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I have been watching youtube tutorials on Google extensions to help me be a better virtual AP teacher. They are pushing me out of my comfort zone.

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I watched Mrs. America on Hulu (about the Equal Rights Amendment). I had to Google many of the women featured because I had never heard of them. I was disappointed in my ignorance.

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Mrs. America is an American historical drama television miniseries produced by FX and originally aired on the sister streaming service FX on Hulu. Created and co-written by Davhi Waller and directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, Amma Asante, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, and Janicza Bravo, the series details the unsuccessful political movement to pass the Equal Rights Amendment and the unexpected backlash led by conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly in the 1970s. It features a large ensemble cast led by Cate Blanchett, Rose Byrne, Uzo Aduba, Elizabeth Banks, Margo Martindale, John Slattery, Tracey Ullman, and Sarah Paulson.

The nine-part series premiered in the United States on April 15, 2020 to widespread critical acclaim. At the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards, it received ten nominations including Outstanding Limited Series and Outstanding Writing, as well as acting nominations for Blanchett, Aduba, Martindale, and Ullman, with Aduba winning Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. In January 2021, the American Film Institute named Mrs. America as one of the ten best television shows of 2020.

Mrs. America is based on and dramatizes the story of the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, and the unexpected backlash led by conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly, played by Blanchett. Through the eyes of the women of that era - both Schlafly and prominent second-wave feminists including Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan, Shirley Chisholm, Bella Abzug, and Jill Ruckelshaus - the series explores how one of the toughest battlegrounds in the culture wars of the 1970s helped give rise to the Moral Majority and permanently shifted the American political landscape.

Every episode contains an opening message which acknowledges that some scenes and characters are fictionalized for creative purposes.

Cate Blanchett as Phyllis Schlafly, a prominent conservative activist, lawyer and political lobbyist who founded the "STOP ERA" campaign (later the Eagle Forum).

Rose Byrne as Gloria Steinem, a prominent feminist, journalist, and social political activist who co-founded the National Women's Political Caucus and Ms. magazine.

Uzo Aduba as Shirley Chisholm, a politician, educator, and author who was the first black candidate for a major party's nomination for President of the United States, and one of the first two women to run for the Democratic Party's nomination.

Elizabeth Banks as Jill Ruckelshaus, a Republican feminist activist, co-founder of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and the National Women's Political Caucus, and head of the White House Office of Women's Programs.

Kayli Carter as Pamela, a fictional composite character; a young housewife and member of Schlafly's "STOP ERA" campaign.

Ari Graynor as Brenda Feigen, a feminist activist and attorney, the National Legislative Vice President of NOW.

Melanie Lynskey as Rosemary Thomson, a conservative activist, member of the "STOP ERA" campaign and the head of Schlafly's Eagle Foundation.

Margo Martindale as Bella Abzug, a US congresswoman and prominent feminist activist, co-founder of NOW and the National Women's Political Caucus, and leader of President Carter's National Advisory Commission for Women.

John Slattery as Fred Schlafly, the husband of Phyllis; a wealthy lawyer, conservative activist, and ardent anti-communist.

Jeanne Tripplehorn as Eleanor Schlafly, the sister-in-law of Phyllis; a conservative activist, and ally of the "STOP ERA" campaign.

Tracey Ullman as Betty Friedan, a prominent feminist activist, author of The Feminine Mystique, and co-founder of NOW and the National Women's Political Caucus.

Sarah Paulson as Alice Macray, a fictional composite character intended to represent the conservative women that followed Schlafly's "STOP ERA" campaign; a housewife and friend of Phyllis.

Niecy Nash as Flo Kennedy, a lawyer, feminist, and civil rights advocate who co-founded the National Women's Political Caucus.

James Marsden as Phil Crane, a Republican politician, U.S. congressman, and ally of the "STOP ERA" campaign.

Olivia Scriven as Liza Schlafly, the eldest daughter of Phyllis and Fred Schlafly.

Bria Henderson as Margaret Sloan-Hunter, a feminist and civil rights advocate, and editor of Ms. magazine.

Jay Ellis as Franklin Thomas, an attorney and businessman who has a romantic relationship with Gloria Steinem.

