For Research: The Social Contract

1. Rousseau, when it came to the French Revolution, influenced many things. He wanted separation between society and the way a person lives their life. He spoke about how a man should be a man and how the rights at birth couldn't compare to anything else.

Rousseau inspired many with his words and his stance. He stood strong no matter what and didn't let anybody  get in his way or discourage him.

For Research: I Will Bear Witness

2. I decided to do this question because "Nuremburg" is a fun word. Leggo.

These laws basically said that Jewish people had to stray away from what they were used to and leave German lifestyles and the culture they had grown with. The laws could restrict them from doing anything and everything. Living conditions could be changed and they tried to even go as far as dictating religion.

A lot of the laws prevented the Jewish community from doing little things like shopping. Major effects were not being able to vote and not having the same level as independence as they previously had before the Nuremburg laws. Independence is something that basically the whole world grows to love. Having it taken away from you would be absolutely horrible.

SOURCE: http://frank.mtsu.edu/~baustin/nurmlaw2.html

For Research: Yucatan

Conditions of a sweatshop would be how companies used to make little kids make like, shoes and stuff. Like Nike, I think did something like that. It also went against child labor laws and all that go along with that.

Conditions in sweatshops are horrible. Hours are long and breaks are short. Wages suck and, oh you want a vacation? Forget about it; it's not going to happen.

Anyone and everyone has or sometimes in life will buy something that is made in a sweatshop. Tennis shoes, clothing, accessories. You have the designer who comes up with it and then all the workers who produce it, and what kind of recognition do they get? Absolutely NOTHING.

Sources: My own common sense? Does that count?

For Research: Auschwitz

Those videos...oh man. They make everything so much more believable, and so much more...I don't even know how to describe it. 1.5 million children were killed during that time period. Did you know that? I sure didn't. It's so heartbreaking, that fact alone. Innocent children dead. It's such a pity.

Also, the videos are a more concrete way of proving what happened. Written facts are good. Videos, however, put a whole new perspective on things.


SOURCE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxZ9U8NHIWo

For Research: Ghandi

Ethical guidelines for journalists:

Seek Truth and
Report It
Journalists should be honest, fair and courageous in gathering, reporting and interpreting information.

Journalists should:

— Test the accuracy of information from all sources and exercise care to avoid inadvertent error. Deliberate distortion is never permissible.
— Diligently seek out subjects of news stories to give them the opportunity to respond to allegations of wrongdoing.
— Identify sources whenever feasible. The public is entitled to as much information as possible on sources' reliability.
— Always question sources’ motives before promising anonymity. Clarify conditions attached to any promise made in exchange for information. Keep promises.
— Make certain that headlines, news teases and promotional material, photos, video, audio, graphics, sound bites and quotations do not misrepresent. They should not oversimplify or highlight incidents out of context.
— Never distort the content of news photos or video. Image enhancement for technical clarity is always permissible. Label montages and photo illustrations.
— Avoid misleading re-enactments or staged news events. If re-enactment is necessary to tell a story, label it.
— Avoid undercover or other surreptitious methods of gathering information except when traditional open methods will not yield information vital to the public. Use of such methods should be explained as part of the story
— Never plagiarize.
— Tell the story of the diversity and magnitude of the human experience boldly, even when it is unpopular to do so.
— Examine their own cultural values and avoid imposing those values on others.
— Avoid stereotyping by race, gender, age, religion, ethnicity, geography, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance or social status.
— Support the open exchange of views, even views they find repugnant.
— Give voice to the voiceless; official and unofficial sources of information can be equally valid.
— Distinguish between advocacy and news reporting. Analysis and commentary should be labeled and not misrepresent fact or context.
— Distinguish news from advertising and shun hybrids that blur the lines between the two.
— Recognize a special obligation to ensure that the public's business is conducted in the open and that government records are open to inspection.

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Minimize Harm
Ethical journalists treat sources, subjects and colleagues as human beings deserving of respect.

