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Downsizing the Middle ClassIn the essay by Rhonda Burns, "Downsizing the Middle Class," there seems to be one clear message. The gap between the middle and upper class is growing because the rich are lobbying government officials to change the rules and regulations that protect the middle class from the rich. She says that companies that had created jobs in the past are now downsizing in order to gain more total revenue and do not care whom they destroy in the process. Another argument she uses is that businesses are the idea of "survival of the fittest," and that newer management is firing good employees who have helped build the company. The essay closes by stating that during the Cold
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Assess the view that fragmentation of the middle class has occurred.The middle class is the non-manual white-collar workers. The British sociologist, Anthony Giddeons' describes this class as separate from the upper class because they own hardly any means of production. They do however possess widely recognized skills, mainly mental, which they can sell to the highest bidder. The fragmentation of the middle class is explained by sociologists as the division of members of the said class into groups, based on market and work situation, income, job and lifestyle.The sociologists, Roberts et al. (1977) discovered while conducting a study of a sample of 243 male white-collar workers that four
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all middle schools do not have their windows with bulletproof glass which can help with school shootings.
Something noticeable was the interest of a students task at hand, and I can surprisingly say that the Art class which I visited seemed very interested in the subject and working together as a team effort. They, unfortunately, do not take advantage of or are not rather informed of all the information they can receive through the technology provided in classrooms. Teachers seem more focused on making their own lessons instead of finding activities which are more entertaining for the children.
VI. Conclusions
The experience I had while in the school and the classroom was excellent. Walking
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A combination of income inequality, conservative economic legislation and racism have
birthed a dual economy within the United States. The low-wage sector, a group of laborers and
service workers, barely allows its members to remain above the poverty line, if at all, and as a
result grows larger every day. And the FTE sector, made up of the top 20 percent of American
earners, almost all of whom are college graduates and, more than likely, white. The middle class
– defined as “households earning from two-thirds to double the median American household
income” – held three-fifths of all income in 1970, and only two-fifths in 2014 (Temin, 2017, pg.
11). Between 1993 and 2010, middle-waged jobs
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family name, the Earnshaws, and marry a man in a higher social caste than Heathcliff. Catherine experienced the feeling of contentment with Heathcliff, but did not see the sense of marrying someone in a lower caste. This then left Heathcliff feeling abandoned and betrayed by the person he loved the most. Heathcliff tries to get over Catherine, and marries Isabella Linton, while Catherine marries a wealthy man, and the brother of Heathcliff’s wife, Edgar Linton for his social class and wealth. “It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now; so he shall never know how I love him…” (Bronte 74) This changed their physical actions for the worse for each other. It is then discovered towards the end of
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Haunting The Past
They forgot my birthday, again. I wanted to do something really cool, but nothing special happened. The next day I woke up and rushed downstairs. There was a chocolate cake, filled with strawberry filling, and topped with whipped cream. My parents left a note saying:
Happy birthday son, we are both sorry about this, but dad and I have to work an early shift and work at the Plant again. We won’t be home ‘till dark. Enjoy the cake. We put some candles on it so you can light them and make a wish.
They forgot my birthday, and then the day that they thought was my birthday, they missed it. I picked up the lighter and lit the candles. I made a really stupid wish because I was
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Nick DeBussey
Just Work
Hidden America
In the book Hidden America Jeanne Marie Laskas goes around to jobs that most
Americans sweep under the rug and shadow want they do and how the world treats
them. The book looks into the life of coal miners one of the most hidden jobs in the
world. The book goes from the mines all the way to being a cowboys cheerleader. Every
single one of the jobs pick had what the author called a violent side to them but only
some had found meaning in what they do.
In the chapter based on coal miners the book points out to us that not only are
the miners unseen from us doing their work but also rather overlooked or not looked at
by everyone everyday that uses something
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HUMAN GROWTH AND LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT
(BIRTH TO ADOLESCENCE)
Question 1
Human lifespan development varies from different stages and this study is to illustrate the development of two children at different ages. The first child was Xuan, 6 years old followed by Ting, who is 10 years old.