John Bourgeois as George McGovern, a U.S. senator, and the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 1972 presidential election.

Ben Rosenfield as John Schlafly, the eldest child and son of Phyllis and Fred Schlafly, a closeted homosexual.

Jake Lacy as John Stanley Pottinger, a politician, and Assistant United States Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division.

Cindy Drummond as Lottie Beth Hobbs, an Evangelical conservative activist and author, and member of "STOP ERA" and Eagle Forum.

Annie Parisse as Midge Costanza, a social and feminist activist, and Presidential advisor to President Carter.

Anna Douglas as Jean O'Leary, a feminist and gay rights activist, with whom Midge is in a closeted relationship.

Melissa Joyner as Audrey Rowe Colom, a feminist and civil rights activist, and Chairperson of the National Women's Political Caucus.

Teresa Pavlinek as Ann Patterson, a conservative housewife and member of the "STOP ERA" campaign.

Andrea Navedo as Carmen Delgado Votaw, a civil rights activist, and co-chair of the National Advisory Committee on Women.

Melinda Page Hamilton as Mary Frances, a conservative housewife and president of the Louisiana chapter of the "STOP ERA" campaign.

David Eisner as Martin Abzug, the husband of Bella Abzug.

Marcia Bennett as Odile Stewart, the mother of Phyllis Schlafly.

Novie Edwards as Willie B. Reed, the housekeeper for the Schlafly family.

Brendan Cox as Bruce Schlafly, the second child of Phyllis and Fred Schlafly.

Norm Lewis as Ron Dellums, a U.S. congressman and friend of Shirley Chisholm.

Adam Brody as Marc Fasteau, a lawyer, activist, the husband of Brenda Feigen, and the author of The Male Machine.

Bobby Cannavale as Tom Snyder, a television personality, and the host of The Tomorrow Show.

Josh Hamilton as William Ruckelshaus, a Republican politician and the husband of Jill Ruckelshaus.

Tara Nicodemo as Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a prominent lawyer, and co-founder of the Women's Rights Law Reporter and the ACLU Women's Rights Project.

Roberta Colindrez as Jules, a photographer who has an adulterous relationship with Brenda Feigen.

Miriam Shor as Natalie Gittelson, an editor for Harper's Bazaar magazine and the best friend of Betty Freidan.

Julie White as Bar Woman, an ERA supporter that Alice meets at the 1977 National Women's Conference.

Dan Beirne as Hamilton Jordan, a politician and Chief of Staff to President Carter.

Hannah Galway as Elizabeth Ray, a congressional secretary who is sexually abused by her boss

Mrs. America was created and co-written by Emmy Award winning Canadian writer Dahvi Waller, who previously had writing credits on acclaimed television shows such as and Halt and Catch Fire. The head of FX, John Landgraf, had become interested in the reappraisal of historical events "embedded in America's collective consciousness" after Ryan Murphy originally sketched out the plot of American Crime Story. Landgraf saw Mrs. America and its portrayal of the battle surrounding the Equal Rights Amendment as having a "direct bearing on the political climate in which we find ourselves today." He also commented that, "It's a wonderful thing when any creator, any broadcaster can sort of find that place where it's not homework to watch something, yet it has an enormous amount of artistic or educational value."

Waller said that, while researching and developing the series, she realized that (in relation to equal rights) the U.S. had not progressed as much in the last 50 years as she initially thought. She commented that Mrs. America serves "as an origin story of today's culture wars - you can draw a direct line from 1970 to today through Phyllis Schlafly and really understand how we became such a divided nation." Cate Blanchett, who served as an executive producer on the series as well as starring as Schlafly, also echoed the sentiment and the timeliness of the series, saying, "In the process of developing it - like with - there were questions with 'Is this really relevant, do we really need a whole episode about this?' It seemed that every passing day in the development process and certainly during shooting, right up to Virginia debating the ERA right now, it became like Groundhog Day; the literal discussions that we were having during 1971, 1972 going through the series were constantly popping up in the media."

"I don't think we benefit from portraying the side we don't agree with as monsters; I don't think we benefit from portraying heroes as perfect."

Series creator Dahvi Waller on the decision to "create a series with shades of grey" that didn't take a side.

