WEBVTT

00:00:00.009 --> 00:00:02.269
Social relationships throughout
your life can be tricky and

00:00:02.279 --> 00:00:04.550
words can have a lasting impact.
Therefore,

00:00:04.559 --> 00:00:07.909
it's important to think about
the impact of our words before we

00:00:07.920 --> 00:00:11.149
decide to speak gentrification
is a growing issue in which

00:00:11.159 --> 00:00:14.569
wealthy people move into a
mainly poor neighborhood leading to

00:00:14.579 --> 00:00:16.000
prices in said neighborhood to
go.

00:00:16.010 --> 00:00:18.969
High education is one of the
most important parts that making

00:00:18.979 --> 00:00:20.099
the nation great.

00:00:20.399 --> 00:00:24.899
Me and my several classmates
going to be a great leader of

00:00:24.909 --> 00:00:25.540
tomorrow.

00:00:25.549 --> 00:00:29.149
You should never let other
people's opinions dictate who you are,

00:00:29.159 --> 00:00:31.860
especially if someone says
something bad about you on just a

00:00:31.870 --> 00:00:35.870
little screen on social media.
Thank you.

00:00:36.400 --> 00:00:40.439
So our students have been
working very hard with their global

00:00:40.450 --> 00:00:41.740
studies teacher, Mr Cooper.

00:00:41.750 --> 00:00:46.349
They just started a civics for
all course here at Bronx Health

00:00:46.360 --> 00:00:47.709
Sciences High School this
semester,

00:00:47.720 --> 00:00:49.599
within the last month and a
half,

00:00:49.610 --> 00:00:52.459
they've been working on their
soapbox speeches.

00:00:52.470 --> 00:00:54.110
It's focused around enduring
issues.

00:00:54.119 --> 00:00:57.049
The death penalty has been used
as a dehumanizing tactic for

00:00:57.060 --> 00:00:57.819
centuries.

00:00:57.830 --> 00:01:00.540
More humane ways to punish the
guilty should be identified.

00:01:00.580 --> 00:01:04.050
The offender is still human and
has the right to live since life

00:01:04.059 --> 00:01:08.059
is all about chances and
opportunities.

00:01:09.220 --> 00:01:10.610
The students worked in groups,

00:01:10.620 --> 00:01:13.910
they did their own research to
figure out what these enduring

00:01:13.919 --> 00:01:16.080
issues or where they stemmed
from.

00:01:16.339 --> 00:01:19.300
And the students themselves took
a stand as civil rights

00:01:19.309 --> 00:01:20.889
activist, Cesar Chavez once
said,

00:01:21.099 --> 00:01:23.559
we draw our strength from the
very despair in which we have been

00:01:23.569 --> 00:01:25.730
forced to live. We shall endure.