the future

The future By Hatem


The future is a very important thing, the future is how were going to be next if were going to make any changes or if were going to be better or worse. From 200 years ago we have made many changes we have improved in many things, one of those things is medications. Medications are very important it helps us live longer. If we get sick we go to the doctor and he gives us medicine and after a couple of days we get better. The future is might get worse or better no one knows, we still cant go there and check it out with our technology. We have made so much improvement that in one day we will be able to go to the future and come back and then now what’s going to be next for us what’s going to be our new fight. The future is been a headache to it has changed many lives and gotten the world a worse place in some ways. One of those things is global warming, global warming is very bad for us and it can change this world and make it a very bad place a place that we wouldn’t even be able to stay in it. That’s why the future is bad to. You never know that your going to die in the future or if your going to survive the next day. The future is a great adventure and we should live forward to live it.

Race

Hatem Race

Race is something that distinguishes us humans from each other. There are many races in the world. Race is been classified by skin color, cranial or facial features and hair texture. These things change up the human and make them different from each other. An American person will be called a Hispanic or African American or maybe a branca. These racial things can be used by governments and scientifically. Science has been fighting that if a race group have the same traits and if they can do things that other people cant do. May scientist have said that Race is not a real thing because we are homosepians. These are one of the names that of races they call the people Bushmen Negroes Negritoes Melanochroi Australoids Xanthochroid Polynesians Mongoloids Esquimaux. These racial groups are varied around the world now because many people move around the world and they are from different places and than they get married with someone from that place and then they have a new mix, a new kind of people. Many people come back to race and say that im from this place or that place, that makes the people more unique.

THE FUTURE? How would the future be like? By : Jacinta Marie Da Silva Correia

Our world is changing more and more every single day. From 200 years ago till now, there has been so many changes that has changed the whole world in every way, like the way of living and the way of believing what humans are made of. Some stuff I the world has improved over the last 200 years and many has brought many problems. What has improved in our society is our technologies. Most of the new inventions has helped our world a lot, but to make all those technologies it causes our earth’s life; we our killing the planet. For example 200 years ago after the Industrial Revolution came the Agriculture Revolution, which made the farmers life a lot easier. Before the seed drill was build the farmers would go on their fields everyday and plant each seed one by one, and maybe in one month they would have planted 100 seeds, but after the seed drill was invented the farmers got to plant more then 100 seeds per day, which made everything work easier. The building of those machines also makes us think back on the story of stuff, all these materials and technologies we are buying is killing the planet. I think that there is a 50% chance the world will end in about 100 years, but there is also another 50% that our world will improve better this time, because we have all started to recycle, and we have all started to realize that we are destroying our planet, every day people all around the world try to find new ways to help the earth, and the new ways to help the poor. I don’t really know what I expect from the future, but I’m excited to see what’s going to happen, if we all start really believing in ourselves, a=nd really try to make our society a better place.

Global Leadership by: Jacinta Da Silva Correia

In history class we have had great conversations about the global leadership. We have had discussions about our great leaders like Chairman Mao Zedong, President Richard Nixon, General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev, Nelson Mandela, and Fidel Castro, and they all had their own way of leading. None of them leaded the same, Mao, president Nixon and Leonid were different type of leaders then Nelson Mandela and Fidel Castro, because Nelson Mandela and Fidel Castro were revolutionary leaders. The Leader that has interest me the most is Chairman Maso Zadong. Chairman Mao is the founder of the People's Republic of China in 1949 and one of the founders of the Chinese Communist party in 1921. I learned that one of the most fundamental things in leadership is listening. He was a very successful man that many people followed and listened too, but there were also some people that hated him. “To Be Attacked by the Enemy Is Not a Bad Thing but a Good Thing” is a famous quote he used to say that interested me a lot.

the Future by Ana Chapela

Evolution is permanent therefore society is always going to revolutionize. On the order hand, resources are limited which means that they are going to most likely run out. On that account, society has to get organized and protect the lands and resources.

In today’s life human beings are more attached to technology and machines that is almost like they do everything that a human does, just to make our lives easier. This idea is making most of the humans loose almost all of their abilities. We are moving towards technology. During the renaissance there were so many ideas going out and many people opened their eyes toward new ideas, enlightenment ideas, to improve their daily lives. Soon many people were starting to remove themselves from paying attention to religion; instead their minds were focused on all these new ideas and things that emerge at that time.

Communicating with the Internet, through the cell-phone and the electricity has become a tremendous part of human’s life. It seems like we depend on all of these instruments that we use in our daily lives. Children barely go outside and play with their neighbors, instead, they stay in their house while playing around with their computer. I’m predicting that in the future this world would have more inexperienced people than we have today, since technology is going to do everything for us, we wont have the courage to experience it ourselves

In the case of money, it seems like it is always going to be the same, although it has become an important medium of exchange, it has been involved into our lives and now humans feel like they are related to it. Therefore, the future is going to be filled with spoiled humans.

The Future - Elizabeth Anne Edwards

Normally when we’re asked what the future will be like, we automatically think of things like The Jetsons, I, Robot, and Star Trek. As strange as it may seem, many aspects of these futuristic depictions are pretty accurate, especially if we continue our current actions.

With the way we keep progressing, technology can only become more and more advanced and more and more awesome! Who knows what the future will hold? Hover boards, robot friends, solar powered automobiles, surrogates, paper-thin computers, and fully automated/computerized homes will most likely come about seeing as they already have the technology for some of these things now. And as for the environment…well…I’m hoping that we’ll become more eco-friendly. We have a long way to go, but people are realizing the damage we’ve done and are taking little steps to better our planet. So, I think we will definitely “save the Earth” in a sense. Natural resources are definitely going to be the main source of power, whether it’s solar, wind, water, or heat. We’re going to have to realize sooner or later that they’ve been right in front of us for centuries and now we have the ability to use them wisely and efficiently. Since we’ve used money for so long, it probably won’t go away anytime soon or later, but credit/debit cards are for sure going to be used more often. Space exploration will definitely shoot up. It’ll get better and better. They’ll have a newer and faster way of getting to certain places in outer space, but the main possibility is exploring all the other planets. As human beings, we’re just so curious, and we’ll never know what we’ll find, so we won’t be able to help ourselves. Power may just be something we can take into our own hands. Maybe as time goes on we won’t need so many leaders. Then again we’ve been led for countless years, so we could just go “mad” when we’re given all this freedom and power. Relationships are a tricky thing to figure out, especially in the future. A lot of the times, we humans are very predictable, almost a little too predictable. Though, for the most part, we are very unpredictable. A relationship (all kinds of relationships) is something that really depends on the people you’re dealing with. It’s in their own hands. What else will the future have in store for us? Or better yet, what’s really going to happen? We can’t know for sure. Oh well…I guess we’ll have to just wait and see.

