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To be Alive and Black
Marlia, , Black Lives Matter, Documentary, Social Class, Spring 2023, The Hate U Give, #GenderLit, SLA@Beeber, 0My thoughts and reactions in response to the viewing were struck by a statement that highlighted the persistent nature...
Tiny Apartments In Tokyo
Dalia, , Environment, Fall 2022, Housing, Questioning and posing problems, Showcase, Social Class, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, #Japan, #smalllivingspaces, Orange Cove High School, 0In the article, “Tokyo’s Teeny- Tiny Homes” (Upfront, Hayashi, 2022 subscription required) the amount of college students in Japan...
If you wish to know what justice is, let injustice pursue you.
Rafael, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, History, Inquiry, Letter to Colleagues, Quality Education, Showcase, Social Class, Summer 2022, #history #colonialism, critical thinking, Lehman College, LUTE-STEM, pedagogy, philosophy, 4Dear Colleague: Recently, I participated in a professional learning experience with LUTE Stem at Lehman College. I learned a...
Day and Night I Always Dream With Open Eyes
Rafael, , Bio ELL, Black Lives Matter At School, Description of a Child, Habits of Mind, Quality Education, Questioning and posing problems, Race Relations, Responding with wonderment and awe, Science & Math, Showcase, Social Class, Summer 2022, bilingual, black power, history, LUTE-STEM, showcase, 0Jose is a 13 year old bilingual student from the Dominican Republic who is literate in both Spanish and...
“Become Who You Are”
Rafael, , Bio, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Habits of Mind, History, Politics, Race Relations, Showcase, Social Class, Student-Centered, Summer 2022, #history #colonialism, education equality, Lehman College, LUTE-STEM, publicschools, Teachers, United States of America, 1Born to 1st generation Dominican and Salvadoran parents and forever inspired by their perseverance to work and family, I...
Letter to Colleagues
Marlen, , Finding Humor, Letter to Colleagues, Persisting, Quality Education, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, Social Class, Summer 2022, This I Believe, Lehman College, LUTE-STEM, 6Dear Ms. De Los Santos: Last month, I participated in a professional learning experience with LUTE-STEM at Lehman College....
Descriptive Review of a Broken Child: Raheem
Jesse, , Description of a Child, Gathering data through all senses, Listening with understanding and empathy, Psychology, Quality Education, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, Social Class, Summer 2022, Descriptive Review, LUTE-STEM, 1Physical Presence and Gesture Raheem is a 12-year old, (presumably) African-American student from upper Manhattan. As I was his...
What is better with today’s economic state?
Jenifer, , Argument, Politics, Social Class, Books, Orange Cove High School, 0In the article, ¨YOU DECIDE: Raising the Minimum Wage¨ (Mc Graw Hill), I learned about the strike that the...
To protect Black women and save America from itself, elect Black women
Arual, , Argument, Black Lives Matter, Call to Action, Constitution, Decision Making, Gender, Gender Equity (Women), Getting Started, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Politics, Questioning and posing problems, Race Relations, Rights, Showcase, Slavery, Social Class, Stress, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, Voting, Women in Action, Black Women, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 10America has given women the right to vote through the 19th Amendment, yet there are still many obstacles that...
Into the wild book review
Jiang, , American Dream, Call to Action, Literary Essay, Literature Guides, Social Class, This is America, Writing, # book review, #judgememorial, Adventure, wild life, 0A 22-year-old graduate of a prestigious American university, just before entering Harvard Law School, mysteriously disappeared. Two years later,...
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Evan, , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Fall 2021, Gathering data through all senses, History, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, Social Class, #progression, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 1“The Autobiography of Malcolm X,” as told to Alex Haley. This book grabbed my attention after witnessing multiple civil...
Should the Minimum Wage Be Raised?
Karen SI, , Minimum Wage, Politics, Social Class, #minimumwage, #poverty, 0In the article, “YOU DECIDE: Raising the Minimum Wage”, (McGraw Hill) I learned that the current minimum wage is...
Does Power Corrupt?
Claire B, , Politics, Psychology, Science, Social Class, Voting, Corrupt Politicians, government, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Leaders, Manipulation, power, voting, 0Why is it that corrupt people always find themselves in positions of power? Perhaps the answer to this is...
Pros and cons of a salary change
Jenifer, , Politics, Social Class, Books, Orange Cove High School, 0In the article, ¨YOU DECIDE: Raising the Minimum Wage¨ (Mc Graw Hill), I learned about the strike that the...
