In Block IV today, we covered "Know Your Rights" by the Clash. It's a way to make Percy Bysshe Shelley more accessible to kids today, if there are any outsiders peeking in. (Actually, it's getting to the point where I need something to make the Clash accessible before I Can start to make the bridge to Shelley. Sigh!)
Anyway, here are the lyrics.
But I also came across some other interesting things while googling "know your rights".
Know Your Rights concerning. . .
Know Your Rights concerning. . .
1. the police;
2. civil rights;
3. physical and mental disabilities;
4. about insurance;
5. being a female;
6. as a photographer;
7. getting your car fixed;
8. being an American Muslim;
9. owing people money;
10. owing medical bills;
11. child labor;
12. being a bike messenger in NYC;
13. organizing your workplace;
14. being an expectant mother;
15. funerals;
16. being audited;
17. religious freedoms;
18. gifted education;
19. lost luggage;
20. a recovering substance abuser;
21. home schooling.
I could go on and on, but you get the idea.
1 comment:
I took Criminology with Mr. Anderson in Junior year. It was a great class that taught me most of the rights as an American. When the consitution unit comes up, we learn all of our rights that are emcompassed in the 4th, 5th and 6th ammendment. It was refershing to know that we have rights protecting us in case if we ever brush against the law. However, the class also taught me that in certain instances certain rights become void. For Instance, when you are in a public place, your 4th ammendment rights guarding you against unreasonable search and seizures becomes viod in order to protect the public as a whole.
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