The Future - Elie Weinstein

What does the future of Earth hold for civilization? Will we fly or teleport to school, have brain chips, prosthetic limbs, duplicates, and communicate with extra terrestrial beings? With all the discoveries, inventions, and achievements that have been made over the past 50 to 100 years, there is no telling exactly how life will be in the future. Due to our achievements and technologies, the evolution of civilization is accelerating more because our findings and technologies have made it easier to further create and discover. If this trend continues, then I cannot wait to see what the future has in store for humanity.
The world’s greatest unsolved problems include but are not limited to the environment, terrorism, nuclear threats, HIV/AIDS, and poverty. The only way to solve these problems in order to have a promising future is if all states cooperate towards common goals, which should include future plans to reorganize the UN as well change many of its policies. To start off, countries need to shift rapidly from using resources such as oil and coal that power technology to safer, cleaner, and more reliable sources such as nuclear power. This would indirectly prevent the already poverty-stricken nations from falling into a black hole of disease and starvation as a result of global warming having negative effects on crops, bodies of water, and animals–and it would solve several other important issues.
The world may be a bit stuck and in danger at the moment; regardless, I envision a bright future for most of us. The global climate change hype will cool down within 20 or so years because most countries would have already made the big switch to sustainable and renewable energy sources. Terrorist attacks could grow and may pose a bigger threat to the world in coming years due to Iran’s (a major supporter of terrorism) nuclear program, yet at the same time the power of terrorist organizations could shrink simply because in 50 years or more, leaders like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Osama Bin Laden, Hugo Chavez, and Muammar al-Gadaffi will have fortunately passed away. At the same time, the world could collapse within a very small amount of time from now due to the threat posed by Iran’s nuclear plans and its support for terrorism, which could lead to a WWIII. As of now, it feels as if the world is in a second Cold War, and the close tie between Iran and Venezuela is similar to that of the USSR and Cuba. Ahmadinejad will probably use Venezuela as a base for the nuclear weapons he is currently trying to develop under the pretense that he is creating nuclear “energy.”
Technology will play an even bigger role in the future than it already does. We won’t see flying cars, but cars will be driven by a computer–this is not a radical idea; right now there are cars in production that can park themselves. In terms of computing and mobile technology, the future is looking brilliant. Mobile devices are going to be even more sophisticated; smart-phones will not only include media, music, etc. but as well as identification, your finances, keys, you will be able to have conference calls on your cell phone, and mobile devices will react to and gather data from the environment. Apart from communication and such, technology will also be involved in health and our bodies. In the future, we could have prosthetic limbs or suits that make us stronger; we have already developed electronic pills that can record and get footage of what happens in our bodies. Sadly however, we will probably learn to depend on such technologies and not be able to function without them, just as we have become so dependent on medicine, computers, and the Internet. There is no telling what the future is going to look like; it depends on the decisions made by the international community and world leaders.

So, the Future huh?

Wow, the future. Such a scary word, such a scary thought. What will I be doing tomorrow, two months from now? Where will I be in 2 weeks, 4 years? So many things change and oh-so quickly. Many people like to blame the past for what is happening today, and for what will happen in the future. Take a look at all of the wars that have been fought and major conflicts: World War I and II, America vs. Iraq, the Dutch Apartheid in South Africa, India vs. modern day Pakistan. Out of those devastating death full events, new ideas had been formed and shaped, but were soon forgotten. After the stop of an event, people went back to what they could do best, everything that they had been doing before.

I have high hopes for the future. I really do hope that only good things will come out of it, which I’m sure will happen. However, I only have high hopes for the future, if we change our way of thinking. Soon, we will be living with robots, parentless children, and a world full of losers who believe the media. Don’t get me wrong, it’s working out fine at the moment; but it won’t be for long. People don’t realize how we are damaging the planet that we live on; they don’t see how our ignorant actions hurt others. “Every time you’re tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future” (from Twitter). We have to realize that all the events that have occurred in the past aren’t the best ways to solve problems; there are many different ways that we should try for a change.

If we don’t change the way we are thinking right now: “We have technology to reach the future, but the educational system remains in the last century” (from Twitter). Relationships, exploitation and all of that powerful stuff will regain its meaning, its “what it means to be human” meaning; I hope to see the future in which people will walk on the street and ‘pay-it-forward'. "Kindness is one of the hardest things to give away, it always come back", when the world realizes this, we'll be a whole step ahead, and the future will just keep on getting better and better.

-- Sara de Jong
10A

Global Leadership (stephanie LDE)

Through history we’ve meat many big Leaders throughout the world. Leaders such as: Chairman Mao Zedong, President Richard Nixon, General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev, Nelson Mandela, and Fidel Castro had leadership styles and strategies just like any other leaders, each one with a different perspective.
“Fighting with heaven, fighting with earth, and fighting with human being, what a great pleasure!" is one of Chairman Mao Zedong’s famous quotes. He is one of my favorite leaders since he fought for equality of woman in China. Based on his studies, he developed his theories. He had no respect to any laws and he didn’t allow anyone to challenge him.
To be able to be a great leader, you would need to be: responsible, considerable, caring, a good listener, observer, great personality, self-belief, motivation, efficient, trustful, and most important you should think before you act. Power and Leadership would be one of the most important points to society. People need someone to tell them what to do, but it needs to be someone they can trust. People don’t like fall-downs so they would be happy to rely on someone.
People have been struggling for peace for the whole existing of human nature. Peace can never be made because we don’t like peace. We like struggling for what we want, most importantly, we like war. If any organization would gather Global leaders to accomplish goals, there will probably be a World War III. The organizations will not be successful at all especially with people with different thoughts and points. Chaves would probably be the first one to get into trouble!

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Global Leadership By Ahmed a.k.a Hatem

Mao believed in Marxism, these was a when china was communist and was run very harshly. Marxism is a kind of ruler was he had used many military strategies. Charmin Mao was a very harsh ruler to his people millions of the Chinese population. As much as people think he was a very bad ruler, he’s still a controversial figure till this day in china and held very high as a great revolutionary figure.
President Nixon was a president that had never come to power and resign, he was an American President and he was the first one to ever resign. President Nixon saved millions of American soldiers lives, 300 soldiers were dying daily. He got the soldiers out of there. Nixon was in a major scandal and after he had resign he said that it was OK if the president did bad things.
Leonid Brezhnev was a soviet leader, he had served for 18 years as a general. He began as a iron engineer. Brezhnev changed many things in the Soviet Union, one of the most important was there power. He had increased there power and made them very powerful, just like every country would like to be. He had made many changes to the country but he was also one of the reason why the soviet Union had collapsed.
Fidel Castro came into the country and wanted change, with his power and followers he over trough the last party and become prime minister and after that from 1965 he’s been the president of Cuba. Fidel’s ruling is as a dictatorship. He has made many changes to his country. He has one of the best doctors in the world, but it’s very hard for a person to leave the country.
Nelson Mandela was the first South African president being elected fully by the people, before he became president he was an anti-apartheid activist. Mandela made many changes during his rule, he’s gotten more than 250 awards over four decades and 1 Nobel Peace Prize.
After all, all kinds of ruling are very important. Some people think its good to have so many and some people don’t. I personally think that its better to have many kinds of ruling because then you can see which is better and which one can actually help it get out of miseries.

