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60s Rebellion and The Summer of Love

The 1960s were characterized by a social event known as the summer of love, which consisted of people taking part in various rebellious activities. These rebellions were both cultural and political, and everyone was set out to define themselves as a unique and separate individual in society (Anderson 3). Accordingly, creative artists were not left out in this phase of rebellious expression, and they each created pieces of work that reflected their rebellious thoughts and attitudes. The summer of love was considered the most important social experiments in history, as it was the period when individuals took up unusual lifestyles, more specifically, communal living, and free love. Specifically, the summer of love was characterized by creative expression, sexual and political freedom among other things.

Individuals at that time believed that the society had become so dictatorial and bossy, that there was no room left for self-expression. Instead of the society and the authorities bringing out the best in its people, it destroyed their sense of worth and individuality. This, in turn, prompted the need for rebellions so that individuals can attain the freedom that they required to live in their societies. Additionally, women rebelled from society’s perception about their sexuality, and they demanded more recognition in society just as their male counterparts. During this time, women fancied sexual expression, and they felt that the society had constantly oppressed them by restricting how they acted in the society. Essentially, the rebellion was a platform for women to make their demands, which they acquired immediately after. With this, the society saw the introduction of new ways of living in the society, as well as, the creation of public awareness on the importance of individuality in a highly communal society. Though the summer of love was credited for encouraging individuality and expression, research studies have shown that it was responsible for a considerable amount of violence experienced in history (Gitlin 18). Because individuals were intent on expressing their individual thoughts and perceptions, they tended to use violence to assert themselves, which in turn led to the destruction of plenty of lives. Relevantly, one such creative artist whose work has been linked with the summer of love is Ken Kessey and American philosophical and political author. More specifically, his novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, depicts some of the events that took place during the summer of love and the 60s rebellion. In this novel, the author provides an analysis of the human mind, as well as, human behavior and principles. With the narrative set at an asylum, the author critically analyses the behavior of human beings in relation to individuality and personal expression. The author uses each of his characters to communicate his message regarding human thought and behavior, thus providing a link between the book and the concepts of the summer of love.

This paper presents a critical analysis of the novel, One flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kessey. The paper explains how this novel is directly connected to the 60s rebellion and the summer of love.

Analysis

As previously mentioned, the novel, One flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, has been linked to the 60s rebellion and the summer of love. This is because the novel conveys the same ideas as were existent in the events that took place during the 60s rebellion and the summer of love. At the outset, the novel is set at an asylum, which after a critical analysis, resembles the society in one way or another. The author’s depiction of the asylum was as an institution of oppression, where all the patients in the institutions experienced cruelty from those in authority (Roach 457). In his novel, Kessey brings out the asylum as an institution of instilling discipline in patients, thus giving the impression that one these people leave the institution, they will be better people (Roach 457). This is clearly illustrated in the novel in the statement, “Yes. This is what I know. The ward is a factory for the Combine. It’s for fixing up mistakes made in the neighborhoods and in the schools and in the churches, the hospital is. When a completed product goes back out into society, all fixed up good as new, better than new sometimes, it brings joy to the Big Nurse’s heart…” (Kessey 40). However, a closer examination of this reveals that, the asylum does more harm than good to its patients, making them far much worse off than they were when joining the institution. Kessey’s novel also examines the theme of sexuality, which represents the events that took place during the summer of love, as well as, their consequences. Women in the novel are in search of sexual freedom and the author uses the male characters to bring out the idea of sexual expression by women. The men in the novel have lost their masculinity to women, which are seen as a consequence of allowing women to express themselves sexually. This can be interpreted as one of consequences of allowing the freedom of sexual expression by women, thus, relating to the consequences of the 1960s rebellion and the summer of love.

In essence, the author utilizes imagery to represent the events that took place during the 1960s rebellion, and the summer of love. The members of staff, as well as, the equipment used in the asylum represent the different scientific and political mechanisms that society exploits to gain control over the people living in that particular society (Roach 458). By doing this, the author allows the readers to understand the link between his message in the novel, and the events that took place during the 1960s rebellion and the summer of love. The communities at the time felt that they were under oppression from the authorities as the authorities dictated what how people would behave and think. For that reason, individuals expressed themselves as a community, as opposed to, their individuality hence the sudden rebellions that took place during this time. Just like in Kessey’s novel, individuals living in the 1960s felt the need to free themselves from this social control, so as to express themselves accordingly in the society. This further illustrates the link between the novel and the rebellions that took place during the summer of love. Another way that Kessey’s novel can be linked with the 60s rebellion and the summer of love, is in the theme of expression of sexuality and the emasculation of men in society. Just like in the rebellions, women in the novel assert their sexuality accordingly, and they use their sexuality to attain their needs and desires (Horst 15).

Work cited

Anderson, T. The Movement and the Sixties: Protest in America from Greensboro to Wounded

Knee. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. Print.

Gitlin, T. The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage. New York: John Willey, 1993. Print.

Horst, L. Bitches, Twitches, and Eunuchs: Sex Role Failure and Caricature in Pratt, J, One Flew

Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: Text and Criticism. New York: Penguin Books, 1996. Print.