Waller also desired to highlight the beginnings of intersectional feminism within the series through the character of Shirley Chisholm, played by Uzo Aduba. Chisholm was the first black female candidate in history to run for the U.S. presidency. Waller commented, "One of the great things about this period is you have the birth of a lot of things, including intersectional feminism and LGBTQ rights. In episode 3, Shirley is really the beginning of the birth of intersectional feminism, and it's a messy beginning. I think the women's movement was really growing in this time period and learning lessons."

On October 30, 2018, it was announced that FX had given the show a series order. The nine-episode miniseries was written by Dahvi Waller, Tanya Barfield, Boo Killebrew, Micah Schraft, April Shih, Sharon Hoffman, and Joshua Allen Griffith and directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, Amma Asante, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, and Janicza Bravo. Waller also served as an executive producer alongside Stacey Sher, Cate Blanchett, Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden, and Coco Francini.

The first official images of the series were released on August 6, 2019. In November 2019, it was announced the show would premiere on Hulu instead of FX, as part of "FX on Hulu". In January 2020, it was announced that the series would premiere on April 15, 2020.

Alongside the series order, Cate Blanchett was announced to star. In May 2019, Uzo Aduba, Rose Byrne, Kayli Carter, Ari Graynor, Melanie Lynskey, James Marsden, Margo Martindale, Sarah Paulson, John Slattery, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Tracey Ullman were added to the series. In June 2019, Elizabeth Banks was cast to star while Bria Henderson was set to recur. Niecy Nash was cast in a recurring role in August, with Olivia Scriven cast in October.

Principal photography for the series took place from June 19 to November 1, 2019, in Toronto, Ontario.

The musical score was composed by American composer Kris Bowers. The opening theme, " A Fifth of Beethoven", was chosen by the show's music supervisor, Mary Ramos, because "It represents both sides of the story. Phyllis and her conservative friends listen to classical music most of the time, so it's that, combined with the sexiness and freedom of the feminists, all epitomized in one song - the disco version of Beethoven's Fifth."

The series also prominently features many hit songs from the 1970s, including tracks by Donna Summer, Golden Earring, Burt Bacharach, The Kinks, Linda Ronstadt, and The Runaways.

In the United States, the first three episodes premiered on Hulu under the FX on Hulu label on April 15, 2020. In India, the series started streaming on Hulu and FX's corporate sibling Disney+ Hotstar on April 16, 2020. In Australia, the series debuted on April 21, 2020 on Foxtel's Fox Showcase network, and was available on demand via its Foxtel Now and Binge services. However though Due to Disney pulling a number of FX shows as the Foxtel-FX Output Deal expires it was pulled by Disney from Binge and Foxtel services and much later relocated to Disney +. In the United Kingdom, the series aired on BBC Two and was available for streaming on BBC iPlayer beginning on July 8, 2020.

Mrs. America received widespread critical acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes, the miniseries holds an approval rating of 96% based on 96 reviews, with an average rating of 8.29/10. The website's critical consensus states: " Mrs. America captures the complicated life and times of Phyllis Schlafly with poise and style to spare, brought to vivid life by a superb ensemble led by another masterful performance from Cate Blanchett." On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 87 out of 100 based on 41 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

James Poniewozik, writing for The New York Times, praised the series, calling it "breathtaking" and "a meticulously created and observed mural that finds the germ of contemporary America in the striving of righteously mad women." Poniewozik also praised the performances of the cast, singling out Cate Blanchett ("Her final scene, wordless and devastating, might as well end with Blanchett being handed an Emmy onscreen"), Tracey Ullman ("Ullman is tsunamic as Friedan, the outspoken Feminine Mystique author now raging for relevance in the current wave of feminism"), and Margo Martindale ("a tornado in a hat, a piquantly funny force of personality").

Judy Berman, writing for , reviewed the series positively, writing "Creator Dahvi Waller, whose history as a writer for and Halt and Catch Fire is evident in Mrs. America's vivid, complex depiction of our country's recent past". Berman also praised the show's writers, stating "This degree of moral, political and philosophical complexity is what differentiates Mrs. America from so many other recent dramatizations of women's movements past".

