=DoYouThinkJosephBoydenShouldWriteStoriesAboutIndigenousPeopleOfCanada?=

Do you think Joseph Boyden should write stories about the Indigenous people of Canada? Why or why not?

I think he should continue as long as it’s respectful to the Indigenous but he shouldn’t profit off them. It’s understandable to write about people you have no relation to as long as it isn’t derogatory.

Alex Strangelove is an LGBT movie written by a straight writer but he handled it with respect which you should do if you are writing from someone else’s point of view. Granted it was a movie thus gaining profit but that wasn’t his intention with this movie, it was to raise awareness and representation

To conclude, Joseph Boyden can continue to write about Indigenous people as long as it’s respectful and not fully for profit.

=To Live For Justice Or To Tolerate Injustice=

Welcome to my English persuasive essay. 

(The photo used is of Immanuel Kant, I used some of his evidence in this essay and he’s one of my favourite philosophers)

I liked my quote and evidence integration in the essay as well as my formal wording, although I wish I proofread longer in order to catch small mistakes and use more of a variety of sentence types.

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-Beatty’sLecture-

“What reasons does Beatty give for the current state of the society for books being destroyed?”

Beatty is a character who believes that destroying books and limiting the knowledge each holds, is necessary to keep those in order in a society where individuality and learning are punishable. In Fahrenheit 451, a novel by Ray Bradbury, Beatty is a fire chief who strongly believes that burning books is extremely important and explained why to the protagonist, Guy Montag. Beatty understands how books can make readers intelligent which, to him, would lead to being driven insane and it’s a threat, Beatty expresses that if you “cram them [people] full of noncombustible data… then they’ll feel like they thinking… Any man who can take a TV wall apart nowadays is happier than any man who tries to slide-rule, measure, and equate the universe” (pg.61). He is saying that people reading won’t make them happy and is a waste. Beatty works for the government and we know the government fears any threat of propaganda in order to keep people happy, he says “You must understand that our civilization is no vast that we can’t have our minorities upset and stirred… People want to be happy, isn’t that right?… And you must admit our culture provides plenty of these” (pg.59). Beatty explains that the government’s goal is to prevent minorities rebellion and they do this by making them happy. Books, to Beatty, causes unhappiness and reckless thinking which is why he sees no real purpose in letting people have them. Beatty wants to keep order in society and books are the trees he’s willing to constantly cut down, even if it means starving people of the nourishment of books.

-“Are Writers and Artists as important to society as scientists and engineers?”

As the world has progressed, humans have witnessed the need of both the artists and the scientists for society. Both the creative and intellective parts of the mind are essential to further progress with ideas and learn from mistakes as humanity develops. While the artists lack the knowledge and comprehension the scientists have, they have the creativity and curious side of the perspective that in turn would help drive the scientists forward with multiple possibilities. Without the creative part of life, yes society will still progress but it will be a dull existence. Artists and writers are responsible for storytelling, entertainment, paintings, songs, books and so on. Majority of our society today is entertainment based and we have the artists to thank. Scientists will always be vital, we need tenacious intelligent minds to put together new things and explore the world but that doesn’t mean the world they explore should be a dull one.  As you know, our own brains require the creative and intellectual side of us in order to be human. To conclude, artists and scientists are both equally as important to society.

-MyGraduationPlan-

1.       Healthy Living

 a.       This year, I am doing gymnastics to meet DPA requirements (150 mins/week of moderate to vigorous physical activity).

 b.       Next year, I will still continue gymnastics to meet DPA requirements.

 c.       Other than physical activity, I will also need a concrete plan for healthy eating and stress management in order to lead a healthy life after graduation.

 

2.       Course Credits

 a.       I need 80 credits to graduate. A typical course is worth 4 credits.

                                                               i.      48 of them must be from required courses.

                                                             ii.      28 of them must be from electives.

                                                           iii.      16 of them must be from Grade 12 courses.

  b.       At the end of this year, I will have 40 credits.

 

3.       Community Connections

  a.       I need 30 hours of work/volunteer experience. To show I completed this, I must show proof in the form of pay stub or reference letter.

  b.       I can start accumulating these hours in Grade 10.

  c.       My plan to earn work/volunteer hours is through getting a job and saving up for post secondary.

 d.       I will also need to complete a reflection that includes the employability skills I learned while I worked, what I did in the job specifically , and how has the experience benefitted me. It will be 200 typed words minimum.

 

4.       Career and Life

a.       In addition to updating my resume, I will also create career, life, and financial plan to show that I have a plan in place after graduation.

b.       When I graduate, my current plan is to attend UBC and stay until I get my degree in Arts and have a career as an animator.

5.       Interview

a.       To prepare for the interview, I can look at the questions ahead of time. They are found on the GT website to prepare.

b.       My interview will be with a Riverside staff member.

6.       The 3 people at Riverside who are here to help with this process are:

a.       Mr. Ahmelich

b.       Ms. Chapell

c.       Ms. Luddu (My counselor)

In Grade 12, I will find all the necessary documents AND submit them to the website.

I will complete Grad Transitions 12 whenever I have English 12. If I have it in 1st semester, I must complete everything except the interview before Winter ball tickets go on sale. In 2nd semester, everything except the interview must be completed before the end of April.

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