Kessey, Ken. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. USA: Viking Press, 1962. Print.

Roach, Jason O. Review: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. British Medical Journal, 321.7258

(2000): 457-459.

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Dear Ramirez,

I would like to take this chance to greatly welcome you to the ‘We the Best Scouts’ organization. Am much happy for you now that you are fully accepted to be one of our members. As the president of the club which is committed to building a better world, I welcome you fully so that we walk together in this journey towards the aim of facilitating the growth of young adults.

‘We the Best Scout’ is one of the operational and influential organizations in our school that has played a major part in positively impacting and changing the lives of the students. Our club was responsible for planting five hundred trees that nowadays purify the air and benefit the school in many ways. Remember that we are the club that cleans the school each Wednesday.

Upon joining our club, you will be trained for one week on our rules, mission, vision, and the role you will play in the organization. The training will commence on next week Monday at the scouts’ room number two. You will be required to demonstrate the Scout sign, salute, and handshake. You will also need to come along with a copy of your identification document and school documentation card. In our club, expect to gain more confidence, be responsible, and be self-sufficient. Our scout organization will give you more social skills and access to activities and opportunities that might are not available to other students.

I once more thank you for your acceptance into this amazing organization. Your membership in this club will add a lot to your resume. Scouting is fun with a purpose, directing, and aiding girls and boys in our school to be happy, healthy, and useful individuals. It creates self-knowledge, and the urge to explore and discover the world beyond the classroom.

Thank you for your interest in this school organization. You are fully welcomed to be one of us. You can reach us through our email provided in case you have any inquiries.

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“Free Speech Can Be Messy, But We Need It’

By Lee Rowland, ACLU attorney

Edited version of a speech delivered on February 13, 2018

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“Free Speech Can Be Messy, But We Need It’

By Lee Rowland, ACLU attorney

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The year 2017 was a hell of a year for the First Amendment. Nowhere was more central to this culture war than the campuses of universities across America — including right here at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Two students found themselves embroiled in the biggest free speech controversies of recent years. Peter Cytanovic became the face of white nationalism when a picture of him snarling, holding a tiki torch at the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville went viral. On the opposite end of the political spectrum, graduate Colin Kaepernick went on to the NFL and used his position to highlight police brutality and racial injustice by taking a knee during the national anthem. Both men became incredibly controversial for their speech. There were calls and campaigns for them to be expelled for their opinions.

But regardless of whether you agree with one of them, both of them, or neither, the First Amendment protects both of those men and their opinions from censorship and retaliation by the government.

That’s a good thing. Let me tell you why.

It’s becoming more common to call for lower legal protections for speech — specifically, that we should criminalize “hate speech.” I hear this from the left a lot. I think many on the left would love a world where Mr. Kaepernick could take a knee without any worry the government would force the NFL to fire him, but where a government school would still have the power to expel Mr. Cytanovic. This is a dangerous proposition.

I’m a progressive. It’s not hard for meto choose between white nationalism and racial justice. The first is abhorrent and racist. The other is a demand for equal rights. But what if we gave the government the power to decide which of those men was too hateful to speak? Look at our current president — he called Charlottesville marchers “very fine people,” while reserving his ire for Black NFL players, whom he called “sons of bitches.” Your idea of “hate speech” may not be the government’s idea of “hate speech.” I know mine isn’t. But even if you agree with Trump — are you sure our next president will agree with your worldview? You shouldn’t be.

That’s why I’m a true believer in the First Amendment. I am an anti-authoritarian. And I know that the government has historically wielded its raw power to silence those who speak truth to power. And because I want students everywhere to be able to take a knee without fear of government censorship, I know we have to cherish our robust First Amendment — even for speech that is hateful.

But even though I’m a free speech attorney, I find many of the common tropes and myths about free speech unsatisfying. I’m going to explain why I’m a true believer by debunking three of these common myths, and, in the process, hopefully reveal three practical tips for exercising your free speech rights powerfully and strategically.

Let’s start with one myth we all learned in kindergarten:

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

Does anyone as an adult actually believe this? It’s manifestly untrue. I’m a free speech attorney precisely because I believe that words matter. We cannot protect free speech by denying its power.

So why on earth do we teach this obvious lie to kids? Because humans can be vicious. And when kids are at the receiving end of taunts, we want them empowered, not diminished, in the face of that injustice.

In February, notorious troll Milo Yiannopoulos had a planned speech at the University of California, Berkeley. Students and others in the community went nuts. There were protests. There were riots. Things were set on fire. The administration canceled his talk.

In April, there was a repeat — except this time it was Ann Coulter. She was going to speak, school officials said there would be riots, and they canceled her talk. Both of these individuals then spent 2017 identifying as victims of liberal censorship. And my god the media ate it up — they got more attention for being silenced than they did for trying to peddle actual substantive views.

A goal of professional provocateurs is to provoke the campus community into trying to silence them. Think of campus trolls as schoolyard bullies. Oh, their words definitely hurt. But the real question is: How do we respond to that hurt? A troll wants you to censor them. It feeds into their power and gives them something to sell. You don’t have to play that role.

