Social Awareness Project

Social Awareness Project

- Interview
1 Q- What was it like to be away from your family knowing that you could die without saying goodbye ate any given moment in the army?

   A-  Well it was hard but not that hard you see when i went into the army i was 18 and i didnt meet your mother until 21 so i only had my Mom,Dad and my little brother and there wasn't much out her in the late 70's so i figured me and my brother would have fun in the army and turns out we had the time of our lives and i knew that i could survive anything with my brother at my side and i also knew my Mom and Dad were going to be ok know thinking back on it i made the right decision 20 years ago because without me going to the army i would've gotten locked up and I definitely wouldn't have met your mother.

2  Q- Why did you join the army?

    A- I already kind of explained that but joine because there wasn't much to live for in the late 70's in New York so i figured I outta try this Army thing out for a change and it gave me a wonderful life after the army

3  Q- Last but not least, What would you say to the people in the army now and if you were still in the army what would you do to help this world?

     A- There isn't much to say but this for all you soldiers keep your head up and focus you cannot side track worry about your squad and your squad only and for helping america thats up to the citizens
Interviewer Zack Stdic
Person Answering Steve Stdic



- Response
Mike Rosen a person who wrote a poem about 9/11 touched many peoples hearts he used so much feelings that even someone that didn't know about that event could feel what happened he got what he wanted to get across and what i think he wanted to get across was that At times there may be grief and agony but there is always something good that will come out of it and when it does it will come out hard so he believes we shouldn't grief but look for better days to come.


- Poem
What is Pain by Zack Stdic

 Pain is weakness leaving you
   Pain is what keeps you motivated
Pain is anger
   Pain is everyones weakness
Finally Pain is a disease no one is immune to it
   Avoid it by not letting it take over you
Pain is the WORLD

People always discriminate gay people around the world they are treated as is they arent human at all.  Some gay people are able to take all the insults but others are not. This leads to suicides in most cases.  This has been going on since the 1900s.  In 1969 Police raided stonewall inn were gay men were and beat them down the people who were hurt gathered some friends and boycotted throughout the streets.  After this event the gay rights movement started and it became known as the Stonewall act.  These gay people stood by what they felt was right and worked hard enough to get what they wanted they are truly Activists

In the book" The Giver" by Lois Lowry.  Small 11yr old Jonas is chosen by his Community to be the next receiver of memory.  His Community's memories have been washed away and everything is the same they all have Sameness there is nothing unique that pops out from anyone everything, feeling ex is the same.  Jonas was chosen to share the memories with the rest of his people even if it involves pain.  This book isn't all that bad so why should it get banned?  I SAY IT SHOULDNT.

One reason this book shouldn't get banned is because as middle school students we are mature enough for many disturbing things. "The hands came and the pain came with them and through them".  I wont lie this may make Parents a little uneasy but we are mature enough maybe one or two kids may laugh thinking that in this part Jonas is doing something inappropriate but we are all mature the teacher will shut that down in a instant. "I wanted her to take off her clothes and get into the tub, I had the sponge in my hand but she wouldn't she kept laughing and saying no". This may have some kids laughing because the girl is around Jonas's age and she is nude in the tub but as I said before we are all mature enough for all this.

There may be a way that supports the side of this book being banned is the sameness because I know no parent would want their kids thinking it is alright to be the same and not stand out and in the beginning that is what this book is getting at. But that is only one way so don't get to tied up on that argument.

To wrap this up this book should not be banned it is totally fine for kids our age reading these books and there is a movie on this book and I am pretty sure that you Parents out there let your kids watch it.  But anyway they should keep this book in our library because you can learn lots of lessons from this book.