tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63126454825765916322024-03-13T21:32:11.813-07:005:45 and Beyond: Writing to Learn and ShareClass blog for English 1110.01 at The Ohio State-MarionMike Lohrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05832313501793243606noreply@blogger.comBlogger128125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312645482576591632.post-67761020004703264302012-12-03T15:07:00.000-08:002012-12-03T15:27:46.065-08:00<h2>
Martha Graham</h2>
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Energy builds, surges through my body</div>
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drum beats become my heart beat</div>
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vitality</div>
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eyes closed, i come to life.</div>
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places do not matter. only passion. I am unconscious to the problems of the world. </div>
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My body only knows my feelings.</div>
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Expression. Creation. No one understands; My lifestyle of expression.</div>
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a life style of expression</div>
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movement, piece by piece. my body comes to life.</div>
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i begin to dance, i flow. like water in a stream.</div>
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i take the form of my emotion. </div>
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Dance is my life style of expression, no one understand.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06385869618287090449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312645482576591632.post-90580511830745897722012-12-03T13:00:00.002-08:002012-12-03T13:03:00.271-08:00Andy Warhol<div style="text-align: center;">
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Behind the psychedelic wig,</div>
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the burlesque pose and the calm attitude,</div>
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behind your desire for the world to change</div>
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by your electrical sentences,</div>
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by your inexplicable behavior</div>
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a storm roared:</div>
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Exiled to Earth</div>
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you could not find meaning to this so common life,</div>
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nor find peace in your everyday,</div>
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nor even in the vain pleasures that you showed,</div>
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nor in the vague experience of fame.</div>
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Sad like a child,</div>
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for the lack of love,</div>
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trying to hide in plastic your pain</div>
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no sedative could make disappear</div>
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your almost painted violet tears.</div>
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And in that suffer you found</div>
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the necessary light</div>
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to change your habitat</div>
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that of the common consumer citizen</div>
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and trade it for that Technicolor heaven,</div>
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which acted as a narcotic in your mind.</div>
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You then got drunk</div>
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with the flashing lights</div>
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that blinked</div>
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in Hollywood’s sky</div>
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and you became sick,</div>
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sick with a social disease.</div>
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From intellectuals to Bohemian street people</div>
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everybody was welcome in your Factory;</div>
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your home, your place of peace</div>
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where anybody could attain</div>
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“15 minutes of fame”.</div>
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Your unbelievable talent</div>
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will always be remembered</div>
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In a way or another, you've made a difference,</div>
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you've change the world.</div>
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<img alt="andy warhol" src="http://www.erroreshistoricos.com/images/stories/articulos/andy_warhol.jpg" /></div>
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<i> "Warhol Self-portrait"</i></div>
Gonzalo Adriazolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14525194338793676418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312645482576591632.post-40016784744999897222012-12-03T12:13:00.004-08:002012-12-03T12:13:40.224-08:00Frank Lloyd Wright
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<b>An American Creator</b></div>
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Nature is the key<o:p></o:p></div>
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Smoothly it flows like the sea<o:p></o:p></div>
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For a structure among the trees<o:p></o:p></div>
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The water is a guideline<o:p></o:p></div>
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It flows along with the design<o:p></o:p></div>
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The building is almost divine<o:p></o:p></div>
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Giving off a sense of sublime<o:p></o:p></div>
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Going against the grain<o:p></o:p></div>
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Is how I created my domain<o:p></o:p></div>
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To never accept defeat<o:p></o:p></div>
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Is to be among the elite<o:p></o:p></div>
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I connect structure and society<o:p></o:p></div>
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By giving the public some variety<o:p></o:p></div>
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Most think my goal is to amaze<o:p></o:p></div>
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Because I leave my audience in a
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I design for humanity<o:p></o:p></div>
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For my structures are created
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I am Frank Lloyd Wright<o:p></o:p></div>
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I am the American knight<o:p></o:p></div>
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Of Architecture<o:p></o:p></div>
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Roy Lichtenstein is a pop artist that tells stories through his work. I decided to try and put together a poem using his pieces of artwork. The poem shares the love life of a young women between two men and her decision.</div>
