AdamK

Journal #1 On Friday we had a guest speaker from toy box charity come in to talk to us about the street children in Guatamala. We sat in a circle and then each student shared a time in their life where they came across an injust act. After doing so we then watched a short film on these street children, and the environment in which they live. These children attempt to make money by trying to sell things on the streets and people are able to manipulate them and rip them off. They have nowhere to sleep so their only choice is to sleep in the street and the filthy conditions. Through this presentation we were able to discuss some things that could help these children. We learned that just by using a certain search engine that money can be sent to them and it doesn't cost anyone anything at all.

Journal #2 Dear Miss Menchu, If you were here i would kindly shake your hand and congratulate you on your nobel peace prize. Growing up around killings of your family must have been horrible, i can't even imagine not having my sister or mother or father. The fact that you helped others through these hard times is an amazingly kind gesture and i wish the best for you. adam ketch

Journal #4 CANADA -second-largest country in the world (Russian Federation is the largest) -ten provinces and three territories (capital cities are in brackets). -population over 32 million (2005) -capital city of Canada - Ottawa (Ontario) -leader of Canada - Prime Minister Stephen Harper -Governor General of Canada - Michaëlle Jean -emblem - maple leaf -flag - red and white with a red maple leaf -Canada's birthday is on the first of July. -animal - the beaver -motto - "From sea to sea" -national anthem - "O Canada" -RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) - the national police force -there are six time zones

Latvia 58,103,033 (July 2005 est.) Latvian (official) 58.2%, Russian 37.5%, Lithuanian and other 4.3% (2000 census) Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Russian Orthodox parliamentary democracy
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Journal #6

In Tulsa Oklahoma a principal at a highschook was accused of violating the constitutional rights of a group of students by prohibiting the organization of a Bible club at the school. This is injustice because the group of students should be able to have a group just like a basketball team or a musical program.

Running Springs Oklahoma - A 15-year-old girl and former Cedu High School student has told sheriff's detectives two students repeatedly raped her over a six-month period on campus and that school officials did nothing to stop it. Every student should be able to go to school without being put in danger and she was denied this right.

Reverend Maris Sants lost a discrimination case against the Riga Culture High School today, after the Riga Regional Court sided with the school. Sants had charged the high school of discrimination based on sexual orientation, arguing that he was denied a teaching position because he is gay. Your sexual orientation doesnt determine your teaching ability.

A 23-year-old woman has accused a Shanghai language school of firing her due to her "unfavorable looks" in what may be China's first looks-related work discrimination case. Qiu, from central China's Henan Province, has an abnormally big head due to suffering from hydrocephalus, or water on the brain, when she was born. This is injustice because what you look like doesnt determine how well you can speak english

Journal #7 The first article I read was about general bullying in a school. A student who is part of a tutoring group was walking with the group and was pushed onto the road by one of the girls. Thinking it was a joke the student pushed back but it wasn’t a joke at all. The girl then started to spread rumors about the student. The teachers were lead to believe that this student was the one doing the bullying and the students parents were getting calls from the teachers saying she was the one doing the bullying. The parents would continue to explain to the teachers that it wasn’t their daughter doing the bullying but no one would believe them. The girl who had initiated the bullying had been expelled later on because she had stolen from a teacher’s handbag. Although she was expelled this did not stop the bullying, the girls friends continued to bully the student and the situation was becoming hopeless. Then a new bully came and started picking on the student sending her abusive internal e-mails. The only thing the student could do was leave the school, and sense she left she has not received a letter of apology from the school. I found this story made me quite angry. There was always that group of girls and just one of her, so how was she the one doing the bullying them when there was more of them then her. The teachers should have looked into the situation more thoroughly rather then just letting this slide.
 * General Bullying**

This next article I read involves homophobic bullying. A young man had broken up with his girlfriend then started seeing a guy from a different town. It was alright for a while until a girl who wanted to date him found out he was gay and then sent e-mails to everyone saying he was gay. From then on he faced obnoxious remarks. People would call him a faggot and a queer, and he was even pushed down a flight of stairs. There was also an incident where at a red light in a vehicle he gave his boyfriend a kiss and the people in another vehicle started yelling at them and tailgating them. He wasn’t the only one getting harassed. His father was known as the guy with the gay son, and at his fathers wedding, a group of people drove by and called him a fag in front of his father on his special day. When I read this it made me sad, but I don’t know what to say. There is nothing gay people can do about this type of bullying. There is always going to be people who feel they have to put other people down because of their lifestyle. The only thing they can do is just tough it out and try not to let it get the best of them.
 * Homophobic bullying**

This article had to do with religious bullying. A Muslim girl and here friends are talking to each other in the hallway when a group of non-Muslim girls pass by. They spit on them and call them terrorists, then one of the girls proceeded to rip off one of the Muslim girls Hajib, which is a head scarf, then a fight breaks out between the girls and teachers have to break it up. This type of bullying has to be dealt with immediately. That type of action is assault and even if it wasn’t because of their religion, they would have gotten in trouble anyways because assault is assault.
 * Religious bullying**

This Next article I had a chance to read was about cyber bullying. A 13 and 14 year old girl are being charged for conspiracy to commit murder. While the 13 year old girl faces charges for 15 counts of threatening, the 14 year old faces charges for 15 counts of threatening and assault with an undisclosed weapon. A parent had found a threatening letter on their kids email and went and notified the school. The police then got involved in the issue and it became a full blown investigation. The police said that the conspiracy to commit murder charge is not something they lay lightly, especially not against a young child. The police are trained in situations like this and is handled immediately. This article made me angry. These girls had no reason to b threatening anyone and there was just no point to what they did. I don’t think that this would have gotten any more serious then what it was at, but what they were doing had to be put to an end.
 * Cyber Bullying**


 * Bullying from the perpetrator's point of view**

The title of this article is “Bullying from the Perpetrator’s Point of View.” A girl named Clare who was once bullied, then became the bully. She got hooked up with a new crowed of older girls who were rebellious, and with them she was invincible. No one could pick on her anymore. She then began to pick on her old friends, especially one in particular. She would harass this girl everyday, mouthing at her and kicking her instrument and just went out of her way to be mean. The girl she was picking on was an ideal student, got good marks and got along with the teachers. The girl told her parents she was being bullied by Clare and her parents talked to Clare’s parents. Clare was punished by her father and she now regrets what she has done to this day. You see this type of stuff all throughout school. You know someone through junior high and then once you get to high school, they change. The people you thought you knew aren’t the same people and get caught up in drugs and different crowds. It is just something that happens and it is inevitable.