Sammy's prezi on Education Inequalities

the link to my prezi on Education Inequalities

http://prezi.com/cs3x3v9moktw/untitled-prezi/

Celebration of Failure!

Fail Safe here:

Post your failure on the failure wall!

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“I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.” 

― Amelia Earhart

It's a Woman's World?

“I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.” 

― Amelia Earhart

How do you want to deepen your learning?

How do you want to show your learning has been deepened?

Resources

Social Inequality Today: Education Inequality

Penina Warburg's blog on education inequality


Just in time for our classwork!


Gatsby and Inequality Today

Poetry by Contemporary Female Poets

Here are the two poems about women that we studied in class:

It's A Woman's World

Eavan Boland, contemporary Irish female poet

Our way of life

has hardly changed

since a wheel first

whetted a knife.

Well, maybe flame

burns more greedily

and wheels are steadier,

but we're the same:

we milestone

our lives

with oversights,

living by the lights

of the loaf left

by the cash register,

the washing powder

paid for and wrapped,

the wash left wet:

like most historic peoples

we are defined

by what we forget,

by what we never will be:

star-gazers,

fire-eaters.

It's our alibi

for all time:

as far as history goes

we were never

on the scene of the crime.

So when the king's head

gored its basket,

grim harvest,

we were gristing bread

or getting the recipe

for a good soup.

It's still the same:

our windows

moth our children

to the flame

of hearth not history.

And still no page

scores the low music

of our outrage.

But appearances still reassure:

that woman there,

craned to

the starry mystery,

is merely getting a breath

of evening air.

While this one here,

her mouth a burning plume -

she's no fire-eater,

just my frosty neighbour

coming home.

And Then the Prince Knelt Down and Tried to Put the Glass Slipper on Cinderella's Foot

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Judith Viorst

How the Cinderella Story probably actually happened.

I really didn't notice that he had a funny nose.
And he certainly looked better all dressed up in fancy clothes.
He's not nearly as attractive as he seemed the other night.
So I think I'll just pretend that this glass slipper feels too tight.

(from Don't Bet on the Prince)

Here is another poem by a contemporary female poet:

"A Work of Artifice" compares a bonsai tree to a woman. To understand this poem, you also have to know that in Japan, girls' feet were bound so they wouldn't grow, because small feet was an ideal of beauty. Here is a bonsai tree. Notice how small and well-crafted it is:

The Bonsai Tree by Marge Piercy

The bonsai tree 

in the attractive pot 

could have grown eighty feet tall 

on the side of a mountain 

till split by lightning. 

But a gardener 

carefully pruned it. 

It is nine inches high. 

Every day as he 

whittles back the branches 

the gardener croons, 

It is your nature 

to be small and cozy, 

domestic and weak; 

how lucky, little tree, 

to have a pot to grow in. 

With living creatures

one must begin very early 

to dwarf their growth: 

the bound feet, 

the crippled brain, 

the hair in curlers, 

the hands you 

love to touch.

Carol Gilligan's Theory

Click here for information about Carol Gilligan's theory about the different ways men and women 

develop morally.

Women in Power: An Integration Presentation

WOMEN IN POWER

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Josh Eagle Outside Reading

For my outside reading assignment, I chose to read the novel The Hobbit, written by J.R.R Tolkien.  I chose the hobbit because it was recommended to me by my brother, Andy.  Additionally, i have enjoyed many of Tolkien's other novels, such as The Lord of the Rings.

Benny and Solomon Interviews

Group: Alex Kershenbaum, Michael Reinhart, Elijah Lippe

Solomon: What was your Question that you studied? 

Alex: What were Voltaire's views on Theodicy,

Solomon: What exactly is theodicy? 

Alex: Theodicy is the study of the works of evil in the world.

Solomon: Why did you choose this question?

Alex: Because throughout "Candide" you see many works of evil committed through Candide's eyes. You see that evil is everywhere, no matter where you go. 

Solomon: What did you learn about this question?

Alex: I learnt that evil is created by human  beings, trying to change the way they see the world. They are trying to make it perfect. But they are trying to change a world that has already been deemed perfect by God. So, the want for something better is translated into evil. 

Group: Ronit Langer and Jenny Rosen

Benny: What was your question that you studied?

Jenny: Our question was, how does Voltaire use utopias in Candide?

Benny: Why did you choose this question?

Jenny: We chose this question because Voltaire's book was centralized around Utopias, which interested us. 

Benny: What did you learn 

Ronit: We learnt that Voltaire used utopias to prove that they are impossible, and they are very fragile. And we also learnt that society corrupts people so we can never truly have a utopia unless we are on a farm by ourselves.  

Rachel and Tamar: The Influence of religious persecution in Candide

Candide is related to the Africa project, because a recurring them in Candide is religious persecution. As we learned while researching for Africa, there is religious persecution in many regions. Both the characters in Candide, and Nathaniel from the Poisonwood Bible are used to criticize the fanatic church members.

When answering questions encountered while reading Candide, a common thread is found involving religious persecution. According to Ayala and Tsipora, who researched the time period of Voltaire's authoring of Candide, there was much religious persecution in France at the time.  The Jesuits, as well as other religious groups, were killed on account of their religious beliefs. Talia and Raquel pondered the question of what motivated Voltaire's writing of Candide. They found that through satire Voltaire could express his contempt toward religious persecutors. Voltaire's motives to write Candide were heavily influenced by his need to express his feeling toward religious persecutions during his life.  In our research we found that the portrayal of the religious persecution in the novel is similar in the Poisonwood Bible as well as in Africa today.

David, Josh and Jonas blog post assignment #2

Our question, how Candide was received by Voltaire's audience, synthesizes with Adina and Ayelets question, How Voltaire felt about religion. In our study, we learnt that the novel was rejected by religious officials. We learnt from Ayelet and Adina that Voltaire was opposed to religion.   Ayelet and Adina explained that Voltaire was specifically against Christian officials.  In addition to the Christians, Voltaire greatly opposed the Jews.  Voltaire expresses his hatred towards the Jews when the Jew and the Christian are fighting over Cunegond to be their concubines.  This synthesizes because it makes sense that Voltaire would satirize what he was opposed to. Because Voltaire satirized the church, the novel was banned by many religious officials, most notably the Roman Caholic church.