Students identify with 50-year-old supreme court case by nina totenberg 1.part a: which statement best expresses the central idea of the text? a students learned not to take their constitutional rights for granted after watching the re-enactment of the supreme court case. b the goal of the supreme court case re-enactment was to get students more interested and involved in america’s justice system. c the supreme court case that protected students’ freedom of speech in school continues to be important and relevant to students 50 years later. d mary beth tinker hopes that re-enactments of the supreme court case will encourage students to speak up against injustice on school grounds.

The correct answer is D Mary Beth Tinker hopes that re-enactments of the Supreme Court case will encourage students to speak up against injustice on school grounds.

Explanation:

Mary Beth Tinker was a 13-year-old lady who was suspended in 1965 for wearing black armbands in an act of protest for the war in Vietnam. And in 1969, the supreme court said that students cannot be censored, only if they have a disruptive, in order way students have the right not to be censored for protesting.

C.The Supreme Court case that protected students’ freedom of speech in school continues to be important and relevant to students 50 years later.

Explanation:

The text Students Identify with 50-Year-Old Supreme Court Case written by journalist Nina Totenberg speaks about the students that relate to the Tinker v. the Des Moines Independent Community School District supreme court that is called the first amendment of the students, what happened was that Tinker, a 13 years old who along with other 4 students used black armbands to go to school and protest against the Vietnam war, and up to today the Students relate to it because it is still relevant for them.

the first proposition is to question economic materialism and victorian christianity. the lines are:

“it moves us not.—great god! i'd rather be

a pagan suckled in a creed outworn; ”

wordsworth is stating that nature no longer interests mankind, that the latter is not “moved” by it and explains that ancient western paganism had a more positive attitude concerning nature since it lacked the perv erted judaeo-christian interpretation of having received the world and all its animals and elements from god to use as we , instead of humans actually being not only part of nature but its wardens, meant to appreciate it and protect it.

the next lines are:

“so might i, standing on this pleasant lea,

have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;

have sight of proteus coming from the sea;

or hear old triton blow his wreathed horn.”

wordsworth here make it very clear that by actually looking and contemplating nature, human beings would reconnect with happiness, serenity and purpose. the use of mythological figures is quite evocative as well, proteus is a greek mythological god of the changing sea. he personifies the sea that changes, which symbolizes the way nature changes and inevitably can change to be destructive not only due to natural causes but to human pollution. furthermore, the sea is even more symbolic since all life originated in the sea so it is not only our past but our future since no life form in our planet can survive without water and if all water is destroyed in earth all life will be gone as well.

he then uses triton which is symbolic of the synthesis of both nature and mankind. triton is a mythological greek god that has the upper body of a man and the lower body of a fish (a merman). this human fish duality evokes the fact that humans are not only human but also part of nature, the fish tail representing nature. the main attribute of this god was that he used a conch shell as a horn to calm the roaring seas. in other words, triton uses nature through science for the benefit of human sailors who risk death during tempests. with the use of such metaphor, wordworth is conveying the message that human technology   is supposed to use nature to preserve nature and thereby humanity as well.

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