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Questioning what we hear, read and  view does indeed contribute to our ability to be educated and engaged citizens because sometimes people that are under the guise of educating us are actually attempting to mislead us for their own gain. So, if we question these potentially false things and then do our own research, then we will become more educated and engaged citizens.              

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Questioning what we hear, read and  view does indeed contribute to our ability to be educated and engaged citizens because sometimes people that are under the guise of educating us are actually attempting to mislead us for their own gain. So, if we question these potentially false things and then do our own research, then we will become more educated and engaged citizens.              

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By Townes

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I would express my thoughts if I see that the thoughts are meant to be heard or will help in a situation or scenario, however, I may not express my thoughts if I am worried about how people will react to said thoughts or I may not share my thoughts because of restrictions or the way I was taught how to handle them.

-Raymond

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What could make an individual express their thoughts is creating music. It could be song of any genre as long as it gives a message of sometuing of whats going through their mind.

Eunice

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Questioning what we are being asked can help understand the reasons and backgrounds of the question and can help us give an educated answer.

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Exploring stories and other texts does help us understand ourselves and make connections because  wise people that have had much more experience in the world than us (especially the younger generation) can give us valuable advice on what has happened in the past and how to repeat or not repeat those discoveries and/or mistakes. Mistakes should be made once, and then learned from and never repeated again. 

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Exploring stories and other texts does help us understand ourselves and make connections because  wise people that have had much more experience in the world than us (especially the younger generation) can give us valuable advice on what has happened in the past and how to repeat or not repeat those discoveries and/or mistakes. Mistakes should be made once, and then learned from and never repeated again. 

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By Townes

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Zena.

What makes it easier or makes me able to express myself is through the music I listen to , the people around me, lricysm ( meaning just writing lyrics whenever I feel like it and not doing anything with them ) and talking to people who have or are feeling similar to me. What stops me from expressing my thoughts is the environment around me and the people within that environment, judgement, fear and trust.

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I personally think that what we hear, read and view contributes to our ability to be educated citizens by a large percentage because sometimes people can say things that can misguide us and take us to the wrong direction hence we have to think twice before taking in any information that crosses our ears otherwise you'll just be a gullible person if you believe and agree to everyone.

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the mouth and it ability to speak and the pressures around me to speak up or not and the fear what i am saying is not a appropriate expectable to other around me what make what say something is the feel that i need to upstander and my thought need heard

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It can help us understand ourselves however if the story is irrelevant to our lives and is too fictional to relate to real life situations we cannot understand ourselves better through that.

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What stops me from expressing my thought is not having enough information to justify my thuoughts. What does not stop me is if I am ready to advocate for my though or prove someone wrong

Ivan

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Being in a situation where expressing your thoughts is necessary to create a change is a good motivator for me to write. Trying to write about a topic that bores me makes my writing sloppy, for example trying to write a poem that is about an uninteresting subject, and only doing it for a grade. 

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Being in a situation where expressing your thoughts is necessary to create a change is a good motivator for me to write. Trying to write about a topic that bores me makes my writing sloppy, for example trying to write a poem that is about an uninteresting subject, and only doing it for a grade. 

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By Townes

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Mithra - As a person, allowing myself to also write my thoughts and constantly question them helps me express my thoughts. This is because I feel as though I can then only rely on the thoughts to support my points.

However, I feel as though judgment from others as well as the fear of being "wrong" stops me from this. This causes restrictions of my thoughts, all so that I am not thought less of.

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Being around the people I am comfortable with can help me express my thoughts truthfully knowing that I will not be judged.

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Yes, because questioning what we hear, read and view helps us understand more about what we hear, read or view

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In my opinion, seeing others expressing their thoughts through advocacy, visual art, or music can influence me to take inspiration and express my thoughts. Seeing others can also impact the lengths I go through to express my thoughts/ get my opinion heard. (e.g. speaking out against the government)

An example of this is the Israel - Gaza conflict whereby people are taking to social media to express their thoughts and opinions, additionally being brave enough to demonstrate on the streets despite retaliations from governments.

To summarise, something that motivates me to express my thoughts is peer pressure.

On the contrary, peer pressure is also something that deters me (its a double edged sword). Expressing my opinion could be more difficult if the majority has a different perspective than me because I would fear being targetted.

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This could contribute by having the ability to hear and read for being engaged and educated citizens because people have their deferent perspectives and having your point of view.

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Yes I agree that exploring stories and other texts can help us understand ourselves and make connections to others and to the world because as we explore stories and other texts we understand them better which can aid us in better connecting to the author's intentions and the understanding of others around the world that were exposed to said text.

-Raymond

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Yes, exploring stories and texts helps me personally to understand myself and makes me make connections to others and the world because if I don't understand what someone says I really wouldn't know what they're saying which makes me not have a connection to the person and if we do have one it'll be somewhat complicated same applies to the world.

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It helps you understand that there are differences in the world which you can or can not connect to based on the perspective

- Ivan

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Thing that stop me from expressing my thoughts:

-Asking me at random times about how I feel about certain things.

-Writing my thoughts down.

