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America Means Sluggish and Unhurried Change
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The Contrast Between Dee and Her Family in “Everyday Use”
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Is Video Gaming Considered a Sport?
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The past few years I have always thought that my lack of speaking clearly was because of my shyness but I see another perspective that I can now take in from these readings.
I like to do things myself, for the reason that I just want to be able to help others rather than rely on them. But as I have had the opportunity to do more group work the notion of filling each others gaps has become more important to me.
It was my experience doing bad in physics is what drove me to take the class. It was my fear of public speaking that made me want to chose paths that would lead to more opportunities to speak with others during my undergraduate years.
No matter what they do, if a student can find a passion in something we should encourage that so that they can rise on their own merits and pave their own journey in a way that works with their learning style and preferences.
Although this is true to a slight degree, we should always put the mindset in our students that we can reach towards a level of creativity no matter how old or skillful one is.
Self-reflection in moments like this can help students better understand themselves and their study habits.
As we age a lot of our ideals and mindsets on topics become more rigid, but we need to understand that they are not fully set. Although it becomes harder we must always be mindful to at the very least consider new perspectives.
This is something I quite agree with. It is very difficult to redirect someone's words because things such as semantics and tone can really disrupt someone's initial point.
I think a balance needs to be found between allowing students to allow their enthusiasm to show with their “blurted out” answers as well as with helping them understand why it is important to take in different perspectives.
I have given up on problems in math so many times, looking them up online or checking the back of the textbook. I realize now it is not about feeling you have to get the answer but approaching towards it.
This is an important because at times memorizing can lead to success in a moment but later in life a lack of understanding can hurt oneself.
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why didn't the Anglo encourage the Chicano students?
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Its kinda disappointing that the Menendez's didn't fully see the justice that they wanted to but it is good to know that there was some change for the chicano community.
It would have to make a disagreement and hate if they didn't save this case. Its amazing they did this
It's upsetting how even after all of this having integration and equity is still an issue in some places
I agree the soldiers must have felt upset that things were still unequal.
It must have been infuriterating when the Mexican-Americans solder came back to the war and found out it was still unequal
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I agree with you the impact it had was really good
Jobs they had were low-paying jobs and Jobs for them were limited which was not right.
I agree because if it weren't for them we would still serve as to segregation.
It nice to know that they had a part in changing people's perspectives.
Nice to know that they had went back to school without an incidnet and to see the change
I say thanks to Mendez and Gonzalo for declaring this to the supreme court
I was amazed by how many groups of people started fighting against it
I liked how it caused a ripple effect and other Mexican Americans filed lawsuits
After their victory the Mendezes resumed to work without saying anything about their win
I was surprized about how big of an impact it had on other communities
I agree that, that was the whole concept and they just wanted them out.
I was cheerful that the judge knew that separating them would make them dislike eachother
I was surprised that they didn't even care whether they spoke fluent English
I agree with you it was very brave of them to fight for their rights.
I agree with you it was obvious that they didn't want them in the school and discriminating them.
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This shows that Kent is races towards mexican. He knows that the Mexican have the availability to succeed but he just doesn't want t give them the opportunity
Do you think the judge shouldve said more to Kent?
I'm glad that the judge ruled in favor of the plaintiffs and also glad that he saw how wrong it was for the superintendent to say the things he said.
It's sad how the superintendent thought that of them because of their skin tone/ race.
I agree with your opinion , i think it was brave for them and for the other mexican-americans to stand up and fight for their rights.
I think it was very brave for those girls a speak up and fight for heir rights because if i were in their shoes i would be scared and wouldnt know if i should do it or not.
I liked how the judge didnt like the things Kent had made racists comments toward the Mexican and said that separate schools create social inequality
This is a shocking statement!
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Once i heard this statement i was very shocked and taken back by it because he is a grown man say that about children that's just goes to show how low he is.
I agree because they were not given the opportunity as the whites to have a good job o to get paid good.
