As we were asked not to speak at the meeting today we did not address these concerns but we feel that it was disingenuous of Administration to not voice this as they are aware we are not protesting major credit requirements nor ever have in this protest. If we really care about addressing these concerns lets actually address them not host campus wide meetings in which the people actually protesting are not allowed to speak while we address concerns not related to the actual protest. An administration that promotes better communication but then tells student leaders not to speak while allowing the message of the protest to be misconstrued is hypocritical at best. Our slogan of Students Last is, we feel, a reflection of Administration and their actions in addressing student concerns.…
This may sound like a typical student body issue, but it is not because every decision the school makes affects the students the most. Students should be able to voice their…
Just because the students like what they had to say doesn’t mean they should be convicted for stating their opinions. Though a bit more extreme the Texas vs. Johnson case dealt with a similar issue of distinguishing between threatening and disliked opinions. Johnson was arrested mostly because his actions offended someone. Similarly, these professors and administers are being forced from their jobs for saying…
(De)Constructing Gender: Unit 2, Prelim 2 Every person deserves the freedom to express themselves in whichever way that corresponds to what they feel, as long as it poses no danger on the well-being of another. As a result, they require safe and comfortable spaces to express themselves without worrying about physical and verbal attacks from those who are terrified by their lack of knowledge of who these people in question identify as. This illustrates what several LGBTQ people face on a daily basis. Therefore, we need to undo this injustice.…
1. Describe what you did on Veteran’s day to remember Veterans. Today on Veterans Day, I stayed home and spent time with my grandpa as he used to be in the Navy. His dad was also in the Army and served in the Korean War, and his wife was a faithful army wife.…
In the midst of heavy racial tension among college campuses across the country, Cal Poly Pomona has stood out above the rest by being culturally sensitive and encouraging students to take initiative and learn about other customs and ethnicities outside of their own. Over the course of the last academic session for students, whether quarter or semester there have been reported protests regarding racial injustice on at least five college campuses across the country. There have been zero protests at Cal Poly and according to President Coley it is because of it’s “long standing inclusive values and diverse campus.” She does not believe the campus has to handle damage control like other universities to recent events because it is in Cal Poly’s DNA starting with faculty and staff to be culturally aware and sensitive.…
Lecture 1: Respect, Dignity and Culture This lecture, on Aboriginal cultural safety, was an informative emersion into the Aboriginal way of life. It helped me, personally, begin to develop, an understanding of Aboriginal’s culture and traditions. However, in my limited life experience, interactions with Aboriginals, have been through negative observations. From news bulletins on television, write ups in the community newspaper, to crossing the street and avoiding a swearing, intoxicated Indigenous male. It is a real contrast, to the respectful Aboriginal introduction Gningla Taylor presented, when Aboriginals encounter another person.…
Last Spring, I had a student who was in the final semester of his senior year and was oppositional and rude in class. He had come to us because he had failed out of his previous private school and we were his last option. Because he is very intelligent he loved to point out every mistake that I made in class. I would politely accept these corrections, but was annoyed by his negative attitude. When he refused to participated with classmates during an experiment, I asked him to stay after and speak with me.…
Although I know that this essay is not supposed to be of the persuasive kind, there is an issue that has been weighing on my mind as of late that I believe Roxbury Latin must address, and that is the lack of affinity groups on campus. As someone who is part of the LGBT community at an all-boys school, I have certainly felt excluded in some aspects of school life. People are not openly disrespectful to me or my community, at least not to my face, but I have certainly felt that far too often my presence has not been acknowledged. From discussions that we have in classes like personal development to assemblies that we have on topics pertinent to teens, whenever my community is discussed, it is always a sort of afterthought or not even included…
In addition to these, confidence and posture shows everyone who you are and what you want other people wants to perceive you as. A commanding voice is also key. Standing up straight, walking with…
Respect, it is a very simple gesture. It simply means admiration. However, Respect has a very broad term when people use it. I see respect as a universal characteristic. Respect to me is a way of showing someone that you think highly of them and treat them well!…
“Learn from the people who have walked the path before you...respect them”. This quote explains the importance of your elders and how respect is owed to them. In “A Celebration of Grandfathers” by Rudolfo Anaya, it shows the importance of this quote by saying that respect for your elders is important. In the story, it follows the story of a man who was taught to respect his elders since when he was in his adolescent years. His elders would enlighten him with their stories and experiences that they experienced before.…
In the military you are expected to obey and respect the orders any officer appointed to a leadership position above you, officers and NCOs. As a soldier you are taught from day one to respect officers and NCOs. No matter how important the order is there will still be consequence although the consequences may be more severe than the others. Officers are not taught to march by officers, they are taught by NCO's.…
The National Anthem is a way to show respect for a country. But it should always be respected, even if a person starts disrespecting the National Anthem. Colin Kaepernick started the 2016 protest and started kneeling during the Anthem before games. Every since people started joining the protest and starting sitting during the anthem. Although the national anthem is being disrespected people should show respect for the national anthem.…
It seems so simple to love, that the comfort of attraction lends itself to everyone and that the subtleties of interest are selfsame, by instinct at least; even so, it’s said that we’re conditioned to love, but to me, it’s not that we’re conditioned to it as much as we’re in the condition of its capability, simply being human—to love’s as natural as life itself, as typical as sight or sound, as native as a thought of rationality. Trouble, then, comes about when love we know true doesn’t quite liken the love someone else experiences, from which differences and judgements then arise. This is true of many circumstances, but continues to be true for Americans who identify as LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgendered)—that judgments of them…