The methods used to gather these data were through naturalistic observation and interviews which enable the observed parties to freely express their feelings, thoughts and behaviour. Interviews were also conducted with their mothers to seek further information. The study on Xuan was conducted during her enrichment class and for Ting, the observation was carried out during a social event.
Xuan stays with
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in the future. Today “We often focus on gaps at school – but what the evidence shows is that money doesn’t only make a difference to children’s cognitive outcomes, it also makes a difference to their physical health, to birth weight, and to social and behavioral development.”(Rustin 1). While the kids of the upper and middle class enjoy the privileges such as quality education and doctors to establish a good mental and physical health, they have already gained a huge advantage over the kids who struggle with poverty. Having to fight the financial difficulties, these children do not compete in a fair environment with the other fortunate ones, but none of this is caused by themselves, but
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Unit 1 Test Correction
From the beginning of the Middle Ages to the end of Martin Luther’s Reformation, there were countless changes that occurred in the religious, social, political, and economic areas of European life. These changes could have destroyed certain ideas while other changes created new ones. More often than not, these areas of influence affected one another and created situations that benefited some while harming others. An example of spheres of influence affecting one another would be the Black Plague. The Black Plague was a dark, dreary, dismal time in the Middle Ages. Millions of people died and the population of the European countries dropped dramatically. Lords no longer
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Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales were organized diversity of occupation, character and dress. The way in which stock characters are used to attempt to defeat family difficulties can be explored in She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith. The pair of young lovers CO-OPERATE together toward this end. In old days and nowadays we dress nicely to impress others. In old days like Chaucerian and Restoration period, dress used to reflect their class. Better dress meant higher class, usually. So dress had meanings more than showing off the wealth of people. Of course, rich people had better dress as in these days, and they were usually in a higher class. In The Canterbury Tales, the
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Middle Age Economy The economy mostly seen in the early middle ages was feudalism, Europe?s form of government in the Middle Ages, was developed in the fifth century to meet the changing needs of the time. It was based heavily on the honor system. The king had overall power, then the lord, then the vassals, or landowners, and finally down to the peasants, known then as the villeins. The fiefs, or estates, could be rented out to one vassal who would then rent portions of the fief to three more, and so on. Each person would give their peer a fee (called the guild) and goods in return for protection. As an old medieval saying states, "No land without the lord, no lord without the land." The
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The Dictionary of Social Work roughly defines middle adulthood as the period between forty-five and sixty-four years of age. There are four main tasks in this stage. They include meeting intimacy and family needs, satisfying achievement needs, taking care of elderly parents, and coping with end of life issues. Erikson identifies the need for achievement during midlife, which fits into his stage of generativity vs. stagnation. Success in adulthood is defined by feelings of connectedness and the ability to take care of others. Generativity is the satisfaction resulting from positive relationships with family and friends and the idea of leaving a heritage behind. Stagnation, on the other hand
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Magazine Article Life away from home Imagine Living somewhere, and having no rights as a woman. Imagine being someone's property, treated like an object for your whole life. Imagine being bashed by your own husband, which is perfectly legal, for giving your own opinion. These are just a few of the differences between our lives and those of the women in many Middle-Eastern Countries.The Islam religion, and the Koran, has many strict "rules", especially for women. The men are seen as superior, and are the "overseers" of the women. This means that in marriage, the wives are expected to obey their husbands every command. If the marriage is against the family's wishes, or the wife disobeys
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Tyelyn Maddox
Mrs. Parson
History 101
October 28, 2018
The Middle Ages
The Middle Ages is also known as the medieval era. It was the time between the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the modern world. Medieval life centered around the church. The church held worship services and took care of the sick, poor, elderly, and orphans. Monks and nuns gave their lives to the church. I will state what I believe are the main points to this article The Misleading Myth of the Middle Ages.