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<u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">Maya Angelou<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Her name is Maya Angelou <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">I bet there is a lot you don’t know about her though.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">For instance, she is a wonderful poet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">She would be so proud of this writing, I just know it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">She is an African American star<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Even the first of her kind to drive a cable car<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Her dreams and passions she never gave up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">As a single mother, she worked very hard and believed in luck.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">But with her music and poetry she did <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>not want to stop.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Until she was in television and films was she at the top.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The sky was the limit when she set her bar,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">As she did nothing that would ever settle for par.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Day after day, night after night <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">She continued to fight for human Civil Rights.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Malcolm X, she stood by, along with Dr. King<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Maya even told why the caged bird sings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">She lives as inspiration to woman of all<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Races, religions, even the old and small.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">She is good friends with Oprah, no surprise there<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The two together are quite the pair.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Now that you’ve read this you will always know<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Everything there is about Maya Angelou.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04863740411274641585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312645482576591632.post-57375566658650644402012-11-29T11:26:00.000-08:002012-12-03T16:07:10.013-08:00Extra Credit Poem<br />
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Born on the death of
Galileo, a great thinker</div>
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Hawking looked for
the answer, like those who study cancer<o:p></o:p></div>
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He thought of how us
humans who started out in ruins, came to our existence<o:p></o:p></div>
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He knew his love - It
was that world in the distance.<o:p></o:p></div>
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His mind helped him
come up with phenomenal principles which were quite brilliant<o:p></o:p></div>
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He was a man who was
resilient <o:p></o:p></div>
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Inspired by the sheer
size of the universe<o:p></o:p></div>
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He may not have been
able to say a word and converse<o:p></o:p></div>
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But he wasn't going
anywhere, and definitely not on a hearse.<o:p></o:p></div>
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His computer made his
problem quite minimal and understands his words<o:p></o:p></div>
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Which were subliminal.<o:p></o:p></div>
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His mind and body
don’t get along<o:p></o:p></div>
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But he is a man who
is strong, no matter what ALS might do<o:p></o:p></div>
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His brain will
continue to construe the worldview on the world beyond the blue.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The sky is not the
limit for hawking, whose disease could not stop him from talking<o:p></o:p></div>
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He believes
“intelligence is the ability to adapt to change”<o:p></o:p></div>
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his success is one
that proved he used his own guidance, and knew his goals were within range.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hawking is iconic.<o:p></o:p></div>
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His ideas were
chronic, when physicists took his tonic it made them feel as if they were
travelling super sonic<o:p></o:p></div>
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With a PHD on black
holes he soon defined Hawking Radiation, a theory that struck the nations.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A central theme in
theoretical physics, his ideas were not at all gimmicks<o:p></o:p></div>
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To this day Hawking
continues talking, sharing his ample knowledge and theories with the people<o:p></o:p></div>
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We regard his feats with
awe, for it was quite substantial and proved to be a sample of his unique
virtue.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027549834124904113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312645482576591632.post-89906367536971579272012-11-29T06:24:00.002-08:002012-11-30T11:11:45.016-08:00Extra Credit Poem<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
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More specifically, on the 26<sup>th</sup> day</div>
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I grew up in the city of <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">L.A.</st1:place></st1:city></div>
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I decided to pack my bags and go away</div>
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I soon landed a job with N-A-S-A</div>
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As I filled American women with a great sense of pride</div>
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I guess you could say that I won the big race</div>
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Since I was <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place>’s first woman in outer space</div>
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I achieved something great, my goals I did chase</div>
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The Astronaut Hall of Fame is a pretty good place</div>
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I know that I will always be thought of with such grace</div>
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And that my footsteps will always be something to trace</div>
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This very year is the year that I died</div>
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By now you probably guessed it, my name is Sally Ride </div>
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<a href="http://www.biography.com/people/sally-ride-9458284">http://www.biography.com/people/sally-ride-9458284</a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02976074919995414001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312645482576591632.post-60638925890407455662012-11-28T14:37:00.003-08:002012-11-28T14:39:55.928-08:00Global Citizens means Global readingWe know we need an awareness of what's going on in the world to understand the world.<br />
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Here are some links to short and medium length articles and opinions on events past our borders. They are all thought-provoking. The one on the woman who was murdered and found yesterday in Mexico is heartbreaking and inspiring.<br />
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Take some notes as you read. And yes, I know you are not used to doing that, but give it a try. It will help you for the Quiz on Monday and believe it or not, I do want you to do well.<br />
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All best,<br />
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Mike<br />
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This one connects to our discussions of social media, and unrest in China.<br />
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Mike Lohrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05832313501793243606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312645482576591632.post-52192536445016650022012-11-28T13:52:00.004-08:002012-11-28T13:52:44.125-08:00Exploration 11<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“The compromises we
have reached demanded sacrifices on all sides. It was not easy for the
supporters of Mr. Mandela or mine to relinquish the ideals they had cherished
for many decades.” (Page 633 in the Essay Connection, Frederik Willem de Klerk)
This passage is important to me because it explains the situation and how they
arrived at a solution. There is no beating around the bush with this passage.
