Are women
condemned for displaying strong emotion (or not displaying enough emotion) more
than men are? Clinton was often
criticized for her lack of emotion. How
has Caputova fared? What do emotions (or the lack of them) tell us about
credibility –if anything?
Hi. Welcome to the blog for my IB English B class at Jur Hronec High School in Bratislava, Slovakia. Below you will find links to other websites and discussion questions. My students are required to comment on one of these postings every month and also respond to each other's comments. Feel free to add your two bits, but be aware that all comments are monitored before being posted.
Monday, April 1, 2019
A thousand words gone with each jpeg
How do you
feel about photographs? Are you someone
who accepts that memory is ephemeral, or do you try to capture and catalogue
all of your experiences? Do you ever go
back and look at your old photos? How
would you feel if they were lost or destroyed?
Is “poor you” an insult?
link
Is classism a
problem in our society in general or Slovak society in particular? Are the poor often seen as undeserving of
help? Are blue-collar crimes (or crimes
by poor minorities), more often condemned than white (collar) crimes? What encourages such prejudice and what can
be done to combat it?
Breivik, Roof, Bissonnette, Tarrant... crazies all
link
This is a
response by the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand to the recent mass
shooting in Christchurch. Is saying that
a white supremacist terrorist is crazy an excuse for not facing our own
racism? Is claiming that Islamic
terrorists are motivated by their religion/ideology treating the group we do
not belong to according to a double standard?
What can be done to fight white supremacy, which seems to be on the
rise?
Sell carrots instead
link
Should
government money be used to revitalise poor neighborhoods with projects like
this one? What do you think about
government food assistance to poor people, which seems to be a part of the
market’s success? Is having teens work
on the market a good way to prevent crime?
Why isn’t the market more popular with locals?
Sorry for that little massacre some decades ago
link
This is the last entry you can comment on for the month of April.
What do you
think of government apologies for injustices committed in the past? Do you agree with the author in this
case? Is he right in being dismissive of
possible financial obligations for example?
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