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    Nyreesha Bracey English 162 Mr. Kurtz July 3‚ 2013 Freedom of Speech on a College Campus What would you do if a swastika was hung outside your dorm room or building by another student? How would you react to any offensive object or behavior that was considered free speech of another person? Many people do not know what they would do or how they would react and handle the situation if they found themselves in it. In the essay‚ “Protecting Freedom of Expression on the Campus‚” author Derek Bok gives

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    Essay Writing Ceci Cravens 1.25.04 1.2 Response Paper The article is from the Boston Globe’s opinion section. The essay is entitled “A Little Less Freedom of Speech” and is about the recent‚ outlandish claims of racism by minorities that inhibit freedom of speech in the general public. The case for the article is how freedom of speech is being limited by outrageous accusations of racism. The thesis that is supporting the case states “it doesn’t take much to get slammed as a racist

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    Freedom of Speech; Is It Really Free In the United States we have many freedoms that we as citizens possess. Freedom of speech is one of the freedoms we enjoy. But what is the meaning of the word “freedom”‚ and how free is our speech? The word free‚ according to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary means: having the legal and political rights of a citizen. With this in mind‚ it does not mean that we have the right to do and say as we please. The First Amendment states: “Congress shall make no law

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    Freedom Writers By: Maya Mohan Freedom writers is a book consisting of the diary entries of a classroom of a troubled youth from the inner cities struggling just to make it through each day. A courageous and kind-hearted teacher‚ Ms. Erin Gruwell took on the class as a first year teacher at Woodrow Wilson High school in Long Beach‚ California. She pushed past the students’ reputations‚ lack of funds and non supportive co-workers to help these kids achieve something many of them thought they’d never

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    Freedom of speech is a right that everyone in this country was born with. Does that mean we should be allowed to say anything we want? Should there be guidelines? Without self-monitoring we cannot control speech and make sure everyone has the same freedom. One of the issues is people are allowed to condemn speech for its offensive nature‚ but forbidding someone from sharing his or her thoughts can become a constitutional issue. The article says‚ “Fighting words‚ or comments made to a specific

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    22 March 2013 Replacing Buses with Notebooks: Freedom Writers worth Admission Price At first glance‚ Freedom Writers seems like an overdone cliché and knowing that it was produced by MTV does not help. The film is about kind-hearted‚ strong-willed teacher who signs up to teach a class of hardened gang members‚ drug dealers‚ and the like. After watching Freedom Writers you realize that it was worth the $6 admission. The positive‚ uplifting messages

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    America. Land of the Free. Government of the People. America is based on the ideal of freedom. But how free can we be if we follow a set of extensive laws? So in a free land why would there be restrictive laws? The answer is to ensure the safety of the people‚ but because we are all free-willed not everyone can be made safe. The government has already used laws to minutely manipulate or free will‚ but would it be more beneficial to completely control our will to keep us safe? In Fahrenheit 451 the

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    Freedom of Speech‚ something that every U.S. citizen can enjoy thanks to the First Amendment. Almost everything is protected by The First Amendment. The First Amendment the good and some would say the bad. It protects scientific research‚ the use of drugs‚ even possibly documents stolen from the government. There are a few other subjects the First Amendment protect: Free Petition Clause‚ Free Exercise Clause‚ and Free Petition Clause. The margin and usage of the Free Speech clause has widened‚ while

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    Good afternoon miss ________ and year 10‚ today I will be speaking about a novel and a movie. The opening scenes of the freedom writers movie are riots and you can hear gun shots ‚ the audience is assailed with discordant sounds both diagetic and non diagetic‚ this also helps to convey the chaos of the context which is the social background to the film Throught the film there is a reliance on various forms of signage that provides insights for the audience about characters and events. The

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    Krupal Hari Mr. Pete English 1101 October 30‚ 2008 Freedom Writers “We fight each other for territory; we kill each other over race‚ pride‚ and respect. We fight for what is ours. They think they’re winning by jumping me now‚ but soon they’re all going down‚ war has been declared.” Freedom Writers depicts students from different gangs facing problems from school life at day to gang violence at night. A new teacher at Wilson High School by the name of Myer Gies connects education with her troubled

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