Socialism vs. Capitalism by Phaedra

Socialism is when the community as a whole has control of the production and distribution of the materials in a land. Capitalism is when private companies have control of each separate material. I think capitalism is definitely more ‘in tune’ with human nature, as people just do not want to share their resources. I think socialism eliminates any means of competition, which is actually a good thing, but many people don’t see it that way. In my opinion, a socialist country requires a lot of trust, you trust other people with your materials. So in a way, a capitalist country is easier because you look out for your own things. I don’t think it would be fit to call one more “fair” than the other, as each are equally fair. I think in this case it’s a matter of which one is more useful for each country and its economy. It’s fair that everyone shares and has equal rights on different things. But it’s also fair that a person is allowed to own his/her own business and do with it was he/she wants. The role of money in our society is to control it. Our society revolves around the idea of money and time. It is said that “money can’t buy time”, giving time more meaning than money. But then again, it is also said that “time is money”. The more time we spend working the more money we get. The less time, the less money we get. But all in all, most people’s main goals in life is money, we study hard to get good degrees, to get good jobs, to in the end, give us fatter paychecks. Money, in the end, is our life.

Leadership - Elie Weinstein

Alexander the Great, one of the greatest leaders in history once said, “I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.” Therefore, the success and advancement of all aspects of a nation or civilization are dependent on the strength of its leader.
The idea of leadership in the past century has evolved dramatically. Our world has shifted from a system of royalty, monarchies, and absolute rule to democracy, communism, and constitutional monarchies (which are basically democracies). This shift has positively affected our political systems and society because when strict monarchies still ruled the world, most rulers of dynasties or kingdoms would either resign or be assassinated due to the poverty and unhappiness created by being strictly ruled, followed by chaos.
The main attributes a great leader should have are as follows; intelligence, cooperation, kindness, persuasiveness, good speaking abilities, courageous, trustworthy, somewhat “transparent,” previous leadership experience, impartiality, and good social skills.
Some of the greatest leaders in history had these characteristics, yet lacked other essential aspects of leadership. Fidel Castro for example rose to power simply through violence and speeches, yet most of the world hates him due to his unwillingness to listen to his people, and because the communist system he forced on Cuba has failed to help its citizens.
Leadership plays an immense role in solving world issues; solving problems that impact us all can only be resolved through the combined efforts of nations and their leaders. Right now for example, the U.S. is working closely with the four other Security Council members and Germany to stop Iran from destroying itself and the world with its nuclear enrichment program, through sanctions. The U.N. Nations has played an important role in this issue, mainly because of the cooperation of its delegates. It is obvious that often times the U.N. does not carry out its duties properly or that nations do not realize the passed resolutions, but the U.N. and its member States will succeed in working together toward common goals in times of danger or when the issue at hand poses an extreme threat. The current issue of Iran is a perfect example because the current nuclear “energy” program run by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who denies possession of nuclear arms, does not allow the IAEA to inspect its nuclear “energy” facilities, supports terrorist organizations, and calls for the destruction of Israel and America is suspected to possess and develop nuclear arms, which would pose a threat to all of us. In times like these, we should all thank G-d that the U.N. Or at least some sort of multilateral peace-keeping force exists.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/castro_fidel.shtml

jacinta Socialism vs. Capitalism

Since the Industrial Revolution, two main economic systems have developed; these are capitalism and socialism. In Socialism all members of the economy share benefits; any government that is capable of giving you everything can also get everything away from you. Socialism is basically a planned economy in which the government owns all resources and the wealth is divided up equally. In Capitalism people exploit other people for money. Under capitalism, people put their money into a business and hope they make a profit. An example of what Socialism does to Capitalism is when you come with an idea to get money and the government takes it away and throws it away. Capitalism has three main points: wealth, competition, freedom of enterprise, and profit motive. United States is an example of Capitalism, and Cuba is an example of Socialism. Most of the time Socialism have the poor people and Capitalism has the rich people. Socialism and Capitalism has everything to do with MONEY.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4sQFZGs99E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKKAOSFXiPk

Socialism vs. Capitalism - Elie Weinstein

Socialism is to capitalism as North Korea or Cuba are to (basically) the rest of the world. They just cannot match the economic success of other nations around the globe, and the simple reason (apart from that they are both communist) is that they have socialist economies.
If the world could vote tomorrow on what economic system to follow, the results would favor socialism by miles. The only explanation for this is because this economic system somewhat offers the impoverished a way out of poverty through food and other necessities being distributed for free by the government. It would seem only fair for the poor to have equal access to basic materials and food needed to live, but how is it fair that citizens who work hard or have greater skill at what they do receive equal repayment as a person who’s job is to solely pick up trash for example?
This is why capitalism works better; it allows you freedom over prices and even over what school you attend. Sweden has been very successful because it has adopted both the free market as well as socialism, thus incorporating the benefits of both worlds. It has a free market just like America, however, due to the high taxes paid on everything, the government can offer many services for free. Sweden’s system is one of the best economic systems because while it allows individuals to grow financially, it still provides everyone access to free education, healthcare, etc.
Socialism and capitalism have many pros and cons, but the greatest problem of the entire world is money. Money may seem just a way to buy products and services, but it’s more than that. Because money is required to have anything in this world today, people crave money, commit suicide because of it, and they’ll even resort to exploiting themselves and criminal activity just so that they can get their hands on paper with numbers on it. Many feel that they need it in order to live, or to gain status from it; we have come to depend on numbers as a means to everything we own or do in life, as well as to how we act and think towards ourselves and others.

Socialism vs. Capitalism

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I got this link on twitter, so bear with me. :P
It's a long article (well it looks really long), but I think it's pretty nice on how it tries to compare socialism and capitalism to each other. And, by reading the comments at the end, this article isn't like, THE ANSWER, but it's still nice on how it shows an everyday example. :)

- Sara

“Can You Multiply Wealth by Dividing it?”

Should Capitalism be kept? Should Socialism be kept? They both have their benefits and of course their bad sides. Capitalism allows everyone to work for their money, and earn the money that they work for (in a normal world of course), and Socialism allows all of the people who don’t do anything to earn just as much money as all of the people who work hard. And mind you, there is still corruption in both case scenarios, so I suppose they both suck just as much. They both aren’t fair, because the people that work hard deserve the credit, and the people that can decide the costs, will ask too much simply because we all want to be powerful.

