"The Freedom Writers" In the movie “The Freedom Writers” Mrs. Gruwell (Hillary Swank) plays a role of a dedicated teacher who did all she could to help her students. Mrs. Gruwell was faced with a big challenge when a group of freshmen students showed her nothing but disrespect which made it hard for her to communicate and understand them. While she taught she learned different strategies to get them to participate in class activities. The students in the class were highly racial and only talked
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decisive defeat of the Spartan hoplite army by the armed forces of Thebes at the battle of Leuctra in 371 B.C. ended an epoch in Greek military history and permanently altered the Greek balance of power. One by one‚ the old certainties of the ’Golden Age’ of the fifth century had been challenged and overthrown‚ but the image of Spartan military invincibility had‚ until this moment‚ remained a secure bastion. Once‚ the very sight and sound of an advancing line of Spartan soldiers had been enough
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Every male Spartan had to pass through the Spartan education system - the agoge. This began at the age of seven and was completed at by the age of thirty when the Spartan would become a full Spartiate and receive the right to vote. The fact that a Spartan spent so much of his life in the agoge meant that there was a long time for the state imposed system to force him to have the same views. Plutarch tells us that the particularly intelligent young men in the agoge were chosen to be part of the
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INTODUCTION: (A) SPARTAN EDUCATION: When a boy child was born‚ the city-state of Sparta gave him a piece of land thus making him a full citizen of Sparta. The father had the right to raise him and teach him the basics until the age of 7. The boy would then be educated communally‚ centrally under state-controlled supervision. The boy would call a military training camp his home until he turns 30. He then could sleep at his own house‚ with his wife and children. The boys were trained hard‚ learning
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their names because of the many great things they accomplished. One of my favorites characters of all times is Leonidas. He was a king of the city-state of Sparta from about 490 B.C. until his death at the Battle of Thermopylae against the Persian army in 480 B.C (). The Battle of Thermopylae is the most famous battle of the Second Persian Invasion of Greece and one of the most famous battles in European ancient history (). Aside the point that this battle was definitely a defeat
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and dreaded state‚ which led to their eventual rise as the most powerful city in the Greek world. Despite the Spartans rise to power and glory it is extraordinarily difficult to write about the history of Sparta. The problem does not lie in the lack of sources but whether or not the sources can be viewed as historically accurate. When looking at literary sources pertaining to Spartan history‚ there are five issues that must be analyzed and understood if we are to attempt to depict the fact from
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being able to own property.Women were long considered weaker than men.Even in times like these some women were given a little more freedom than others. For example in class we learned that spartan women were more dominant in society compared to other women in Greece. Knowing this information it made me think how life was like for spartan women? What they did in their spare time? Since the men spent most of their time in the military I predict that the life of a spartan women will consist of caring for
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Peaceful protesting does little in the world of making change‚ so the best way to successfully fight for human rights and freedom is through violent means‚ but only specific violent means. The four forms of violence are sabotage‚ guerrilla warfare‚ terrorism and open revolution. Sabotage is the best way to proceed violently‚ because it causes no injury or loss of life‚ while the others result in murder and the opposite of peace between the two opposing sides. Lethal weapons make temporary power of
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the topic of freedom. It is common knowledge that people will often go to great lengths to gain freedom and safety from their government leaders. The French people desperately wanted equality‚ and they were willing to do just about anything to gain that. The people were even willing to bring themselves into a revolution and later under the leadership of Napoleon Bonaparte. When the French people were under a nobility nobody was treated equal because like many old systems the people were unfairly separated
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Spartans and Special Forces; Who’s the toughest? Origins of Western Culture‚ HUM 101 The Spartans were the Special Forces (SF) of their time. Now we have Delta Force‚ Navy SEALS‚ Green Berets‚ Marine Force RECON and Army Rangers. All are small elite groups of warriors trained to kill. How many of today’s warriors would equal one Spartan? Given the vast differences in technology and the way that battles are fought‚ who would come out on top? Spartan warriors are taken from their
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