...Book Banning I stand here today to address is the issue of book banning in school libraries. The American Association of School Administrators (AASA) defines censorship as: “The removal, suppression, or restricted circulation of literary, artistic, or educational materials… of images, ideas, and information…on the grounds that there are morally or otherwise objectionable in light of standards applied by the censor”Though parents may choose to discuss what their children are exposed to the idea of removing it from access to the public is absurd. By removing books from school libraries concerned members of society are now limiting children and their potential to expand their horizons. I firmly believe everyone has the right to be exposed to knowledge. By limiting the literature that a young mind is exposed to limits the ability to understand and become open minded. On that note I understand that some books should not be hand to children until they have the mental capacity to comprehend the language and the meaning behind some books as not to see these books as simple stories or to be taken literally. I understand that people have reasons for their censors but it does not mean they are always right. There are four motivational factors that may lie behind a censor’s actions. Those factors are family values, religion, political views, and minority rights. On the basis of family values, the censor is usually threatened by changes in accepted traditional ways of life. They view sexual...
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...High school promposals are getting out of hand. “Prom isn't the only big thing anymore, says Josh Goldenberg, a 17-year-old junior at Roslyn HS on Long Island. The proposal is just as big” (Lewak 1). He tried to go small with his promposal because his girlfriend was shy “ so he only promposed to her over the PA system for the entire school to hear” (Lewak 1). When he said only this meant that this was something small even though he announced to the whole school through the PA system. Afterwards he said that his girlfriend was still mad but she loved it. Compared to another teen who had set a lock on the Ponte Vecchio bridge in Florence Goldenberg’s was small but even Joseph Barone on the bridge thought it was too much because “How can i ever top that?” (Lewak 1) he said. These proposals are so big but are not that important. You used to just go up to someone and ask them but now can spend up to a thousand dollars and you may just get denied....
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...Since the formation of the United Nations, laws have been passed and conventions have been arranged to try and influence the conduct of member states in terms of how to deal with children. One such convention is the 1989 UNESCO convention on the rights of the child. This write up seeks to examine how the leadership and management of education in Zimbabwe is guided by the said convention. However, before the discussion key terms will be defined. Scholars such as Thungu et al (2012) see leadership as the process of trying to achieve organisational goals by influencing the behaviour and activities of individuals. Cuban (1988) believes that managing is maintaining efficiently and effectively current organisational arrangements. The writer then views educational leadership and management as the process of influencing the behaviour and activities of individuals to maintain organisational arrangements efficiently and effectively implement new programmes. The writer will explore the four areas of the 1989 UNESCO convention on the rights of the child. UNESCO stands for United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation. It was formed in 1946 with the purpose of promoting peace, social justice, human rights and international security through educational, scientific and cultural programmes. It convened a convention on the rights of the child in 1989 The said convention looked at all the areas that have to do with the the rights of the child. However of particular interest...
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...bisexual, or transgender. However, not all people are so accepting of love when it is not in the form that they are familiar with, or is not demonstrated in ways that they think are proper. This can be easily seen in society’s treatment of non-heterosexuals, especially in the cases of marriage laws, bullying by teens and young adults, and general homophobic attitudes in our culture. It is important that these situations be changed so that each and every person has the same rights and is not harshly and wrongly judged because of the sex of the person that they love. When thinking of the word “marriage,” what comes to mind? Is it long white dresses and dapper tuxedos, or a towering cake and beautiful flowers? Do sappy love songs and the first dance come to mind? Some imagine a fairytale come true, with a horse and carriage whisking the happy couple away from the church in which they nervously exchanged vows? No matter what comes to mind, most people can agree that marriage is happy, and wonderful, and beautiful. But for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, or LGBT, community across America, marriage is but a distant dream. Same-sex marriages are allowed in very few states and under limited circumstances. Not only is this unconstitutional, because the American constitution gives everyone the same rights despite their sexuality, but it is simply prejudiced. A gay couple that just...
