1. wearing shoes in the house

2. swearing to your parents

3. telling your parents that you dont like their cooking

school:

1. not wearing shoes

2. not wearing deoderant

3. asking a teacher their income

world:

1. pointing your feet at someone in Thailand

2. Chewing gum in public in Germany

3. Taking pictures of three people in Cambodia

theme's

og. Taboos are everywhere in the world, no matter the place

stated: Taboos that many readers might associate with primitive societies or superstitions help shape the things we do in our daily lives

11-14 combining sentences:

The death penalty is the only punishment to fit the crime and the only punishment strong enough to offer hope for the deterrence of future homicides.

1. Talking back to your parents ,“No”

2. Swearing

3. Not doing your chores

School

1. Do not wear other school’s apparel 

2. Being rude to teachers

3. MOVING AT A SNAILS PACE IN THAT DANG HALLWAY 

World

1. Do not ask a woman her weight 

2. Don’t ask an old person their age

3. Being disrespectful during first encounter (Politics)

Themes (One Original, One Stated)

1. Don’t unnecessarily pry for information people might not want to respond to and might deem offensive.

2. “It’s also true that by breaking the silence we’ve thrown ourselves into a state of society’s structure.”

Section 1 From Combining Sentences

There is a current debate over capital punishment which has brought out the usual number of teeth-gnashing, breast-beating liberals, who are eager to whine about the poor little condemned criminal.

• Not cleaning up after yourself,

• wearing outside cloths on your bed

• swearing at your parents.

Taboos at school:

• not wearing deodorant after PE

• walking on the wrong side of the hallway,

• walking through the wrong door

Taboos in the world:

Wearing white to a funeral/wedding (western culture)

using your left hand to eat (middle east)

eating before your elders (Korea)

Themes

1.  “Because you’re only as free as your freedom from taboos-not on some grand abstract level, but in your day-to-day life.”

2.  Taboos will always be present within our society because our judgements change continuously.

#21-24 from Combining Sentences

Before the death penalty was abolished, 80% of the murders in New York City were considered to be crimes of passion, which is when the killer knows the victim and acts out of murder or some other strong emotion.

• No shoes on the couch

• Turn lights off when not using them.

• Close the toilet whenever you're not using it.

3 taboos for school:

• Walk on the right side of the hallway and stairs 

• No walking with your backpack open

• No standing around in groups blocking the hallway

3 taboos in school in the world:

• Don’t ask people about their finances

• Don’t disrespect your elders

• Don’t yell in fancy restaurants 

2 themes

• “Notice that nearly all of our taboos, big and small, public and intimate, involve silence–keeping one’s silence, or paying a price for not keeping it.”

• No matter what the taboo may be, they exist to protect us from actions that can negatively affect each other if those actions are acted out. 

Combing sentences 9&10

• In fact, I feel that the taking of another person’s

  life is serious and precisely because of this, I support the return of the death penalty.

• Don’t speak about very controversial American political views 

• Don’t ask a man his salary and a woman her age

• Reproductive health

3 School Taboos

• Don’t promote other school

• Rumors

• Don’t stand still in a group during a passing period

3 World Taboos

• Tipping in Japan

• Not getting up for the elderly/pregnant woman

• Foreign wars

2 Themes

Text theme: Taboos will never go away because people will always have different opinions, so we have to be careful to not be lost in many taboos that completely silences our society.

Original theme: Taboos exist because society as a whole collectively agreed about things that can be offensive and should not be talked about.

1. No shoes on the carpet

2. No phones at the table

3. Quiet down at night 

3 school

1. Good hygiene

2. Stay on your right side in the hallway

3. Clean up after yourself

3 world

1. In Japan, it's taboo to have tattoos and dyed hair.

2. Never point your foot at someone (Thailand). 

3. Refusing a gift

2 themes one stated one original

1.”You’re only as free as your freedom from taboos-not on some grand abstract level, but in your day to day life.”

2.Keeping the silence of taboos can lead to bigger issues and break bonds.

# from Combining Sentences

There's a lack of risks that lies at the bottom of our soaring homicide rates. 

Abolishing the death penalty doesn't heighten our value of life, but instead our very values that we hold so dear have been cheapened. 

3 Taboos home

1.  Don’t put your elbows on the table during meals.

2.  Don’t eat with your mouth open during meals.  

3.  Always turn off the bathroom exhaust after using it. 

3 school

1.  Don’t go into unclean stalls.

2.  Don’t leave mid lecture. 

3.  Don’t sleep in class.

3 world

1.  Touching human flesh when dining on it. (Island Culture)

2.  Must never ask a woman her age.

3.  Never tip waiters in Japan. 

2 themes one stated one original

1. "The taboos hardest on the soul are those which fester in our intimacies--taboos known only to people involved, taboos that make us feel alone even with those to whom we're closest."

2. Taboos aren’t all bad nor some are good, as some taboos cause relationship problems between people because of one's beliefs. 

# from Combining Sentences

I agree that the taking of human life is a serious matter and at same time I choose to reserve my tears for the innocent victim for that the victim’s family my pity is reserved. 

1. Cursing especially if its at someone.

2.  Talking back to the adults in youre house.

3. Being mean to youre family members.

3 school

1. Dont fall down the stairs.

2. Dont try to aura farm and be nonchalant.

3. You can only cough three times during a test.

3 world

1. Never tip waiters in japan.

2. Eating before youre elders.

3. You cant chew gum in Singapore.

2 themes one stated one original

1. Staying silent to taboos can lead to bigger problems.

2. Not all taboos are bad.

# from Combining Sentences

I agree that the taking of human life is a serious matter and at same time I choose to reserve my tears for the innocent victim for that the victim’s family my pity is reserved.