This passage does an excellent job of getting straight to the point. Currently,
South Africa is having other issues past politics.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Huffingtonpost (<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/28/rhino-poaching-south-africa_n_2202431.html?utm_hp_ref=green">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/28/rhino-poaching-south-africa_n_2202431.html?utm_hp_ref=green</a>)
wrote an article on the ever growing issue in South Africa. The issue of rhino
poaching demands action, but no one has stepped up to take charge. This is an
awful practice to partake in, but a profitable one at that. The article tells
that the rhino horns go for the street value of cocaine in the US. This is
because the buyers in Asia believe that rhino horns cure diseases.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Dalai Lama is a
high religious official in a sect of the Buddhist church. His country is under
the control of the Chinese as of the invasion 50 years ago. Today in modern
Tibet, there have been a lot of self-immolations happening in protest of China.
Tibet clearly wants to be free of China. In my research, I had trouble finding
any recent news on Tibet that were major issues.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is a good picture of the Dalia Lama showing that he is a peaceful man .</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312645482576591632.post-71860469583720873622012-11-28T13:18:00.000-08:002012-11-28T13:18:59.778-08:00Exploration 11In Nelson Mandela's speech, I feel that paragraph 36 means the most to me because it shows something new is beginning and starting fresh. Then paragraph 37 is "Let a new age dawn!" When I read this, it gave me chills and shows that things are better.<br />
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South African platinum mine workers were protesting and 34 of them were killed by police. They were demanding more pay. <br />
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<a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2012/8/21/massacre_in_south_africa_police_defend">http://www.democracynow.org/2012/8/21/massacre_in_south_africa_police_defend</a><br />
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The Dalai Lama is a man Buddhist who wears a yellow hat. This started during the 14th century. They believe in peace and enlightenment. <br />
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In the picture is Tenzin Gyatso and he is the Dalai Lama today. <br />
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The passage when Mandela says, "This reward will not be
measured in money. Nor can it be reckoned in collective price of the rare
metals and precious stones that rest in the bowels of the African soil we tread
in the footsteps of our ancestors" makes me realize that freedom is more
than anything. We are so used to being free because most of us were born in
America. I always know that I am being treated fairly when I do something wrong
and that I receive a fair reward when I perform well in whatever I am doing. What
I found interesting about Mandela was that he went to jail for planning to
overrun the government with violence. Mandela was actually fighting against the
violence ironically. While he was in jail his reputation became better because
he refused to change his political views. Today in South Africa, President
Jacob Zuma is likely to be re-elected as president. Five of the nine countries
provinces support Zuma to be re-elected as president. This helps to show South
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past spiritual leaders. His role is to help enlighten others on the Buddhist
religion. The Dalai Lama just wants Chinese forces to leave Tibet and to have
those who are not Tibetans to relocate. Ever since the Dalai Lama was forced to
flee to India in 1951, China has rules over Tibet saying that China has
"liberated" the region from the Dalai Lama. I feel that China should
give back what is not rightfully theirs. They took over a peaceful country and
from what I read, the inhabitants are not happy about it. China does not want
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695690512160163142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312645482576591632.post-14180156604338057782012-11-28T08:49:00.002-08:002012-11-28T08:49:37.366-08:00Exploration 11"The compromises we have reached demand sacrifices on all sides. It was not easy for the supporters of Mr. Mandela or mine to relinquish the ideals the had cherished for many decades. But we did it. And because we did it, there is hope". This quote by Frederik Willem de Klerk shows us that everyone can solve a dispute between two parties, even two fierce political rivals like de Klerk and Mandela. F.W. de Klerk was the final president of South Africa of the apartheid era. Since the all presidents have been of the african national congress and not the national party. De Klerk still travels the world and is a very influential speaker internationally to this day.<br />