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...One of the most recent ones being HBO’s Walkout based on the 1968 East L.A. Walkout. The movie strives to show the injustice Mexican-American along with other Hispanic students faced in school. Some of them for example are, being punished for speaking Spanish at school, locked restrooms during lunch and forced janitorial work as punishments. In the movie Sal Castro cries out “It's a beautiful day to be a Chicano!” (Walkout 2006). This is a wonderful and easily understandable example to help modern day Chicanos understand why their ancestors who took part in the movement felt so strongly about...
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...| Individual Project Phase 4CTU Online: ENGL101-1303A-22Composition and Critical Thinking Professor: Catherine FullerMelvin BernardAugust 5, 2013 | | | | | | Freedom is what makes our country so unique and great. Yet President Obama is in favor of limiting the number of guns a person can buy, and stopping the sales of semi-automatic weapons. He is also trying to enact laws limiting the amount of ammunition any one person is allowed to have, and has also supported the all-out ban of handguns, which is a clear violation of the right to bear arms as protected by the 2nd Amendment. The president and other politicians are trying to limit everyone’s access to guns in an effort to control us even more. The bottom line is we have a constitutionally given right to bear arms. There is no reason that it should be completely revoked from law abiding citizens who are not the ones performing the gun crimes that most anti-gun organization are angry about. Limiting the access of weapons to people who are at a high risk of using a gun to commit a crime is obviously a good idea, but the problem with these laws are that anyone willing to perform a gun crime is obviously willing to break the laws to obtain these guns. The use of a gun is probably the most effective and universal way you can possibly defend yourself from literally any attack, robbery, or intrusion. If every woman that has ever been raped or mugged carried a firearm, there wouldn’t even be rapists; or...
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...catwalk, leading fashion magazine Elle offered its readers a special issue in March featuring larger than normal models and sales jumped. British designer Mark Fast introduced shows last year in which the models were all above a British size twelve, and American size eight, following criticism that his dresses were too skinny. Despite their trailblazing status in the fashion world, when it comes to bigger models New York and London are slightly out of step. The move towards more generously sized models has accelerated since the death from anorexia in 2006 of Brazilian model Ana Carolina Reston, which shocked the fashion world. Spain and Italy banned models below a certain body mass index after her death, while Britain stopped short; banning only those aged under sixteen from the catwalk. “Sixteen corresponds to a level of maturity,” said Caroline Ruth of the British Fashion Council. When Frederique van der Wal, a former Victoria’s Secret model, attended designers’ shows during New York’s Fashion Week this month, she was “shocked” by the waiflike models who paraded down the catwalk. They seemed even skinnier than in previous years. “We know seeing super-thin models can play a role in causing anorexia,” says Nada Stotland, professor of psychiatry at Rush Medical College in Chicago and vice president of the American Psychiatric Association. Because many models and actresses are so thin, it makes anorexics think their emaciated bodies are normal, she says. “But...
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...personal milestone, it was in itself radical. Joining these marchers would mean outing yourself to every onlooker and counter protester, to potential employers and landlords and neighbors. It was dangerous. These first marches were about taking risks so that in the future we could all be proud, and reoccurred annually throughout the ‘70s and ‘80s as political action swept the nation. Progress was a dance, for every two steps forward, one step back. While the American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from the DSM in ‘73, conversion therapy held strong (Sandbox Networks, 2017). According to an old CNS News article entitled “California Is First State to Ban 'Conversion' Therapy for Homosexual Teens” it wasn't till 2012 that “mental health practitioners [were first] prohibited from performing sexual orientation change efforts [...] for anyone under 18,” and still today only 10 states have outlawed this cruel, abusive, and scientifically unsupported practice (MAP, 2018). In ‘77 activists in Miami, Florida helped to pass the nation's first civil rights ordinance banning discrimination based on sexual orientation. But seeing that gay people were inching towards fair treatment, singer Anita Bryant stepped into action, organizing the “Save Our Children” campaign in response and the ordinance was overturned. Harvey Milk made headlines in ‘78 when sworn into the San Francisco Board of Supervisors as an openly gay man. He campaigned on LGBT rights, began his term sponsoring...
