November 2011
5 posts
Gran Torino Analysis
Everyone knows or at least have heard of a person like the character Walt Kowalski in the beginning of the movie, Gran Torino. Walt is the typical ‘had a rough life and doesn’t know how to deal so blames it on others’ racist. Unfortunately, little aspects of that Walt remind me of my grandfather. My grandpa grew up in Germany and left right as the holocaust was starting. Many could say...
Unit 5- The Economic Gap in the US
Prompt: How should income be distributed in the United States? What should the balance of welfare programs and high taxes be to low taxes and unlimited earnings? Should CEO’s make that much more money than their lowest employees? Would a different system of distribution help stop the cycle of poor and impoverished or just enable the lazy?
In the past month, the news has been all over a...
Harvard Debate
Watch the Harvard debate (attached) and write a blog post responding to it and its issues, citing moments from the debate at least twice.
As the granddaughter of holocaust survivors, I often think “that could have been me.” It was not my grandparents wrong doings that had them in that terrible position, rather just bad luck. This feeling that “could have been me” still comes up constantly. When I...
Unit 4- Problem vs. Issue
Essential Question: There are a variety of notions surrounding discrimination in everyday life throughout these various chapters. We have a tendency to feel that all of the issues presented in this book are evil and negative in some way. The better challenge and mental exercise is to evaluate them as social issues, up for debate, and not only social problems that inherently require a solution....
American History X
Before Derek went to prison, I hated him. I immediately got the sense of how strong and powerful he was, and hated him for being able to preach values that I am against so well. I hated that he instilled racist values in his brother, his friends, and other teenagers. However, after he developed as a character I realized that he was not the leader, but rather a victim as well. Through...