Inkoo Kang, writing for The Hollywood Reporter, called the series "a tremendously executed balancing act" and stated that "there's no denying that Mrs. America makes history come alive, in thoughtful and achingly real detail", whilst also praising the performances of the central cast.

The series was criticized by Gloria Steinem and Eleanor Smeal who called it ridiculous and described it as lacking in historical accuracy. They argued the series portrayed the fight for the ERA as a catfight between women instead of showing that lobbyists protecting the financial interests of insurance and other companies affected by the change were far more influential in preventing the law from being passed. They believe this affects women's ability to believe they can effect change. Steinem and Smeal's comments were later disagreed with by fellow second-wave feminist Brenda Feigen, who called the series "extraordinary" and stated that, in her view, the nuance of the characters were portrayed very accurately. The show was also accused of being one-sided and inventing details to present Schlafly in an unsympathetic light.

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Mrs. America is an American historical drama television miniseries produced by FX and originally aired on the sister streaming service FX on Hulu. Created and co-written by Davhi Waller and directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, Amma Asante, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, and Janicza Bravo, the series details the unsuccessful political movement to pass the Equal Rights Amendment and the unexpected backlash led by conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly in the 1970s.

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I read an article on giving feedback to adults, focusing on playing to people's strengths. My professor assigned it, but it was very interesting.

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Idea in Brief

The Challenge

Managers today are bombarded with calls to give feedback-constantly, directly, and critically. But it turns out that telling people what we think of their performance and how they can do better is not the best way to help them excel and, in fact, can hinder development.

The Reality

Research shows that, first, we aren't the reliable raters of other people's performance that we think we are; second, criticism inhibits the brain's ability to learn; and, third, excellence is idiosyncratic, can't be defined in advance, and isn't the opposite of failure. Managers can't "correct" a person's way to excellence.

The Solution

Managers need to help their team members see what's working, stopping them with a "Yes! That!" and sharing their experience of what the person did well.

The debate about feedback at work isn't new. Since at least the middle of the last century, the question of how to get employees to improve has generated a good deal of opinion and research. But recently the discussion has taken on new intensity. The ongoing experiment in "radical transparency" at Bridgewater Associates and the culture at Netflix, which the Wall Street Journal recently described as "encouraging harsh feedback" and subjecting workers to "intense and awkward" real-time 360s, are but two examples of the overriding belief that the way to increase performance in companies is through rigorous, frequent, candid, pervasive, and often critical feedback.

A version of this article appeared in the March-April 2019 issue of Harvard Business Review.

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Why Feedback Rarely Does What It's Meant To

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For years managers have been encouraged to candidly praise and criticize just about everything workers do. But it turns out that feedback does not help employees thrive. First, research shows that people can't reliably rate the performance of others: More than 50% of your rating of someone reflects your characteristics, not hers.

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I went to a Professional Development session on Social and Emotional Learning.  The presenter told us some very interesting things about trauma and the brain.

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Two of my former students posted their professional photos of the prayer vigil at our own public square.

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The Magnus Archives delves into a lot about fears, and it makes you rethink them often.

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The Business of drugs, a 7 part show on Netflix, provides unbiased perspective for both law enforcement and criminals. This show stresses the fact that many so called "criminals" have common sense for synthesizing/growing/distributing ______ illegal substance(s), for their government has, in a way, failed them. The common question was, "Is it wrong to try and survive?"

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The video of Jacob Black being shot in the back 7 times was hard to watch. There was a complete disregard of humanity in the officers actions.

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I watched Blade Runner when it was on Netflix, and it was pretty interesting how the synths have their own identities even though they're

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Just Mercy, a film starring Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx, about an African-American lawyer working to help another African-American man out of prison.

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Dream Sweet in Sea Major by Miracle Musical is pretty thought-provoking with its lyrics

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I read The Fifth Vital by Mike Majlak. The book covers the most severe and terrible circumstances and situations that Mike lived through. He was addicted to opiods for ten years of his life. He finally got clean and now he's rich and famous. He went from nothing to more than anything he could've ever imagined himself having.

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The Midnight Gospel is a collection of podcasts with an animation of Clancy Gilroy traveling through space.

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I watched Annihilation on Amazon Prime. The main character struggled to understand the science behind the strange things happening to her and her colleagues.