In the article it says something like this we are recounted an exceptionally straightforward tale about the excellent scope of European history. It resembles the following: There was before the Roman
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What factors motivated United States and Soviet interest in the Middle East during the Cold War?What impact have they had on contemporary problems in the region?Discuss with reference to at least one example.The Middle East has played host to more foreign 'visitors' than most regions of the world. Over the latter part of the 20th century Afghanistan's private party was crashed by the Soviet's and the United States in a decidedly Cold War fashion. Whether that interference is responsible for any of the contemporary problems the country faces today has been the talk of political academics. While promising to shower their hosts with economic and strategic gifts the cold powers instead did
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University of Phoenix
Physical Development in Middle Adulthood
Learning Team D
BSHS/325
5/24/2015
We as growing humans have a very interesting life span. We go from infancy, childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood, and late adulthood. With each span of development in our lives also comes with challenges. While they may seem like simple challenges looking back on them or even from a perspective of a textbook, they all have an effect in our lives. What we may find as challenging in one stage of our lives at the time, we can look back and see how it formed us. Middle adulthood is the stage between young adulthood and late adulthood. During this adulthood stage, changes are
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the job. Likewise, according to Frederick Douglass, slaves had only
a monthly allowance of food and annual clothing. His journal entry states that the slaves,
“received their monthly allowance of food, and their yearly clothing.” The amount of food and
materials that the slaves were given was the bare minimum to survive. This shows that people
during the Industrial Revolution only cared about profit and were willing to abuse other human
beings.Overall, upper-class people were ruthless when it came to making a profit, and even went
as far as violating the law and abusing slaves, which proved America did not grow as a nation
during the Industrial Revolution.
Lastly, during the Industrial
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Age/Stage Chart 1- Middle Childhood
Physical Cognitive Emotional Social School/Work Implications
- Brain grows measurably
with increase in white
matter volume (p.203)
- Greater development in
both gross motor and fine
motor skills (p.203)
- Bones broaden and
length; Individuals typically
grow 2-3 inches per year
(Morelli, 2019)
- Adult teeth push through
gums and baby teeth are
lost (Morelli, 2019)
- Cognitive Operational
Stage according to Piaget
(p.205)
- Can draw logical
conclusion across many
situations (p.206)
- Abstract concepts need
concrete examples (p.206)
- Difficulty distinguishing
own beliefs with objective
facts (p.207)
- Individuals start to
integrate opposing
characteristics
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Measuring Density
Background
All matter has mass and volume. Mass is a measure of the amount of matter an object has. Its measure is usually given in grams (g) or kilograms (kg). Volume is the amount of space an object occupies. There are numerous units for volume including liters (l), meters cubed (m3), and gallons (gal).
Mass and volume are physical properties of matter and may vary with different objects. For example, it is possible for two pieces of metal to be made out of the same material yet for one piece to be bigger than the other. If the first piece of metal is twice as large as the second, then you would expect that this piece is also twice as heavy (or have twice the mass
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Throughout the course of history, every society has had to address enduring issues with different results one enduring issue is power. Power was shown during the medieval times when there was a spit in Christianity caused by the decision on who should be the head of the church. Like with all enduring issues this one has affected and is still affecting people and continues to be a recurring issue.
In medieval Europe, the roman catholic church had a strong amount of power over every individual which is described by document 2. The church had a great impact in the lives of the richest king to the lowest serf since their births In document 2 it stated “The role of the church was
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Xiao 1
Xiao 2
Jerry Xiao
Mr. Torrey
English 7, Period 5
November 12, 2018
The Suspicious Detective
In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902), Sherlock Holmes - a manipulative, suspicious, and observant detective - uses his keen observations to unlock clues to find the true murderer behind a member of the prominent British Baskerville family, who people think is the ghastly hound from ancient family legends.
For instance, Holmes’s observation shows when he notices a cigarette stub on the ground containing his colleague Watson’s favorite brand name on it, leading him to surmise that Watson is around the vicinity; Holmes could’ve stumbled upon Watson by surprise if he
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A Wrinkle In Time
By; Madeleine L’Engle
Pages 228
A Wrinkle In Time is the story of a high school girl named Meg Murray and her quest with her little brother Charles Wallace and her friend Calvin, to find her dad, an accomplished scientist who traveled through space and time and is being held captive by an evil force. At the beginning, Meg seems to be a timid, loving and caring young lady who is troubled by self-doubt due to the disappearance of her father for a well over a year. Suddenly, Meg is introduced to a stellar creature by the name of Mrs.Whatsit who has the power to read Meg’s mind. She alarms Meg and her mother by revealing to her that the existence of her and her husband’s
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Has someone ever asked you where are from? What culture do you belong to? They always ask
me these questions. When I tell them I'm from the middle east, they will start to act in a strange
way I know what they will think about because when you belong to a particular group, you are
part of the group, tradition, and behaviors. Throughout the history, people thought of the middle
east as an war zone, and religious conflict between Shia and Sunni, oil wealth that’s true, but
there's much more life in this area.
