Summary Of Tapping Into The Wire

     If I had to recommend an essay for teachers to teach this would be first on my list. This essay was so well written that it actually interested me, even though I have only read 5 books in my life. Reading is not my favorite thing to do but if this essay was a book I would read it. I was so intrigued by the reality of it and the way that he made those “teachers” look so stupid and how he made the administrators realize how evil we humans can be.

The book I chose to do my book report on is the marines of montford point. This is a true story of the marines of montford point, North Carolina. The first African American segment of the United States marine corps. In this book we find out the struggles they went threw because of the racial barrier as well as the political implications that were going on at the time. This was a very inspiring book and it reminds people of the cost of freedom.

Overall the book was a good read and touched on some various topics that are discussed in our class.

Suggested use: I would use this book as a full class read aloud. Specifically, I would use this book to hit three main points. First, this would be a good book to connect to Common Core State Standards surrounding topics such as describing the “traits, motivations or feelings” of characters and “how their actions contribute to the sequence of events” (as in CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.3). Second, this book might be more engaging to students whose interests are not always hit by other books; this tale of two African American football players would hopefully appeal

I enjoyed the chapter, Mohammed Meets Madonna from the book The Middle of Everywhere and I thought the author’s journals of the students were interesting. I like that Mary Pipher wrote a little about all the students that were in the English Language Learner class. I thought this gave the audience a good idea of the variety of backgrounds and attitudes that the students had. For example, there are students who are in gangs, like Khoi and Cahn, and then there are students who are tenderhearted, like Velida and Tharaya. Some of the students in the ELL class wanted to learn and had dreams of going to college, while others just wanted to get out of school. I found this difference between these students interesting because I know that when I become a teacher, I will also have a wide variety of students. These journals made me realize some of the challenges I will have to overcome as a future teacher.

I have learned many interesting and informative topics in this course but the three topics that I found the most compelling are the United States vs. Nixon case, the Necessary and Proper Clause, and Social Security.

One of the ten points that I found really interesting in the class was how in chapter one and two explained the importance of the 19th and 20th-century influence the Texas constitution that we have until this day.

The reading selection by Dr. Tameka Bradley Hobbs was every intriguing. I knew lynching and slavery is a very big deal when teaching African-American history. However, I did not know that there were many documented events in history that happened in the sunshine state that I live in. Such as, the events that were explained about Claude Neal, Mary Turner, organizations under NAACP, other activist and famous leaders on page 97 through 101. The only thing that I specifically remembered was the tragedy with Rose Wood reasons being that my mother brought the movie home and explained to

3. Describe at least one connection between the reading and topics from outside class (other classes, news stories you’ve seen, etc.)?

The book/author both add to the conversations we had in class. For example: how blacks had no freedom, worked for whites and were mistreated. They were not paid well, so many of them were poor. They as well had sharecropping. Including the civil rights movement.

He gives an account of all five days of riots, describing the origins, public opinion, and the different key players. These riots paint a clear picture of the chasm felt by the working and lower class people of New York City in 1863. It is also clear who they blamed for their woes. The rich and the blacks. These were people who lived in filth and had a hard time finding a job. They resented the rich for seemingly having it all, especially after the Enrollment Act allowed any man drafted to pay three hundred dollars and become exempt. These people did not have that kind of money. They also resented the blacks, whom they believed would take the few jobs available once fully emancipated. This resentment erupted in violent acts toward blacks when they were also exempt from the draft. This book is interesting and well researched, great for any research

Professor Wilson chose to talk about Native American Indians during the last part of the class, something that not only myself but my classmates were probably very excited about. Pretty sure, this will be the topic of many other students, because of how passionate Professor Wilson was about Native American Indians. This made it all the more interesting because of the emotion that Wilson choose to put into it, making myself more enthusiastic, and involved in the topic.

Warrantless wiretapping should never be justified in any case of protecting national security.Why? Lets just say if this is permitted ,what would stop the government from violating domestic citizens privacy? With that question in mind,allowing warrantless wiretapping is still breaking breaking the law even if it's our own government who is doing it. The constitution was put in place to protect peoples rights and to keep our government in order. Without the constitution, the government would become a tyranny.Andrew McCarthy argument was the we should want the government to do wiretapping for our own protection to assist in investigations. The is some truth in his opinion, being that a lot of investigations would be easily solved if the were

I do not discount that reading as it clearly depicts slavery and racism. But, I think to Kill a Mockingbird would have been an excellent choice to follow that reading assignment. I love the quote “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” I think this quote still holds true today. We all remember that in the book To Kill a Mockingbird is about a young girl who is growing up. She has the typical life of playing, having fun, and creating friendships with people. But what is most impactful was her introduction and having to learn about things such as life’s unfairness, weak people, and people with a different skin color. To Kill a Mockingbird” is the perfect example of racism and gender inequality. The reoccurring theme of racism depicts just how much of an impact racism has on the daily life of individuals. The lesson we learned is that people can have kindness, sympathy and support it does not depend on your color of skin, your social status, or public opinion. It all depends on a man’s soul. I think everyone can use or hear this message no matter how old in life they

One of my favorite assignments throughout the course was the midterm. I absolutely loved the documentary Half the Sky specifically because it truly opened your eyes to so many transnational issues. Issues that were not isolated to a specific village or city, but problems that were worldwide. The hardest part of the documentary for me to watch personally was the sections discussing human trafficking. China, Cambodia, and Syria are just some of the countries where sex/human trafficking is a predominant issue. People – typically women – are kidnapped, or sold by their families and then sold to brothels to work as prostitutes. Other forms of human