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The 14th Dalai Lama is Tenzin Gyasto. He was chosen to be the next Dalai Lama because it is said as a small child of 2 years of age, he correctly identified his predecessor's belongings in a pile of toys. In recent years, China has invaded and occupied Tibet forcing the Dalai Lama to exile in India. He still continues to spread the Tibetan language and culture as well as human rights. He also is consistently spreading the word of the oppression faced by the tibetan people under China's rule and advocates for their freedom.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898046540253246658noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312645482576591632.post-68566858064666201762012-11-28T07:01:00.000-08:002012-11-28T07:01:07.617-08:00Exploration 11 Tyler Lacks My favorite passage from the selection of speeches was out of the Nelson Mandela speech, towards the end where he says, "Let the efforts of us all prove that he was not a mere dreamer when he spoke of the beauty of genuine brotherhood and peace being more precious than diamonds or silver or gold. Let a new age dawn!" (Mandela 633). This passage was pretty powerful to me because it was just a sort of shout out to how Dr. King did this before and Mandela almost seems to be insinuating that he too is also willing to die for his cause to strive for the ultimate society climate of equally and peace without having to worry about violence or being attacked by anyone due to race or class and it shows how this is a major mile stone to what is to come in the country of South Africa.<br />
I found that it pretty interesting to see that if Mandela was not imprisoned for as long as he had been, that he might not have gone on to do the things that he did. In prison he actually made a fool of most of the prison officials that worked there at Robben Island and became a large leader in the prison for his prison comrades. This experience actually worked heavily in his favor and he might not have even realized it. He came out of prison a new man essentially even more driven to achieve his goals from the banned ANC with the help of his now fine tuned leadership skills that he had acquired while imprisoned.<br />
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/mandela/prison/<br />
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The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of the people of Tibet. The government of China threatened Tibet as the current Dalai Lama assumed the power of Tibet. The current Dalai Lama has been in exile in India for the last half century by China due to the struggles between the two. It was odd reading about the stuff involved with this because of how different of a world it is over there. Everything is run based on a religion and I grew up basically without religion. It all seemed so different for me.<br />
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This is my favorite passage from Frederik Willem de Klerk's speech. I thought that it was important because it showed how he truly want to help his country. He did not want to just get elected, like many politicians in the United States want to do. He know that many people would not like him but he know in order to free South Africa from Apartheid, which means literally the status of being apart, he had to compromise on many key issues.<br />
Not only was de Klerk one of the most important figures in ending Apartheid in South Africa but he also ended South Africa's Nuclear Weapons program. This is important because not only did he want his own country to be nonsegregated but he also wanted to stay a peaceful nation.<br />
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The Dalai Lama is the head of state for the Central Tibetan Administration, or Tibetan government in exile. The reason that Tibetan government is in exile from China today is because the current Dalai Lama criticized the Chinese government for its harsh governing over the country. In 2011 the Dalai Lama stated that the next Dalai Lama might be found outside of Tibet and might be a female. The Chinese government rejected this statement stating that they alone have the power to pic the next Dalai Lama.<br />
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Dakota Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15399448810893871658noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312645482576591632.post-9595602422171710242012-11-28T05:00:00.003-08:002012-11-28T05:00:36.224-08:00Exploration 11One of the passages I find interesting from the Nobel Speech essays would be one of Nelson Mandela, he says:<br />
"This reward will not be measured in money... It will and must be measured by the happiness and the welfare of the children, at once the most vulnerable citizens in any society and the greatest of our treasures. The children must, at last play in the open veld, no longer tortured by the pangs of hunger or ravaged by disease or threatened with the scourge of ignorance, molestation and abuse, and no longer required to engage in deeds whose gravity exceeds the demands of their tender years".<br />
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This quote shows what Mandela really fought for. He did not fight and was imprisoned for nearly three decades only for money, but for the future of his country.<br />He understand that children are the future and like he described them "the greatest treasure of any society". Further, he describes what was like to be a children in the years of apartheid, tortured by hunger, ravaged by disease, and threatened with ignorance, abuse and death. "Kaffir boy" by Mark Mathabane is a book that talks about Mathabane's life growing up in South Africa during the years of apartheid. By reading this book one can really understand what was going on back then, and see the importance of Mandela's speech.<br />