Yes, there is power in hateful words. But there is also power in sass — in unwillingness to be goaded into a fight or to play the role of censor.

But not all words wound in the same way. That brings us to our second myth:

Hate speech isn’t protected by the First Amendment.

I often hear younger people say that hate speech isn’t protected by the First Amendment. But that’s untrue. As President Trump’s views of Mr. Kaepernick should make plain, “hate speech” is a flexible concept. Just this week, the Spanish government arrested and charged a man with “hate speech” for calling cops “slackers” on Facebook. That’s what criticizing the government looks like without a First Amendment. “Hate speech” can easily be redefined as speech that threatens the state.

But we shouldn’t only protect speech out of paranoia — there’s an upshot here, too. Our history shows the same First Amendment that protects hateful, racist speech can be and has been used by civil rights advocates to protect historically vulnerable communities.

Charles Brandenburg was an avowed racist convicted of “incitement to violence” for holding an Ohio Ku Klux Klan rally in the late 1960s. The KKK’s lawyers took it all the way up to the Supreme Court, arguing his hateful ideas were protected by the First Amendment. The Supreme Court agreed with Brandenburg that his vicious, genocidal talk about Jews and Black people was constitutionally protected because it only fantasized about future violence. The court decided that before the government can punish speech, there has to be an immediate and specific riskof actual violence to a real person.

In a vacuum, that result might upset you. But at around the same time, NAACP leader and civil rights icon Charles Evers gave a passionate speech advocating a boycott of racist, white-owned businesses. He promised that he’d “break the damn neck” of any activist who broke the boycott. White business owners sued Evers and the NAACP for — you guessed it — “incitement,” arguing that his violent language had led to riots. But the NAACP looked to that Brandenberg case. Those civil rights leaders appealed all the way to the Supreme Court, to be sure that Mr. Evers benefitted from the same rights as a KKK member. And they succeeded.

The court boiled it down to this question: Are we talking about theoretical future violence, or is there an immediate risk of harm to a real person? And while there is nothing equivalent about the KKK and the NAACP, from that point of view, these cases looked the same.

There is reason to be skeptical that the rights extended to a KKK member will actually trickle down to someone like an NAACP leader. The hard truth is that every right in our society first gets distributed to the privileged and powerful. Americans did not get the right to vote at the same time regardless of sex or race. Today, your rights during an arrest — or your right to carry a gun — do not look the same for all races.

But would you say the answer to that uneven distribution of rights is to eliminate the very constitutional protections that enable us to fight the government when it violates them? No. Distributing our constitutional rights equally is a process. The First Amendment is no different.

It’s our job to ensure that everyone benefits from the same level of constitutional protection, that our free speech rights are truly “indivisible.” Our First Amendment is necessary to ensure that those who challenge the government are not silenced — but that’s not sufficient to ensure justice. We have to do the rest of the work.

So, are today’s students up for it? That brings us to our third and final myth:

Students today are snowflakes.

Public schools and universities are governed by the First Amendment. That means they can’t just keep hateful people off campus because of their views. That means Black and Jewish students have had to face white supremacists on campus; immigrant students have been demonized; women have had to endure campus speakers calling feminism a cancer. I guarantee you that most adults don’t have to pass by a group of people calling for their extermination on their walk into work. I don’t think students are snowflakes. I think you’re badasses.

When I tell you trying to silence or censor political enemies is wrong, it’s not because I think it’s weak. It’s because I think it’s unstrategic and strengthens the force of your opponents. But if silencing hateful speech isn’t an option, what does it look like to be empowered in the face of hate?

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Sometimes the answer will be in your numbers. In August 2017, a group of alt-right protesters planned a gathering at Boston Common, labelling it the “Free Speech Rally.” Only dozens of the permit holders showed up. But ringing the Common were 40,000 people standing strong against racism. That huge counter-protest sent a powerful message of resistance: a blizzard of snowflakes. And it made clear the foolishness of one group trying to own the brand of “free speech.”

Sometimes all it takes is a single person to make a powerful statement. A few years ago, a musician, appalled by a KKK rally in his hometown of Charleston, didn’t bother to try to refute the racist ideas — he just followed them around with a sousaphone, loudly oompah-oompahing along. His message of protest was clear — without a single word.The marchers disbanded in short order when forced to peddle their message of hate over a goofy tuba line.

I believe in the First Amendment because it is our most powerful tool to keep the government from regulating the conversations that spark change in the world. If you want to keep having conversations that can change the world, you should embrace the First Amendment too — messiness and all.

I hope unpacking these myths has helped reveal some truths about how we can strategically exercise our powerful First Amendment rights:

Know your history. Know that the same high-water mark that hasprotected the most vile and hateful speakers has also protected civil rights and anti-war advocates.

Don’t silence your way out of a debate. Remember that a provocateur wants you to play censor. If you know that a speaker you disagree with — or one you believe is dangerous — is coming to your campus, remember how counterproductive silencing tactics can be.

