West Des Moines Essays

  • Personal Narrative: Five Little Monkeys Jumping On A Bed

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    hospital visit gave me a scar near my eye and under my eyebrow. It feels like I just came out of the hospital. My grandma, grandpa, mom, dad, 2 brothers, and I decided to go down to my uncle Cad, aunt Tammy, and cousin Adra’s house in Urbandale near Des Moines. The car ride was boring like a 10 year old kid going on a little kid ride because their parents forced them to go on with their little sister/brother. I can’t remember if Michael and I watched a movie or not. We finally arrived there, it was really

  • Personal Narrative-The Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournament

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    Dreams 16,000 people, 3 mats, 2 wrestlers, do you know what this great venue is? The Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournament Finals. I have been dreaming of this opportunity since I was a little kid. But as you may know, you do not just get handed these opportunities. You have to work for them. Once the season started I knew what I had to do to get my chance to win a state title. I started the season off, being ranked first at my weight class which was 106 lbs. That was a huge confidence booster

  • 1st Amendment Wrangling

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    within these topics is argued with the First Amendment in hand, though not all of them conclude the same. I hope you enjoy educating yourself on this tedious topic! Dress Code When you think of dress code in schools, the 1969 case “Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District” comes to mind. It is by far the most cited and discussed

  • Why Is The Constitution Alive

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    What comes to mind when you hear that the Constitution remained a living document?" It may sound strange to you, because you may ask "how the document is alive?" It 's not literally alive, but because of the analysis, study, and interpretation that the Supreme Courts implements, the Constitution remains vital, after it was written 200 years ago I could show several living examples of decisions made by justices who dealt with the same case and used the same amendments but interpreted the constitution

  • Tinker Vs Moines Case Brief

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    Assignment 6: Tinker v. Des Moines Ana M. Greenwood University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Tinker v. Des Moines In December 1965, thirteen-year-old Mary Beth Tinker was a high school student in Des Moines, Iowa. During that time, a group of adults and students gathered to declare their opposition to the conflicts in Vietnam. To protest, the group agreed to wear black armbands during the Christmas break (Iannacci, 2017). Tinker and a group of students decided to take this protest and armbands

  • Compare And Contrast Tinker And Des Moines

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    The Tinker V. Des Moines had a huge impact on history and school districts. Des Moines was community school district. The Tinker’s were a family that attended it. There were two children from the Tinker family that attended Des Moines and they are John F. Tinker and his sister Mary B. Tinker. They were suspended for protesting. The wore black armbands in a protest against the government policies during the Vietnam war. The Tinkers tries to fight the suspension with the district court but the district

  • Rhetorical Analysis Of Derek Bok's Free Me: Racist Speech

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    Free Me: Racist Speech Freedom is a paradox, especially in America. Everyone is free, but everyone must obey laws. In 1776, America chose to fight against her oppressor. Rather than be a single colony, America became a separate country. Today as an adolescent, America faces a new uphill battle, free speech. Derek Bok and Charles Lawrence both write about free speech and its effect on the community. In “Protecting Freedom of Expression on the Campus”, Derek Bok poses a discussion for the changing

  • Dress Code Case Study

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    On February twenty-fourth 1969, the Supreme Court made a decision in the landmark court case Tinker v. Des Moines. Within that specific case, students were punished for wearing armbands as an act of protest against the Vietnam War. The court ruled as follows “In wearing armbands, the petitioners were quiet and passive. They were not disruptive, and did not impinge upon the rights of others. In these circumstances, their conduct was within the protection of the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment

  • Wearing Armbands In Schools

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    Most people think that all amendments are automatically given to everyone, but it was not always like that. The Tinker v. Des Moines case is about the First Amendment and how a group of students in 1965 were suspended from school because they were wearing black armbands in order to protest against the Vietnam War .What does the First Amendment have to do with wearing armbands? Well, The First Amendment is the right to free speech, religion, expression, opinion, and press. The First Amendment was

  • Tinker V. Des Moines Schools Case Study

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    This case Tinker v. Des Moines Schools was a very interesting case argued in 1968. A lawsuit was filed against the school after three students, Two of which in high school and one in middle school were suspended from school. The school suspended the students for wearing black armbands protesting the Vietnam war. Two other students wore armbands, but were in elementary school and weren't suspended. The students were fifteen year old John Tinker, sixteen year old Christopher Eckhardt, and thirteen

