Personally, I am getting kind of tired of this unit. Women's rights is an important topic in school, just as slavery and the Holocaust are. It is important to know the history of our society, whether it is good or bad. However, I think we as a class have talked about this issue for so long that we are just going in circles. Perhaps this is because some people for whatever reason, still refuse to accept what the literature is trying to teach. The fact is that ALL people, regardless of race, gender, or background, are equal and hold the same position in society. Women are not meant to be "barefoot, pregnant, and in the kitchen" just as black people are not meant to be slaves.
Society would be a lot better if people focused on the things they have in common, instead of their differences. Perhaps if people were to focus on the problems that everyone has instead of only what effects them, then we could solve these problems. If people were to care more about other peolple and less about themselves, this world would be a lot better place. As I have said before a truly great person is not only successful pesonally, but helps the people around him or her to succeed as well. Peekay from The Power of One is an excellent example of this. Even though he is pursuing his own dreams, he doesn't stop helping other people to achieve theirs.
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- This day is called the Feast of Crispian:
- He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
- Will stand a-tiptoe when the day is named,
- And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
- He that shall see this day and live t'old age,
- Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
- And say "To-morrow is Saint Crispian":
- Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars
- And say "These wounds I had on Crispin's day."
- Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot,
- But he'll remember with advantages
- What feats he did that day. Then shall our names,
- Familiar in his mouth as household words
- Harry the King, Bedford and Exeter,
- Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester,
- Be in their flowing cups freshly remembered.
- This story shall the good man teach his son;
- And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
- From this day to the ending of the world,
- But we in it shall be remembered;
- We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
- For he today that sheds his blood with me
- Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
- This day shall gentle his condition:
- And gentlemen in England now abed
- Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
- And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
- That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day. (IV, iii)
- - King Henry V
"airmen, who, undaunted by odds, unwearied in their constant challenge and mortal danger, are turning the tide of the world war by their prowess and by their devotion. Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few..."
- Winston Churchill during the Battle of Britain, 1940.
Bryan, have you ever heard of meritocracy. Ask dan, he knows. I only see one problem. Not everyone is eqaul, but that shouldnt be decieded by birth or by race. It should based on the actions of ones being.
ReplyDeleteRyan, stop hiding under that banner of self-righteousness. When it comes to it, society is nothing more than a system to keep what are otherwise animals with consciousness in order. And you should not be one to tote darwinism because you and most of the school population are not at the best evolutionary advantage. But i still like you, you're a cool guy, in lieu of your declamatory statements. Be sure to check my blog where I will pick up where i left off on friday with my topic on the jealousy of women.
ReplyDeleteBryan, you are amazing.
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