Journalism blog, 2008-2009.
Maddie White in the House, Part 1
Thursday, February 26, 2009, 9:58 AM
Reading Madeleine White's article entitled Gender studies missing from high school was informative because I was unaware that there was lack of recognition of extreme gender-bullying. In my opinion, Maddie dealt with the situation in a very proffesionnal manner. Since writing an Opinionated Editorial is not an easy task, I believe she did an excellent job including sources about the issue and her opinions as well.
Maddie used the following sources: the Falconer report on violence in the Toronto District School Board, the Falconer by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health on the pyschological effects of violence in high schools. In addition to consulting those reports, Maddie returned to the high school she attended, York Mills Collegiate Institute, to inquire from a former teacher if the sexual harassment in high schools has changed.
The use of a variety of different voices enriches the article because she showcases other people's point of view about the situation. Through this technique, she is capable to demonstrate that she is indeed not alone fighting for this change. The fact that there are multiple voices, the readers will perhaps take this issue into great consideration and contribute to the cause.
According to Maddie White, the only safe solution seems to establish a province-wide women and gender studies course in the high school curriculum. A grassroots young feminist organization called the Miss G Project, (themissgprojet.org), has been incessantly fighting for this cause for the past three years. This organization was started by Sarah Ghabrial and Sheetal Rawal who insisted that women and gender studies in high schools could make a difference.
I completely agree that women and gender studies courses should be added to the province's high school curriculum. Through this course, women and girls will able to access important information about women's histories and feminist analysis. The message will be passed on to further generations to make people and women in particular aware of important feminist events that would be marked in history forever.
Maddie used the following sources: the Falconer report on violence in the Toronto District School Board, the Falconer by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health on the pyschological effects of violence in high schools. In addition to consulting those reports, Maddie returned to the high school she attended, York Mills Collegiate Institute, to inquire from a former teacher if the sexual harassment in high schools has changed.
The use of a variety of different voices enriches the article because she showcases other people's point of view about the situation. Through this technique, she is capable to demonstrate that she is indeed not alone fighting for this change. The fact that there are multiple voices, the readers will perhaps take this issue into great consideration and contribute to the cause.
According to Maddie White, the only safe solution seems to establish a province-wide women and gender studies course in the high school curriculum. A grassroots young feminist organization called the Miss G Project, (themissgprojet.org), has been incessantly fighting for this cause for the past three years. This organization was started by Sarah Ghabrial and Sheetal Rawal who insisted that women and gender studies in high schools could make a difference.
I completely agree that women and gender studies courses should be added to the province's high school curriculum. Through this course, women and girls will able to access important information about women's histories and feminist analysis. The message will be passed on to further generations to make people and women in particular aware of important feminist events that would be marked in history forever.
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