-After I tell someone something and their -facial expressions are weird

-Someone with bad intentions

-LIARS

-People who think they are better than everyone else

Things that help me express my thoughts:

-Music

-Praying

-doing my nails

-Ranting to my mom

-Swimming

-How I dress, my makeup

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Feeling represented and included within a society, community or group can make me feel comfortable expressing my thoughts and opinions. Exploring different forms of writing can encourage me to feel more comfortable with sharing my opinion.

For example when sharing in a classroom setting, depending on the class I feel more or less confident depending on the environment (teacher, students, subject).

On the contrary, feeling excluded from a group, community or society deters me from expressing my thoughts and opinions. For majority, it is more favourable for me to express my opinion in a comfortable environment, opposed to a setting with people who may criticize or object my opinion.

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What makes me able to express my thoughts is journaling, because when I journal about my thoughts I know that no one will read it except for myself. What stops me from expressing my thoughts is judgy people, because of I think that when I speak in class people will laugh

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Zena.

No it doesn’t help me understand myself because I don’t feel any relation to many of the texts and stories I’ve read or covered in the past but I would say that yes it does help me understand and make connections to others and the world because it opens my eyes to different perspectives and other peoples experiences and stories.

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-The person I'm expressing my thoughts to

-The topic being addressed.

-Fear of being judged.

-The way someone is brought up

-Having confidence in your self

-Music

-The people your around/environment

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Exploring other people's writing pieces helps me connect to others and the rest of the world. For example: if you read a piece of text that's about what you are going through or an event that's also occurring in your life, it will share a different perspective other than mine which will help me look at the situation differently, helping me approach the problem better or worse. Another example is it will share knowledge about what's going somewhere else and help me choose a perspective on how I could view the event.

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I agree that questioning what we hear, read, and view contributes to our ability to be educated and engaged citizens because as we continue to question things we find more and more answers which can provide us with more knowledge and a better understanding. It can also makes us more engaged citizens as we interact more with our environment and surroundings and the answer that come out of our questions can also aid the people around us.

-Raymond

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I am able to express my thoughts through writing and music. What stops me from expressing my thoughts is trust, experience, and judgement

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Yes, through exploring stories and texts we make connections to the real world and we gain an understanding of others perspectives, this helps broaden our understanding in the world and produces a more well rounded human being.

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Mithra - Exploring stories as well as other texts allows us to understand ourselves as it helps us evaluate our own experiences. Through this, we also can understand the experiences of others, which helps us sympathize for those in the outside world. We can connect our understanding to others to better educate ourselves as well.

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Yes due to the fact that if we do not question what we know, we can easily be manipulated without knowing the reason why.

Ivan

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Yes, I do believe that when a person explores different stories, texts and media, they can gain a better understanding of themselves and their identity. This is because you a seeing yourself represented in society, which helps you gain a better understanding of who you are and makes you more comfortable with yourself. This can also enable you to gain a better perspective on your community as exploring these texts can allow you to gain a better understanding on you and where you come from, giving you a broader global perspective.

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Yes. Exploring stories and other texts helps us understand ourselves because when we read we tend to empathize with the topic of what we are reading that makes us feel a certain way. This also helps us understand other people because we are able to empathize about certain topics. This helps us make connections with the world because we are educated with different texts and perspectives.

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Zena.

Yes because I feel like if we don’t question the information we receive from others we become easy to influence and questioning info that we get from others no matter who from can open up so many more possibilities to discovering new information, validating the information you are receiving and can help us understand the reasons or backgrounds behind the information that we receive.

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a different perspective can help understand and view self from the third person allow to see what my action can do to other it also make connect to thing around as the lesson i learn from those expices have allowed me to learn and unstand thing i would have before

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Yes, exploring stories and other texts helps us understand ourselves and make connections to others and to the world because when reading other people's stories, you get to understand their perspective and experiences and life hence understand their life choices and why you are different or similar to them.

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The stories and other texts help us understand ourselves and make connection's by sharing our thought's to other people and having same point of view to help us understand ourselves by connecting with other people.

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Yes, it's always crucial to critically analyse and question everything we engage in as it prevents the further propagation of misinformation and propaganda. This would also beneficial as it stops you from being easily manipulated.

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Yes, I believe that when a person is able to question something they hear, read or view, it shows that they gained an understanding of what they were consuming and were able to compare that with their own opinions. This allows them to become better citizens as they are able to learn and comprehend information within a society without just accepting it blindly and are able to make connections for themselves .

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Yes. Questioning what we hear, read and view contributes our ability to be educated because it helps us base our perspective on different things and it helps us have educated answer

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Mithra - Questions are vital tools to educating ourselves. This is due to the understanding we obtain from this. Questioning allows us to see not just what we are told, but instead evaluate other reasons as to why something may be. Not only this, but it helps us think twice about what we are told. For example, in Malala, the girls of the society are told that their only use is "simply to prepare food and give birth to children.", however, if the girls were to not question their value, they would not be educated enough to fight for themselves.

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Yes, developing critical thinking skills and becoming an informed, active citizen require challenging what we hear, read, and see. Making educated decisions, separating fact from fiction, and actively participating in a democratic society are all made possible by it.

Eunice