Dictionnaire anglais de la Seconde 01
Alphabet :
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U
V W X Y Z
Only the study's prejudice was translated.
Censorship, right or abuse ?
Censorship is the removal of information from the public, or the prevention of circulation of information, where it is desired or felt best by some controlling group or body that others are not allowed to access the information which is being censored. Typically censorship is undertaken by governments, or by established bodies (religions or the mass media), although self-censorship and other forms also exist. Censorship of some forms of sensitive information, such as commercial secrets and intellectual property, official secrets, and legal privilege, are not usually described as censorship, provided that they remain within bounds which are recognised in general as being reasonable. For this reason, the term "censorship" often carries with it a sense of untoward, inappropriate or repressive secrecy as opposed to a reasonable and expected level.
Censorship is closely tied in as a concept with freedom of speech and other forms of human expression, and when tightly exerted is often allied with human rights abuse, dictatorship and repression.
In countries which broadly describe themselves as democratic, there have at times been allegations of scientific censorship, colloquially known as "spin", a form of massaging and censorship of science to ensure conclusions described match the agendas and wishes of non-neutral parties (political agendas, religious bodies or pressure groups' purposes, and the like), and that unfavorable results which undermine or fail to support such agendas are minimized.
Censorship is often used as a pejorative term to signify a belief by the speaker that some group controlling certain information is using this control improperly or for its own benefit, or not allowing others access to information the speaker believes should be made readily accessible (often for oversight purposes, to verify the conclusions drawn).
Zhora KAOUD , Rachad BABADJIDE, Izabela KASIARZ, Baydir BERRAHAL, Mohamed GHERNAOUTI
Freedom of speech
Freedom of speech is the concept of the inherent human right to voice one's opinion publicly without fear of censorship or punishment. The right is enshrined in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and is granted formal recognition by the laws of most nations. Nonetheless the degree to which the right is upheld in practice varies greatly from one nation to another. In some nations with relatively authoritarian forms of government, overt government censorship is enforced, while among liberal democracies, censorship has been claimed to occur in a different form (see propaganda model) and there are different approaches to issues such as hate speech, obscenity, and defamation laws.
The first formal request for freedom of speech in recorded history was made by Sir Thomas More in front of the English Parliament and King Henry VIII on April 18, 1523.
Zhora KAOUD , Rachad BABADJIDE, Izabela KASIARZ, Baydir BERRAHAL, Mohamed GHERNAOUTI
Study
Study is when we learn or increase our knowledge. It’s during childhood: maternal, primary, junior high school, high school, university… etc.
When you have diplomas, you can have a job, more or less high. If you don’t have qualification, it doesn’t mean that you can’t have a job. In fact, passions (or other) may allow us to exercise one.
That way, if you have diplomas or not, everybody can get a job. It’s obvious that it’s easier for people who have diplomas, to have a job than people who don't have one.
A lot of people think people must have a good diploma to have a good job, it’s false.
The BEP is a diploma which prepares people to a professional life, from the end of their fourth form. His objective is an easier professional insertion. But we can continue our studies after the BEP.
The BEP is good for people who know what they want to do when they will be adult. However, if we don’t know what we want to do in the future, it’s better to choice a fifth form if you can. But there are people who know what they will want to do and who can’t take the BEP because there isn’t a BEP for their job.
There is 72.6 % of success for the BEP and 81.9% in 2006 for the BAC. Both rates are high, so the BEP and the BAC are a success for students.
To me, it’s good to have professional channels, since it allows for people who, know what they want to do or don’t like studies, to enter faster in the professional life. And other people can do studies more or less long with general channels.
I chose this subject because it touches me a lot. I’m in the fifth form and I don’t like studies. But, I don’t know what I want to do when I will be adult, so I couldn’t allow choice the BEP. However, I think if I could have gone to the BEP last year, with an idea for the future, maybe I would have took that way. But my friends disagree with me, they don’t want me to do professional studies because they think I have capacities and I would regret it. On one hand, they're probably right, and on the other hand, they don’t know that I don’t like school to a point that I want to leave school.
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