In elementary and somewhat in middle school we always wanted to be the best, and wanted to earn the most credit, the most recognition for our work. And boom, when you enter high school, suddenly it’s stupid to be the one with the highest grades. I suppose you could compare the school way of life in elementary and middle to a kind of capitalistic view, and high school is more of a socialist view. If everybody gets the same grade anyways, why study? If we all want to try and fit in, in High School, and being stupid is cool, why bother studying to get a high grade if it's un-cool anyways? If I’m nice to the kid sitting next to me, I’ll get a star, so why not be nice?

There is no real socialist country; they are more considered a mixed country. The United States of America has a socialist country, in the sense that all of the basic necessities are cheap, and all of those workers earn the same amount with a fixed ‘price’; this system is based on the believe that people should cooperate and coexist with one another. Whereas the countries in which there is real capitalism, the government believes that there is competition that will bring out the best in everyone, and create more revenue.

Cooperation and coexisting with one another are very important things that we as humans should do, since it is only natural… it’s part of what makes us human. But then again, people want to have recognition for the work that they deliver. How can two systems like that be turned into a system that could work out for all of us? One without money? No competition needed, right?

-- Sara de Jong
10A
Weekly Writing Assignment #2.

Space Race by Phaedra Hanst

The two countries battling each other in the Space Race were United States and Soviet Union. They wanted to beat each other in many things that had to do with space, specifically sending man to the moon, landing him on the moon, and getting satellites set up in space. For both countries this race would boost up their economies, both wanted to have the name of “sending the first rocket into space” and so on. In my opinion this race wasn’t simply to discover all of these world-changing technologies, it was to see who could discover them first. This only happened though, after the Soviet Union found out that their rockets had the possibility of traveling so far. First, their rockets were simply weapons used in the Cold War. The Space Race had many positive consequences; I think it opened up the world’s horizon on where they could go. If indeed we could find ways to travel to other planets, we could surely find the benefits of each and every one. On the other hand, they were possibly dangerous trips. After the Sputnik was set up, we tried to also send men to outer space, which at that time was not such a good idea, seeing as the technology was not as advanced as it is today. I think that the Space Race continued because people still want to know more about other planets. There are though, two opposing views on this topic, some people want to keep exploring simply because it’s something they love, and others I think want to explore to see what they can use. We are using up all our earth, is the Space Race a search for more resources? I do think that humans should keep venturing into space, who knows what they might find? If indeed these planets are uninhabited, we might be able to use them.

Socialism vs. Capitalism ((videos))

Of course I love the cartoon video the best :P but that's just me. The other two bring up good points. Enjoyy peoplezz! :)

-Liz

MLK vs. Malcolm X- Phaedra Hanst

I think that Marin Luther King’s views where most effective. He used Ghandi and Henry David’s theories on non-violence. This proved to be effective when protesting against Rosa Parks’ arrest. Martin and the other people supporting the protest decided that they would no longer take the bus, and this put the bus services into bad business, which made them mad and caused them to use violence against the protestors, but they were not allowed to fight back. This worked, because simply by not taking the bus, some bus companies had to shut down, and the law on colored segregation in public transportation was taken away. I personally would have followed Martin Luther King’s views, because they, to me, proved to be the most successful. I think that if you scare someone with violence, you’re going to accomplish less than normal. Some people will obviously think different, as they would say that if Martin would have killed some of the bus’ driver’s then they would have accomplish what they wanted to much faster; and they probably would have, but I think it’s different because they actually worked towards what they wanted and got it honestly and without hurting anyone. I also think that by using violence, it would have created a larger problem. If they killed bus drivers, then their families would come back to kill those people, who would eventually kill more of the families, which would still result in many people dead, and no problem solved.

Introduction

An influence is the magnitude that has an outcome on someone. Humans are build up put of influences through out their whole lives until they become venerable and they stop listening to others for the reason that they already got enough influences created by many people. Humans are not just influenced by the TV and the Internet; they are also influenced by characters that they grew up with; Humans grow up and build up expectations and goals in life while keeping some of the influences that were created on them. There are many people who have many ways of thinking that have been always slid into their minds without knowing the reason why. Many white people were raised with the idea that they could not be with black people just because of their race, parents created hate in them to have for black people they influenced them to hate them even though they could not explain why black and white should not be together. Martin Luther king had a dream, his dream said it all, he wanted racism to stop; he wanted people to judge others by what they demonstrate not by their skin color. Martin Luther King Jr. should be considered one of the most influential men throughout history.

Space race

Ana Chapela

The Space Race was a competition of space exploration between the United States and the Soviet Union, who after World War II became the most powerful countries. They both developed military space programs that were secret. This race had its ups and downs, for example, there were many new technologies produced by trying to win this race, people learned more and more about science, rockets, and space. They also stopped using rockets as a weapon. The negative side would be the conflict between these two countries instead of getting together and making the best out of all those great ideas that were created out of all these discoveries and curiosities about space. The reason why they kept on doing it was because many people got interested into knowing more about space so they got involved into it, now it depends on science and discoveries instead of politics. Before, all they wanted to obtain out of all of this was just simply to be the most powerful country in the world. Especially the United States since they felt they were being defeated by the Soviet Union because of their success on space exploration.

In my perspective, I think that space analysis should proceed seeing that earth may reached a point were humans cannot be able to live in it anymore, searching for other planets that humans may be able to live in can be one possibility to survive. This can help humans to learn more about the solar system. It also develops new technology that is used today in daily life, like for example, digital image that is used by doctors to record images of the human body. With the absorption of space, people can come close to what means to be a human. Without space exploration we would not be able to have Internet and all the resources that we get from having space observations.

Space Race Hatem 10a

Outer space is a place we wanted to discover and we were willing to give up everything to go up there. This has now changed; people now don’t even care what’s happening up there. Space is a place were we think we know what it is, but actually it’s a place that we have only discovered a very low portion of it. After the soviets went a couple of times up there, the USA couldn’t resist anymore. A country across from us is betting us and that’s when the space race began. The soviets had gotten 18 unmanned landings up there. President John F Kennedy said were going to the moon, a couple of years latter his word was made real. The first manned space rocket on the moon, which showed the soviets that the USA could do it and be better than them.