I agree with you because if you really think about it that's really all latinos can do and sometimes couldn't even do that.
When the Mendez's declined the offer for only their children to attend the school that shows how much courage they have and brave they were to go forward with the case.
I agree because Mexican people were mostly having a difficult time when Americans were taking away all their needs and entertainment
I it is surprising, how they were basically treated as if they weren't human beings to.White people acted like they were superior then them just because of their color.
This is brave
Surprised
I agree it's not cool how they thought it was right to basically take away their human rights.
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I agree with you that it was a very bold move to decide to fight and it's good that they want to fight for their children.
I find it unfair how they weren't allowed in places and could only go to certain places on specific days.
What do you think people can do to change that?
Do you think that needed to be changed? like higher pay?
This really is a big step for them because they were finally deciding to do something about the segregation and show that they have a voice.
I liked how the Mendez family continued to fight for not just their family but for many other families
The mendezes didn't just walk away they organized a group to protest and sent a letter to the school board.
Latinos really could not do anything else besides work in fields because discrimination prevented them from getting any good jobs that would help them advance financially
I was surprised that even if they had land they didn't gain any sort of respect or anything they got treated the same
I was surprised that they were actually able to buy land and wouldn't be restricted from that.
It was easy to fight back because some people had fear that they would lose their jobs or get deported. But Gonzalo kept trying and did whatever it took to get people to go to court
The mexicans weren't getting payed as much there held low-paying as field workers and it was hard for them to get jobs or to be economically advance
They were successful by coming to the US because he was the champion of orange picking and he had higher wage than other workers and got their own ranch.
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It was really unfair how they were treated and it seemed that they were all not treated equally.
I agree with you because it wasnt fair and they should've been treating equally
I dont understand why they think less of Mexicans it's like they are trying to keep them in a box.
I agree with this because they treated the like they were nothing and like they weren't equal to them
The whites were basically the ones who were in charge and made the choice of where the Mexicans should work.
It is surprising that the white people believed only white people were good enough for other jobs while mexicans should only work in industrial and domestic jobs.
I was very surprised when i found out the mexican kids were being taught how to work luke adults would do and the whites were being taught what a kid should be learning and that is very sad to know that, that was once America.
I had not thought of it in that way but know that you have mentioned it i bet it did have a bad effect on mexican kids at the time.
I agree with this because it's crazy how an administrator would say this.
Its mind blowing how an administrator would say that to the students but i guess back then that was the norm to think like that but know hearing this makes me think how that message has been proven wrong along the years.
I agree with you it is surprising and sad to think that Mexican kids were treated like they were less
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I very much agree with you because even though that's how it really was for mexicans we have proven to them that that's not going to be our reality anymore
I agree with your statement , ” We are human and all lives matter …” because this is very true the chicano people should not have been treated differently just because of their race, they to are humans beings.
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Hispanics werent allowed to go where whites went
I agree with you just because their skin tones are different it shouldn't affect whether they let them in the school or not.
I was surprised to find out that the Mexicans got the worst of everything even the building were in bad shape they were run down.
What do you think the dark skinned should've done something? Like fight back?
I agree on stateent
They weren't give the same education as they should've had and gave them shabbier equipments . They didnt have the divided attention like the white kids had.
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I agree on statement
It's not right that Mexicans were excluded from many places
Why would it matter if you were dark skinned but just because the other children were light skinned if there were all mexican which doesnt make it right. What do they get from not letting them go to their school?
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the key idea is i feel like theres more safety in factories
The key idea is that they need to be offered more safety
the key idea is that these workers can be working in that type of weather where theres smoke going straight into there eyes.
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Sweatshops help some people who are only able to make less than one dollar.
Sweatshops are better for them to work at than factories
bribing people to give you money for a job isn´t fair to most people without any money.
instead of going against sweatshops, people should help promote them for poor countries.
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manufacturing can prove millions of jobs, but sweatshops usually go out to the poorest nations but to better-off countries.