The middle east is a war zone what made it a war zone are the people part of belonging to the
Arab culture is to keep quiet not to have the right to speak up people stayed quiet for a
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Lizzie and O.J, does that name ring a bell in your head? I am sure that it does. I mean how could anyone forget the gruesome murder of Mrs. and Mr. Borden as well as Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Lyle Goldman. However, despite all of the circumstantial evidence, access to resources, and incriminating evidence both Lizzie Borden and O.J Simpson were found innocent of the murder. So now that the case has been reopened this essay will look deeper into this case and determine the factors that point towards both Ms.Borden and Mr.Simpson guilty of first-degree murder.
So for us to get the whole idea of this case we need to start with the circumstantial evidence of both cases. A few
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character’s eye color is described to represent each of their personalities. Eye color is one the most symbolic pieces of the book. Just the eyes alone can tell the personality and behavior in a character. One color could represent kindness, another color could represent heroism, it can be anything. Whether it’s grey, blue, or green, the eye color described for each character is what truly says who they are.
choose a topic
and collect your textual evidence
Your Topic
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Social Class
Textual Evidence
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Both Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X made good points, but Martin Luther King made the most sense for Americans in the 1960’s. Martin Luther’s plan is to fight non-violently by boycotting and having marches, while Malcolm X’s plan is to fight if needed.
Martin Luther King made the most sense because fighting will lead to destruction and even more segregation. In document A is the “I Have a Dream.” speech by Martin Luther King, this speech is about equality. He states that people should not be judged based on the col, or of their skin. They should be judged by their character instead. The Martin Luther King speech made a point because the only thing that should matter between people is
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Ancient India
The History of India begins with the Indus Valley Civilization and
the coming of the Aryans. The Aryans had some light in the Indian
Culture but finally dulled out or faded out from this time in our
history. In the fifth century, large parts of India were united under
Ashoka.
The 6th Century B.C. was a period of great tumult in India. This
was the time when Buddhism and Hinduism emerged as popular
protestant movements to pose a serious challenge to Brahmanic
teachings.
His vigorous support of Buddhism during his reign (c. 265–238
BCE; also given as c. 273–232 BCE) furthered the expansion of that
religion throughout India. Following his successful but bloody
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The Enlightenment
By: Linh Tran P.4
Informational Overview
The Enlightenment was a period where the growth of science led to the use
of reason to study society. It was also a time of new thinking about the structure of
society and economic systems. This period began in the late 1600s in Europe and
ended in the early 1800s. Enlightenment thinkers concluded that since physical
laws governed nature, natural laws would govern human affairs. They began
searching for natural laws by asking questions like: What is the purpose of
government? What is the best kind of government? People believed that just as
progress had been made in science, progress could also be made in understanding
and
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Duality: something we have created within our minds that restricts us from seeing a
world where this division does not exist, or in other words a world of perfection. One story that
utilizes this is the novella written by Robert Louis Stevenson entitled The Strange Case Of Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. This novella describes a well-respected member of society that has
everything that a man could wish for, Dr. Jekyll, and an indecent and mysterious member of
society that is suspicious and gory, Mr. Hyde. The main character, Dr. Jekyll, is constricted by
Victorian society which causes him to split into the two selves of Jekyll (good) and Hyde (evil).
Additionally, the society forces Jekyll to
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revenge on Emily's death and here you are scared to die."
At my confused look, he let out another laugh. "Fine,” he told me. “I guess I’ll have to talk simpler for it go to your stupid brain. I killed your wife, Emily. She was in the middle of a battlefield and I shot her. At least it saved her from seeing the coward that you are, leaving your daughter Rosaline alone with her grandmother."