“America Means” Blog Post
Nimra, , American Dream, Black Lives Matter, Constitution, History, Police, Politics, Race Relations, Rights, Social Class, American dream, Berkeley High School, Race, The Great Gatsby, 2America’s influence around the world is notorious and undeniable. From clothing to culture to music, the word “America” buzzes...
Sibling Comparison
Emery, , Craft & Make, Creating Community, Design & Style, Family, Life Skills & Fitness, Social Class, Wonder, family deserve happiness, happiness, personality, Siblings, 0Sibling comparison is a large topic among many families. I know that being the youngest, I get treated differently...
The Elite: An Absorbing Book about Standing up for Those Mistreated and Overlooked
Jaylene, , Books or Plays, Fall 2020, Love, Plot Analysis, Politics, Showcase, Social Class, Women in Action, #book, #monarchy, #romance, Harvest Collegiate High School, 4Recently, I read The Elite, by Kiera Cass. I enjoyed and absorbed this book. This has become a favorite book...
Economic Changes
Gage, , Community, Coronavirus, Decision Making, Environment & World, Fall 2020, Good Health and Well-Being, Happiness, Showcase, Social Class, community, coronavirus, family, friends, relationship, school, work, 0“With schools closed and the streets empty across the country because of the coronavirus pandemic, many parents are spending...
The Characters In the Glass Menagerie
Fatoumata, , Books or Plays, Social Class, Spring 2020, Writing & Communication, ELLIS Preparatory Academy, 0In our English class, we are reading the play and we decided to write about the characters. The main characters...
Social Distancing Now
Cassie, , Beauty, Coronavirus, March 2020, Showcase, Social Class, Social Media, Spring 2020, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Social Distacing, 6Researchers say that COVID-19 has been rapidly spreading due to the movements of people with no or very mild...
Why are the Impoverished Judged?
Madison, , American Creed, Clean Water and Sanitation, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Fall 2019, No Poverty (Economy), Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, Social Class, Okemos High School, poverty, 1Poverty can be defined as “the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money...
Institutionalized discrimination harms the equality of opportunity
Honam, , Decent Work and Economic Growth, Fall 2019, Partnerships for the Goals, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Social Class, This is America, Discrimination, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Social Inequality, 0Discrimination gives people unequal opportunities to success in eduaction, work place, etc. Moreover, it also hurt institution or people...
Reflection: POP Project
Ashley, , No Poverty (Economy), Showcase, Social Class, Social Media, Spring 2019, #endpoverty, #PovertyCanStrike, #povertyinnyc, #stoppoverty, poverty, 0Hi! My name is Ashley and I am a student at BSGE. I worked with Lina and Lidia on...
Misconceptions about Poverty: Presentation
Ashley, , No Poverty (Economy), Social Class, #endpoverty, #PovertyCanStrike, #povertyinnyc, #Stopoverty, poverty, 0As the weeks have progressed I created an informative video based on the myths vs realities about poverty. The...
Poverty In New York City
Khan, , Call to Action, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Community, Homelessness, No Poverty (Economy), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Showcase, Social Class, Spring 2019, Sustainable Cities and Communities, This I Believe, #endpoverty, #povertyinnyc, #povertyisbad, #stoppoverty, poverty, 0This video was created by me and I discussed poverty rates in New York City. The rates are increasing...
Deportation
Luis, , American Dream, Argument, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Community, Fall 2018, Immigration, Incarceration, Latino Power, Media, No Poverty (Economy), Politics, Protest, Race Relations, Reduced Inequalities, Refugees, Religion, Rights, Showcase, Social Class, Spring 2019, Berkeley High School, 2I have chosen to write about deportation because it has been an ongoing issue for a long time and it’s...
Oakland Let’s Talk About Health DIsparities
Oscar, , Fall 2018, No Poverty (Economy), Showcase, Social Class, Spring 2019, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, 8Oakland Let’s Talk About Health DIsparities Did you know that, “An African-American born in West Oakland can expect...
School-to-Prison Pipeline: The Labeling Theory, Socialization
Isabell, , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Fall 2018, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Psychology, Quality Education, Showcase, Social Class, Stress, education, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, labeling theory, restorative justice, School to prison pipeline, socialization, 0The Labeling Theory states that individuals “behave in ways that reflect how others label them” (Crossman). For example, if...
