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Name of Website/Website AddressThe name of the website is: “City College of San Francisco” (City College of San Francisco, 2005). Its website address is: “http://www.ccsf.edu/Resources/Tolerance/” (City College of San Francisco, 2005).Description of the Website/Features/Helpful Links/Etc.
The objective of this particular page of the website is to “provide lessons in tolerance” not only to the students but to the educators as well (City College of San Francisco, 2005). It tackles several essential topics including the following: “1) Gay and Lesbian Issues; 2) Human rights; 3) Non-traditional families; 4) Violence or Conflict Resolution; 5) Racism; 6) Language and Power; 7) Native Americans; 8) Sexism; 9) General Stereotypes etc” (City College of San Francisco, 2005).Reasons for Choosing the WebsiteI chose this website because it is a reliable source, considering that it is the official website of the “City College of San Francisco or CCSF” (City College of San Francisco, 2005). Since it is an official website, we are sure that the articles published here were thoroughly discussed and approved by the members of the board who are involved in the Press Release Department of the School (City College of San Francisco, 2005).
Since the ones stated in the website are official statements of a reliable organization, I am quite sure that people will most likely consider such statements to be true and consequently influence these people to share the same sentiments with regards to tolerance on diversity issues (City College of San Francisco, 2005). In addition, the aforementioned website is essentially good because it has lessons and resources for students/ teachers including that of “language, stereotypes, violence and conflict resolution, gay and lesbian issues, racism, sexism, non-traditional families, human rights, etc” (City College of San Francisco, 2005).Reasons Why I Find the Website Helpful in Promoting ToleranceI find the website helpful in promoting tolerance because of the following bright ideas of the organization such as: the organization offers a concrete idea on how to address the problem on tolerance as related to diversity (City College of San Francisco, 2005).It states the definition of tolerance, it speaks of gun control, it tackles assimilation and preservation, it informs people why some individuals look down on others, it teaches empathy, it provides a division between war and peace, it shares stories on immigration and immigrants, etc In addition to that, it pushes the fact that education is necessitated to motivate people for them to be familiarized with other “cultures, nations, and religions” that they never knew existed (City College of San Francisco, 2005). Education will direct people to respect diversity because education means the absence of ignorance which is often the reason why some people are not open-minded about diversity issues and thus cannot tolerate such as well (City College of San Francisco, 2005).II.
Name of Website/Website AddressThe name of the website is “Educators for Social Responsibility” and its website address is: “http://www.esrnational.org” (Educators for Social Responsibility, 2007).Description of the Website/Features/Helpful Links/Etc.“Educators for Social Responsibility” is a website designed for educators to help “create safe, caring, respectful, and productive learning environments” (Educators for Social Responsibility, 2007).
In addition to that it “helps educators work with young people to develop the social skills, emotional competencies, and qualities of character they need to succeed in school and become contributing members of their communities” (Educators for Social Responsibility, 2007).Reasons for Choosing the Website/Reasons Why I Find the Website Helpful in Promoting ToleranceI find the aforementioned website helpful in promoting tolerance because it deals with “anti-bias, peacemaking, diversity, and conflict resolutions” (Educators for Social Responsibility, 2007). In addition to that, it teaches the following: “the healthy expression of feelings; caring, compassion, and cooperation; creative resolution of conflicts; and appreciation of differences” (Educators for Social Responsibility, 2007).
