I find it amazing how so many years later we are still trying to battle the same problems that were you had written about in this speech. We were not able to take your advice and change the ways that we educate our society. We still have stereotypes about people and we still aren’t able to properly balance the fairness in life through skin color. Actions are taken because of one’s background. There are still people out there jumping to conclusions because of the shade of someone’s skin. There are still kids out there that have to live with the same burden that their ancestors lived with all those years back. In reality, we haven’t changed that much at all. Worst of all, opportunities are given and taken from kids because of something that is out of their control. Their social status plays a role in where you can get in life. It’s hard to see that people back then had such a big dream of seeing things change and today we haven’t changed a thing. We have been focusing on the wrong things in life, we have brought more violence into the picture and I know that it’s disappointing to see. Although, today people are starting to come together and work towards what they want. We are peacefully protesting and its working. Moving forward from today, even though it might take alot of time, we will progress to your dream Baldwin. The way we educate our children will be different.
Quote Sandwich Practice w/ Library Source
Try to summarize the main focus of your RAB in a few sentences. Now take a quote from your library source and use the quote sandwich to enter the conversation on your topic.
Short RAB Reflection
What are some discoveries you have made so far while researching? Did your hypothesis remain the same or did the research reveal some opposing ideas? Finally, did you find yourself disagreeing with a source? Why or why not?
Reviewing your Quotations
Look at something you have written for the RAB assignment. Have you quoted any sources? If so, how have you integrated the quotation into your own text? How have you introduced it? How have you explained what it means? How have you indicated how it relates to your text? If you haven’t done all these things, revise your text to do so, perhaps using the Templates for Introducing Quotations (p. 46) and Explaining Quotations (pp. 46-47). If you’ve not written anything with quotations, try revising some academic text you’ve written to do so.