Love Story
Kimberly, , Fall 2018, Shakespeare, Showcase, Social Class, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, Love, Poem, Shakespeare, wordswithmeanings, 2Hi my name is Kimberly, a 9th in Life Academy i’m writing a poem relating to Romeo and Juliet....
YV2~ Pros and Cons of School Uniforms
Mack, , Fall 2018, Showcase, Social Class, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 1While finding Pros and Cons about school uniforms, I have learned that school uniforms may decrease the rate of...
My Fairy tale Remix of The Princess and the Pea
Lihie A., , Friendship, Happiness, Love, Scratch, Showcase, Social Class, Spring 2018, Stories, Writing, #scripts, Animation, Decision Making, DigitalStorytelling, Fairy Tales, history, marriage, scratch, Scratch Animation, storyboard, Storyboard that, 0In order to make this animation work click the green flag. Intro to my fairy tale...
Othello Close Reading
Ronnie, , Shakespeare, Showcase, Social Class, Spring 2018, Othello, Shakespeare, 0Desdemona 1.3.208-218 My noble father, I do perceive here a divided duty: To you I am bound for life...
Othello close read
PJ, , Books or Plays, Decision Making, Found Poetry, Happiness, Inquiry, Quality Education, Showcase, Social Class, Spring 2018, Writing, #Shakespear, Analysis, closeread, Othello, 0First passage, Desdemona 1.3.208-218 My noble father, I do perceive here a divided duty: To you I am bound...
Middle East: The Opression of its Women
Aurisha, , Gender, Gender Equity (Women), History, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Politics, Rape Culture, Religion, Showcase, Social Class, Spring 2018, #feminism, gender inequality, Middle East, Politics, Protests, rape culture, religion, 0The issue that is discussed in the video is the oppression of women residing in the Middle East. I’m...
Modern Slavery
Elio, , Minimum Wage, Politics, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Slavery, Social Class, Spring 2018, The Fifth Column, modern slavery, sweatshops, 1Throughout the world many people experience unfair work conditions that are both torturous and inhumane. Shedding light upon this...
How Multi Level Marketing Has Failed in the Past
Maxwell, , American Dream, History, Incarceration, No Poverty (Economy), Rights, Showcase, Social Class, Spring 2018, #EthnicStudies, finance, marketing, pyramid scheme, research, 1This article by Stacie Bosley and Kim McKeage examines the diffusion of multilevel marketing and the risk of pyramid...
Post #8 (Third Blog Post)
Sophia, , Race Relations, Rape Culture, Rights, Showcase, Slavery, Social Class, Spring 2018, 0I read three articles: The End of Corporate Imperialism, Corporate Imperialism for the Poor, and Policy Entrepreneurs and the...
Multi-Level Marketing and its Uncanny Resemblance to the Pyramid Scheme
Maxwell, , American Dream, Debt, Good Health and Well-Being, Happiness, Incarceration, Politics, Prison, Psychology, Social Class, bernie madoff, Money, multi level marketing, pyramid scheme, 0In business, there exists a competitive craving to be smarter, faster, and bigger than everyone else. This urge stems...
How does society deal with tragedy?
Lexi, , American Dream, Call to Action, Community, Fall 2017, Family, History, Psychology, Showcase, Social Class, Social Media, Terrorism, Violence, 9/11, coping, loss, society, tragedy, tribute, 0In society, people often deal with tragedy in different ways. Many use prayer to cope with it, ” “It’s a...
Are the people in Brave New World polarized like our current society?
Charlie, , Argument, Fall 2017, Politics, Showcase, Social Class, brave new world, Polarization, society, 0Brave New World and 1984 are both dystopian novels written in the early to mid 20th century. These books...
We No Longer Stick Up For Each Other
Brooklyn, , Fall 2017, Immigration, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Social Class, Voting, #Murica, president, society, Unitedstates, unity, 7These past few months have been very difficult for the Citizens of the United States. Many of us don’t...
Genetic Engineering and Aldous Huxley
Keaton, , Fall 2017, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Nature, Rights, Science, Showcase, Social Class, Technology, 2Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, or better known as CRISPR, is the latest and greatest DNA editing tool...
Is Monogamy Natural for Humans?
Maxwell, , Community, Decision Making, Family, Gender, Goals, Happiness, History, Life on Land, Love, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Religion, Rights, Showcase, Social Class, Love, monogamy, polyamorous, polygamy, 0It seems strange to question this social norm we as human beings have conformed to for the majority of...
