Life Application Questions
Please answer one of the following: Please consider strong word choice, conventions, and fluency. Make sure your response is reflective and thorough and you answer all parts of the question.
1)What does the word EQUAL mean? Do you beleive it means the same thing that it did when Jefferson used it in the Declaration of Independence-"all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights"? Does this idea still hold true today?
2)As Americans, what do we have the right to expect for ourselves from other citizens and our government? Do immigrants to this country have the right to the same expectations? Why or why not?
1)What does the word EQUAL mean? Do you beleive it means the same thing that it did when Jefferson used it in the Declaration of Independence-"all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights"? Does this idea still hold true today?
2)As Americans, what do we have the right to expect for ourselves from other citizens and our government? Do immigrants to this country have the right to the same expectations? Why or why not?
posted by Jessie C. at 3:04 PM
5 Comments:
I think that the word equal means something is the same as something else. I do not believe that equal means the same thing now as when Jefferson used the word equal in the Declaration of Independence. When the statement "all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights"? was writen it was only refering to white men. I think the statement is more true today then ever, because all races are given the same rights now not just white men. There are still racest people today and they can make life harder for people of different races, but they can’t take away their rights.
The word equal to me means the same. I beleive that it doesn't matter what race or religion you are and that everybody is the same. I think it does mean the same thing when Jefferson used it but they didn't follow by it. This idea does hold true today like in the Middle East and in Africa but nobody can do anything about it. There are still people out there that are races and those people are a problem but since they live in America they have the right to believe what they want and we can't stop them.
The definition of equal means, the same or alike. But to me equal means having the same rights, being treated the same and even. I don't believe that equal means the same as Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independent. Because even then not everyone was treated equal as they intended. Today even though it is not as extreme as the unequal treatment long ago but people are still treated unequal. I believe that certain people like homeless and people with lower incomes are treated different. But it doesn't always have to do with the general "classes". It happens in our schools people judge outcast and also don't treat people the same. So even something as simple as that example there is unequal treatment every where.
I think the word equal means having the same rights, freedoms, and opprotunities as every body else. I think that it still means the same as it did when Jerfferson said that "all men are created equal" but I don't think that we necessarliy follow this. Like we don't treat everybody equal juse because of their color or race. Yes, some people do, but a lot don't. I don't think that immigrants are considered equal in this society. When Jefferson said that "all people are created equal", he really meant ALL people are, so why don't we as americans hold this to be true? We should.
Americans should respect each other. You dont find that near enough. There is so much disrespect for everyone. We all wanna have a really strong country but there is no absolute way that that can happen becuase we have no respect. When we learn to have respect for each other we will be amazing. When you were a little kid your mom always told you to treat people how you would want to be treated, so treat people with respect and in return you will get it back. People just expect that they will have respect, they dont wanna earn it. Do you think that our world can change itself? Or are we to deep in? Can you make the difference?
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