Should this invite investors to take advantage of these poor communities/countries by contributing factories that don't provide what we consider to be living wages and safety?
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what is a dream to them?
They tried paying people decent labor standards and wages but the more some people got the more they wanted.
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I think the poorest nations deserve to have more sweatshops, it would help out a lot of families struggling.
Main idea
One woman wishing the best for her 10 yer old son to grow up and work at a factory also she seen a lot of kids get ran over by the garbage truck and she don't want that to happen to her kid. Also he hasn't been bathed since he was 2 years old
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Agreement.
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Sweatshops can help people the kids worry and americans have a hard time accepting it.
people only see the bad side of sweatshops and don´t realize that there are worse jobs.
Poorer nations dont have as many sweatshops as ones that have reliable ports and electricity.
The workers would rather be working at a sweatshop rather than having to do what they were having to do at the job they were at.
The young lady said she wants to work in a factory and it's in the shade not in the sun.
Central idea
Should paring down costs come at the expense of people's lives and the well-being of our planet?
There isnt a lot of sweatshops there dont go to poorest nations
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A lot of Americans see sweatshops as a bad thing but sweatshops are the only good job most countries have and it´s less dangerous than looking through the trash.
He believes that sweatshops aren't the bottom.
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They rather work at sweatshops than to work somewhere is dangerous.
The poorest countries dont have the problem that the sweatshop are exploiting too many people they have the problem that they aren't exploiting enough.
You paraphrased a powerful statement in his article. What do you think about it?
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people are searching for recycling bottles to sell for 5 cents a pound. Also many people live in shacks on this smoking garbage. but it shocks the americans that the poorest countries is not that sweatshops exploit too many people.
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a lot of women prefer to work in sweatshops because of the circumstances they are working in right at that moment but most women aren´t too lucky getting a job in a sweatshop.
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Parents want better for their children they want their children to work in less dangerous places.
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Many people rather work in sweatshops because they see it as a way out of poverty.
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a lot of people see sweatshops as a bad thing but in reality it´s not sweatshops are better than working in a toxic stink.
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It was horrible for them to work like that.
They rather work in a factory so they can at least have shade
The americans doesnt see it when they try to get labor standards.
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they had to walk a lot from the some from subterranean fires.
The environment is very dangerous.
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Most people can´t get jobs so they have to go to the next option, working in the dump.
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It's a dangerous place to work in full of smoke.
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Who’s Responsible?
Who should we blame for our products not being ethically made?
Fast Fashion: Who’s Job is it to ensure that products are ethically made?
Fast Fashion: Who is to blame?
Businesses should take responsibility for the fashion industry problems.
the key idea is that its not always a persons fault
Organizations are trying to help make sure workers work in safe environments.
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brands still dont admit that they look at bottom prices.
Hopefully the owners have learned from their mistakes and can improve on to help with the factories and help the workers
Fact.
people are still trying to work even after the accident.
The brands need to take responsibility instead of putting the blame on other people.
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Even though its unsafe to work in those conditions they still are still working no matter what.
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They are finanly doing something about it instead of ignoring these problems
Wanting cheaper clothes is horrible because it is costing lives.
They key idea is that, be grateful, and let people do there job.
Central idea
I agree with you because this need to be spread and heard.
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Main idea
i agree with this because its time they own up to this.
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Main idea
Why are businesses so quick to say it wasn't their fault and put the blame on someone else
Opinion
The key idea is not everything has to be expensive, you can still wear cheap clothes and be perfect.
Central idea
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Its endangered because of the workers
Some people may only be able to afford cheap clothes.
central idea
Businesses also need to take the blame for this because they are the ones providing it for us and should not be blaming anyone else
Opinion
What do you say to people who disagree with this?
Opinion
Central idea
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People that do this job are very in need of money especially if they have children so that why they make themselves work in these conditions.
Main idea
Opinion
The key idea is that dont risk no ones life over a shirt
people are ignoring the fact that fast fashion kills
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