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I saw statistics that showed that in the US 1.7 million students in the are in school with police officers and no counselors, 3 million are in school with police and no nurses, and  9 million kids are in school with police and no psychologists or social workers. Fund the schools not the police.

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The genocide that is taking place right now in China against Muslims. I had saw a video of some Chinese individuals beating a child from the middle east. I don't understand how people can have so much hate in their hearts. Its inhumane and cruel.

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it's really encouraging how a lot of athletes are taking a stand against police brutality and racism even though they're being flamed by jimmy from south carolina on facebook.

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I watched Po in Kung Fu Panda go from making noodles to fighting Ty Lung to protect the valley of peace.

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I watched my pastor preach a sermon about how to have faith through this pandemic.

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I read Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, and while most of the book is pretty humorous, there are subliminal messages about the vicious nature of war hidden beneath the surface that I thought were pretty interesting.

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I re-read The Hunger Games and realized although the events in the books are scary and seem far off, they are not impossible in our world.

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I listened to a podcast about the death of Layne Staley.

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Our country isn't doing the best by any means in this day and age. I don't claim to be educated enough to provide a solid argument over any quandary thrown at me, but, anybody with two good eyes can see we aren't doing the best.

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I watched HUD5 on twitch ace a team on valorant

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Joe Rogan's podcast with Nick Yarris who was wrongfully put on death row for 22 years.

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some of the recent events have made me realize that even though America has come a long way in terms of equality, we still have a long way to go. People are still being killed or bullied to the point of suicide for their race, ethnicity, sexuality, or gender identity and it has to stop.

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On Malcolm Gladwell's Revisionist History podcast, the idea of randomly chosen leaders (in a high school government and national government level) was discussed. The clear conclusion was that it actually isn't a terrible idea at all, contrary to intuition.

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I read an ACT study guide.

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I had read a book that was supposed to help you find your spirituality. All the different ones made me really question what I want to believe and how I want to live my life.

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I watched Breaking Bad again. I watched Walter White, a high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with terminal cancer, become a billionaire from cooking crystal meth. He went from a normal citizen just wanting the best for his family to a criminal that got away with it all.

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I watched po master chi in Kung Fu Panda 3.

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I remember when the government was planning to deport all international college students, and I felt sad that there is nothing that I or any of those students could do about it. Thankfully, that law was changed.

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When news broke out Friday about Chadwick Boseman's passing, it felt like I had just been hit by a truck because it shocked me so much and so deeply.

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I watched a Dateline episode titled "Life Inside", which was about how several prisoners were put in jail when they were teenagers and their life and struggles in jail. It also talked about how the prisoners struggled to make a good life for themselves when they finally were freed.

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I read The Pact by Jodi Picoult. The book tells a story about a teen couple where the girl “commits suicide” and the boy is accused of murdering her and goes to jail. During the trial the readers are led to believe that she committed suicide and it discusses how she was before she died. At the end of the book though, you discover that she wanted to kill herself, but couldn’t follow through and so she asked the boy to shoot her and he did against his will. Thankfully at the end he is found not guilty.

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How "I can't breathe" is a good enough excuse for people to not wear a mask, but not for a man with a police officer kneeling on his neck.

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A song called Second Chances by Gregory Alan Isakov talks about how without second chances we'd all be alone. There has to be forgiveness in the world because people are born to make mistakes. As long as we learn from them and become a better person in heart is what I believe matters.

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I was reading something I wrote in my character's point of view and it challenged me because I was both excited to read it and didn't see many mistakes, but I knew that in order to rewrite the scene to make it better I needed to analyze differently.

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I watched the documentary of Jeffrey Epstien on netflix and it really showed just how corrupt are law inforcment and government can be .

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I watched Extremely Wicked Shockingly Evil and Vile. The movie reviews Ted Bundy’s life and how he had a wife and child that he loved and at the same time the horrible things he was doing and getting away with without his family finding out until the end. It also shows the trial and how he defended himself and fooled many with his looks.

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In the country's current state, I've just been feeling unsure about the change we need to do as a whole. Currently, as I've seen it, no matter how many marches or protests we have, it seems the majority still wants Trump in office, and I think that'll prevent more progress than further it.

