Speech Comm

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

[CJ feels like her old self...from before. Beware of wicked sarcasm.]

201--Speech
Gang, we've had a week off, so we're behind. I need you to step it up. We're going to make speeches on Thursday regarding the elections...3 to 5 minutes on the topic of the week. You have the freedom to say whatever you want, but I expect it to be done well. Use ethos, pathos, and logos. Ok, brainstorm, and I'll be walking around to give you help. Go.
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301--Interpersonal Comm

Listen up. Families. What can we say. The accepted theory is that the family unit that is pleasing to us is a microcosm of the social structure...likewise, society is a macrocosm of family. Keeping this in mind...and moving away from the self into the hypothetical, lets talk dysfunction. [Writes DYSFUNCTION on the board] This means literally "to not work" but has many interpretations. We're going to figure it all out today...[flatly] then you'll be the smartest class in the school. Ok, go. Talk. Or I'll set fire to the room.

Chip...you're in deep shi--trouble. I need to talk to you out in the hall.

Comments

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

Family dysfunction is a commonly regarded as a social problem.

Dysfunction in a society is found when parts of a society undermine, and don't maintain the whole. Some have argued that America as a society is dysfunctional and that the fact that just under 7 million Americans are imprisonened, or on probation or parole show how a state ruled society has failed.

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

Excellent E! Run with that...who benefits from broken families and incarceration at an all time high?


((sorry, she's nicknamed you...if it bugs you, you'll have to tell her))

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

*Elizabeth thinks* Well, it depends on the reasons as to why the family is broken... divorce may be seen as a mortal sin in the eyes of God, but if the father is beating the mother and child, then surely it's better to break a family and incarcerate him, instead of risking him killing them?

The country's GNP also benefits with rising incarceration levels... each trial... especially the large public ones, like OJ Simpson, will add to the GNP, in lawyers fees and hotel bills for example.

[ooc: *g* It's fine... she's just happy it's not Lizzie]

[allie-cameron.livejournal.com]

Allie listens to Elizabeth but isn't sure if she agrees or not.

"Wouldn't the fact that the criminals are in jail, and not on the streets, be an indication that society is succeeding?" she asks.

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"The control of the society is succeeding... however, the dysfunction is in those who would commit the crimes in the first place. How many terrorists, or potential terrorists have emerged, citing, not exactly in these words, that is the dysfunction in our society that is causing them to do what they do?"

[allie-cameron.livejournal.com]

"Wait, are you saying that society is to blame for people commiting crimes? I'd be more inclined to blame the individual or their parents, not society."

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"In a part, yes, society is responsible. Obviously the individual in question is at fault, but there are certain aspects in our society which contribute to the crimes. Take the the USA has the highest gun crime rate. Britian has a much lower one, and it's illegal for the public to own a handgun.

And then there's the dysfunction which occurs with relations between socities as well, linking back to the terrorism."

[allie-cameron.livejournal.com]

"Even when our government tries to crack down on gun laws, criminals are able to get them through black market connections or thefts or any number of less than legal means.

I do agree with you about the dysfunction between societies that leads to terrorism though."

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"Which indicates further, deep-seated dysfunction. However, it does mean that a person can't come into "Ron's Guns" off the street and buy, a, I don't know, AK-47. Of course there will still be guns, but there would be less of them and perhaps less killing."

[allie-cameron.livejournal.com]

"I don't think guns kill people though. I think people kill people. In Switzerland, children learn to use handguns at an early age, they're part of every home and they are respected. And their instances of handgun related accidents/deaths are significantly lower than the US's."

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"Guns just help people facilitate killing people. With a gun, you can kill a person from a distance unthinkable without the use of projectile weaponry. Yes, ultimately, it is the decision of the person doing the killing, but would the robber who shot the store keeper to death actually be able to kill him by using his fists? In a way, guns dehumanize death for the person behind the trigger. They're not actually spilling blood physically on their hands, and for some, that makes a difference.

"Switzerland is a different society again. The US is much more multi-cultural, and urbanized, and it's urban areas which suffer the most due to crime and gun deaths. As a society, they are taught to respect handguns, which is something we lack."