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Rjnetinho


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1. You are the school class president.  Write out an outline of events for ‘Diversity Day’ at your school.  Deliver to principal.

 

Dear Principal H,

As the school class president, I feel as though it is my duty to call attention to certain issues that have become more and more problematic. Case in point; the lack of a day to pay tribute to the many cultures we harbor here in our school. I propose that we hold a “Diversity Day,” in order to raise awareness of just how many different cultures are expressed by the students. For example, we could have a whole school day dedicated to this, and the students would present music, food, cultural history, religious beliefs, traditions, ceremonies, customs, etc., in order to learn more about each culture and share their own culture with the rest of the students. This would provide the opportunity to better understand foreign civilizations and the students themselves. Also, this could potentially clear any misconceptions and bring the school closer together. Showing diversity, acceptance, and understanding of cultural differences would be highly beneficial to the quality of learning at the school.

 

4. You are having your first day at a new school.  Visually describe every form of cultural unity and diversity you see.

Leaving my old school in Nevada, I had some preconceived thoughts about coming to North Dakota. The neighborhood was plain, normal, and most of all boring with a splash of dull. You could not fathom the depths to which I dreaded the rest of my school career in this place. As we pulled up to the school, on my very first day of my 2 year long journey to hell, I hesitated to get out of the car. Approaching the school, I felt a sense of… not happiness, but not the deep hatred that had been deeply rooted in my soul, anchored with gnarled roots. I felt rather neutral. The students didn’t glare at me as I thought I would, instead I was greeted by welcoming smiling faces, and flags of nearly each country atop the building. The students were just as numerous, like snowflakes, they each had something special about them, and they each had a different story.

2. You are a Native American girl.  In a poem, explain to your classmates how you view American expansion in the West.

The white man comes, a thundering cloud

No bow or dagger can stop them

The hunters fall, one after another

Ruthless, heartless, blinded by greed

A permanent scar into the earth they carve

As they lay waste to those who worship her

Now, few as we are, we move on

With nothing to our names but hope.



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1)  Dear Mr.V,
 I’m writing my outline for Diversity Day 
      Students will be allowed to wear one piece of clothing from this culture as long as its appropriate.  
      All students at 12:40 will gather outside the school in front of the auditorium to learn about different cultures.    
      Students at 1:15 will receive an item from 10 countries that the school staff has picked. 
       I will announce to the student body that competition for the best student who can make a documentary of how they practiced one culture they have been giving for one week. Will receive a $25 gift card to any restaurant they choose.

Thank You,

For reading my plan for Diversity Day hope you will enjoy reading this.

                 P.S. I would be open to any ideas you might have.

4)  It’s myfirst day at this new school and I am very scared. I feel like I’m being judge and talked about everywhere I go. I see multiply cultures, such as Hispanic, Chinese, Japanese, blacks, whites, and etc. around this new school and in the principal’s office too. I am nervous because I want to know where I belong.

6)  Dear Mr. Coffey I am the ULA basketball couch
                 The neighborhoods and actions I have seen from other people I just wanted to tell you that I have decided to go ahead and mix rival gangs together and form a team. I believe this will really work, because I have seen the movie Gridiron Gang and I saw how one instructor created a team and got other co-workers to be involved. The team at first isn't going to get along but they will come around trust me. They won't like losing to other teams, so therefore they will have to work as one. They will soon learn they there is on I in TEAM. I hope that I do an awesome job and the neighborhoods start to clear up.



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6. My speech for the supervisor of my basketball team, I would have my reasons for the rivals during the games. It shows rival gangs that teams come across different states, towns/cities that have long history of rivalry. Other reason could be about race, religion, and the discrimination of the players, or the audience. Most rivalry would fight each other.

8. If I’m Nelson Mandela, after begin elected president, I would like to give a freedom of speech of race and the future of all people. The future still have freedom of all people, and it doesn’t matter which race your skin show. But, all people should be friendship, and not enemy and should be helpful to others. Do not show violence in your community and help others who is in pain, suffering, and/or dying. All people should help each other and not inflict others pain.

4. I showed up as my first day in school and I see many different people, their culture, and unity. I see white people, black people, blind, and deaf people. Many languages have been heard and spoken through the halls that speak in English, Spanish, French, Creole, and seeing Sign Language too.

10. If I was an asylum seeker, I would like to come to America. Like for example I came to America from Russia or back then it was called Soviet Union (USSR) and Communist country as well. I would like to have a freedom to have my own job, house. I could do whatever I want here in America, but in USSR, they would force you to work at someplace where you don’t want to. You have the right to have freedom here in America.

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9.You are a sci-fi author.  Outline the plot of your novel which describes how a multi-species world builds respect for diversity.

A hostile environment in which cooperation is key to survival; An environment in which all organisms would have no choice but to respect each other's territory and boundaries would create a universal respect for diversity. Each species has no choice but to rely on one another in order to provide food and shelter and food, or in other words, a more refined and perfected version of the food chain, but with more than just devouring each other involved.


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1)    Dear Mr. V , I our class president have an idea that could greatly help our class and school out in the best way possible. I say that we go ahead and start a diversity day in which we will expose our classes to the different types of cultures out there. We could get volunteers to run booths, they would have to create a project and learn about the countries. They would then proceed to teach other students about “their” countries. They would present an activity that the students could do. This could be held in the gyms that we have, because that provides more than enough ample space for this event. Thank you for your consideration.

Class of 2010

4)  Journal entry- I am very new to this school. Even though I can speak the same language as the others, it appears that we have nothing in common. They dress a lot differently from how I would dress. The school of New Bedford high is an odd one none the less. It’s a little strange, there are people from different cultures who just associate and mingle with others. People do not stay in their own cultural cliques. It’s a little strange because the people who would commonly belong to my “group” belong to a different group. I am utterly confused and bewildered.



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