Child Labour is when children work regular or additional labour. This is considered abuse and exploitation of children to many countries and international organizations. Child labour started for the purpose of making as much money for the companies and paying as little money to the workers as possible. To do this, the companies take children and make them work agonizing hours, and pay them little. With all of this attention on the subject and all though it is so clear that what is happening here is wrong, why is it that nothing is being done about it? It is clear the child labour is violating the children’s rights, and yet it still continues.
According to the Declaration of Human Rights, children should be protected from economic exploitation and from performing any work that can be dangerous or that can interfere with the child’s education, or that can be harmful to the child’s health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development. In most cases, the work that children have to do in third world countries ranges anywhere from factory work, mining, odd jobs and maybe even to the extreme of prostitution. In these jobs they work hard long hours with little to no pay Many of these jobs can be dangerous to the children, which is a violation the their Human Rights. Most of these jobs will also be harmful to these children’s health (for example mining) and most of the children working do not attend school. The majority of child labour goes on in third world countries.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
The Eulogy of Nicole - Drama
Family, friends, loved ones of Nicole, my name is Shandi and I would like to thank you all for coming tonight. I have known Nicole since we were three years old when she moved next door to me. We were very close, and even when Nicole moved away when we were seven, we always stayed in contact. If you had ever met Nicole, you could tell three things about her just from one conversation. 1) She was a very happy person, 2) She knew that appearances are important, but that doesn’t mean that she was shallow, but like to look her best, and 3) She liked to keep thing interesting. Why go simple when things can be complicated? Nicole was great with people, so it was no surprise that she was voted class president in high school. After we had finished high school, Nicole and I decided to travel Europe together, and what an experience it was. Nicole was always the wild one out of the two of us. She was the person that convinced me to go on that trip, and who was I to argue with Nicole, who could debate any side of any argument. After the Europe trip, Nicole moved away from Winnipeg and into New York City after getting an internship spot at Seventeen Magazine. It was her dream job, and even though she had hard times, she stuck through it. After about one year of being an intern, she got her first job actual writing job at Seventeen; she was the assistant editor of the fashion section of the magazine. This was Nicole’s big break. After that job, she kept getting promoted, and eventually, she became editor-in-chief of the magazine. Now that she had success, she just needed to find that perfect guy. And she did. Nicole and Austin have two beautiful children, Blair and Tiffany. When I was told that Nicole had been in that awful accident, it felt like my world was being turned upside-down. She was my best friend and had helped me and so many other people along with their lives. I honestly had no idea what I was going to say today, but I was flipping through one of Nicole’s magazines that she had made, and these inspiring words hit me “Fashion isn’t what you wear, but how you wear it. It is the confidence that you have in yourself”. This perfectly describes Nicole. She wanted to make an impression on the world, and I can say with great confidence that she did.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
The Pantheon of Greek Gods - History
The Greek Gods were different than other gods of other religions. They were human-like, with feelings and personalities. Other gods were thought of as monstrous creatures that had no personalities or needs.
The connection between the Greek gods and people was that the people felt that they could really be close to the Gods. The people could talk to the gods anytime they wanted and they would talk in their own language, not the language of the gods. The Greeks hated the idea of sacrificing humans because they believed that the human body was beautiful. The Greeks sacrificed food and wine and animals to their gods. The gods of other religions seemed to reside beyond the reach of man. Only priests and kings could communicate with these other gods and only during special ceremonies and through the god’s language. The gods would scare the people into submission. To try and appease these gods the people would give them gifts that were the most valuable to them. An example would be the sacrifice of a human life.
The personality of the Greek Gods reflected real life and real people. The Gods had feelings and personalities, they could cry and laugh and had human-like emotions that made them easy to idolize and honour, because the people felt closer to the Gods than if they didn't have any feelings. The Goddess Aphrodite for example was the goddess of love and was caring. The Gods of other religions had no personality, no appetite and no feelings. This made these gods very hard to relate to and made it easier for people to fear, because the gods didn't have any human-like needs. This is why people used magic tricks and amulets to defend themselves from the wrath of the gods.
The appearance of the Greek Gods was human-like. The people believed that the Gods were the most beautiful of all. This made the Gods less frightening because they looked like humans, not ugly monstrous creatures. The other gods were terrible to behold. They were huge and monstrous creatures that were like nothing that had ever lived on earth. They were awful and controlled the people by scaring them.
In every religion, people try to answer the question “where will I go when I die?”. In the Greek religion, people believe that they will go to the Underworld, ruled by Hades, Zeus’ brother. In the Egyptian religion, people believe that once you die, you will be punished if you have been bad. In the Christian religion, people believe that you will go to hell if you have done wrong. This is how the gods of other religions controlled people, because if they don’t follow them, something bad would happen to you after you have died.
In conclusion, Greek Mythology clearly demonstrates what human beings were like in the past. The mythology was a manifestation of the values of the Greeks. The Gods of Olympus were way less brutal and more human like than any other god of that time.
I chose to post this piece because it shows the level of work that was expected of us from our enrichment history class in grade eight. This was one of the harder assignments that we had to do last year. Learning about the Greeks and the Romans was hard, but also very interesting.
