Following the aftermath of the Parkland school-shooting in Florida , many advocates, including high school students, are pushing people nationwide to participate in a ‘walkout’. Now what is a school walkout? A school walkout is a chance for students to protest gun violence for seventeen minutes by leaving their classrooms. This would include students using signs and chants to stand against gun violence, as well as to push reform on gun laws. I believe the idea of K-12 students participating in this
Bullying is all around us - In school, at a park, or even at home. It is especially present in Ray Bradbury’s short story “All Summer in a Day”, where on the planet of Venus is where many humans live their lives underground due to the constant rain falling down on the planet like a dark shadow cast upon it. The rain sometimes stop, but it is only for an hour at a time every seven years, so a lot of people can’t recall what it was like to feel the sun. However, Margot can, as she lived on earth at
Self- Reflective Questions 1. In 100 words are less describe the essence of a mentor for a hurt teen. 2. What strengths do you believe you will bring to the mentoring process ? 3. What do you believe will be a challenge for you? 4. What boundaries will be difficult for you to maintain? 5. Describe the type of teen do you believe would be a good match for you? Age, gender, ethnicity, personal issues and circumstances, etc. Diana’s Pearls of Wisdom - Helping one is better than none. Whenever we
American War' is a compelling debut novel by Omar El Akkad, a Canadian journalist, where the dystopian future subconsciously imposes the question is freedom more valuable than truth? While it may be hard to envision a world outside of the present tense, the 333-page novel manages to entwine its readers by coming across as an allegory of the Trump Era during a second Civil War and the ban of all fossil fuel. Freedom is nonexistent without truth for Sarat Chestnut, a female refugee held prisoner in