Get online and find at least 3 articles on the Wall Street Protests. Read them, then write 2, 12 sentence paragraphs. The first should explain the protest: who is involved, what is happening, when it started, where it is happening, and why it is happening. Provide key events. The second paragraph should state your opinion of it and explain why. Relate it to other topics you have studied. Attach 3 links to the articles you read.
The Wall Street Protests are protests that started Zuccotti Park of lower Manhatta, NYC. The protesters marched in the way of employees of Wall Street. This was assumed as to be an attempt to stop Wall Street from opening that day. Protestors still frequent that area, and are controlled by the local police. The movement have grew nation-wide. There are other marches in major cities. They are typically around bridges or other public places that were in need of repair. The movement began October 9th. The idea that is deeply embedded in the movement economic equality. The protestors, which are lacking in clarity, want equality and equal opportunities. It is said to be of the people, the other 99% that do not represent or include the 1% of the richest.
I am for the Wall Street Protests. From what i have learned, it really isn't just a protest that is occurring in the streets of New York, but an actual movement that is freeing people from the society that has a mind defined by the 'system'. The system is society that is guided by social conformity and defined those having the most power; power being defined by money. This is actually something that I've been contemplating so much recently, causing myself to question the significance of my life specifically and what should I with my life. Do genuinely want to succumb to the system that we live in called in this American society.? For example, going to school, then attending college, building a career from my degrees (that are of a specified list and approved by those with the power to define) and marrying to procreate and raise children to follow this same path. Or is it better to do what really makes you happy? Is school really for everyone? Aren't some people really meant to be one of the best are artists to ever exist or be such an exceptional mechanic that they can actually start their own business? If everyone had an equal opportunity to be whatever they wanted then people would be so much different, as would our society.
Occupy Wall Street Puts the Coverage in the Spotlight - NYTimes.com
Occupy Wall Street Protest Reaches a Crossroads - NYTimes.com
Occupy Wall Street - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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