Dance to your own tune. You can decide when to counter-protest, when to stage an alternative event, and when to ignore ideas unworthy of debate. The very choices you make for confronting — or ignoring — speech you abhor can become benchmarks for how you handle conflict throughout your life.

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“American Progressivism in the Wider Atlantic World”

“American Progressivism in the Wider Atlantic World” is an article by Daniel T. Rodgers is an article that focuses on a political movement in America that paid attention to ideas, compulsions, and issues that arose from the modernization of its Society. The author begins by referencing Ray Stannard Baker, and his ignorance of the effects nations had on each other (Rodgers 156). The paper’s argument begins with the idea that forces beyond its borders affect every nation, no matter how isolated. For a nation like America that was initially an imperial project, the complicity in world-historical forces significantly influenced it.

The author acknowledges that studies in progressive and New Deal politics are complex without an apparent end. Rodgers states that the United States during the 18th and 19th Centuries was a key outpost for European trade and a lure for European resources, which means it would be difficult to understand the nation without comprehending the North Atlantic trade. Therefore, the article focuses on capital policies and activities of major European economies during the said period. He concludes that the reconstruction of America was tied to movements of politics and ideas throughout this trade and capitalism.

The article continues to discuss the show of might between European nations in terms of economic and military power with Germany and France tied in fierce economic propaganda (157). It goes on to discuss the changes that happened to the Atlantic economy that was refurbished to inspire a new Atlantic-Wide politics that included America, a nation far away from centers where policies for this system were made. Progressive politics was an English denominator that came to America after the New Atlantic economy shook popular political parties. New politicians enjoyed this novel issues and benefited from them as they were propelled to power and popularity. Such figures in America were Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson (160). Rodgers calls this new set of politicians Advanced progressives.

According to Rodgers, American Progressives relied heavily on Europe and benchmarked their experience and ideas. From the article, one realizes that advanced progressives during the 18th Century had ambitions borrowed from Europe with cities not controlled by entrepreneurs, contractors, grafters, or franchises but with people aware of their own administration and in control of their fate. The advanced progressive compared their progress against cities like Glasgow and admired how different sides of a political divide were in harness and focused on details.

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Rodgers, D. T. (1998). Atlantic crossings. Harvard University Press.

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“Just Clean Your Hands” Case Study

How would you feel if your negligence leads to the death of your most valued family member, friend, or relative? Accordingly, every individual must strive to embrace ethical behaviours and duly execute their roles and responsibilities to encourage the wellbeing of other people in the community.

Unfortunately, humans tend to learn from mistakes which could attract detrimental consequences. For example, in the 19th century, many women in Europe succumbed to childbed fever during delivery periods (Case Study 19). Luckily, an appropriate intervention by a brilliant doctor called Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis led to a drastic reduction in the number of deaths. Precisely, Semmelweis commanded every medical staff and student to wash their hands before attending to women in labour. As a result, the mortality rate among delivering women dropped to under one percent (Case Study 20). Therefore, several lives perished before healthcare management discovered the cause and solution to the rampant deaths among mothers. Hence, healthcare management must remain vigilant and proactive in identifying and preventing potential risks.

Although hand-washing proves to be one of the most effective ways through which humans can prevent communicable diseases, some individuals and institutions do not exhibit a hundred percent compliance to practice (Case Study 22). As a result, healthcare-associated infections (HAI) have been common in various parts of the globe. For instance, Canada experienced more than 250, 000 cases of HAI with over 8,000 deaths per year from the infections. Consequently, Canada spent millions of money in handling the HAI (Case Study 20). Hence, healthcare facilities should endeavour to ensure a hundred percent compliance with the hand-washing policy that the Center for Disease Control and Prevention claims to prevent the spread of diseases effectively. Canada, and probably other nations, could not have encountered many cases of HAI, related deaths and expenditure of huge amounts of money on treating the sick had it adopted the policy.

Unluckily, manly healthcare providers tend not to comply with the hand-washing policy even after learning on the importance of the practice and vigorous campaigns. In 2009, only 39 percent of doctors and 65 percent of nurses embraced hand-washing practice. (……Image……( https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.smh.com.au%2F2009%2F10%2F18%2F797040%2Fwashingcomplaince-graphic-420×0.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tapatalk.com%2Fgroups%2Foneworldtalk%2Faussie-doctors-don-t-wash-hands-often-risk-of-infe-t2879.html&tbnid=Ilw7duK3qk1Q0M&vet=10CIABEDMoogFqFwoTCKj9tsuFg-gCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAC..i&docid=oqPZFvb5oWAtLM&w=420&h=319&q=images%20for%20infections%20from%20not%20washing%20hands&ved=0CIABEDMoogFqFwoTCKj9tsuFg-gCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAC)) ( intext citation: Wallace). Therefore, it is ethically wrong for a nation and its healthcare facilities to allow the spread of infections by not embracing particular strategies that have been tested and proven to be effective in handling contagious infections.