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2 Songs by J. Cole, called She's Mine Pt. 1 and She's Mine Pt. 2, he sings about how one person has completely changed his outlook on life, made him happy again. It just gave me a whole new outlook on how people put on a whole fake persona, just to hide how they really feel.

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Watching George Floyds murder hunts me to this day. Not only because of his literal death at the hands of the police officers, but the state of world we were thrown into following it.

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I listened to a few podcasts by Emma Chamberlain, most of them being about how she grew to love herself. The most recent podcast I've listened to by her was called "Why Do I Hate Myself?". Emma basically talks about how her self esteem and self confidence has been low recently . She then talks about ways that she believes helps her in being comfortable in her own skin and loving herself no matter what.

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I watched the documentary "Athlete A" this documentary focuses on the gymnasts who survived the USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar's abuse and the reporters who exposed the USAG's toxic and gruesome culture. Seeing how many underage girls that Nassar took advantage of really bothered me.

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Watching all the protest and chaos has challenged my idea of the stability of the world.

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I watched the Netflix series "Last Chance U" over the break. This show depicts the young men coming out of poverty and pushing themselves to go to college and make a living.

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Listening to Michelle Obama’s Podcast gave me insight on things I hadn’t even considered before. Like how growing up in Chicago, and the state of the world today As a black women.

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I seen this TikTok that there is a fleet of 260 Chinese fishing boats that arrived off the coast of South America and Ecuador saying they were fishing for squid. The Chinese fishing boats have history of illegal fishing. They were getting very close to Galapagos marine reserve, which is not good at all. All of a sudden an adult whale shark, that was on a satellite tracking system, stopped sharing its location. Also 150 vessels tracking systems stopped sharing their location and changed the name it. This is so sad.

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Our country is going through difficult times right now. America is in the middle of the BLM movement, a global pandemic, an upcoming election with no beneficial candidate, among many more things. There are many deaths happening all around our country due to the virus, police brutality, and race. It's tough turning on the TV and only seeing negative things shown on the news. America is in desperate need for positive times. We've just gotta stick through it and keep fighting for equality, the vaccine for COVID-19, etc.

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Recently i read “its kind of a funny story” by Ned Vizzini. It follows the main characters struggle with depression as he is placed in a mental hospital, the author himself committed suicide before the book was published, and you can read in some parts of the dialogue the author was specking of his own experiences.

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i read this article on facebook that this mom wrote writing about seeing her son for last time without knowing it was her last time. Her son drowned in a pool at a family members house while staying with his father for the weekend.

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Watching the Presidents speeches.

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I watched the Lil Peep documentary, and just seeing that he was still performing at shows meanwhile heavily struggling with drugs was hard to watch, he knew he was in trouble, but he didn't know what to do, he was in a downward spiral to death.

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Having to read about all of the people getting shot, over, over, and over again. With no justice.

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I listened to Before You Go by Lewis Capaldi and the lyrics showed me struggles of losing a person.

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Having to watch BLM and women's rights being thrown to the side like its nothing important.

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I listen to a country song by Tyler Childers called Nose on the Grindstone made me motivated to keep grinding.

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I was reading the lyrics to Sometimes by Juice WLRD, these lyrics were literally a cry for help, singing about how he was struggling with drugs, how he was numb, how he needed help, and no one did anything. They just let it happen

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I happened to hear the speech that Governor Beshear gave about the death and the investigation of Breonna Taylor along with the investigation of the shooting at a protest in Louisville that also occurred.

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Listening to 'I Love Me' by Demi Lovato pushing me to become a better women and to love yourself and the people around you.

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Seeing the rise of Tesla has changed my perspective on learning and education.

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I watched the video of the police shooting jacob blake being shot. Its tough to see things like this going on in our country especially in a time where there are protest for blm and how bad police brutality is.

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A song by J. Cole called Love Yourz. He repeatably says "No such thing as a life better than yours" He talks about how important it is to be aware of how blessed you are.

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i saw people at the square protesting for the blm movement

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i read countless articles on police brutality and saw how unfairly they treated the people

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i listened to a song by lil baby called "the bigger picture" That talks about the protest and the black lives matter movement

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I listened to my father express his opinions to me about the BLM movement.

