Sunday, February 27, 2011

Monday 28/2: MLK's "I Have a Dream"

1. Do you think that all the attention paid to models at something like NY's fashion week is undue in comparison to the other events around the world?
(answer in an a persuasive speech that should take about 2 min to deliver - finish for HW)
NY Fashion Week
NZ Earthquakes

2. Review Homework
3. Watch Speech and discuss key elements
4. Assign sections of speech to groups to recite next class.


Absolute Devastation, men, women and children's lives have been taken from the sudden and unexpected destruction of businesses, homes and lives. The earthquake that literally shook the people's lives leaving them with only death and destruction in its wake.
All that is left for the people who live in Christchurch is rubble from their homes and their lives, while the people in Christchurch try to rebuild their city and their lives the New York fashion week starts where insurmountable amounts of money is placed in making a few people look 'beautiful' for what? Money that could be spent helping men, women and children rebuild and start over from the devastation of a Earthquake which has taken over one hundred lives, is spent on making models look beautiful to endorse products or clothes. Why would so much attention and effort be placed in making one person while thousand's of people who need help, who need money, who need to rebuild their towns, cities, homes and families.
What takes importance fashion or family? What would you rather have the knowledge of the right fashions or to know that your family is safe or to rebuild the hometown that you have lived and grew up in to try to rebuild those memories?
Men, Women and children lives destroyed, homes destroyed, families destroyed, every amount of effort put in can help the people who have been devastated by the sudden, unexpected earthquake on a highly populated city in New Zealand. What is more important family or fashion? Life or death?

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