Furthermore, disease-causing microorganisms that are linked with HAI are highly-challenging and difficult to be contained. First, such pathogens exhibit high-resistance to antibiotics. Consequently, the pathogens could lead to more deaths as well as massive costs of research, treatment and care for patients. Besides, some of the microorganisms can survive in harsh environments for more extended periods of up to sixty minutes. Subsequently, there are high chances that pathogens come in contact with more people. As a result, more infections could overwhelm healthcare facilities. Thus, concerned authorities should endeavour to prevent the spread of the diseases to gain better reputations and trust from the public and remain highly-effective and efficient in treating patients suffering from ailments they contracted outside their facilities.

Also, it is hurting and demoralizing to learn that an individual could contract new diseases by visiting healthcare facilities. Instead of treating patients as usual, healthcare facilities would turn out to be the origin of further infections by not embracing hand-washing practices. Besides, healthy people, including healthcare providers, medical students, managers and persons visiting the sick at hospitals could become victims of HAI when hand-washing is not practised. Healthcare staff inevitably come in contact with patients because they could be physically examining them or administering drugs (Case Study 20). Subsequently, the healthcare staff could transmit more deadly pathogens to patients who were initially suffering from acute infections. Although healthcare providers could be unaware of the pathogens, they would be held accountable for the consequences of their actions.

On the contrary, healthcare providers could contract infections from patients. Subsequently, sick healthcare staff would remain less effective and inefficient while delivering relevant services. As part of the management team, therefore, the Board of Governors should strive to ensure a healthy and safe work environment for its employees, patients and visitors to promote better service provision.

As responsible parties, local authorities, especially the Board of Governors for healthcare facilities, should strive to ensure a hundred percent compliance with the policy of hand-washing to prevent HAI. In the long-run, healthcare facilities, local authorities and governments would save lots of money that could otherwise be used to treat new infections, contact further research with regards to the development of antibiotics and establishment of more healthcare facilities. Moreover, the interested parties would not incur substantial expenses in the short-term since the practice of hand-washing demand relatively limited and less-costly resources such as sterilizers, antiseptics and disinfectants. However, additional efforts should be employed to ensure that every healthcare staff, medical student, visitors and other relevant persons wash their hands before coming in contact with patients and their environments. Specifically, more punitive measures should be developed and implemented against individual who breaches the policy. Therefore, the Board of Governors should adequately exercise their mandate and responsibilities of ensuring orderly and operating healthcare facilities where applicable rules and regulations are strictly adhered to by all the concerned parties.

Overall, hand-washing serves as an effective way through which healthcare facilities would discourage the spread of contagious diseases. Unfortunately, a hundred percent compliance of the policy is yet to be achieved. Therefore, concerned authorities, including the Board of Governors, should invest reasonably in ensuring that adequate resources for hand-washing practices are available. Besides, additional efforts should be employed to ensure strict adherence to the policy. Since it is relatively cheap and highly-beneficial for healthcare facilities to implement the strategy, the Board of Governors should use their powers and authority to ensure a hundred percent compliance.

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Wallace, Natasha. “In The Wash-Up, Doctors Forget About Hygiene”. The Sydney Morning Herald, 2009, https://www.smh.com.au/national/in-the-washup-doctors-forget-about-hygiene-20091018-h303.html.

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How I became a ballerina

I used to watch it in movies, cartoons and wondered if it were real and whether one day I could be able to practice and become a ballerina. A ballerina is a person that trains in dancing on the art of classical ballet. My mum told me I was dancing in her womb any time would hear music. When I became 2years I would dance around the house and when she would put aerobics discs on the television, I would watch her and do the moves with her. She saw it being odd that I could pick up a choreography. I went to Chisholm Trail Elementary School that encouraged children on working on their talents. This was the only school that was putting on a school wide production to emphasize diversity. I trained in school only on club days and got more interested to do ballet at my free time at home.

By the time I attained 10 years I had already enrolled to ballet class which happened on a daily basis including the weekends. I practiced ballet, jazz and modern dance. I also trained at school to complement my ballet training. I knew I wanted to be a ballerina from as early as I can remember. It has been pretty cool to have the same drive and passion for all this years. Being a ballerina did not choose one‘s gender but one had a hierarchy and strict gender roles. It required great extensive training and appropriate techniques to become a professional ballerina.

When I was 10, my coach, Vanessa Pidel realized I had a passion to become a dancer. She was the organizer of the Ballet Royale Institute of Chicago. She was so impressed and she asked me if I wanted to become a professional ballerina. I nod my head though I knew I would only do this as a part time task. She took charge of training me since I was 11 until I became a professional dancer at age 15. My dream to become a ballerina has been characterized by hard work and never-ending desire to prosper in ballet dancing. I would not have achieved what I am today without my role model Johnny Pidel and adequate practice. Through training and continued efforts of practicing, I have enhanced my balance as well as continuing with my academics.

My parents have always wanted me to perform academically and become a great person in life. I went to a national high school, and I was always dedicated to my academics. In our home every one puts education as the first priority before any other career. Hence, there was no excuse for evading school, even with a busy schedule. My mother is a lecturer at Howard University and my dad holds a PhD in Doctorate.

I would get up early to practice work outs in the morning on my own then go to school from 7:00 a.m. until 2 p.m. From 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. I would train in private lessons. I never had social life since all holiday breaks I spent on training, however I loved my dream and never felt like I missed out on anything. I made friends who were dancers too and we encouraged each other’s as we flirted to one another on having great skill.