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I saw a chart that was called "the days police killed people this year" there were very few that were unmarked.

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I regret being so naive to think that racism is not still a pressing issue in today's society.

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I have been reading about stress and how to cope with it. It challenged the way I look at stress.

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I watched kaitlyn bennett go up to BLM marchers and question them on Racism. If they didnt know an answer, she would use that against them and say that racism doesnt exsist.

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I read an article on POC of color being killed in the U.S and the petty reason they were killed.

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Failure is something I have seen in life as a motivation and a downfall. I think we should see failure as a building block to achieving something great.

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hearing George Floyd's last words.

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I saw a video with a list of famous people who had been involved with the sexual assault of many innocent children.

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Seeing "I can't breathe" and "BLM" on many cars , signs , and t-shirts around town and on social media

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I read a List of Cages by Robin Roe. Julian was in foster care for a while, until his uncle took him in. Julian was abused for years by his uncle until one of his old friends that he used to live with in foster care found him and saved him.

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I am honestly terrified to see what this country is going to turn in to in the future. There is no telling what will happen regarding racism , sexism , LGBT , body shaming , and other major topics. I fear for the future generations to come.

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I watched this show called Euphoria. It's about how this 17 year old girl struggles with addiction.

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The world needs to change how they perceive others. They judge people because they are part of the LGBTQ community or because of the color of their skin.

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I saw pictures of children in cages who were separated from their families at the border.

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There is this sing called "Heavens Not Too Far" by We Three and it talks about their mom battling breast cancer, and the diaries that they found after her passing. Their mom kept diaries when she was diagnosed with cancer for her kids to look back on after she had passed. So after she passed, her kids found these diaries that she wrote and they turned it into a heartbreaking song.

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I read an extremely long list of names of people who were killed due to police brutality.

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1 night there was a super clear sky and the stars were nice. 🪐💫☄️✨

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I'm currently reading a book about the BLM movement where the author takes a very logical, forensic approach. This approach, so far, has disagreed with many arguments on each side.

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The world as a whole will forever be in a constant state of chaos. This chaos creates good and bad, though the 2 simply can't be compared.

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How the world is changed by the pandemic.

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I watched The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. The boy in the movie may not understand what specifically is going on, but he knows he is not allowed by his parents to give the other boy food. He does it anyway. It made me think about how even though things are the right thing to do as human beings we overthink a situation and do not do what we should.

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I have simply just tried to do my best to listen to other peoples stories. After hearing so many people discuss their struggles, I understand how they became the people that they are. It makes me wonder how many other people that I could have listened to instead of judging.

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I read an article about how nearly 40 missing children are now rescued in Georgia due to 🤬 trafficking.

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I listened to a speech by Chadwick Boseman, "What You Fight For", in which he talked about how in life you have to sometimes fight and work for what you believe in to make this world a better place. He also talked about how sometimes you have to be knocked down before you realize what you need to fight for and how you should fight your battle.

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As I have gotten older I have learned that in order to achieve various things and do better in life you have to work. Even if no one wants to help you you have to try your best and put in the work. Usually when you put in the effort you get what you deserve. I have noticed this especially occurs in school work, but also in the real world.

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2020 Pandemic

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I read the book Dear Martin. In this book the main character Justyce went through a lot, but through hope and perseverance he eventually got what he earned and had hope that things would continue to end up all right in the end.

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While watching the TV show Arrow I saw how the main characters mother Moira was not honest with her family about several things. Eventually, all of the information came out and not in a joyful way. It made me consider how you never really know a person or their motives for doing something.

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All people deserve equal opportunities in this world and should not have to fear for their lives for being themselves. There will be peace when everyone is seen as equal regardless of who they are.

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The show "Punisher" really made me question what revenge really was. In the show his whole family was killed so he goes and kills everyone that was behind their deaths. Part of me wondered why he didn't go to the authorities but then I also realized that those same people would get out of prison, and just kill again.

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I feel as if everybody should have some mutual trust with people until they have a reason not to. Just like driving, there has to be some sort of mutual trust going on between you and the other drivers. For example, if I were driving beside someone I trust them not to just turn right and hit me.