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...7/27/2016 7/27/2016 ------------------------------------------------- Should the gay community be accepted in our society globally? Sexual Orientation: July 27, 2016 SUMMER SEMESTER 2016 CLASSROOM E – M/W – 1:20PM – 3:00PM July 27, 2016 SUMMER SEMESTER 2016 CLASSROOM E – M/W – 1:20PM – 3:00PM MEMBERS & id: Habiba Abdullahi – 640263. Jimmy Elia Lomuro – 644694. Michelle Khalenya Shimoli – 640717. Njenga Joel Gichuhi. – 643203. LECTURER : Brenda Wambua. TASK: Semester Group 1 Term Paper. MEMBERS & id: Habiba Abdullahi – 640263. Jimmy Elia Lomuro – 644694. Michelle Khalenya Shimoli – 640717. Njenga Joel Gichuhi. – 643203. LECTURER : Brenda Wambua. TASK: Semester Group 1 Term Paper. BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION: SHOULD THE GAY COMMUNITY BE ACCEPTED IN OUR SOCIETY GLOBALLY? What is sexual orientation? According to the American Psychological Association (APA), sexual orientation is an enduring, emotional, romantic, sexual or affectional attraction to another person. Basically, Sexual orientation is about who attracts us. This attraction may lead to love hence marriage. The issue of same-sex marriage is an argument that we have heard of and have strong opinions on. We believe that homosexual couples should have the same marriage rights as heterosexual couples. As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, "Marriage is a basic human right. You cannot tell people they cannot fall in love." While he said this in reference to the...
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...fully representative election. Before 1994 he was a militant against the Apartheid, and led his party (ANC) in the negotiations that led to democracy in 1914. We will here study which are the attributes in his life which characterized him as one of the greatest leader of the History. I. Early life and education Nelson Mandela was born in Mvezo in 1918, and belonged to a branch of the royal family of the Thembu people. However, he is the first member of his family to attend a school, and his English teacher gave him the English name “Nelson”: before, his real name was Rolihlahla, which prophetically means “troublemaker”. His father died when he was nine, and the regent took care of him: he attended a mission school near to the regent’s palace, and then he attended Clarkebury boarding institute, where he completed the Junior Certificate in 2 years instead of 3. After that he began to study for a Bachelor of Art, and then a Bachelor of Law from the University of London External Program. At school he took an interest in boxing and running; Mandela looked very charismatic, because he was tall, and thanks to the practice of physical activity, he was full of energy. We can see thanks to these elements that Mandela is a great example of what is a leader according to Taylor in 1911: a leader has to be skilled, to have special or technical knowledge, and Mandela had this thanks to his studies. A leader also has to be strong, energetic and to have a good health, and again Mandela...
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...Caribbean Festivals at Home and Abroad Concept of Carnival/Festival Carnival brings about a "second world condition" so that when carnival comes around, another world is created and people go into that world. Notion of carnival as one of “the decentralising forces that militate against official power and ideology. Carnival as the interruption of dominant discourses “to surrender the critical and cultural tools to the dominant class and in this sense, carnival can be seen above all else as a site of urgency.” Mikhail Bakhtin in Rabelais and His World- Uses the term in reference to carnivals of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Bakhtin one of the key theorists on carnivals. Bakhtin-Carnivals allowed people mostly from the under class to rebel momentarily against social conventions and the class and financial hierarchies that structured society. Bakhtin- Carnival in medieval times offered a “second world and a second life.” Play, mockery, inversion, laughter and profanity all elements in Bakhtin's canival. Bakhtin-Carnival underlined is not a spectacle seen by the people; they live in it and everyone participate because its very idea embraces all the people...It has a universal spirit; it is a special condition of the entire world, of the world's revival and renewal in which all take part.” Bakhtin's views on Carnival have led to many theorists using Bakhtin's views to discuss carnival. Robert Stam- Carnivals can be politically ambiguous affairs that can be egalitarian and emancipatory...
