Figures of speech

In the age of the Internet personal liberty in speech and thought needs to be left with as little amount of censoring as possible. We see this increased call for censorship because as a society, you see a greater intolerance for truths that go against other people’s beliefs. Like John Stuart Mill, I believe that by maximizing personal liberty of speech we will create a greater society because we will all be free to discuss our views and hear the ones against us to further develop ideas and…

The first amendment of the United states constitution guarantees the right of free expression; includes freedom of assembly, press, religion and speech. The organization FIRE “Foundation for Individual Right Education” defends this acts in the academic society across colleges and university nationwide. Academic freedom of thought, speech and fairness has changed drastically thorough out the years. What was acceptable then it’s now viewed with sensitive eyes and ears. Professor Charles Kors says…

contract is where an employee cannot be easily fired. For example, universities can offer their professors these types of contracts. But, there is a decrease in the amount of tenure contracts offered. Jeanne Zaino, the author of the article, “Offensive Speech and the Contingency…

“Get rid of segregation! Get rid of segregation!” The sound of people protesting can be persuasive and lead to change. Protesting is a way people use their freedom of speech to stand up for or against things they’re passionate about. Peaceful protesting has proven to be successful throughout history. One memorable person who used this method often was Martin Luther King J.r. Luther was a huge leader during the Civil Rights Movement who guided many well-known protests, sit-ins, and marches that…

“The alternative to positive thinking is not, however, despair. In fact, negative thinking can be just as delusional as the positive kind” (195/196). Positive thinking can hurt us, churches, and corporations just like negative thinking can as said by Barbara Ehrenreich in Bright Side: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America. I never thought about pessimism as ever having a positive connotation until Mr. Polking asked me about it. Pessimism doesn’t always have a…

Freedom comes with more responsibility and John Stuart Mill discusses the concept of liberty in numerous ways. However, The Harm Principle and freedom of action are two topics of Mill’s substantial opinions regarding to liberty. The Mill's Harm Principle provides individuals with the liberty to express all opinions, and act as one pleases, but unfortunately not enough to maintain a balanced society. Therefore, I disagree with the idea of Harm Principle, due to unable to implement what should be…

The 2005 Commencement Address at Stanford University written and spoken by Steve Job’s was a speech about the things he’d learn when being close to death and the things he valued in life after that. He delivered the speech describing that his near death experience taught him the importance of his life and made him learn to take more risks. He advocated that life is too short to turn down opportunities because it is a risk factor in life. We should always have the mentality of “What would I do if…

Unlimited Possibilities of Free Speech The free right of expressing one’s thought and opinions is very important according to human rights for a country. Everyone might be able to speak and write with freedom, but could be responsible for such extremely negative or dangerous way of using freedom of speech. Freedom of speech is very important part for democratic government and most people because it is the only way the truth can come out. Everybody is different. Everybody has their own opinions,…

Kaepernick kneeling was a respectful act that was done quietly and showed his right to freedom of speech. In the article Refusing to Stand for the National Anthem: Top 3 Pros and Cons it states, “A letter signed by 35 US veterans states that “Far from disrespecting our troops, there is no finer form of appreciation for our sacrifice than for Americans to enthusiastically exercise their freedom of speech.” (ProCon Page 3) This shows even military veterans respected Kaepernick’s protest.…

the nouns in the “noun tent”, the verbs in the “verb campfire” and the adjectives in the “adjective sleeping bag”. • After completing the summarizing chart and the parts of speech activity as a class, we would create a brief summary for Big Bear Lake with using the nouns, verbs and adjectives we found in the parts of speech activity. • Once the summary was completed, I would move onto the next section of the book, A Good Smelly Hike. During this section, we would complete the same steps as, Big…