I started attending competitions programs and I remember I spent all my summers in New York City attending to dancing competition programs. I joined a national youth club called MYSA in Chicago which went all around the world helping and encouraging young people to join productive associations. The youths need to engage in positive programs to prevent them from having pressure on drugs intake and other destructions. I took the SATs, but I was hoping to get a contract for youth’s empowerment. I would train small children how to become ballerinas and help them on their balance. As a ballerina, one has to start when he/she is very young. By the time one is 21years, she should be well on the way to one’s career.

During my last year in high school, my private teachers invited me to New York City in order to take a class with the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Instead of being in a formal audition, ballet companies prefer to hold open classes that people tend to take when invited. This helps the person performing to be noticed. Hence the teachers would invite me and I would do my best in the performance. One day they invited me day for class and the founder Arthur Mitchell was present. He is one of the biggest dancing icons, so I was thrilled just imagining am in the same room with him. After classes, he took me aside and corrected me and invited me in the junior company. He said, “Hey you are pretty cool in your moves, could you come and perform in our summer academy, in case they like your performance they will pick you up”. I got my first trophy for being the best ballerina from my county.

All I wanted is to start working as a ballerina trainer since I had trained almost all my life. Hence I wasn’t so interested but I said its okay. After some weeks I had attended Dance Theatre of Harlem and surprising enough Mr. Arthur was a master class teacher here. He saw me and we had a chat. He asked for my contact and he left. The next day he called me and offered me a position in the company like an apprentice which was an entry level job for a professional dancer.

I was only 16 and this was the beginning of my senior year of high school. I moved to New York City for the job as well as finished my classes through correspondence with the Professional Children’s School. My uncle lived there, so I had a family there, which made it easier for me transit. I lived with my uncle and cousins for three months, then moved-in into a housing facility near Columbia University offered by the college. When I was 17 I moved in with a roommate into an apartment. Being an apprentice dancer, it was the most bottom offer and most people see it as a peanut paying job. Despite all that I promised myself to do my best to honor and perform my job. This was a very fortunate time for work when there were new upcoming choreographers in Dance Theatre of Harlem.

This was magic to me since I had a chance to be noticed. Whenever a choreographer likes you, they would take you regardless of your ranking in your company. I worked as an apprentice for 6months and got promoted as a core member. This brought up more opportunities for bigger positions and I got more money. I changed all my academic classes to be part time so as to work since the hours were contradicting. For a dancer’s the work schedule is a little different, I would start my day. For a two-hour company class at 10 a.m., this focused on conditioning, technique and strength. I would arrive by 9 a.m. to do stretches, yoga, study videos, and do physical therapy. Then I would attend rehearsals from afternoon till 6p.m and finally I would attend my academic classes from 7p.m to 9p.m.

The physicality of the job together with travel and injuries is hard to endure at times. I’ve had a lot of injuries through my career. I find it a blessing and a curse. I have a very flexible body, which is wonderful for dance, but it makes my body more unstable and susceptible to injury. i had one foot surgery at one point made me differ my classes and job for a year. I had swelling in my foot from time to time, however this does not kill my passion to work as a ballerina. I was 18years after being recognized within the dance world. I got amazing reviews in New York Times, and people recognized me all around.

Coming to my academics, I love to read and I know am a decent writer. In school I had an internship in the marketing department. I started branding and advertising, and got a sponsorship and philanthropic giving. Most of the firms that I worked with gave a lot to arts organizations and arts education. They sponsored me to all my remaining academic sessions. In 2012 I prolonged a full-time offer upon graduation, and I accepted it.

I’m now doing this course and I have learned to truly convey an interest in learning and teaching ballerina to my classmates. I would wish to help my classmates discover their talents and those who don’t have some teach them ballerina. It has been 3years since I went ballerina classes but I still love dancing. I attend dancing clubs during my free time. I still have my ballerina skills on, though currently I have put all my efforts on education. When you really love something, it stays in your heart as ballerina will always be.

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Rape

At one time in a human’s life, one can undergo a very traumatizing experience that can end up having an irreversible effect on the person. The traumatizing experience can be as result of the death of a very close friend or relative. Seeing a horrible accident scene, or surviving a ghastly accident but ending up losing a limb in the process. Many people undergo traumatizing experiences in their line of duty almost on a daily basis. Doctors at times watch some of their patients die right in front of them. Although these cases are traumatizing, they are used to them because they have been trained to handle such situations. As a young girl, I endured a rape ordeal that marked the turning point in my life. My painful experience and the appreciation that people have a lot going on in their lives inspired me to join and enjoy volunteering work.

In the early 1980s, a fierce famine was experienced in Ethiopia. Thousands of people were dying because of the lack of food. A journalist managed to take of a photo of a child being trailed by a vulture waiting for the child to drop dead so that it could feast on him. The photo motivated the whole world to give whatever they could to help the people in Ethiopia, Unfortunately, the journalist who took the photo later committed suicide owing to the psychological torment he endured in Africa. This is incident is a good illustration of my drive to volunteering work.

