Your parents are divorcing. Describe a phone conversation with your best friend about how youd envision a peaceful home. (i made up two ppl!)
kerri:Hey, Meg meg: hey girl meg: how you been? kerri: not so good... meg: why ? kerri: my parents are splitting up. meg: o wow ... when this happen.. kerri: the other night they descided meg: oh im sorry girl kerri: its ok i guess meg: wow so much is going to change now huh kerri:yeahh i know kerri: i wish things could of been differnt meg: likee? kerri:i dont know, um like we went to church all together as a family and no more fighting you know meg:oic kerri:and we actually spent time together, like both of my parents work all the time so we never really do anything. sitting all together at the table for dinner would even be nice. we would have more family time. meg: things will get better shay: i hope so=[
Father- did you have a good day at school jamie me- yes father- what did you learn about me- we learned about how racism is bad and its not right to discriminate against people because of color father- i think people have a right to think what ever they want about people and judge whoever they want me- i know you a racist person dad im not stupid i dont care i just want to know why you hate people when you dont even know them and just because of there color doesnt mean they ar bad people father-thats just the way i was brought up not to like people unless they have the same skin color as me. me- well you should get to know people before you judge them you cant judge someone without getting to knwo them . father- maybe ill try to change and give more people a chance instead of thinking there bad people cause of there skin color
4. Your parents are divorcing. Describe a phone conversation with your best friend about how youd envision a peaceful home.
me-today my mother told me that her and my father are getting a divorce brittany- so whats going to happen to your family? are you going to move away me- no im not going to move away i would never want that to happen brittany-imagine having the most peaceful home ever? me- yeah to me a peaceful home would be my mother and father getting along perfectly and never fighting and not getting a divorce and not having to arugue over everything they talk about brittany- yeah that seeems pretty peaceful to me
5. You are an American marine. Write out blog entries about your thoughts concerning military action in Iraq.
Today me and my platoon were stationed in central baghdad. A roadside bomb went off 2 of my men were injured. We killed 10 insurgents at the scene. We need to get the hell outta this country. The president called in an airstrike on the western part of the city supposedly there are al quaida leaders stationed there.
as everyday passes i ask myself wtf are we doing here? Why are my comrades dying for i raq citizens ? if it were up too me i would pull out every troop and let this place deal with itz own problems.
6. You are a Palestinian male in Michigan meeting the Jewish parents of your fiancé. Describe your feelings in your journal.
wow, today was a quite a long day. i met my girl's parents for the 1st time. When i walked into the romm i would of thought that they would of had a grim look on there faces, but instead they had a smile. This mad me feel a whole lot better. We chatted during dinner about my job and my family etc. Over all it was a good experience.
9. You are the son of a racist father. Draft an imaginary dialogue between your father and you concerning his racism.
Kid: Dad, why do you do that? Dad: Do What? Kid:Make fun of people who arent, ya know, white... Dad: Because. Kid:Thats not an answer... Dad: Because Thats the way its supposed to be. People who are different from us arent as worthy Kid: That doesn't make sense to me though dad, just cause they arnt white? Dad: Yes son, they arnt the same as us you see. once upon a time they were our property and now they arnt, but im not going to give them the respect of a white person. Kid: That's not fair dad. Dad: Life isnt fair son, this is the way i was taught and I'm going to teach you the same thing. Kid:NO!
You are the son of a racist father. Draft an imaginary dialogue between your father and you concerning his racism.
son: hi dad. father: hi, how was your day at school? son: good, i met new people and made a new friend!......but... father: but what? son: he is black. father: i dont want you to talk to him! son: why?? father: he is black, and i dont like that!!! son: so.....he is a very nice person. i think that he is a cool person to talk to. son: and i think that not all black people do stupid things, and the ones that do they dont think about what they are doing, or they are going through hard times. father: so, i just dont like them, they cause too much trouble and your gonna get yourself into trouble too. son: i know i wont he is a good person, and you cant judge him because of his skin color. son: im still going to talk to him. father:
Your parents are divorcing. Describe a phone conversation with your best friend about how youd envision a peaceful home.
me: hi. friend: wats up? me: nothing....not having a good day. friend: sorry to hear that....whats wrong? me: my parents are getting a divorce. friend: awww...im sorry.....why is that? me: they are always fighting and they never agree with eachother. friend: i hope things work out for the best with them and you. me: i know, me to. i just wish we could be a happy family and go on trips together and eat at the dinner table together, just basically do thing together and not have fights with eachother. friend: dont worry that will happen some day.....i know so. me: thanx for talking to me. friend: anytime, just call when u want to talk. me. ok......THANK YOU!
