Reading and Writing for Social Justice Research Project by Mohammed Abed 811

     The article I chose was called "Majoring in Marx." The article is about how the Vietnamese government is offering free college tuition to anyone who studies Communism. I chose this article because it shows how the Vietnamese government will try to change the professions of the students trying to study other subjects such as communications, international studies, and English. I believe that they shouldn't offer free tuition for Communism because it might make some students change their profession. For example, they might change their profession because it is free.

     It makes me think about some things in my own life. It make me think about the United States government and if they would do things like the Vietnamese government.  It all started when most people stopped studying communism. I wonder if students stop studying a subject would the United States government would do something similar.  

     

This a Dunkin Donuts add in Thailand. This add offended many people in Thailand. It offended them because in Thailand they don't like African Americans. It is proven that in Thailand 28% of people don't want a neighbor that is not from Thailand. Which is very high compared to other countries with less than 5%.

    It also offends people from Thailand because of what it says near the mouth of the women in the picture. It says "Break every rule of deliciousness." This offended people in Thailand because it showed a African American person covered in black paint.

- I saw people cussing

- I saw people saying racist things about other kids 

    I believe that saying racist things about other kids is the main thing I observed at my neighborhood and mostly at my school. For example, in my neighborhood I here teens a little older than me walking up to their friends and saying " What's up my nigga." At school they are always cussing at each other and when they are at lunch they are always pushing and shoving each other. 

      

       I did a little research on the word "nigga" which originated from the word negro. Negro was an offending word back in the day but now people just say it and some African American people say it to each other. 

I interviewed my cousin and he said that  "good things about the world are people who created Call of Duty, Star Wars, and Spongebob." 

He said that the bad things about the world are "school, my bedtime, and broccoli."

     This interview of my cousin is about what is good and bad about the world. He clearly is to young to know about what is really going on in the world. He decided that the people who made Call of Duty, Star Wars, and Spongebob were the good things about the world. Which I believe is very funny that he would think out of everything he would say those three things. I thought he would say something such as his family and friends but I was wrong.

       He said that school, his bedtime and broccoli were the bad things about the world. I could agree if I was his age but now I know that you would probably need school to do good in the future. I guess because he is young he is very hyper and doesn't want to sleep earlier than like 9. He also said that he doesn't like broccoli. I thought he would've said that he thought a person was bad but he said broccoli. I thought overall he gave some pretty interesting answers.

    I guess you could say that my father changes the world by reusing bags and recycling bottles, paper, and even electronics. My father said " I change the world by doing the things I listed to you." I didn't know how much it really help the world by doing little things as walking instead of taking a bus,train,or another way of transportation. You can also help by using reusable bottles or just by no using plastic bottles. I definitely start to be more cautious of what would hurt the world and what will help it.

    You can do simple things to help the world and environment in the future. You could ride bikes, scooters, and skateboards to get to places. That will really help the world.

    I was watching the news and saw the tornadoes in Chicago and am wondering what the government is going to do about the houses and homeless people in the country. 

     I think it would be really hard to be in situations on the news because the situations on the news are really hard on some people. If I was homeless if I was in the tornadoes or if the government wouldn't help the people in the tornadoes. I definitely wouldn't want to be in these situations. I would probably be scared.

    In movies and tv shows teenage characters aren't like the teens I know because in the shows most kids are most likely rich and have nice cars. The characters in the movies are usually white males or females. There families have a lot of issues and they bring there children into the problem. 

 

    I believe that it doesn't portray an accurate life of the average teen my age. I believe that it portrays the opposite of what really happens in a teenage persons life. Some students try to be like the people who are on tv.