Sputnik, the first artificial satellite in space was made by the soviets; it was the size of a beach ball 58 cm or 22.8 inches in diameter and 83 kilos, and the first one to orbit the Earth Korolyov's R-7 missile. Nearly after four months the USA successfully launched its first satellite. The period were all this idea of going to outer space was happening during the cold war were the USA and the Soviets had a war conflict after WWII. 1961 Yuri Gargarin becomes the first human to orbit the Earth. After the Soviet Yuri Gargarin the Americans were way behind, on that same year they sent their first American astronaut to orbit the Earth. 1963 first women is a Soviet called Valentina Tereshkova. After 5 year the USA was successful to send Apollo 8 to orbit the moon.1969 first person on moon was an American called Neil Armstrong followed by Buzz Aldrin. After all the Americans weren’t the first ones up there but they still showed the soviets that they could do it they could get up there by the date they had said. Still now a days we don’t care anymore who goes to outer space or what’s happening, we almost completely forgot about outer space.

Space Race Hatem 10a

Outer space is a place we wanted to discover and we were willing to give up everything to go up there. This has now changed; people now don’t even care what’s happening up there. Space is a place were we think we know what it is, but actually it’s a place that we have only discovered a very low portion of it. After the soviets went a couple of times up there, the USA couldn’t resist anymore. A country across from us is betting us and that’s when the space race began. The soviets had gotten 18 unmanned landings up there. President John F Kennedy said were going to the moon, a couple of years latter his word was made real. The first manned space rocket on the moon, which showed the soviets that the USA could do it and be better than them.

Sputnik, the first artificial satellite in space was made by the soviets; it was the size of a beach ball 58 cm or 22.8 inches in diameter and 83 kilos, and the first one to orbit the Earth Korolyov's R-7 missile. Nearly after four months the USA successfully launched its first satellite. The period were all this idea of going to outer space was happening during the cold war were the USA and the Soviets had a war conflict after WWII. 1961 Yuri Gargarin becomes the first human to orbit the Earth. After the Soviet Yuri Gargarin the Americans were way behind, on that same year they sent their first American astronaut to orbit the Earth. 1963 first women is a Soviet called Valentina Tereshkova. After 5 year the USA was successful to send Apollo 8 to orbit the moon.1969 first person on moon was an American called Neil Armstrong followed by Buzz Aldrin. After all the Americans weren’t the first ones up there but they still showed the soviets that they could do it they could get up there by the date they had said. Still now a days we don’t care anymore who goes to outer space or what’s happening, we almost completely forgot about outer space.

Space Race Hatem 10a

Outer space is a place we wanted to discover and we were willing to give up everything to go up there. This has now changed; people now don’t even care what’s happening up there. Space is a place were we think we know what it is, but actually it’s a place that we have only discovered a very low portion of it. After the soviets went a couple of times up there, the USA couldn’t resist anymore. A country across from us is betting us and that’s when the space race began. The soviets had gotten 18 unmanned landings up there. President John F Kennedy said were going to the moon, a couple of years latter his word was made real. The first manned space rocket on the moon, which showed the soviets that the USA could do it and be better than them.

Sputnik, the first artificial satellite in space was made by the soviets; it was the size of a beach ball 58 cm or 22.8 inches in diameter and 83 kilos, and the first one to orbit the Earth Korolyov's R-7 missile. Nearly after four months the USA successfully launched its first satellite. The period were all this idea of going to outer space was happening during the cold war were the USA and the Soviets had a war conflict after WWII. 1961 Yuri Gargarin becomes the first human to orbit the Earth. After the Soviet Yuri Gargarin the Americans were way behind, on that same year they sent their first American astronaut to orbit the Earth. 1963 first women is a Soviet called Valentina Tereshkova. After 5 year the USA was successful to send Apollo 8 to orbit the moon.1969 first person on moon was an American called Neil Armstrong followed by Buzz Aldrin. After all the Americans weren’t the first ones up there but they still showed the soviets that they could do it they could get up there by the date they had said. Still now a days we don’t care anymore who goes to outer space or what’s happening, we almost completely forgot about outer space.

The Space Race - Elie Weinstein

The tense Cold War, like a dormant volcano waiting to explode, has had an everlasting impact on the world due to the Space Race. Had it not been for Soviet and American efforts to expand their rule out of our atmosphere, the world would be radically different than it is today.

Most orbital expeditions and missions to space are for scientific use. Satellites have been used to map the Earth, and a multitude of satellites are used for communication, tv broadcasting, and the internet. The intentions of the Space Race, however, were purely for military purposes. Both the United States and U.S.S.R. were keen to develop satellites and missions that sent rockets into orbit, simply because the technology and engineering wonders could be implemented in the building and use of long range weapons––especially nuclear weapons.

The Soviets were the first to successfully achieve such a mission, with the launch of a small satellite known as Sputnik. According to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, the success of this mission was due to both parties’ war tactics. Russia had the upper hand in its space program because it had already implemented rocket technology into its missiles during the Cold War, while America was still developing bombs to be dropped from aircraft.

Russia’s pioneering in space exploration has affected nearly everyone in the world forever. Satellites have many purposes, such as in the areas of navigation, television, internet, and the military. It has had a great impact in these fields, however the implementation of rocketry technology and engineering for military use has resulted in the construction of systems that are capable of killing millions of people as well as animals and plants within no time.

Although, rocketry and space exploration has resulted in weapons of mass destruction, I fully support space exploration and wish for it to continue. I do not regret the Space Race (were it in my hands) because I fell that the said weapons are in good hands (except for Pakistan and Iran). I don’t think that humans should live on other planets because we are Earthlings. I cannot imagine permanently living indoors or with an oxygen tank, or seeing no other life form. We are made to live on Earth; trying to populate another planet would just create financial, political, environmental, and societal problems. The only reason I see fit for us to move to another planet or the moon were if a giant meteor was to strike us.

Does Race Matter?

Thanks to Stephanie v.R. for sharing this cool YouTube video. He is so hilarious, but offers such a great insight.

British influenced in India

If you put it into simple words, it’s like someone inviting himself or herself into your own house, not only do they tell you that what you are doing is wrong, but they make u do what they want you to do. I’m convinced that most people would not accept this. What about the British invading countries and pretending like those countries belong to them? Some people would say that if it wasn’t for the British, this countries would not be as civilized as they are now, for example, India a country with its own believes and culture ended up speaking in English and drinking tea on the afternoon. British influenced had a tremendous impact on India, railroads where made so people could travel better, population growing, communication got better, people where starving, good education was introduced. It did affect India in various way, in my opinion it wasn’t the British right to change the cast system and violate the Indian culture.

By: Ana Chapela

British Reform of the Caste System - Elie Weinstein 10 A

In the modern and Westernized civilization we live in today, supposedly everyone is equal on a social level as stated by the law of most countries.Yet, how is it possible that traditions such as the caste system in India which predates centuries ago has still survived until today? In a world where mostly everyone is or is at least supposed to be entitled to equal chances and opportunities, rights, and privileges such as freedom of speech or the right to education; the existence of a primitive social structure in which freedom is limited for the lower class and only those with higher status can make important decisions on anything–as well as not being able to gain status–is truly atrocious. Although some parts of India still hold this age-old tradition which causes violence and massacre, wether or not Britain was right in reforming this system throughout much if India during the 19th and 20th centuries is unquestionable.

