Dear people who either have witnessed classism or who know nothing about it,
First off, if you don’t know what “classism” is, then think of it in this synonym: social discrimination. We all know what this means, hating people of a different class than your own. We mainly glorify it in the media, but this happens in the real world too. I was given an assignment in my high school English class where I had to read a classic novel and relate it to real world problems. The book I was assigned to read was Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, and keep in mind this book was written in 1861. The book follows the story of a young boy named Pip through his life into his early 30’s. Pip starts out being a low class kid living with his sister and his sister’s husband, Joe. They are a family that...
Politics
Open letter for our book
To anyone who agrees that segregation is wrong, I read the book and I think that opinion was wrong and I want to talk about the issue. I read this book in my English class because my teacher told me to read this book and it was hard for me at the beginning but I got a lot of things form this book. We had the book called “To kill the mockingbird” and I was interested in the part where they talked about racism. After reading that I started to wonder why they separated black and white because we are equal. I think everyone are the same and I don’t really get why they separated everything. For example: restroom, schools, church etc.
This book was talking about how people were separated because of their skin colors, Atticus Frinch is Scout’s dad, that’s because...
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The purpose of my letter is for people to change the way they see immigrants and refugees for the better. I hope after reading my letter people start to realize that refugees and immigrants are a good thing, sure there are a few that are extreme, but like any other kind of group there will be extremists. One person does not reflect the group as a whole. I had to read the book The Kite Runner. In the book, an Afghani man named Amir gets a call saying how he can be good again. The book follows the life of Amir as a young boy and his friend Hassan. Eventually Amir and his father are forced to flee Afghanistan and the book details their time in America and the challenges they face as Afghani men.
I chose this issue because with Donald trump running (and winning) the presidential...
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This is an open letter to all Australian Citizens and the Liberal National Coalition.
The government is hiding many ugly truths about the employment situation in this country of ours at the moment. They say we are headed for a recession I say that we are already in one.
The government and politicians in general are using programs such as the Certificate III guarantee and the Work for the Dole Program to hide the disastrous truth of the state of unemployment in this country. These programmes do not really increase the chances of gaining full time employment. By utilising these programs unemployment figures are falsely lowered because when people are participating in these programmes they are not considered unemployed and so do not count in regards to the unemployment figures...
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Henry V Open Letter
I had to read Henry V in my English class for a project. This project to be exact. I picked this book because it was about war and I knew a little about Henry V. I wouldn’t recommend reading this book mainly because it is a play by William Shakespeare. The book is very difficult to read because the English in the book is very different than what we speak today.
Henry V was about a young King wanting to claim back some property that his family had lost a long time ago. He goes to France, who claim the land as theirs, and shows his evidence. France, obviously, doesn’t accept what he has shown them and they basically refused to give it to him. The thing is Henry really does not want to go to war without good reason. He was informed by his counsel and given the...
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For one of my classes, I was required to read a single book from a list of famous books. My options were limited so I decided that I’d pick up Atlas Shrugged, being that I was somewhat familiar with the authors previous writings. For those who don’t know, Atlas Shrugged was written by Ayn Rand and was first published in 1957. The entire book revolves around Rand’s famous (arguably infamous) philosophy of Objectivism. The main character in this book, Dagny Taggart, is the Operating Vice President of Taggart Transcontinental, an industry that owns railroads that span across North America. In this novel, the operations of the railroad are examined in its dystopic setting where, instead of our Congress, there is a National Legislature, and instead of our president, there is a Head of State....
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Have you read the book “The Kite Runner”? I had to read it for my English class. I didn’t like the book very much, it got very dark very fast. In pretty much the beginning of the book Amir the main character watches his friend/servant, Hassan, get raped and he just walked around the corner until it was over, then when he talked to him right after he finished getting raped Amir just acted like he didn’t see anything happen let alone try to help Hassan. then for the rest of the book he tries to forget that he even saw it and didn’t stop Hassan from getting raped. Towards the end of the book Hassan had a son, Sohrab, who has been taken by the Taliban, he became the slave of the man that raped Hassan Amir was very reluctant to go help him get away but he ended up doing it anyway to try to...
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To the 45th President of the United States:
First off, I would like to give a warm welcome by congratulating you on your speech to Boeing. It's nice to see that you're still as deliberate on your position on American engineering and infrastructure as you were even before your presidential campaign.
Speaking of infrastructure, there's an industry that has been dismissed by all the seats of the White House and many seats of Congress - the renewable energy industry. It's unfortunate that there is so much dismissal in this industry because, just like YOUR claims about American infrastructure in general, it needs A LOT of work and other foreign countries, including China, are ahead of us in terms of production or utilization of the products from this industry. And the yields from this...
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This past week or so, like much of the country, I have been reading over and over again of the NHS Crisis we are facing as a nation and the challenges of keeping all users of the NHS in good health, be they the most vulnerable of our society, the tax payer, the 'immigrant', the rich and the poor and whatever other prefix chosen to denigrate the Patient.
I am myself a regular and highly frequent user of the NHS and I couldn't even begin to make a dent in the gratitude I feel for all those medical professionals and caregivers who have shown me their professionalism, kindness and care throughout my medical needs.
The recent reports about the "failing" NHS and in particular, experiences in A...
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Dear USA – My Country That I Love So Much,
I know you are confused right now. I know things are a bit crazy and noisy. You are feeling divided, dysfunctional, frustrated and even demoralized. But that is part of maturing and it isn’t easy. Remember that you have been tested before and you have been through much worse. Remember that each time, you made it through. With each challenge in your history, you emerged better, smarter and more capable of providing a wonderful life for your people. No difference this time.
To get through the challenges of today, remember your collective values with a passion, remember to talk about them and listen to others with respect, even when they see things differently. Consider and acknowledge opposing views with all your heart so you can become even...
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