There is nothing more traumatizing for a woman or a little girl than being raped. Most women never recover from such an experience, but are haunted them for the rest of their lives. When I was 16 years old, I was raped! For a girl of that age, it had both emotional and physical effects. Instead of running to my parents, I chose to handle the experience alone. The reason why I did that was to beat the notion that whoever raped satisfied his ego by destroying my spirit. I was stronger than he thought! For four years, I kept the issue to myself and made a resolve to make the best of the situation, instead of feeling sorry for myself.

Men who rape women want the woman to feel inferior or awful. I decided not to stoop that low and made a resolution to become a much stronger, industrious and compassionate person. Instead of waiting to be helped I set out to help others who are in desperate need of rescue. The experience helped me realize that some people undergo much traumatizing situations than mine, but they still pick up the pieces and move on.

With each passing year, I become a stronger and better person. I realized that no matter how hard I cried, the situation would not change. I saw it fit not to let the experience drag me behind and that is when I chose to volunteer at a hospital to help others go through their experiences in the best way possible. I was able to focus on the goals that I had set in life and made a personal promise achieve them no matter what challenges may arise. Eventually, after four long years, I managed to tell people about my rape ordeal, not that I wanted people to feel sorry for me but to learn from my experience.

Conclusion

An experience can make a person either miserable or stronger; however, the most important thing is how one reacts to the situation or the experience. I chose not to let the experience of being raped hinder me from achieving the goals that I had set in life. I knew that if one resolves to make the best out of a situation, it can be done. On the contrary, people decide to feel miserable, the experiences will affect them for the rest of their lives.

Week 4 Discussion

“Bobby McFerrin – Don’t Worry Be Happy”

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The song “Don’t Worry Be Happy” was written in 1988 by a renowned American artist Bobby McFerrin. At the time, he was only 38 years old. The song is intended for when one is going through many pressure or problems; this song calms down the listener and motivates to smile. The artist’s intention to calm the listener is clear from the beginning wherein the first verse he sings, “Here’s a little song I wrote. You might want to sing it note for note. Don’t Worry, Be Happy. In every life, we have some trouble. But when you worry, you make it double” (Bobby Mc Ferrin, n.d.). After listening to this song, the overall feeling and mood are expected to be more peaceful and less problematic. He also encourages one to mind people around so as not to spread the low mood,” ‘Cause when you worry your face will frown. And that will bring everybody down. So don’t worry, be happy” (Genius, n.d.). The song went ahead to win the coveted Grammy Awards for “Best Song of The Year,” 1988, while the album to which the song belongs won Album of the Year (Harrington, 1989).

References

Bobby Mc Ferrin (a). (n.d.). http://bobbymcferrin.com/dont-worry-be-bobby/Genius. (n.d.). Don’t Worry, be Happy. https://genius.com/Bobby-mcferrin-dont-worry-be-happy-lyricsHarrington, R. (1989, February 23). McFerrin Wins 4 Grammys. The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/02/23/mcferrin-wins-4-grammys/83ffc3cb-48c4-4cfe-9e8c-3bb7d65c6e4f/

Essay 2

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Introduction

Out of the three articles, the article “Change Your Diet to Combat Climate Change” from CNN is the most credible because it does the most thorough job covering the issue it is reporting on.

The article “Change Your Diet to Combat Climate Change” from CNN mainly focuses on thinking about the whole population of human beings changing to nutrition that comprises only consumption of plant based diet, which is difficult to visualize how someone would go about applying such a radical modification. There are many reasons why individuals initially go vegetarian that either relates to their moral principles about slaying other organisms, well-being-related problems, and the most critical factor in global warming. Vegetarian and vegan foods can result in even lesser conservatory gas releases (Harwatt, 2019). Still, a vegetarian diet is the minimum severe that is equally healthy and may decrease conservatory gas releases adequate for us to live within ecological limits.

First, the article talks about being aware of a plant-based diet making someone healthier by lowering the risk for obesity, heart disease, and Type 2 diabetes. It reports on a study that was done at the University of Oxford, which is a renowned research institution. The writer caution that a global modification in nutrition and food manufacture is required as many individuals across the universe are malnourished, which consists of those people who are over and undernourished, and food manufacturing is surpassing environmental targets, controlling climate variation, biodiversity damage, and pollution.

The article establishes its credibility by inserting a statement from a licensed nutritionist known as Sharon Palmer that tells that in today’s agricultural system, we grow plants to feed animals that require resources and input like water, land, pesticides, and fertilizer to grow. And then we provide plants to animals and care for them, while they give manure and methane.

The article “Change your diet to combat climate change in 2019” is similar to the Veganism article. They both have a positive view of eating a meatless diet. This article seems the same to the Beef magazine because they both campaign for a meatless diet and focus more on a vegetarian diet. However, The CNN article is different from Beef magazine because CNN focuses more on a vegetarian diet, while Veganism focuses on the alternatives for plant protein. Beef magazine tells that scientists have long established that the alternatives can give health benefits, including helping the brain, bones, heart, and even longevity. The CNN article says that a plant-based diet can make someone healthier by lowering the risks for heart disease, diabetes, and obesity.