"Caste Systems" By: Stephanie LDE 10C

The British were wrong when they passed laws trying to reform the Indian caste system because firt of all that is not what they wanted. All they wanted from India first of all was their diamonds and other natural resources or goods. Yes, there duty were to make Indians united even though the caste system separated them in a way but they don't have to right to convert someone into another riligion if they don't want to. You can't force someone to believe something if they don't wish to. It is clearly that the British just wanted to be good with the INdians so that the Indians fall for it, and then they take all there good stuff and convert it into theirs. This is just wrong. But it is going on in the world every single day!

Was it right or wrong?

There are always arguments on who is right and who is wrong, and sometimes we can't decide who the right one is. However I believe that the British had no reason to try and reform the caste system in India. The British had no reason to go into neither Africa nor Latin America. Their only reason was to help themselves, and to take advantage of these regions. The British were greedy and only wanted more for them. It is only because of their greed did they decide to "help" the Indians. Although the caste system divided the people of India, the British had no right to invite themselves into someone else’s land and change whatever they wished to. It sounds strange to a lot of us that you were born and stayed in the same position for the rest of your life, but to the Indians this made complete sense. It was your choice, if you wanted to be a Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Sudra, or untouchable. It was your deeds that decided what you would be, and if your actions were that horrible in your past birth, you would become an untouchable in your next birth. The British could not change that; they could not go into your previous birth and make you a good person. It was not the duty of the British to try and fix up India. It was not right for them to try and convert the people in India into Christianity. It wouldn’t be right either if Indians tried to convert the British into Hinduism. There is no point in trying to make someone like you. The British told the Brahmins, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Sudra, and untouchables that they all had to do the same job and would get paid the same amount (which was almost nothing). This was unfair to the Indians. Why should the Brahmins have to do the same as the untouchables, when the Brahmins did not deserve to. Why were the Brahmins in the state that they were? Because they chose to in their previous birth, and the British could not do anything about it. The British apparently were trying to propose equality, but it wasn’t equal when the Indians had to do all the work and the British got all the benefits. Today, what has India ended up to be? A democracy. But still, there are millions of people wandering on the streets. It is only because the British wanted more that they invaded India, giving an excuse that they were responsible for their “younger brothers.” That was the excuse they used to take advantage of India’s riches. It was wrong, and it is wrong to have this greed. What do we do to stop it? It is hard, because the world is made up of a bunch of greedy people.

Sandhya Parwani 10C

The Cast System (By:Gaurav Ganwani 10C)

I think that the Indian cast system was perfectly fine and did not have to be reformed. The Indian people didn't need the help of the British and didn’t need any of their advice. The poor and hopeless African nations needed the help of the British, and needed to follow the "White man's burden”. Because in Africa. They were really poor and needed something to follow. But the Indians didn’t have to. They already had a set of rules and classes, and unlike Africa which was mostly poor India was a wealthy country because of their cotton export. The Indian cast system was that if you are born poor, you will be poor for the rest of your life. If you were rich you would be rich for the rest of your life. The British found this not good according to them. But to the Indians it was normal and they didn’t really have a problem. Because they had had this system forever, I think that the Indians wouldn’t have changed the caste system. But because of the British rule. The British took away the system, and made a new one which was that everyone was equal and no one is more superior than another. So this meant that everyone had the same amount of pay and it was like communism everyone was equal. I think the British people were wrong because if there was a system that India followed for so long it should have stayed like that because everyone was use to it, or at least given them a choice, and see what the Indians wanted.

The British are WRONG

The British who tried to pass on their reforms to the Indians was one of the biggest mistakes. The Indians are people who have the knowledge of their caste system and are not supposed to be thought by others except their swami's or guru's. The guru’s are the people that predict the future for you. People in India do not listen to anybody else besides their guru’s. The British were wrong in coming and teaching the Indians about religion. Just because few Indians are homeless and are not well educated, the British think they can come and teach the Indians to live a new caste. The poor Indians that are not well educated are the ones that believe more in religious and believe that they can lead to a better life with their guru’s advice.


Dhirenraj Dhruv

When will humans find balance? Adriana Baiz 10C

So the question is..Was it the British duty to change the Indian Caste System, or was it wrong for them to come in and do what ever they wanted? Well this question is very personal, as all right and wrong questions are. It all depends on who gets more benefited, and who doesn’t. In the case of Britain changing the caste system, well to me it wasn’t in their rights, but did it hurt India? No, it actually benefited them, why was it that if you were born untouchable you had to stay that way for ever. Well in my case it’s because my believes are different to maybe those of the Indians, and thereby I see western ideas as the right ones. Doesn’t necessarily mean I’m. Then there is another fact that Britain brings up, they make everyone equal in India, yet they come and make the natives work for them. This is call being hypocritical, this is not only presented in this situation, also in Africa where the British saw reforming as a duty, and favor they were doing to the natives. To me, all this has the trouble that it is taken to extremes; humans never try to achieve balance. The British worked mainly because of self benefits and in the process reform some cultures. The Indians will not admit that some western intervene benefited them. Which brings the whole question, was the empirelism era good or bad? It was a time where many cultures mixed and learned from each other, but to what price!

right or wrong?

Right or Wrong?

I believe it was not right for the British to change the Indian caste system. If you would ask the Indian people
this question, if it was right for the British to mess with Indian caste, some might say it was right some might say
it was wrong. Every one has their view, because maybe the people that said it was right, maybe they didn't like their
system at first, but they knew that the British would make it better. But the people that said it was wrong, they had a different opinion, they
believed that their caste system was perfect and they didn't know better. The way the British tried to change the caste was wrong, because they tried to change it
forcingly, what a right way would be is showing the people what they way is and see if the Indians want to adopt it. If the Indians don't like it, then the British should
go back, because they have nothing to decide for India. If it would have happened to them they would also not like it,because they would not like the Indian case system.

Traves Servage

The Caste System – Pierluigi Mancinelli

“Hatred is gained as much by good work as by evil.” — Niccolo Machiavelli

The caste system is detestable and foolish; but this is because human institutions—religion, and the system in question—are detestable and foolish nonsenses puffed-up to hypostatize almost blisteringly apparent untruths which, although offer comfort to the impressionable soul of man, play more upon its aptness at schism than egalitarianism. Surely no one would claim India today to be a model example of social equity amongst classes; and this was surely not the case during the days of the British Raj.

In addressing such gross inequality—gross inequality installed as a sacred obligation, and to which submission assures yonder the gardens of paradise—one could claim the British were oppressive and intrusive with regards to religious—and therefore “untouchable”—constructions.