The connection between the Greek gods and people was that the people felt that they could really be close to the Gods. The people could talk to the gods anytime they wanted and they would talk in their own language, not the language of the gods. The Greeks hated the idea of sacrificing humans because they believed that the human body was beautiful. The Greeks sacrificed food and wine and animals to their gods. The gods of other religions seemed to reside beyond the reach of man. Only priests and kings could communicate with these other gods and only during special ceremonies and through the god’s language. The gods would scare the people into submission. To try and appease these gods the people would give them gifts that were the most valuable to them. An example would be the sacrifice of a human life.
The personality of the Greek Gods reflected real life and real people. The Gods had feelings and personalities, they could cry and laugh and had human-like emotions that made them easy to idolize and honour, because the people felt closer to the Gods than if they didn't have any feelings. The Goddess Aphrodite for example was the goddess of love and was caring. The Gods of other religions had no personality, no appetite and no feelings. This made these gods very hard to relate to and made it easier for people to fear, because the gods didn't have any human-like needs. This is why people used magic tricks and amulets to defend themselves from the wrath of the gods.
The appearance of the Greek Gods was human-like. The people believed that the Gods were the most beautiful of all. This made the Gods less frightening because they looked like humans, not ugly monstrous creatures. The other gods were terrible to behold. They were huge and monstrous creatures that were like nothing that had ever lived on earth. They were awful and controlled the people by scaring them.
In every religion, people try to answer the question “where will I go when I die?”. In the Greek religion, people believe that they will go to the Underworld, ruled by Hades, Zeus’ brother. In the Egyptian religion, people believe that once you die, you will be punished if you have been bad. In the Christian religion, people believe that you will go to hell if you have done wrong. This is how the gods of other religions controlled people, because if they don’t follow them, something bad would happen to you after you have died.
In conclusion, Greek Mythology clearly demonstrates what human beings were like in the past. The mythology was a manifestation of the values of the Greeks. The Gods of Olympus were way less brutal and more human like than any other god of that time.
I chose to post this piece because it shows the level of work that was expected of us from our enrichment history class in grade eight. This was one of the harder assignments that we had to do last year. Learning about the Greeks and the Romans was hard, but also very interesting.
Fear short story
My breath gets caught in my throat; I feel the anxiety build up from inside of me when I think back to that day.
It happened when I was ten. I went up to my grandparent’s farm house with my mom in summer break. Their house was fairly old, with creaky floor boards, chipped painted walls, and rust stained
It started in the middle of the night. I was sleeping in the “small” guest room, and my mom was down the hall in the “big” guest room. I couldn’t get to sleep; I was tossing and turning for an hour, tired, but unable to go to sleep. I sat up and looked around the dark room. There was a little spot on the wall. I examined it from across the room. I got curious, so I got up and turned on the lights. I screamed. On the wall was a small, light beige moth.
My mom came running into my room. She knew that I was afraid of all bugs, so she got a Kleenex and squished the moth.
Still freaked out, I turned off the lights and tried to drift off to sleep. Another hour later, I still was unable to fall asleep, so I decided to get up and get some water. I walked out of the room, leaving the lights off. When I came back, I sat in the bed with my glass, looking around at the walls. I saw several patches where the white paint had chipped off, revealing dark splotches. I put the glass down and decided to turn on the lights one last time before I went to sleep.
As soon as I flicked on the switch, my eyes drifted back to the wall and I screamed once more. But this wasn’t a little scream. It was a scream that made my own skin crawl, that made the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
On the wall was a dark grey moth the size of a basketball. My mom ran into my room once again and gasped. She ran back out, grabbed a broom, ran back in and started swatting at the monster moth. She killed it, but I was so freaked out, so scared that I slept in my mom’s bed, in the “big” guest room that night.
To some people, this would not be classified as a scary experience. A bug on a wall. Who freaks out at a little bug? In comparison to other people’s experiences and fears, mine probably doesn’t come close. Like to the people in the holocaust. They had fears like they would never see their family or friends ever again, or they would die tomorrow.
I think that fears are different for everybody. Some more extreme than others, but that doesn’t make any fear less important to that person.
It happened when I was ten. I went up to my grandparent’s farm house with my mom in summer break. Their house was fairly old, with creaky floor boards, chipped painted walls, and rust stained
It started in the middle of the night. I was sleeping in the “small” guest room, and my mom was down the hall in the “big” guest room. I couldn’t get to sleep; I was tossing and turning for an hour, tired, but unable to go to sleep. I sat up and looked around the dark room. There was a little spot on the wall. I examined it from across the room. I got curious, so I got up and turned on the lights. I screamed. On the wall was a small, light beige moth.
My mom came running into my room. She knew that I was afraid of all bugs, so she got a Kleenex and squished the moth.
Still freaked out, I turned off the lights and tried to drift off to sleep. Another hour later, I still was unable to fall asleep, so I decided to get up and get some water. I walked out of the room, leaving the lights off. When I came back, I sat in the bed with my glass, looking around at the walls. I saw several patches where the white paint had chipped off, revealing dark splotches. I put the glass down and decided to turn on the lights one last time before I went to sleep.
