MELISSA'S BLOG: 2008-04-27

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Ghost

Too routine deposits of disorder
The agenda has been blood stained,
Too routine lack of self-esteem,
My demeanor, imperative of change.

The time has come for new inspiration.
My contemplation extends.
My passion grows, my reactions explode,
I am reborn, as my wounds start to mend.

Enough suspending reality, denial escapes at last.
Enough sustaining duality, hatred a ghost of the past.

Ghost of the past, Ghost of the past

Liberation will rein
This time remorse will be hollowed.
Complete annihilation of strain,
My ignorant pride will be swallowed.

Too routine deposits of disorder
The agenda has been blood stained,
Too routine lack of self-esteem,
My demeanor, imperative of change.

Enough suspending reality, denial escapes at last.
Enough sustaining duality, hatred a ghost of the past.

Too routine, Too routine...

Ghost... of the past

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

http://youtube.com/watch?v=iir5sj4efg8

I am so glad I found this video. Unlike gender-bashing, this intelligent man speeks his opinions on our white male dominate society.

Hating, Loving History.

HIS STORY. Written by the winners for the world to see. Written by the men who owned, conquered, and created empires. We must always examine history and decipher the truth from the narratives. We must always analyze cause and effect, coincidences and biases within history.

Studying history develops our powers of thinking, and exercises the essential intellectual activity that humans need to understand the world. It teaches us who we are, and how we came to be. It also makes us question, criticize, and enables us to have an educated perspective of the world.

Canada's democracy is supposed to fundamentally teach our students to be well-informed, active citizens -to be able to organize, analyze and act on the world.... But is this 50 year old white washed history really the ONLY history that should be mandatory in the high school curriculum, in a developing multicultural nation?

I understand that the study of history (opposed to more contemporary concerns) will teach us cultural, political and social lessons "like no other" -but in the world of today, these contemporary concerns are affecting us now, and the information about these serious global issues remains in the news, on T.V and in movies. These "contemporary" concerns are affecting us today, and just may ruin us by tomorrow. I am seventeen years old, and the education system has taught me (practically) nothing about politics or economics.

And we're talking about lowering the voting age? NO THANK YOU! What have we left for all the drop outs? It's highly unlikely their interested in politics in the first place.

History is proved to be so important for our youth to learn, yet we have one mandatory credit, and half the students even get that credit. Many students aren't interested and end up taking an alternative course, and getting the history credit.

Something needs change here.... If history is so important, why aren't we teaching more of it?
"The voting age needs to be lowered" YEA RIGHT!

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Miss G - and the Honourable Kathleen Wynne - please check out!

http://shamelessmag.com/blog/2008/04/watch-out-world-for-the-students-of-miss-g/

Activist Report, Body Politics, In My Opinion...
Watch out world for the students of Miss G!

Now I know many of you have heard of the fantabulous Miss_G Project for Equity in Education and I was fortunate enough to take part in The Voices Behind the Stats: Students Talk About Safety and Equity in Education last Friday at the always cool and supportive YWCA in Toronto.

It was a forum welcoming the participation of students in Ontario to talk to the Minister of Education, the Honourable Kathleen Wynne, about their perspectives on safety and equity in education and share their ideas for improvement.

Students came together from all across the Greater Toronto Area, London, Ingersoll, and many places in between with one message:
STOP DISCRIMINATION NOW!

They WOW’d everyone with their boundless energy, incredible strength, and sheer determination to end all forms of oppression. They all spoke with such passion and eloquence to the Minister with their many, many solutions to advance young women’s rights for the betterment of society!

I am completely inspired and was moved to tears by these amazing young women. THESE are the experts we need to be listening to for positive change to be effected in schools across the country.

And how awesome is it that the Miss_G Project exists in the first place to make stuff like this happen?!!

The Ministry of Education had better watch out for these powerful young feminists who are ready to take on whatever injustice comes their way and will not take NO for an answer.

You GO GIRLS!!!

(oh and if you are a FACEBOOK user, show them some love on their space!)