But it is my belief that in the nation of India, and other places in the world with a tottering social network created by past, and in some cases ongoing inequalities, put in place to run nations and individuals, and which are in these respective places almost always created around religious principles, and in fulfillment of religious obligations, see today such abject poverty—amongst other serious troubles within their borders—because of their not having adopted secular systems presented to them by “evildoers”. Some of the most stable nations in the world today are those who are fundamentally secular in government and their education system; it is because of this that religion cannot NOT be blamed for alongside human stupidity (present in all of us and not just the pious, mind you) playing a roll in the issues present in countries like India today.

The British were justified.

"Evil is the product of the ability of humans to make abstract that which is concrete." — Jean-Paul Sartre

The Caste System - Persuasive Essay Introduction

Stephan C. 10b

The Caste System

Persuasive Essay Introduction


At the very essence of humanity you will find ideas based on discrimination and inequality. Our very existence is founded on the idea that “I am better than you”. This solitary notion has been the key to our very survival as a species. The caste system is an extension of this primitive idea, and makes it into a coherent measurement of ones life. It emphasizes the good in humanity and eliminating any worldliness that might clog our chances of redemption. The goal is to reach a state in your existence in which you are rid of all selfishness, you acquire wisdom with every action, and you spread love. This is the highest level of the caste system the Brahamas. Can you imagine a society in which this is achieved? There would be no need for military action or government, it would create a universal utopia. This is a noble intention in order to establish a peaceful society. This goal creates the desire of raising all people, slowly and gently towards a greater sense of spirituality, inner-peace and as an affect of this inner- peace of mind, a world of harmony is created. If you fail at achieving this in one shot, you will be given another shot. Redemption is not to be achieved in one shot. You will continue to grow and learn as a human being as your setbacks will send you down the system and your acts of kindness and goodliness will move you forward. It is a balance that creates a harmony between religion and society. When Britain began to impose itself upon the very sovereignty of India, it ruined the system. England as a hypocritical observer showed flaws in the system that it maintained in its respective nation. While the untouchables remained secluded from the rest of society, the poor tenants in industrialized Britain were forced to do labor that no one else wanted to do. How does this make them any different from any untouchable? Britain acted as nothing more than a snake, whispering and weaving lies to create discontent among India’s proud and diverse people. Fabricating false images of development and hope for the better tomorrow that would never come, and generating unrest between India’s children. We have all observed the effects of what we have called the “White man’s burden”, the need of the “paternal” European imperialist to ‘civilize’ the rest of the world. We have also seen the very devastation that this movement has caused to poor Africa which remains in the shambles; unable to survive in todays modern world. Drowning by the very Father who sought to raise it and carry it upon it’s shoulders.

Is the cast system a system to reckon with?

I believe that the Indian cast system should not have had to be reformed, unlike the "White man's burden" in Africa, the Indian people did no need the help of the western civilizations. The poor and hopeless African nations needed the help of the British, but the Indians do not. They have already established sets of rules and sets of hierarchies and classes, if you are born poor, you will be poor for the rest of your life. The British might find this to be alien to them but to the Indians it is as normal as can be. The cast system has worked for many years in India and the Indians, i believe they would not have had any intentions of changing it. Caste system has worked for India for centuries,except during British Rule. British used the Division of labor , promoted by Caste System to Divide and Rule.The British thought that everyone needed to be equal and that if you were born poor, you wouldn't necessarily be poor for the rest of your life. They also thought that everyone should be having the same amount of pay, even if you were a untouchable. This all sounds good to us, but for the people in India that followed the Caste system, this was out of the picture. The Indian people did not want change and didn't necessarily need the British too much. They id need them, but not to change their Caste system.



- Robbert van Doorn 10C

Right or Wrong?

Right or Wrong

They came in and took their goods. They wanted to change the Indians without a reason. They were doing this so they can benefit their lives and not the people. The Europeans came in looking for goods found some and told many. So, then the British came and got goods from the Indians and they were getting so much from India they decided to settle down. As they settled down and India made Britain prosper; Britain took over with their authority. They made India the jewel of their crown and took over as they settled missionaries also came. The authority wanted to change some customs and the missionaries wanted to convert them. They wanted to change the way they have been living. They might have tried to do something for the whole community which was change the caste system. But against all of that does doing one good thing make it all better? They wanted to end a culture that has shown us diversity. Now I ask you is this right or wrong?

Right or Wrong

Was it right for the British to come in and tell the Indian people that their way of life is not right. The caste system to the Indian people was a way to keep the peace. Indians believed that in which ever section of the caste system you will live your entire life, you will work and marry in the section. They also believe that it is part of their religion, where the section you are born in is either because of the good you did in the life before or you are getting punished for what you did. I don't think it was right for the British to come in. The British where used to a different way of living their lives, and that does not give them the right to come in and tell them to do otherwise.

By,
Wael Kaddoura

I am a ten year old!

We may have discussed many times what it means to be human. No matter how much we try answering it, we still keep thinking, what does it mean to be human? As much as I believe that being human means helping, I believe being human means culture, traditions, and values. Being human is made up of all of this. One destructive part about being human is greed and selfishness. If humans were able to get rid of that, groups such as the United Nations wouldn't be needed.

The British rule over India has many different aspects to it. Yes, Britain helped make India industrialized, nationalist, and got rid of many of the ridiculous traditions, but did Britain have the right? Maybe my belief is biased. But I feel the same about every region they conquered. I feel that Britain or any other power has no right to change another cultures values, morals, and traditions.

Yes the caste system created divisions in the society in India. The British wanted to bring equality into the society. If I may ask, what kind of equality was it to be making someone work for you, taking all the profits, and fooling them about giving them equality? Is that not hypocritical to some extent? Is that fair? They took all of the profits of these people that worked so hard for them, and gave them much less than what they deserved. By taking away their caste system, they think they payed back for it? They have no right to do so. Whether you talk about in Africa, India, or Latin America, was it ever right for the British to change the values and traditions of the natives? I firmly do not believe so. Even if that makes you think I am a ten year old.

-Himangi Bhavnani

Right or Wrong?

Was it right for the British to reform the Indian caste system? People may argue yes, because it might not have always been fair, but others may say that it was not correct for the British to do so, the reason being that the Indians should have had the right to rule over their own country and make their own decisions. Britain should have stayed out of it. Many people get very annoyed when others don’t mind their own business. In this case, the British came in and made the Indian caste system their business. This is not correct because every nation has the right to sovereignty, or the right to rule itself. The Indians thought that setting up a caste system was a good idea, and the British should have respected that. If it were the other way around, the British would not have been happy with the Indians deciding what they could or couldn’t do in their own country.

