Jonah Sair- Social Studies 10

I have now finished the book, "The Road From Morocco", by the author, Wafa Faith Hallam. It is amazing to myself, how the experiences of the mother's life have dramatically impacted the daughter, who is also the author, and made her stronger. The torment that her mother experienced throughout her life caused the daughter to look after everybody else's needs to her own detriment. She was constantly in a position to look after and care for others to make up for what her mother had to go through.  It took a lifetime for her to learn that her mothers past needed to be addressed and accepting in order for her to have positive relationship with her own daughter. Her journey allowed her to see the world for what it was and not pass judgement where egos and materials success were predominant.   This journey is summarized by Gandhi's statement, "You must be the change you want to see in the world." All of us wonder around wishing for circumstances and people in o...

As I continue to read my novel. I have been doing research and reading articles and finding other sources to go along with the themes of the book. Some themes that are present in the book, "The Road From Morocco", include gender equality and pre-arranged marriage. These sources listed below have helped myself further my understanding about these issues and helped my not only understand the book better, but have also helped me learn more about the topics of gender equality and arranged marriage. Articles: (Gender Equality in Morocco) https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/17/world/africa/gender-inequality-in-morocco-continues-despite-amendments-to-family-law.html https://www.unicef.org/gender/files/Morroco-Gender-Eqaulity-Profile-2011.pdf https://en.qantara.de/content/womens-rights-in-morocco-gender-equality-on-paper-only (Arranged Marriage in Morocco) https://phys.org/news/2011-03-morocco-website-marriages.html http://heymorocco.com/culture/wedding-traditions-morocco.aspx ...

I am approximately halfway through my book for my semester long project. The book, "The Road From Morocco", so far has been an excellent novel that describes the struggle and journey of a girl's mother who was forced into marriage. The book does a really great job of illustrating the issues of pre-arranged marriage and more specifically gender equality. The book is in the point of view of the daughter of the mother, Saadia, and she explains in great depth about how her mother struggled with the issues of gender equality and being forced to do things that she didn't want to do. The way in which the author, Wafa Faith Hallam, writes and tells the story of her mother is really powerful and you almost feel like you are attached to the story in some way. So far, I have really enjoyed this book and I would definitely recommend it to other students as well as friends and family for a intriguing and educational read. Bellow I have attached a photo that illustrates the idea ...

My group and I have put our chalkboards that we created, in the learning commons of the school, to promote the issue of gender equality. We decorated them with colourful chalk and made them look attractive so that they would get attention. We then put up posters and flyers up around the school, to encourage students to write what they feel about the issue of gender equality on our chalkboards. Our chalkboards were put on on January the 8th and will continue to be up until January the 17th. Many students and teachers have already started to write on our chalkboards, and they are starting to look like what we imagined before starting this project. I find it really touching and interesting to see what other people feel about this topic. I am so happy and thrilled that my group and I accomplished this project because it gave the people of St. Francis High School the opportunity to share what they think and how they feel about a topic that our current world struggles with. Reflecting on thi...

Today, we went to the shop classroom and started to construct our chalkboard from the materials that we had recently purchased at Home Depot. We first decided how big our board was going to be. As a team we came to the conclusion that we would cut our large board into two boards and then attach them to make one large board, when we were done preparing them. The first thing we did to prepare our chalkboard was apply the primer specifically made for the chalkboard paint that we purchased. We split up our group and worked on applying the primer to our boards of plywood. After the primer was dry, we then started to apply the chalkboard paint. We got some tips from the shop teacher and learned that we needed to all paint in the same direction on the board and we had to do several coats for the paint to successfully turn into a chalkboard. After hearing these tips we started on the first coat. After we had successfully covered our board, we had to wait for it to dry until applying the second...