Have you thought about Joshua Chamberlain’s speech to the mutineers? In the book “Killer Angels” by Michael Shaara, and the movie Gettysburg, He was a bit new to the Army but was still given the responsibility of one hundred and twenty men. He had to persuade them to fight with him. In Joshua Chamberlain’s speech, many of his character traits were revealed. One of them being Responsible. “I’ve been ordered to take you men with me.” (Shaara 8). Another trait is that he’s humble. “I’m told that is
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In her speech to the Union League Club of Chicago, Jane Addams utilizes experts along with logic while concurrently evoking emotions from her readers for the purpose of both admiring George Washington and promoting charitable causes. Addams delivered the speech in 1903 on the anniversary of the first president of the United States and famed politician George Washington. In the piece, the author connected the righteous life of Washington to what the modern person should be doing. Although Addams
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The Bill of Rights was included in the United States Constitution as a way to protect the civil liberties many of the citizens. Many of these rights were equally important to previous generations of people and can be seen in various documents throughout history. Among these rights some of the most important were petitioning the government, religious freedom, and criminal trial rights. One of the most important rights included in the Bill of Rights was petitioning the government. I know this is true
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America. I have the right to write whatever I want. And it's equaled by another right just as powerful: the right not to read it. Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend people." Among other, cherished values, the First Amendment protects freedom of speech. The U.S. Supreme Court often has struggled to determine what exactly constitutes protected speech. Examples are of students to wear black armbands to school to protest a war or To use certain offensive words and phrases to convey political
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Parents Need More Access Imagine this, a parent calls their child to see how they are doing at college. The child does not answer the call. 10 calls later, the parent panics and calls the college. The college says they cannot inform the parent about anything and sends the parent into extreme fear. The parent assumes the worst and has no idea what has happened to their child, and where the child could be. This example may be extreme, but has been a risk factor that comes with the FERPA law. FERPA
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find something offensive, but the person who said it doesn’t, they shouldn’t be punished for it just because you don’t like it. Freedom of speech should be respectful as well as free. People take advantage of free speech, it shouldn’t cause a huge argument. If someone came up and said something but told you that you can’t tell anyone would you? Freedom of speech is being taken away. You should be able to speak out about something you don’t like and we should be able to say what we want. We should
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Those who have the opinion of not teaching this book and banning it from everywhere have their own position from where they come from. Either huck represents something the world does not want to know or there have been many cooperative censors in the schools and libraries who find it easier to go along or who have not read the story and therefore cannot defend it. It was Twain himself who perhaps prophetically, said a classic is something everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read. To
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on September 25, 1789, in efforts to protect our religious freedoms and rights. The First Amendment states, Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. (US Constitution) This freedom established by our fore fathers continues to be important not only to me but to everyone
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a graduating college class in 2005. In this text, Wallace uses water as a symbol for life. As a result of water referring to life, the theme of “This is Water” is the fluidity of life. He shows this to his audience through short stories within his speech. Wallace begins his address with a story about fish. It is mainly about three fish, two young and one old. The two younger ones do not realize they are swimming in water when the older fish asks them “how’s the water” (Wallace X)? They do not know
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Censorship is a major topic in schools today whether it is of books, movies, or another source. These works that are being written may be very provocative or have violence in them. People often pose the question: Should we have these writings in schools, or are they unacceptable for the school environment? This question can be interpreted in two very opposite ways. The question can either be taken from the perspective that parents have the final say in what their kids learn or it can be taken from
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