You are a Palestinian male in Michigan meeting the Jewish parents of your fiancé. Describe your feelings in your journal.
Today i met the parents of my fiance for the very first time. I thought that they were going to give me a ver angry and grim look, but they didnt, they were happy to meet me. I thought that they were going to stereotype me because of my race and background. I was nervous at first but then I got used to them and we talked about me and my job over dinner. I had a fun night with her family
1. I Mohandas Gandhi support boycotts strikes and peaceful protests because it is a way to show our feelings about what we believe is negative in a positive way.Through these actions we can send a message that is far greater than that of violence just by the sheer fact that it is a peaceful unthreatining way to get our point across.
4.My vision of a peaceful home is really simple its one where I come home due my homework in quiet my chores and me my mom and dad sit together down to dinner from a meal we all made and eat and we just talk about how each others day was and I tell them how Im feeling that day and how my day went and have them care whats going on with me instead of them being at it with each other.
5.Hello you dont know me but I know you, you sit at home criticizing me saying what I do day in day out isnt important that our president was wrong well think of it this way I leave my family home loved ones to defend you to catch criminals free an entire nation from oppression and bringing rights that you take for granted to a people so afraid of their own liberty that they would rather cower under a dictator and propaganda would you like to live like that? At the end of the day seeing an entire city rejoice when a man not of his own color background lifestyle religion takes a bullet to protect an Iraqi and take down a statue that represents hatred and malice you should rethink if what we are doing is wrong
6.I am nervous one side of me believes that it will be okay and that this is America land of the free tolerance and justice but old prejudices run deep and old habits die hard will the accept me? Or dismiss me before they know me they must be open havent they been subject to discrimination? Then why would they discriminate?
9.Father what is wrong with you cant you see a man is based on his merit not looks?Would you not love me if I was a different color?Am I not judged on my actions not because of color? Why do it to someone you dont even know fearing the unknown only breeds contempt and allow the wounds of racism to never heal your view is wrong sorry cant always have it your way.
4. Your parents are divorcing. Describe a phone conversation with your best friend about how youd envision a peaceful home.
friend: How have you been? Are you feeling okay? me: Im learning to deal with it, theyre fighting all the time, Im almost looking foward to when theyre seperate so I dont have hear the fighting all the time. friend: I know how you feel, I felt the same way when my parents got their divorce. But if you could wouldnt you love to see them back together? me: Yeah, of course I would. I wouldnt have to worry about not seeing my dad as much Im used to or not see my brother much anymore. If I could I would have them back together, happy, not fighting. We would all live together, my brother and I would be able to live like a normal brother and sister, there wouldnt be any weekend visits between houses, any awkward court ordered visits, where you feel obligated to spend as much time together as possible because who knows when youll get to see each other next. friend: I feel the exact same way, my family is just like yours, I hopes my own family isnt like that someday.
6. You are a Palestinian male in Michigan meeting the Jewish parents of your fiancé. Describe your feelings in your journal.
Today I met my future wifes parents for the first time. They are Jewish. They are very nice people and they were very courteous but I could not help but think they hated me for being a Palestinian. They are immigrants from Israel, just as my parents are and I know the resentment that each side has for the other. I have seen it first hand, my parents are still that way. They refuse to meet my finaces parents and they will not even meet her. I do not understand why you would allow hate to carry on in you like that, you are only hurting yourself, I wish they could just accept the fact that we are getting married and be more tolerant, for my sake at least.
8. You are Henry David Thoreau. In a letter to your friend, Emerson, define and justify nonviolent civil disobedience.
Dear Ralph, I have begun practicing an idea called civil disobedience. I have discovered it is the best way to stand up for your beliefs, it makes it so you get your point across with no violence whatsoever. Violence in response to injustice only creates more violence and I am hoping to end that. I put my idea into practice what the Mexican American War broke out, I am, as you know, not a supporter of the war, so I decided that if i dont support the war then why should I pay my taxes, when they are only funding the war. Because of my act of nonviolence I was thrown in jail for the night. I have every right not to pay my taxes, I am not harming anyone, just as they have the right to put me in jail, I accept that punishment and I did not react with any violence. I accept my time in jail because it let it be known that I would not support a war I consider unjust and I hope others will follow me in standing up against all the wrongs they see in their society. Sincerely, Henry David Thoreau