Out of the three articles, the article “Change your diet to combat climate change in 2019” is the most credible because it does the most thorough job covering the issue it is reporting on. The article reports on research that was done at the University of Oxford, which is a renowned research institution. It adds a statement of a licensed nutritionist Sharon Palmer who is a nutrition expert.

Even if these articles have some slight differences, the only significant difference is that CNN article does the most thorough job covering the issue it is reporting on. The article interviews and gives information on professional dietician in the field and also quotes credible sources. In contrast, the other article does not do a thorough job reporting on the issue it's reporting on and does not quotes any credible sources

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Harwatt, H. (2019). Including animal to plant protein shifts in climate change mitigation policy: a proposed three-step strategy. Climate Policy, 19(5), 533-541

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Song, G., Li, M., Fullana-i-Palmer, P., Williamson, D., & Wang, Y. (2017). Dietary changes to mitigate climate change and benefit public health in China. Science of the Total Environment, 577, 289-298.

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Effects of News Media

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The effects of the media in society have been a topic in the center of most debates today. This is because the media is known to influence people, as well as, their way of thinking regarding a particular subject matter (Curran & Gurevitch, 1991). As academicians would explain, the news media can make or break a nation owing to the high influence they have on the society. Accordingly, most have identified the need to control information passed by the media to the people, as it can be destructive, as opposed to, being constructive. Because the role of Media personnel in the world is to provide the world with all information regarding the events taking place all over the world, there is need for control of information passed to people, so as to avoid negative effects.

This paper presents a discussion of the diverse effects of the News media on the society. Specifically, the paper examines how information and news media have affected American culture and shaped political opinions. The paper also examines the media’s social responsibility and concludes by explaining how electronic media and its convergence have transformed journalism and news consumption.

Effects of Information and News Media on American Culture

Recent studies explain that the media has a great effect on public opinion as it shapes the way people think concerning the issues presented (Curran & Gurevitch, 1991). Accordingly, the effects of the media have been identified as being both positive and negative depending on the viewpoint the media takes in certain issues. Americans today tend to believe every bit of information presented in the media, which has in turn influenced the overall American Culture. The American society today is very dependent on the information presented in the media, and for that reason, each American’s daily activities are determined by what is presented in the media. Examples of how the media has influenced American culture include determining how Americans purchase goods and services, politics, and entertainment among other things. Specifically, researchers have identified the media’s influence on body image and beauty as the most significant one in modern America (Curran & Gurevitch, 1991). A thin body has been posed by the media as being the beautiful, and for that reason, most Americans are looking into ways in which they can have or maintain a thin body figure. Empirical research on the issue argues that this implausible body ideal presented by the media has had a negative effect on the thoughts and perceptions of Americans, especially women, regarding their bodies.

How Information and News Media has Shaped Politics

The influence of the media can best be seen in the field of politics, as it is clear that Americans rely on views from the media when deciding their political affiliations (London, 1993). The media is known to criticize political groups, by identifying the said groups’ failures with regards to their political achievements for the state. One show that has taken the frontline in illustrating how the media has influenced American politics is the Colbert report, a satirical news show aimed at providing a sardonic view of the politics practiced in the United States (London, 1993).

News Media’s Social Responsibility

Just like any other corporation, institution of organization, the News media has a social responsibility with which they are expected to adhere to at all times. According to Middleton (2009), there media’s social responsibility ranges from bringing to light real issues affecting the public to providing proper guidance to the people to whom the information is presented. These issues should, however, be accurate and patent, so as to, ensure that minimal negative effects to the society. The Media’s social responsibility also includes working towards the resolution of issues, as opposed to accelerating the issues in such a way that affects the public (Middleton, 2009). The media is also expected to promote social responsibility among individuals that make up a nation through creating awareness on certain social issues that are of concern to the society.

How Electronic Media and Its Convergence have Transformed Journalism and News Consumption

Owing to technological advancements, the electronic media has undergone various changes. This means that the electronic media in the modern society is much different from that of the older times. Unlike the past, where electronic media only consisted of the television and radios, the current forms of electronic media have advanced to include the internet (Curran & Gurevitch, 1991). As a result of internet news reporting, individuals today have easy access to news happening all over the world. Further still, individuals do not need to have their computers to access news from the internet. Instead, they can access news through their mobile phones, which is either sent directly as a message to the phone or through mobile internet access (Curran & Gurevitch, 1991). Notably, the current electronic media forms have transformed journalism in such a way that Journalists have an increased market with whom they report information to. This has, in turned, influenced how news is presented both positively and negatively, as more journalists seek to influence the thoughts of their audience to suit their own.

References

Curran, J. & Gurevitch, M. (1991). Mass Media and Society. London: Edward Arnold.

London, S. (1993). How The Media Frames Political Issues. Retrieved from:

http://www.scottlondon.com/reports/frames.html

Middleton, M (2009). Social Responsibility in the Media. Retrieved from:

http://www.cimethics.org/en/docs/SR_media.pdf