http://nicki.learnerblogs.org Just another Learnerblogs.org weblog Wed, 24 Jan 2007 03:17:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Satire is an extremely interesting writing tool. People like satire because it is real. People can see examples of satire everyday. A resent example of satire is Borat the movie. The Borat is a very good way of experiencing satire because you can see the reaction of actors in certain ... http://nicki.learnerblogs.org/2007/01/21/satire/ "Fliers urging white people not to celebrate Martin Luther King’s Birthday were left in the driveways of several homes in the Amawalk section of Somers the day before the holiday. But because the fliers did not target or threaten anyone, the state police said they were considered an act of ... http://nicki.learnerblogs.org/2007/01/21/racism-2/ Racism is an extremely interesting issue to discuss. There are many different forms of racism in the United States right now. Although the U.S. prides itself on being a diverse country, people are still struggling with racism. Today many African American are still struggling with ignorant white people. One of ... http://nicki.learnerblogs.org/2007/01/17/racism/ The first semester went pretty well. I believe I learned a lot. The class was extremely interesting and fun. As a class is believe that we were pretty productive when we really needed to be. The class discussion was intellectual and help me learn about the books that we read. My favorite ... http://nicki.learnerblogs.org/2007/01/12/reflection-on-first-semester/ I found the class discussion very interesting today. The Iraq war is an extremely interesting topic because it can be approached in many different ways. The Iraq Study Group had a very different approach than most people. They believe that Iraq's neighbors need to help stabilize Iraq. However this brings ... http://nicki.learnerblogs.org/2006/12/14/reflection-to-call-dicussion/ Kristina has a very interesting theory of evil. She said Through the eyes of an American, the terrorists of September 11th are evil, but from their point of view, they were doing something good.  They sacrificed themselves for a cause that they believed in and proved a point to America. The idea ... http://nicki.learnerblogs.org/2006/09/11/evil-2/ Evil is something that the entire world has to deal with.Whether or not a person believes in the Devil, most people believe in a sense of bad and good. My definition of evil is, a word that people can use to describe the negitivity that happens in  the world. I ... http://nicki.learnerblogs.org/2006/09/06/evil/