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An interesting article I found about South Africa's current education is the following:<br /><br />
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The article talks about the <span style="font-family: inherit;">reality of public schools in South Africa, where the<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"> education and finance ministers are b</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">eing taken to court over poor standards at state schools.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">* </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">80% of state schools classed as "failing"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">* 1,700 schools without water.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">* 15,000 schools have no library.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span>When I read this numbers I was amazed. Certainly South Africa has improved since the days of apartheid, however this article show that they are failing in this aspect, which I consider very important. Investment in education should be a priority for South Africa's government.<br />
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The Dalai Lama is the head of the Buddhist temple in Tibet, he is also a political leader in this country. The religious name of the current Dalai Lama (the 14th) is Tenzin Gyatzo. He was formally recognized as Dalai Lama when he was only 15. Since then he has made very important contributions like trying to negotiate China out of Tibet, when they invaded after WWII. His continuous efforts gave him many enemies and threatened for his life he flew to India. Today, he travels the world advocating for the welfare of Tibet, teaching Tibetian Buddhism, and talking about compassion as a way of life. A quote I really liked from him is, "Happiness is not something ready made. It come from your own actions".<br />
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<br />Gonzalo Adriazolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14525194338793676418noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312645482576591632.post-50338146695058056372012-11-27T15:45:00.001-08:002012-11-27T15:45:30.370-08:00Exploration 11 - Larissa "We understand their call, that we devote what remains of our lives to the use of our country's unique and painful experience to demonstrate, in practice, that the normal condition for human existence is democracy, justice, peace, non-racism, non-sexism, prosperity for everybody, a healthy environment and equality and solidarity among the peoples." -Nelson Mandela<br />
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This passage is important to me because it explains a utopian society that every country and every citizen within that country wishes to be part of.<br />
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-Nelson Mandela has a law degree from the College of Fort Hare and the University of Witwatersrand.<br />
-Frederik Willem de Klerk has two sons and a daughter with his wife, Marike.<br />
-Aung San Suy Kyi's country is not known as Burma anymore, it is now called Myanmar.<br />
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-http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1993/mandela-bio.html<br />
-http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1993/klerk-bio.html<br />
-http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/myanmar/index.html<br />
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The Dalai Lama was the traditional governmental ruler and highest priest of Buddhism in Tibet and Mongolia. The man represents a reincarnation of a series of spiritual leaders. The Dalai Lama that the essay was on was the fourteenth holder of this office. He tried to tell the country that the next Dalai Lama might be found outside of Tibet and might also be a woman. The government officials were upset by his statement and said that only they could truly assign the next Dalai Lama.<br />
I think its silly that the government was mad about this statement. If this character is supposed to be spiritual then the spirits would choose the next Dalai Lama. If it would have happened to be a woman then the citizens should still follow it either way because it would be hypocritical of their religion not to, including the government officials.<br />
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Every picture I came upon of the Dalai Lama, he looked very happy and peaceful. I was glad to see that this is his normal composure because I think these are the kind of everyday outlooks and emotions his followers expect and look up to.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312645482576591632.post-57210743662211613122012-11-27T15:11:00.001-08:002012-11-27T15:16:14.368-08:00Exploration 11My favorite passage within the Nobel Speech essays is from Nelson Mandela's speech when he says:<br />
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This quote truly captures what the ideal circumstances of South Africa are wished to be and what goal they have in mind as the finished product of what their country is all about. He expresses the importance of a world without discrimination and violence. He describes a world that has justice and peace where everyone has an equal opportunity to prosper and grow as a nation. He is not satisfied with small change but wants to make drastic changes and create a world that has something that everyone truly desires in life.</div>