Do people congregate with people who are like them?
Chloe, , Biases, Community, Fall 2017, Gender, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Race Relations, Rights, Showcase, Social Class, community, groups, people, 0The Telegraph states that, “Earlier research revealed that the lower portion of a brain region called the “medial prefrontal...
Asian American Activism
Keaton, , AAPI Heritage, American Dream, Call to Action, Community, Crime, Fall 2017, History, Media, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Politics, Protest, Quality Education, Race Relations, Raise Your Voice, Research Help, Rights, Showcase, Social Class, Student-Centered, Violence, What do I stand for?, 6High School textbooks don’t have anything on Asian Americans during the civil rights era. There were a lot of...
Neocolonialism in Africa
Ariel, , Black Lives Matter, Crime, Debt, Family, History, Housing, Nature, No Poverty (Economy), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Politics, Quality Education, Race Relations, Rights, Showcase, Social Class, Spring 2017, africa, Okemos High School, Politics, poverty, 1To Whomever Cares to Listen, “Without Africa, France will slide down into the rank of a third power,”...
NeoColonialism in Africa Video
Ariel, , Black Lives Matter, Call to Action, Debt, History, No Poverty (Economy), Politics, Protest, Raise Your Voice, Rights, Showcase, Social Class, Spring 2017, What do I stand for?, africa, economy, Okemos High School, Politics, 0https://youtu.be/B-HlbLzaL_I
Huckleberry Finn: To Follow Society or Your Own Beliefs
Abinaov, , Huck Finn, Slavery, Social Class, 1Abinaov Ms. Free American Lit., 2nd hour 14 May 2017 Huckleberry Finn: To Follow Society or Your Own Beliefs...
The fire on the 57 bus in Oakland, CA
Kathlyn, , Bullying, Gender, LGBTQ+ Rights, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Showcase, Social Class, Spring 2017, Violence, #equality #Agenderteens #Fire, 0This podcast is about Sasha a Agender teen from Berkeley, CA. Sasha was on their way home from school...
Child Labor
Hannah, , Good Health and Well-Being, Happiness, Minimum Wage, No Poverty (Economy), Quality Education, Reduced Inequalities, Social Class, child labor, economy, mental, social scholarship, 0Child Labor affects over 250 million children worldwide. Kids who range from under the age of thirteen to seventeen...
1984 = 2017?
Kristy, , American Dream, Books or Plays, No Poverty (Economy), Point of View, Showcase, Social Class, Spring 2017, 2To begin, the novel 1984 connects to 2017 because of the changes that the dominant group inflicts to try...
Change the way you Think
Fernando, , Gender Equity (Women), Point of View, Politics, Rights, Slavery, Social Class, Stories, Summer 2016, War, women LGBT People, 2Hello, I have been reading 1984 by George Orwell in my english class and wanted to share my thoughts...
How Technology Affects our Health: Mentally and Physically
Montana, , Call to Action, Fall 2016, Good Health and Well-Being, Happiness, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Media, Politics, Privacy, Psychology, Quality Education, Research Help, Showcase, Social Class, Social Media, Stress, Technology, 11Technology is a very wonderful thing. It can connect us to others, give us information and give us a...
Attention youth activists!
Karen, , Black Lives Matter, Call to Action, Gender, Gender Equity (Women), Immigration, Latino Power, LGBTQ+ Rights, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Politics, Race Relations, Reduced Inequalities, Rights, Showcase, Social Class, Black Lives Matter, civil rights, LBGTQ, women's march, womensmarch, 0The Women’s March is looking for youth activists under the age of 18 to apply for the #WomensMarch Youth...
THE GOOSE-GIRL remixed
Amy, , Death Penalty, Happiness, Love, Rights, Scratch, Social Class, Stories, Violence, Animation, Decisions, Digital Storytelling, scratch, The Goose-Girl, 0This is my adaptation about THE GOOSE-GIRL by Brothers Grimm. Its about a princess who is going to get...
Stepping Up Out of the Armchair
Connor, , Inquiry, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Politics, Quality Education, Showcase, Social Class, 7I have been looking into income inequality as of late. I actually posted about it earlier, and you can...
All splendid information on BSGE
Justin, , Fall 2016, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Quality Education, Social Class, Social Media, Technology, Baccalaureate School for Global Education, info, infomercial, tech8-1, 0For this assignment, we were forced to create an infomercial website describing BSGE. Our lord and teacher, Shantanu Saha,...