Speaking Out Against Harrassment

              The following article is about a young girl who was beaten to death when she stopped a sexual assault against two teenage girls.  The assault took place in a crowded McDonalds in Germany and many people ignored the young girls' screams. She was the one to step in and take action and faced tragic consequences for it.  In the same situation, what would you do? Do you think that she should be given the medal of honor in her country for heroism? Reply in the comments.

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Racial Profiling and Police Brutality: How does it affect us? 

During Thanksgiving break, my friend and I went to Austin to visit and tour the city. This was around the time of the Grand Jury's decision not to indict Darren Wilson, a white police officer who fatally shot Mike Brown, an unarmed African-American teenager, in Ferguson, Missouri.  My friend and I were at the Museum of the Weird looking at Big Foot when we heard the protesters outside.  I  heard some comments of people in the store that said "Why are they protesting? It doesn't even affect us!".  Do you think that what happened in Ferguson, Missouri is important to us all around the country? How does racial profiling and police brutality affect you? Do you think that protesting is important way to create change? 

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Advice to Women and Men about Abductions

This following week, video footage was caught of a woman in Philadelphia being kidnapped.  Luckily, the video footage, it's circulation on youtube, and her fight, saved her and she is now home safely. What advice would you give woman and men on protecting themselves from situations where they might get abducted? 

For some advice, click here: How to Stop an Abduction

8 Tales Your Mexican Parents Used to Terrify You

This past weekend was day of dead and you may have heard folktales which are stories passed down generation by generation.  These stories are important to re-tell in order to keep the culture alive.  Read the following article and respond to the following questions. Then, pick one that you want to re-tell to a classmate.

1. What is the writer's purpose in writing this article?
2. What is the main idea of the article?
3. Have you heard any of the stories or variations of the stories?
4. Which one of the stories is your favorite and why?

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Respond to the quote above then answer what success you want to accomplish this semester. What are steps you are going to take to make sure this happens?

Advice from a 1st grader

The great man is he who does not lose his child's-heart.  ~Mencius, Book IV

If you were transported to your child self, what advice would you give yourself about dating and love? Watch the following video and respond in the comments below.  

Reading as power

You all had great writing about communication and power in your warm-ups. For your exit ticket, I want you to read the following article and respond to it thinking about how communication equals power.

SAPD charged for beating woman