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After doing some research on Nelson Mandela i discovered quite a few interesting facts on his life and his influence in both Africa and throughout the world. Nelson is well known for being a global advocate of human rights. He helped fight the white minority's oppresive regime in a racially divided South Africa and risked his own life. He was imprisoned for nearly three decades and made him the face of the antipartheid movement in South Africa. He became the first Black President in South Africa and proved to be a huge political and social figure in South African society.</div>
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The Dali Lama has made various claims criticizing the Chinese Government for its repressing rule upon the country. He specifically mentions the backing down on the reform of the Tibetan government and China has refused to Grant Tibet autonomous rule as well. The Dali Lama is known for being a peaceful and spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. The Dali Lama has put an increasing amount of concern and effort within the stirring up of protest against China's current rule in Tibet and has been involved in the protest in convincing China to grant Tibet autonomy.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027549834124904113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312645482576591632.post-31772194659080815552012-11-27T09:57:00.001-08:002012-11-27T09:57:12.064-08:00Kris' Exploration 11 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
My favorite passage of the Nobel Peace prize
readings comes from "the speech The Revolution of Spirit" by Aung San Suu Kyi
(given by one of her sons). She describes the human responsibility as being the
realization of spritual opression for democratic change is the type of opression
she believes is necessary.<br /><br />"At the root of that [human] responsibility
lies...the concept of perfection, the urge to achieve it, the intelligence to
find a path towards it, and the will to follow that path if not to the end, at
least the distance needed to rise above indicidual limitation...to live the full
life...one must have the courage to bear the responsibility of the needs of
others...one must <em>want</em> to bear this responsibility."<br /><br />This quote
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The current Dalai Lama is criticizing the Chinese governmnet that rules over Tibet as repressing the country and backing down on the reform of the Tibetan government. China refuses to grant Tibet autonomous rule as well. The Dalai Lama is the peaceful, spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. He is stirring up controversy with China over the repression and also criticizing future Chinese leaders who will only make matters worse for Tibet. He believes that if nothing is done now, it will only get worse in the future.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08607287462704686446noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312645482576591632.post-48562093094453167092012-11-27T08:17:00.000-08:002012-11-27T08:17:36.674-08:00Exploration 11In the speech of Nelson Mandelea, after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, one quote that I thought was very important was that "Thus shall we live, because we will have created a society which recognizes that all people are born equal, with each entitled in equal measure to life, liberty, prosperity, human rights and good governance." I believe that every human, no matter what race, religion or sex, is born with all of these things and that no person should ever be allowed to limit or take away these things. This is exactly the way that humans should treat each other around the world. If this was the way that every one lived their lives then the world would be able to do amazing things. <br />
One current event happening in South Africa is that in August 16 of 2012, protesters of platinum mine were shot by African police killing 34 people and leaving 78 wounded. 270 members of the protesters were arrested and charged with the murders of their peers. Those charges were later dropped. Many of the workers were on strike to try to get their wages raised. The police commissioner defended the officers stating that it was their last resort to try to tame the "wild" protesters.<br />
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The Dalai Lama is a leader of the Buddhist spiritual and political leaders on Tibet. They believe that things can be overcome through morals and discipline. As of now the fourteenth Dalai Lama is named Lhamo Thondup. After WWII China became a communist nation and they decided to invade Tibet. Claiming that the government was cruel and that Tibet was originally a part of China. The Dalai Lama tried to negotiate China out of Tibet and even when to other countries to try to get support. However, no one would face against the Chinese army. In the end the Dalai Lama feared for his life and fled to India to hide. <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04863740411274641585noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312645482576591632.post-32346322179763733862012-11-26T18:10:00.000-08:002012-11-26T18:10:36.014-08:00Exploration 11One of my favorite passages from the Nobel Speech essays would be from Nelson Mandela, when he stated, "The the children must, at last, play in an open veld, no longer tortured by pangs of hunger or ravaged by disease or threatened with the scourge of ignorance, molestation and abuse, and no longer required to engage in the deeds whose gravity exceeds the demands on their tender years". I think this is very important because it such an obvious statement, but still very powerful. It pretty much sums up everything he is fighting for.<br />
