“The true republic: men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.” (Anthony) A woman today is a valued member of society, but she can still be valued only for her appearance. She is now accepted as a diligent worker, but still uncompensated for her caretaking duties. She may be legally the […]
Three perceptions of mine have been shattered over the last week; what an essay is, what MLA Citation is and what equity is. Let’s start with the easiest one to explain. For my whole life, I have been told that the perfect essay follows the rote format of an introduction, three supporting paragraphs and a […]
For the past two weeks we have been unpacking the impossibly heavy cargo that is society’s beauty ideals. We’ve talked about what they are, how they impact individuals, how they are impossible to meet, but with all of this a question was still left in my mind: Where do they come from? The more I […]
To be honest, when we started this unit I was unsure what I would be learning from it. We had completed our civil rights We Shall Overcome unit last year and it appeared that we had learned all there was to learn about human rights and equality. After our dive into Shakespeare’s Taming of the […]
“The more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future” – Theodore Roosevelt I am not sure why, but it never occurred to me that Deep Cove had a history. I always assumed that all the interesting stuff was happening now or was yet to come, but never considered what […]
With over a month under our belt, PLP students are slowly adjusting to these strange times. Our humanities class has now switched from the hybrid (half online, half face-to-face) instruction model to being fully in school and things are beginning to feel more normal. Of course, I am using the PLP definition of normal, which […]
