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Sydney Otson <br />, ' n �° (� 8th Grade <br />�� 1n � � Roseville Area Middie Scho <br />� � � � Mr. Jeff Bibeau <br />Abraham Lincoln ot�ce said "Tha�e who denv fr�edam ta others deserve i Hor�oradte Mentior� <br />themsei�c�es." Many �e�ple rriay a�re� with tl�at statement but the Univcrsal I3eciaration of <br />Hu�nan Rights does not. Human ri�hts ar� th� rights that ar� �ranted to every human bein� <br />regardless of their personality, rac�, s�x, ori�,in, thou�hts, and social group, If everyane foliowed <br />the sirnple rule "be kind" there wauId b� no need f�r ihese� dacuments. AIas rt�any do not follow <br />that one param�t�r and ��e ne�d � written agre�ment. Th� righis that personally stand out to me <br />are, �.rticl� 2, right to eyuality; Article 1 I, Ri�l�t ta be cansid�red innocent untiI proven g�ailty; <br />and Article 26, Right to Education. Vdithout human rights the world woutd be chaotic, and if we <br />decrease the number af violations we ean work towards a perf'ect life_ <br />Discrimination is a harrible thin�; no one shouid be subjected to that treatrnent. I think <br />that article 2, freedom fram discrimination is vital to a peaceful existenee. I've been taught to <br />respect others consist�ntly thrau�;hat�t my schoolin�, but my 6'�' grade teacher Mr. Lir�ehan stood <br />out to rne. Always in schaal teachers are supposed to instili the trait of kindness in students. Mr, <br />Linehan went above and beyond that standard. We valuntarily parEicipated in a l�arning activity <br />where we gat se� what discriminatian feels like. He showed us how in a schoal situation African <br />A�nericans used to be victimi�ed. This lesson deeply to���ed me and it showed how badly <br />discrimir�aiian can hurt. One example of recer�t discrimir�ation was last October. In Jordan <br />damestic women mi�rant wc�rkers were not �;�ttin� paid sannc or alI of their wages, and in some <br />cases for years. On top nf thase violatians many women wer� alsa abused and i�eld captive at <br />employer's t�ouses. T�day's �tudies show that to ev�ry dollar a man earns a wo�an only makes <br />77 cents. At the currcnt rat� af women wage incr�ase in 205 ] rr�en and worr�er� will finally be <br />earning th� same �mount of money for the same work. There are many others types of <br />