An important issue I found while doing research on South Africa was that it still has one of the highest crime rates in the world, even though it fell roughly 4.7 percent, which was 18,487 out of 47 million people. I think this is important because although South Africa is beginning to settle, it shows that there is still a lot of work that needs to be done. I found this issue at this link.<br />
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The Dalai Lama is both head of state and spiritual leader in Tibet. The current, or 14th one, is Tenzin Gyatso. The challenge I had while trying to research was that I had at first thought that Dalai Lama was a man, rather than a title. I quickly found out what that title meant when I began to search the name.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312645482576591632.post-37759818333166876582012-11-26T18:08:00.000-08:002012-11-26T18:13:58.253-08:00Exploration 11 On page 638 of <u>The Essay Connection</u> in Aung San Suu Kyi's speech it says, "The lessons of the past will not be forgotten, but it is our hope for the future that we celebrate today." This statement really stood out to me because it means that there is nothing that can be done to save the past. However, there is hope to correct things, and make life better for the future. After doing research I found out that Aung San Suu Kyi had been placed on house arrest to prevent her from being the head of a political party. However, she is currently not under house arrest. In fact she ran for parliament just this year, and she won a seat in parliament. I obtained this information from:<br />
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<em>The 14th Dalai Lama (shown above on the left) is awarded the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize.</em><br />
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Dalai Lama is a name given to people who are supposed to be a reincarnation of an important Buddhist of the past. The 14th Dali Lama's real name is Lhamo Thondup. He is the political leader of Tibet. The Dalai Lama has tried numerous times to make a peaceful negotiation with China to let Tibet become an independent free nation. Each attempt failed, though, and by 1959 the Chinese Government was fed up with tht Dalai Lama trying to free Tibet. The Dalai Lama was so sure that the Chinese Government was trying to assassinate him, that he decided to go to India, where a lot of his supporters followed him. The Chinese Government ruled him a traitor, and a terrorist for his actions. The Dalai Lama never gave up on trying to win over Tibet's independence from China. As a result, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 for his non-violent efforts in trying to free Tibet from China. The Dalai Lama stepped down as the political leader of Tibet in 2011. To this day, there still has been no agreement with the Chinese Government to free Tibet. I obtained my information from:<br />
<a href="http://www.biography.com/people/dalai-lama-9264833?page=1">http://www.biography.com/people/dalai-lama-9264833?page=1</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02976074919995414001noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312645482576591632.post-33294208592957704082012-11-26T15:41:00.002-08:002012-11-26T15:41:29.181-08:00Kevin Nguyen Exp 11<br />
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I thought in <u>The
Revolution of Spirit</u> the best part was when Aung San Suu Kyi's son said,
"I know that if she were free today my mother would be in thanking you
also ask you to pray that the oppressors and the oppressed should throw down
their weapons and join together to build a nation founded on humanity in the
spirit of peace." This is important to me because I also believe this is how
nations should function. Those in power need to cooperate more with their
civilians to form a united country based on peace. Myanmar is slowly growing
with a high literacy rating of 90%, private schools being tolerated, the
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The Dalai Lama is the
spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. He promotes basic human rights, world
morals, and peace for people. Currently the Dalai Lama is being criticized by
the Chinese government for siding with government officials in Japan. The
government is also blaming him for inspiring acts of taking their own lives in
protest such as self-immolation. The Dalai Lama is trying to free the Tibetan
people from oppression and suffering but faces challenges from authoritative
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<i>This picture shows a Tibetan monk going through self-immolation to create awareness towards the public about the oppression the people face. This monk believes Tibet can be freed through protest and is taking the extreme for those to understand how important his cause is. </i></div>
