I will come back to this topic once I have more textual evidence to support my thesis.
In the help, the little boy named Mae mobely is born with a absent and mean mother so the maid takes care of him, sence the maid is raising the boy, he will probaly think of the maid as more of a mother figure than the actual mom.
In the book it talkes about how the maid would see red hand marks on the back of mae's legs from the mom. This is another reason why the baby would grow away from the mom and testes the main character.
I can't wait to find out how these issues will be resolved. I will come back to this topic once I have more textual evidence to support my thesis.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
romeo and juliet
In general I did dent really like the movie, I felt it was too fast paced and rushed but than dragged out at some parts. I don't think Baz Learmen did a good job of showing why Romeo and Juliet were so in love and why they liked each other so much.
One reason for this is that he used all Shakespeare language, witch is fine but because that is how the play was intended, but the way he had them talking was not extremely helpful to show their love. It was hard to understand their relationship in the movie sense you can't break down every sentence while the movie is playing to have a better idea of what is going on. I don't think Baz did a good job of really showing physically why they liked each other so much.
secondly, it was never really fully explained why they got married. It was basically just like, oh hey wanna get married? yeah! but I might figure out something more when i get to that part in the book.
I just don't think baz leaurmen did such a good job with this move, especially explaining why romeo and Juliet like each other so much
One reason for this is that he used all Shakespeare language, witch is fine but because that is how the play was intended, but the way he had them talking was not extremely helpful to show their love. It was hard to understand their relationship in the movie sense you can't break down every sentence while the movie is playing to have a better idea of what is going on. I don't think Baz did a good job of really showing physically why they liked each other so much.
secondly, it was never really fully explained why they got married. It was basically just like, oh hey wanna get married? yeah! but I might figure out something more when i get to that part in the book.
I just don't think baz leaurmen did such a good job with this move, especially explaining why romeo and Juliet like each other so much
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
True grit reading responce
Right now I am reading true grit. It's a pretty good book and I'm dying to read the end. In the book the main charcter, the girl, is pushing herself too hard to be brave but she turns out to be by the end of the book.
For example she is on this quest right now with two dudes she just met and dont really know. She is going to find the man who killed her father, and she is going to the end of the earth to find him. I'm not too aware of many 14 year old girls who would travel with two guys she just met to find the guy who killed her dad, that seems pretty abnormal to me.
When they had found shelter and people rooster had been chasing had been it she stood pretty strong. When they got in side and everything had progressed, she was really scared. Especially when they started fighting and she just stood there while blood squired on her! In the book it tells you how she was shaking in fear, wich shows she was actually terrefied.
Later on in the book when they go out searching for Chaney again, she forgets he gun and demands they go back. The men deny her request because they have already gone to far. I think this shows she is scared because she is afraid the 2 men might die and she would be left alone. She would be hopeless without her pistol. She is scared that she will lose the 2 men and be left to defend herself.
I think these reasons show that the girl is really scared and is just trying to hide it. My perdection is that she will grow as a person in this experience and become really brave to fight the life in front of her.
For example she is on this quest right now with two dudes she just met and dont really know. She is going to find the man who killed her father, and she is going to the end of the earth to find him. I'm not too aware of many 14 year old girls who would travel with two guys she just met to find the guy who killed her dad, that seems pretty abnormal to me.
When they had found shelter and people rooster had been chasing had been it she stood pretty strong. When they got in side and everything had progressed, she was really scared. Especially when they started fighting and she just stood there while blood squired on her! In the book it tells you how she was shaking in fear, wich shows she was actually terrefied.
Later on in the book when they go out searching for Chaney again, she forgets he gun and demands they go back. The men deny her request because they have already gone to far. I think this shows she is scared because she is afraid the 2 men might die and she would be left alone. She would be hopeless without her pistol. She is scared that she will lose the 2 men and be left to defend herself.
I think these reasons show that the girl is really scared and is just trying to hide it. My perdection is that she will grow as a person in this experience and become really brave to fight the life in front of her.
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