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...Student number 4823338 UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA MARKETING: SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THE LAW Coursework Semester 2 ACADEMIC YEAR 2013-2014 Word Count: 2331 Date of Submission: 17 February 2014 Student Number 4823338 CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................3 2 4 ERAS……………………………………………………...................................4 2.1 The Era of Production……………………………………………………….5 2.2 The Era of Sales…….………………………………………………………...6 2.3 The Era of Marketing.……………………………………………………….7 2.4 The Era of Relations………………………………………………………….8 3 THE ADVERTISING STANDARDS AUTHORITY (ASA)…….....................9 4 CONCLUSION ....................................................................................................11 REFERENCE.......................................................................................................12 2 Student Number 4823338 1 INTRODUCTION Systematic problems of Advertising industry became visible relatively long time ago even with the naked eye. New trends appearing in recent years are becoming more and more openly post modernised. Advertising remembered a human being, who used to be ignored and estimated only as an abundant figure, money income for the decades. All manner of marketing directions, such as Guerrilla, Viral and Intuitive, invoke to look closely at the man, go beyond the statistics, and see the real people standing behind the numbers. Advertising...
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...How Facebook is Changing the United States Military Nathan Haselhorst CI3155 Computer Ethics 9 August 2013 Abstract This paper details how social media, specifically Facebook, has made an impact on the different branches of the United States military. Throughout the work, manuals, periodicals, news stories, and an interview with a Lieutenant General are used to distinguish the advantages and risks associated with social media as a whole, with an overwhelming reoccurrence of Facebook references. The ability to communicate around the world, whether a General’s speech becomes available to the public five minutes after he or she delivers it or just a service member telling their loved one “good night” from thousands of miles away, is the greatest attribute Facebook provides the military and its service members. With every great benefit comes a risks and Facebook is not immune to those risks; identity theft, loss of personal and operational information, and negative feedback to a leaders post are what drives the military crazy about Facebook. How Facebook is Changing the United States Military Since 1775, the members of the Armed Forces have held a respect amongst this country’s population. As time has passed and technology has evolved, the United States military has become more accessible, attractive, and engaging to the public. Facebook, the world’s largest social media website, has played a key role in recruiting, training, communicating and planning. Facebook...
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...CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND I. INTRODUCTION Phenomenology is a qualitative research method originally developed by the philosopher Edmund Husserl.[1] The termed phenomenology is both a philosophy and a research method. As a philosophy, phenomenology is a particular way of approaching the world and apprehending lived experience[2]. As a research method, phenomenology is a rigorous process of reexamining what Husserl termed “the things themselves.”[3] The question of phenomenological inquiry is about the meaning of human experience and asks, “What is it like?” Phenomenology is a way of thinking about what life experiences are like for people[4] and is primarily concerned with interpreting the meaning of these experiences. Phenomenological research “explores the humanness of a being in the world”[5]. Bergum refers to the phenomenological research method as an “action-sensitive-understanding” that begins and ends in the practical acting of everyday life and leads to a practical knowledge of thoughtful action. Phenomenological research is an introspective human science, the intent of which is to interpret and to understand as opposed to observing, measuring, explaining, and predicting)[6]. The intention is to go beyond the aspects of life taken for granted and “to uncover the meanings in everyday practice in such a way that they are not destroyed, distorted, decontextualized, trivialized or sentimentalized”.[7] To answer the question, “What is it...
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...Grade 11 English Independent Study Assignment 2: Growing up 1. A) & B) After finishing the selection titled “Eighteen” by Maria Banus, I was completed surprised on how genuine the authors feelings were. Normally when I read poetry it is difficult to understand the meaning of numerous amount of it, if not all of the lines but this one was different as if it pertained to me. This poem made me feel rather sad and miserable because there are a lot of grievances that one may bring up about growing into an adult. Everyone always says how enjoyable your teenage years are, how invigorating the experience is to live life to the fullest and to enjoy it before it comes to end, but a lot of people may disagree. This analogy is incorrect to some extent because during the teenage years the average person is more or less confused, angry, stressed and unhappy which is what the poem reflects. I myself cannot wait till adulthood lingers around the corner. I find that certain problems arise during this time that keep you from doing the things you love and that this is absolutely the uttermost worst time to express yourself in many different ways. Some of things are not being strong enough for certain sports and so on. Even though this poem is gloomy it has a contented and joyful background since she/he has finally gotten over the period of distress and is now ready to go back to a normal life where every aspect in the body does not fluctuate every minute, “ It has rained drops big as silver...
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