Journalists should:

— Show compassion for those who may be affected adversely by news coverage. Use special sensitivity when dealing with children and inexperienced sources or subjects.
— Be sensitive when seeking or using interviews or photographs of those affected by tragedy or grief.
— Recognize that gathering and reporting information may cause harm or discomfort. Pursuit of the news is not a license for arrogance.
— Recognize that private people have a greater right to control information about themselves than do public officials and others who seek power, influence or attention. Only an overriding public need can justify intrusion into anyone’s privacy.
— Show good taste. Avoid pandering to lurid curiosity.
— Be cautious about identifying juvenile suspects or victims of sex crimes.
— Be judicious about naming criminal suspects before the formal filing of charges.
— Balance a criminal suspect’s fair trial rights with the public’s right to be informed.

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Act Independently
Journalists should be free of obligation to any interest other than the public's right to know.

Journalists should:

—Avoid conflicts of interest, real or perceived.
— Remain free of associations and activities that may compromise integrity or damage credibility.
— Refuse gifts, favors, fees, free travel and special treatment, and shun secondary employment, political involvement, public office and service in community organizations if they compromise journalistic integrity.
— Disclose unavoidable conflicts.
— Be vigilant and courageous about holding those with power accountable.
— Deny favored treatment to advertisers and special interests and resist their pressure to influence news coverage.
— Be wary of sources offering information for favors or money; avoid bidding for news.

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Be Accountable
Journalists are accountable to their readers, listeners, viewers and each other.

Journalists should:

— Clarify and explain news coverage and invite dialogue with the public over journalistic conduct.
— Encourage the public to voice grievances against the news media.
— Admit mistakes and correct them promptly.
— Expose unethical practices of journalists and the news media.
— Abide by the same high standards to which they hold others.

SOURCE:  http://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp

For Research: Harlem

2. Human rights are those that are  given to you at birth. They include the right to life, education, fair trail, protection from torture and freedom of expression. Civil rights, on the other hand, are the ones that are given when a human can (and does) obtain citizenship.

When you can have citizenship, then you can be protected by the constitution and everything that comes along with it. Examples of civil rights include protection from discrimination and mistreatment by the government.

Blogging Notes

Blogging Notes

1. Personal liberation in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest seems to involve overcoming yourself and figuring out who you really are.
2. Ratched is often viewed as something bda that is out of ordinary in a not so good way. Nurse Ratched is viewed the same in the novel. Her name is pretty ironic.
3. Women were making a name for themselves in this time period and it showed.
4. There are a lot of hints at racism, but it’s not full blown or anything like that.
5. He’s like the leader in the book, just like Christ is a leader in life. He also talks about a crown of thorn, which Jesus had. Comparing himself in a subtle way?
6. The patients in the mental hospital rebel against Nurse Ratched, the lady in charge, much like Americans were rebelling against the laws and regulations.
7. It gives insight to what his character is like. The parallels is that both communism and liberalism need to end and people just need to live in unity.
8. Chief Broom has a lot of conlictions as a narrator. His mind is kind of scattered, but I guess overall he would be reliable. Indian plays into his name and character. He thinks the combine will save everyone.
9. Both have to deal with thoughts and the mind and how it works.
10. Hippies used a lot of drugs that were involved with the book and none of them seemed to be concerned about the effects that the drugs would have  on their bodies.
11. It can be used as like, a motivational took on how to break free from society.
13. The patients all try to have a democracy and have a voice, but they’re completely shut down by Nurse Ratched.
14. Chaos interferes and stops a lot from happening.
15. It shows that his character is willing to take chances.
16. A machine.
17. Liberation is portrayed when Nurse Ratched doesn’t think the patients are ready to leave the ward, but they do anyway. They’re rebelling against her.
18. When his character appears to be kind of out of it.
19. It was a theme because it went from never happening at all to happening a whole bunch, so it shows change.
20. “The loonies” take the time to think about everything, and analyze things in a way that “sane” people don’t take the time to do, and on a level that we wouldn’t even comprehend. I think insanity is the only response, because if something is out of the ordinary, it’s marked as crazy. Labeling came immediately without justification or explanation. It was all ridiculous.
21. I think to best reform society, you have to understand it and how it works first.
22. Imagery, similes, hyperboles, and metaphors are all very popular throughout the novel. It really enables the reader to go more in-depth with the whole story.