According to an @NWEA article, "By the summer after 7th grade, students lose on average 36% of their school year gains in reading and 50% of their school-year gains in math". This shows how summer learning loss only increases as children progress through middle school.
A4: Greg Boyle says, "Compassion is no fleeting emotion rising to the surface like eros or anger. It's full throttled" (Boyle 63), which sheds light on his non-violent way of life. #sensemchat
A3 I find the fact that Dr. King was able to speak up during a time of discrimination most inspiring even though writing that letter could have gotten him in trouble #sensemchat
A2 Doctor king says it has to do with just and unjust , “How can you advocate breaking some laws and obeying others?” The answer lies in the fact that there are two types of laws: just and unjust. I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws. #sensemchat
@CSHSeniorSem I would say that the advantage of nonviolence over violence would be that peace and unity would be restored. Physically, safety would be ensured as well.
A1 " as the federal courts have consistently affirmed, it is wrong to urge an individual to cease his efforts to gain his basic constitutional rights because the quest may precipitate violence. Society must protect the robbed and punish the robber" #sensemchat
In Tattoos on the Heart, Thich Nhat Hahn states that "'our true home is the present moment, the miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth in the present moment'" (Boyle 159). @FrGregBoyle