Stephanie v. Romondt
10b

Caste System

I believe that what the british were trying to do with the Indian caste system was not justified in any way, but that still does not mean that the indian caste system is actually effective for a functioning mutual society. The British like any western culture have no right to judge any aspect of a foreign nation's traditions and try to make them more like western traditions. The Indian people have the right to decide what's right for them, though they may or may not be right about it nobody else should impose anything on them, because they will only react violently as evidenced by the sepoy rebellion. The Indian caste system is, like most any sort of older social structure, rather flawed, and though it may have perhaps worked well enough for India as a whole, it still left many of its population suffering while the wealthy became powerful. India has gone its own way since then and it should be noted that good people in Indian society can admit that some aspects of their culture is flawed and that they will make progress more and more until it is no longer needed.

Jacob Krijt

caste system

I think what Britain did was disrespectful but that’s how they are. They went all over the world, and did the same thing they did in India, trying to change their lifestyle, religion, etc.
I respect the caste system, it’s their way of life, but I don’t like it myself as an individual born outside of India. You can only become something if you are born in a certain caste. You can only marry someone if your both born in the same cast etc.
I think people should be free to do whatever they want.

Ganesh Vanvani
10b

Casta!

The word 'caste' derives from the Portuguese word 'casta' literally meaning: race/breed. The caste system was introduced in India during the 1600s mainly by the Rigvedic people, and had been put into practice before the British arrived (think circa 1612), however; a system like this could be found in Hindu scriptures. When the British started to have more power (thanks to the fragility of the Mughal Empire), and as the years went by Britain's influence was remarkable, and people like, Ram Mohun Roy, wanted to reform the way the caste system worked. The caste system was split up into 5 different groups, the lowest ranking people were the outcastes/untouchables (aka Pariah), to the skilled workers which were in the middle (aka Vaisyas) and the highest ranking people being the priests (aka Brahmins). Each of the 5 groups was to stay in their own groups, marry to the people in their own groups, etc. The caste system can easily be compared to the system that the French had set up (Estates) before the French Revolution took place. You had the clergy, nobles and the rest of the people, even though their Estate system worked differently than the Caste system, there was still a kind of discrimination of where and from who you were born.

One could easily argue that the British were right for reforming the caste system that was in place in India, but someone could just as easily disagree. This is something that is hard to give a straight forward answer to. I agree, the caste system, before the British tried to reform it, was horrible, and I can't imagine living in something that restricted me from hanging out, or marrying other people outside of my 'breed/race'; but then again, it IS their religion and it was fine the way it was before the British showed up. It kept peace within the levels of society, and it kept a sense of order. The question of right or wrong is hard to answer for myself. It's like asking if the Arabs should give equal rights to women if it isn't in their religion, and if they don't know any better; how could it possibly be right or wrong? I suppose that the British were wrong in trying to reform the caste system, simply because the Indians were living in peace and had established this as a way of life before the British came venturing along and the Indians just didn't know any better. But then again I don't want to live in a society that restricts me from doing something that I want to, and I wouldn't want others to have to be restricted, and there I would disagree. One does have to come to the realization however, that we also live in a society in which we divide ourselves into groups. Not only in high school, where you have the preps, emos, jocks, nerds, and rebels; but also in the world itself. We've establish a kind of 'caste system' ourselves in which the rich marry the rich (they don't HAVE to, but why would a rich person marry an average person?), and the poor marry the poor (once again, they don't HAVE to, but why would anybody want to marry a malnourished, AIDS infected person if they can marry a well off person, let's be honest here for a second). Therefore, I believe that the British were wrong with reforming the caste system. Look at India now and there are still classes, and there is even a split in Hindus and Muslims.

-- Sara de Jong
10A

The Caste System. Mikey Ganga

That's an easy question with an easy answer!
What ever happened or what ever is planning to happen, you just can not change an other cultures rules or mess with their religion(s). I know that the English people only tried to help them in a way they thought it would be good. But you can't think that people will be happy or agree with it if someone came in and just changed everything. I think the Britain people would have started a war if the France or some other country would have came in to there land to tell them how to live their lives.

By,
Mikey Ganga

The caste System

The caste system is something that is very important to the Indians because that's how they live and follow there religion and how they think. I think that the British were wrong because you should let people believe in what they want and think of it how they want.




By:Hatem El Hage

Britain take away India Caste System (Phaedra)

I have mixed feelings about this topic, because I feel a great deal of respect to all religions and their views, so I think that other people should do the same. And for Britain to pass laws to reform the caste system, is somewhat disrespectful. Yes, I don't agree with the way it is set up, but maybe that's how they want it to be. On the other hand, although I respect the caste system I do not agree with it. One main thing I think is unfair is the fact that you can't change the caste you are in, you can't go higher or lower (unless it is the king or administrations order). And that isn't really fair in the sense that if I'm an untouchable and I work my butt of to provide for my kids, maybe open a business or two, even though I work for all of this, I still won't be eligible to be nothing else than an untouchable, just because I was born one.

The Caste System By: Amrit Khatwani

People! The British were wrong when they passed the law to reform the Caste System. It is totally wrong! Would you like if anybody steps up to you and tell you that we are going to tell you what religion and class you are from? Would you like that they insulted your class and "reassign" you a new class? That is like losing yourself respect and dignity people. I think what they did was wrong. Oh yea, one more thing to add, when the system was changed, they would tell you how to live there type of lifestyle, they tell you what to wear and what not, and they would mistreat you. So think about it, would like to live there lifestyle and lose your respect, or go against those Britis and live the life and follow the system how it is meant to follow.

What is a 'caste' system? - Stephen Fahey 10B

A caste system is a type of social structure that divides people into groups by being based on social status through inheritance. And in this type of class, people are supposedly only allowed to interact and marry other people within their same social class, but it’s not always like that. And India is very well known for having a system set up like this for its people. Caste mobility is extremely rare, and its first tendency is endogamy, meaning people only marry within the same caste. Typically, higher castes hold the most power, much like being very wealthy in the United States. And even though the caste system is mainly referred to being with India but also Portugal has its own type of caste system as well, the word being casta. And the word in English is meant to mean breeding or race. When India started to use the caste system in the 1600’s, it was also known as a caste system in Portugal. Castes are also divided by

· Language

· Culture

· Economics

And within each caste system, everyone generally knows his/her place as your own social status is said to be known to over people as well.

And Britain tried to go against it and I personally think that was wrong because the caste system seemed to work for India and it still works today, many years later. And also when tampering with a foreign countries religion, systems, culture etc... it tends to almost or nearly impossible to reclaim/get back. The British wanted India to be like them, wear their clothes, speak their language, same education, same religion, same habits and India didn't really want to take part in that. And Britain also seen the caste system in a sense of racism, and low morals for the standing of Indian peoples wealth/economic standings.