As soon as I flicked on the switch, my eyes drifted back to the wall and I screamed once more. But this wasn’t a little scream. It was a scream that made my own skin crawl, that made the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
On the wall was a dark grey moth the size of a basketball. My mom ran into my room once again and gasped. She ran back out, grabbed a broom, ran back in and started swatting at the monster moth. She killed it, but I was so freaked out, so scared that I slept in my mom’s bed, in the “big” guest room that night.
To some people, this would not be classified as a scary experience. A bug on a wall. Who freaks out at a little bug? In comparison to other people’s experiences and fears, mine probably doesn’t come close. Like to the people in the holocaust. They had fears like they would never see their family or friends ever again, or they would die tomorrow.
I think that fears are different for everybody. Some more extreme than others, but that doesn’t make any fear less important to that person.
Respect Earned By Fear Or Love?
I think that respect is earned more by fear than love. If you scare a person, than they are more likely to follow what you are saying and respect you than if you were to just be kind and show them love. If you are too nice, people may just walk all over you. But you have to be careful as to how much you scare a person. The fear of you may turn into hate for you, and after a while, the person may stop listening to you and start resenting and hating you. Take parenting for example. If you are always tough on your kids and you scare them into respecting you, then they may end up hating you. But if you show your kids love, and are always kind to them, then maybe a while from now, maybe when they have kids of their own, then they will see that you were always kind to them even when it was hard, and that would turn into a strong love for you.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
The Obituary of Aristotle - Science
“What lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do”
Aristotle was born in the town of Stageira, on the peninsula of Chalcidice in 384 BCE. Aristotle was widowed when his wife Pythias passed away in 355 BCE. After his wife died, Aristotle built a school in Athens called the “Lyceum”. For the next several years, Aristotle studied almost every subject possible of the time, and made major contributions to most of them. In 322 BCE Aristotle passed away in Euboea of natural causes.
Aristotle argued with what most philosophers thought about matter. He believed that matter was continuous, and no matter how small the portion of matter, it remains uniform in composition.
Because Aristotle studied so many subjects, he had many ideas about these subjects. One of these ideas was the classification of animals. He divided animals into two classes; those with blood and those without blood (or blood that wasn’t red). We today based our classification system on Aristotle’s ideas
Aristotle also had views on meteorology. He worked out the hydrologic cycle, as he put it “Now the sun, moving as it does, sets up processes of change and becoming and decay, and by its agency the finest and sweetest water is every day carried up and is dissolved into vapour and rises to the upper region, where it is condensed again by the cold and so returns to the earth” We use this same theory when we look at the study of weather.
Aristotle put his two passions, philosophy and science, together, resulting in something that no other thinker had done before him. Aristotle had studied at the Academy in Athens under the teachings of Plato. Aristotle studied and questioned what others had simply accepted. He not only answered the questions but questioned the answers.
Aristotle was born in the town of Stageira, on the peninsula of Chalcidice in 384 BCE. Aristotle was widowed when his wife Pythias passed away in 355 BCE. After his wife died, Aristotle built a school in Athens called the “Lyceum”. For the next several years, Aristotle studied almost every subject possible of the time, and made major contributions to most of them. In 322 BCE Aristotle passed away in Euboea of natural causes.
Aristotle argued with what most philosophers thought about matter. He believed that matter was continuous, and no matter how small the portion of matter, it remains uniform in composition.
Because Aristotle studied so many subjects, he had many ideas about these subjects. One of these ideas was the classification of animals. He divided animals into two classes; those with blood and those without blood (or blood that wasn’t red). We today based our classification system on Aristotle’s ideas
Aristotle also had views on meteorology. He worked out the hydrologic cycle, as he put it “Now the sun, moving as it does, sets up processes of change and becoming and decay, and by its agency the finest and sweetest water is every day carried up and is dissolved into vapour and rises to the upper region, where it is condensed again by the cold and so returns to the earth” We use this same theory when we look at the study of weather.
Aristotle put his two passions, philosophy and science, together, resulting in something that no other thinker had done before him. Aristotle had studied at the Academy in Athens under the teachings of Plato. Aristotle studied and questioned what others had simply accepted. He not only answered the questions but questioned the answers.
Raising Baby Bigots Response - Social Studies
In my opinion, I think that it was right for those children to get taken away from their parents. The children were being raised in an environment that will probably scar them emotionally. Taking the children away from their parents is probably the best move. If they stay in that house with those beliefs, then they will believe that hating somebody because of what their background is the right thing to do. We need to move forward and stop racism, but if those children stay in that environment, then they will grow up believing that, and when they have children, they will probably teach them what they are being taught right now by their parents, so it is just a circle that will not stop. If we intervene now and stop the cycle, then it will help stop racism. In reference to the Human Declaration of Human Rights, “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself” . I think this human right also applies to children. The children have a right to be raised in a healthy environment, not one that is hurtful to the children’s mental health. If the children in question are put into a household that has certain values, then maybe it will help them see what their parents taught them was wrong.
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