  • Analysis Of The Tinker Vs. Des Moines Podcast Supreme Court Case

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    The Tinker v. Des Moines Podcast Supreme Court case is an important one, especially to students who like to voice their opinion about certain things. In Des Moines, Iowa, during the near ending of the 1960s and the start of the Vietnam War, students silently protested against the Vietnam War by wearing black armbands. This peaceful action was taken out of hand by the school and suspended students who participated in the protest. This was seen as a violation of the students’ rights according to the

  • Essay On Tinker Vs Des Moines

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    Armband protesters suspended from school Everyone is aware of the first amendment which states that citizens should have free speech. In the Tinker v. Des Moines case, the right was violated. What actually happened in the Tinker v. Des Moines case? There were a brother and sister named John and Mary Beth Tinker who went to a Des Moines school. The Tinkers went to school one day wearing armbands to protest the Vietnam war. The school suspended them, and sent them home. The Tinkers argued that their

  • Essay On School Uniforms Pros And Cons

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    School Uniforms: Pros and Cons School Uniforms: Pros and Cons is an article from the American website “Family Education Network”. It is writing by the managing editor Ann Svenson and it is published in 2012. er det rigtigt eller forkert eller skal man hermed tilføje et s? The text expresses the pros and cons when it comes to wearing school uniforms. It is followed with statistics and people that enlightens their thoughts and perspectives on school uniforms. Some of the nation’s largest school

  • Tinker Vs Moines Case

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    notes from a teacher, and learning about the Revolutionary war. All of a sudden, you are banned from school and ripped from your studies, all because you believed in Gandhi’s non-violent movements. This same case happened to the Tinker students in Des Moines, Iowa. In the year 1965, the time of the Vietnam war, a group of students came together and wore black armbands with a white peace sign embeded on the side. These armbands were banned by the principals and the school board, with the punishment of

  • Essay On First Amendment In Schools

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    Students’ First Amendment rights have changed over time due to a series of court cases such as Tinker v. Des moines, Bethel v. Fraser, and Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier. Tinker v moines started it by making it clear that you don't lose your rights in school. After that each case was chipping and shaping the first amendment right of students. Since tinker v moines students right have been shaping and changing because it needed to be made clear that kids (students) had rights too and don't just belong to

  • The Symbols Of The Berlin Wall

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    years to follow, it would harden into a massive barrier of concrete blocks, barbed wire, machine gun towers, and minefields. The Wall became 103 miles long, and it was approximately ten to thirteen feet high. It cut across 193 roads, and it sealed West Berlin not only from

  • The Pros And Cons Of Operation Market Garden

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    To the west was Von Zangen’s 15th Army, to the east was Student’s 1st Parachute Army, and in the south at the Siegfried line was Brandenberger’s 7th Army. Model requested for reinforcements, but Germany have no available soldiers, so they conscripted young and

  • Essay About Batek Culture

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    CULTURE OF THE BATEK Introduction In this paper, I will discuss the basics of the Batek culture and how being an egalitarian society permeates their culture. The Batek are a society consisting of approximately 800 people living primarily in the state of Kelantan on the Malaysia Peninsula. They are an egalitarian society, which is a concept where social equality is essential, and neither males nor females have control over the other group (Endicott, K. M., & Endicott, K. L., 2008). They are known

  • Conflict: The Causes Of Conflict In Africa

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    According to Gesiye (2003) conflict can be defined as debate, controversy, fights and wars between people or countries. Conflict usually takes place when underprivileged groups, nation and individuals are aiming to increase their share of power and wealth and to adjust to the presiding and main values, norms and believe. According to Galtung (1996) Conflict can be looked at as a structure, attitudes and behaviour. Conflict as a ‘structure’, means the conflict situation, groups have mismatched interests

  • Civil Disobedience In Sophocles Antigone

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    In Sophocles’ Antigone, Antigone had disobeyed specific laws given by King Creon, in order to defend the honor of her late brother, Polynices. However, Antigone is in no way considered to be lawless. Antigone believes that violence is not the answer, and therefore instead non-violent direct action should take place. However, Antigone’s approach of civil disobedience happened to be an anarchic and dramatic form of civil disobedience. Antigone decided to act on her beliefs by giving Polynices a proper