Human rights

Read the following statement and answer the questions that follow

All
human beings
are born free and equal
in dignity and rights

1.What does this statement speak about ?

Ans. The statement speaks about equality in dignity and rights

2.Do you agree or disagree to the statement ? Justify

Ans.Yes, I agree to this statement. All men are by nature equally free and independent. All men are created equal that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights among which are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. , Liberty, Equality and Fraternity are the human rights which are universal and egalitarian to which a person is inherently entitled simply because he or she is a human being. I agree to this statement because recognition of inherent dignity  and of the equal unalienable rights of all members of the human  foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.

3.Have you ever witnessed any incidents in contrast to the above statement? Tell your class.

Ans. I have never witnessed any incidents in contrast to the above statement. (or) I have witnessed several incidents in contrast to the above statement. In our village the people of some castes are not allowed into temples. They have no equal rights.

ORAL DISCOURSE.

Debate - "Children should not have equal dignity and rights as adults."

Answer

Speech against the motion

Mr. Chairman Sir,

I, Abhilash, stand before you to oppose the motion "Children should not have equal dignity and rights as adults." Sir, it seems like saying that all progress and development should be banned. All people from their birth to the age of puberty are children. They are all delicate, innocent and dependent. They are not capable of making right decisions. They need good support from their family and society. Children occupy an important portion of every population. The future of nation highly depends upon the level of care being provided to its children who are sensitive and receptive. Actually children are the future, builders of their nation and everyone has responsibility to contribute to their all-round development. To sum up we all have parts to play for shaping the future of our children in a proper way. So children should have equal dignity and rights as adults.

 Thank you very much.

A speech in favour of the motion

Mr. Chairman Sir-,

I, Lakshmi, a student of Class X 'A stand to speak in favour of the motion "Children should not have equal dignity and rights as adults. Childhood is indeed an important factor in shaping the future of the nation if it can be endowed with the minimum requisite for healthy growth and development. If children have equal dignity and rights as adults they may violate their rights because they are not capable of making right decisions. They should develop under the supervision of the adults so that they might not lead to evil ways. If they have equal dignity and rights as adults they would mislead the privileges due to their innocence and may spoil their future. Hence it is not advisable to give equal dignity and rights as dulls which may lead to bad results.

Thank you very much.

A.Jamaican Fragment

The narrator A.L. Hendricks says that he learns something even from a little incident. Every day he walks a half-mile from his home to tramcar lines in the morning, \ and back to home in the evening. The scenery and the walk were pleasant. On either \ side of the road, there were bungalows, green lawns and gardens.

One morning, the narrator noticed two little boys playing in the garden. One of them was white and the other was dark. They were playing a game. In the game, the  white boy was walking up and down shouting at his playmate. The other boy who  was brown followed the orders given by the white boy.

 The narrator was surprised. The white boy ordered and the black boy obeyed 11 him. The writer thought that the little black boy was the son of a servant in the home.  The boys were dressed alike. The little dark boy was of equal class with his playmate.

The narrator was worried that in his own country, the racial discrimination was that much. Should the blacks accept the inferiority and accept a position as servants  to the white race? For a whole day he was worrying about it. That evening he thought I deeply on the subject.

The next morning, the boys were there again. A man was there watching the boys. The narrator stopped and looked. He was astonished to see a role reversal between the boys. The dark boy was commanding and the white boy obeying.

The narrator understood that it was a game, a game he played as a child. Each boy took it in turn every alternate day to be the boss and the other the slave. The narrator finally understood that what he saw was the part of a game and felt sorry for imputing motives to the acts of young children. He thought that the man looking at boys did not understand the truth of it, started explaining the whole thing. The \ man was surprised at the writer's outburst. The man looked at the writer smiling. He said that he knew all about the game. He added that the boys were brothers and his sons. He pointed to a brown woman and said that she was his wife. The narrator felt  bad for having imputed motives to the deeds of children.

 Glossary

Be flanked by (v) : to have something on one or both sides

Sturdy (adj) : strong and healthy

Hazel (adj) : reddish/greenish brown

Imperiously (adv) : haughtily

Shuffled (v) : to walk by dragging (one's feet) slowly along

Bidding (n) : ordering

At one's beck and call : (idiom) be ready to do what someone asks

Stride (v) : to walk with long steps

Abjectly (adv) : completely without pride

Impute (v) : claim that someone has done something unjustly