Be Aware
Be Aware presents essays and critical reflections on social, cultural, and educational topics, with an emphasis on analysis and informed perspective.
The Colonial Construction of the ‘Terrorist’: Structural Oppression and Resistance in Five Broken Cameras
The ‘terrorist’ figure is a racialized construct with roots in colonialist history. This concept justifies violence and control over Muslims and is reinforced through the ‘good Muslim/bad Muslim’ dichotomy (Byler, 2024). The documentary Five Broken Cameras shows the impact of the counterterrorism infrastructure on the habitus of the Palestinian community. The concept of the ‘terrorist’ is intertwined with colonial legacies and racialization. The film, Five Broken Cameras analyses the impact of walls, police activity, and land boundaries on Palestinian communities and proposes structural changes to dismantle these oppressive systems. The oppression of the Palestinian community depicted in Five Broken Cameras is not simply a modern phenomenon but has deep historical roots. The concept
Why students have to learn art?
Nowadays, since students spend more time in school, it’s getting important to learn the subject that is useful to them, In British Columbia, arts is not a mandatory subject to learn. However, there are people who argue that arts is an essential subject that students have to learn in school but other people claim that learning arts is a waste of their time. Learning arts in school is a waste of time. Unlike any other academic subject, it doesn’t help to get a job, it is not an academic subject that people can use the skills they learn in school unless people want to be a designer. Likewise, many universities
Story of Jenny – Creative story
I created the new story to use 7 economic principle. Do you want to guess which principle I use? Do you want to hear a story about Jenny? Jenny is a girl who is studying Sustainable Energy Engineering at Simon Fraser University. When she talks to her friend Emma about making a plan for the upcoming spring break, which will last about two weeks, Jenny discovers that Emma will go to California for her vacation. Jenny realizes that she has never travelled by herself abroad, so she decides to travel to Switzerland, which is on her bucket list. However, she doesn’t have enough money, as Switzerland is one of the
Capital Punishment – Has to be prohibited
Some people advocate death penalty for those who committed violent crimes. Others say that capital punishment is unacceptable in contemporary society. Describe advantages and disadvantages of death penalty and give your opinion. For thousands of years, people have been practicing capital punishment, often in addition to executing felons. But in the 21st century, many countries are abolishing the death penalty. The death penalty prevents additional crimes. Many people are scared and anxious about the possibility of further crimes by felons, and for that reason, towns where felons live are often places where people don’t want to live. But the death penalty prevents further crimes by felons, which means that the