Kevin Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11681012587340881377noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312645482576591632.post-54712383921960047612012-11-26T15:29:00.004-08:002012-11-28T13:11:22.812-08:00Exploration 11 "...it will mark a great step forward in history and also serve as a common pledge of the peoples of the world to fight racism, wherever it occurs and whatever guise it assumes."<br />
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This passage reminds me of one of the things that Martin Luther King Jr. said in one of his speeches. It so perfectly sums up the mood of the entire speech, of Nelson's entire life, as well as the life of many civil rights and anti-racism activists. I really like this part of the speech, because it is so true. People like Nelson Mandela and MLK did hunt down racism in the world. Mandela in Africa, and MLK in the US. This part of the speech is important to me because I feel that even today in is necessary to hunt down the remaining racism and injustice in the world, wherever it is. Even today in the Middle East and Asia are countries that oppress their people or discriminate against a minority.</div>
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The most interesting thing I found in my research was that Nelson Mandela's father was the chief of a native African tribe. It is interesting that still today there are parts of Africa the contain primitive tribes or tribes that have not adopted modern technology. I did not know that Mandela was the decedent of a once powerful South African tribe.</div>
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The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. Tibet was<br />
invaded and occupied by China. Today China claims Tibet as one of its Providences and encourages Chinese citizens to move into the Tibet region. This is slowly destroying the Tibetan sense of identity and culture. The Chinese army occupies Tibet to prevent any uprisings. I feel this is horrible. Tibet deserves autonomy again. The Chinese government needs to ask itself how they would have felt if during WWII we allowed Japan to continue to occupy China and claim China as part of its territory. I'm sure they would be just as upset as the Tibetans are.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03838910302797838222noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312645482576591632.post-85204793742112842422012-11-26T15:22:00.005-08:002012-11-26T15:22:20.450-08:00Exploration 11 Dillon Steinhilber In today's Nobel prize winning essays, one passage that stood out most to me was Nelson Mandela's call to end oppression and racism in his country of South Africa by quoting MLK Jr. to end racism and war. It shows that Nelson Mandela was very knowledgeable and smart, and that he also has a real passion for uplifting South Africa. Something nifty about Nelson Mandela is that Morgan Freeman actually portrayed him in a movie called Invictus. This movie really showed the hurdles facing Mandela when he was trying to unify his country for peace and prosperity. www.imDb.com<br />
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The current Dalai Lama is a man named Tenzin Gyatso, he is the 14th so far, and he said that he could possibly be the last. the Chinese government issued a law in which all high monks of Tibet would have to have the approval of the government. This includes the Dalai Lama. The reason there is tension, other than the fact that China has taken over Tibet, is that Tenzin has retired, but he stated that the next Dalai Lama (if it will exist) could possibly be femal and possibly live outside of Tibet. The Chinese government rejected this statement and stated that only it has the authority to select the next one. Also, Tenzin fled Tibet and created the "government in exile" of Tibet.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02123089929198339950noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312645482576591632.post-46851517551181557072012-11-26T15:21:00.020-08:002012-11-26T15:21:54.539-08:00Exploration 11My favorite passage from these essays came from the Nelson Mandela speech. It says, "This reward will not be measured in money. Nor can it be reckoned in the collective price of the rare metals and precious stones that rest in the bowels of the African soil we tread in the footsteps of our ancestors. It will and must be measured by the happiness and welfare of the children." I liked this passage because it symbolizes the well being that we as humans should all imitate. It puts the children at first priority instead of any type of fiscal gain.<div>
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While researching on Nelson Mandela I found out a bunch of new facts about him. The biggest thing that surprised me was that he was actually jailed for nearly 30 years and still has accomplished everything that he has. More can be found out about him on this site I found <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/people/nelson_mandela">http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/people/nelson_mandela</a>.</div>
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The Dalai Lama was born on July 6, 1935 and took political power of Tibet at age 15. That same year he took power the People's Republic of China invaded that same year which caused him to flee to northern India fearing assassination. He has sense then tried to make a Tibetan state inside the People's Republic of China but the Chinese has shown no signs of moving forward with it. He is a great person that promotes peace wherever he goes.</div>
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