I couldn't believe that I was hearing these words. "Wait, but you were my friend. A British soldier killed Emily. It couldn't have been you!" I said, my voice getting louder and louder with each word until I was screaming. I felt like I was drowning, and that no matter how hard I tried to get to the
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Mullinger
Sam Mullinger
7th March 2018
Bisclarvet; How to Love
The Lais of Marie de France is a series of twelve short narrative Breton lais written in the Anglo-Norman that were composed in the late 12th century. The short, narrative poems focus on glorifying the concept of courtly love by the adventures of their main characters. One story, in particular, called Bisclarvet, is a story about a baron who turns into a werewolf and whose wife leaves him for another knight that has always been in love with her. But, when the wolf is taken in by the king and his former wife and her new lover are invited to the castle the baron turned monster exacts his revenge on the two. The story is a violent
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Arab Uprisings in Egypt and Syria
CPO3404 - Politics of the Middle East
The Arab uprisings were a revolutionary wave of protests and demonstrations that occurred because of the disconnect that existed between people and the state throughout the Middle East. When it comes to the Egyptian and Syrian uprisings there are a few differences and also similarities that eventually led to different results. In Egypt, the uprising didn’t fully playout due to the military coup that occurred. In Syria, everything that was done was in Vain. [endnoteRef:1] [1: James L. Gelvin, The Arab Uprisings: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford: Oxfor]
Egypt
The Egyptian uprising happened spontaneously and lacked
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‘As lovers, Othello and Desdemona either worship or despise one another. There is no middle ground.’
In the light of this view, discuss how Shakespeare presents Othello and Desdemona’s attitudes towards one another in this extract and elsewhere in the play.
OTHELLO Why, what art thou?
DESDEMONA
Your wife, my lord; your true and loyal wife.
OTHELLO
Come, swear it; damn thyself;
Lest being like one of heaven, the devils themselves
Should fear to seize thee. Therefore be double-damned:
Swear thou art honest.
DESDEMONA Heaven doth truly know it.
OTHELLO
Heaven truly knows that thou art false as hell.
DESDEMONA
To whom, my lord? With whom? How am I false?
OTHELLO
Ah, Desdemon! Away, away, away
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. When Cassie is in the middle of the 4th wave, she describes how deadly the other stages (waves) of the invasion were, and about how many people died. “THE 1ST WAVE took out half a million people.” (Yancey, 44) On the same page and on the page after, it also estimates about how many people died in the 2nd and 3rd wave. “The 2nd wave put that number to shame… Take a metal rod as tall as the Empire State Building and three times as heavy. Position it over one of these fault lines. Drop it from the upper atmosphere… It hits the surface with the force one billion times greater than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Bye-bye New York. Bye Sidney. Goodbye California, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, British
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Cassie Bradfield
White
2-17-16
I, as the oldest of three children, could tell you many stories of when things seemed unfair or unequal. I could also recount many examples of short stories, passages, or articles from school that showcased the ideal of inequality. Our most recent story, though, was unlike any other story I had witnessed or read in class. It was the short story Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. and it described a utopia turned dystopia where a fight for equality has been taken too far. Equality can be viewed in many different ways. However, what is equal to one person will most likely not be the perfect idea of equality to everyone.
In trying to make the world a
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“The Monkey’s Paw” And ”The Third Wish”
Some people want wishes but not everyone can be granted wishes. “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W.Jacobs is about
a man and his family was granted three wishes. The three wishes the family was granted ruins their lives and family
because the wishes make the family go crazy, make them turn against each other. The wishes was a huge affect on the
family because the wishes don’t go as they family had planned for them to go. Everyone think’s wishes are so great and
amazing but are they really. Wishes aren’t amazing and there aren’t great because wishes can’t make your life better.
They can’t solve your life problems. Some people enjoys being
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“The Monkey’s Paw” And ”The Third Wish”
Some people want wishes but not everyone can be granted wishes. “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W.Jacobs is about
a man and his family was granted three wishes. The three wishes the family was granted ruins their lives and family
because the wishes make the family go crazy, make them turn against each other. The wishes was a huge affect on the
family because the wishes don’t go as they family had planned for them to go. Everyone think’s wishes are so great and
amazing but are they really. Wishes aren’t amazing and there aren’t great because wishes can’t make your life better.
They can’t solve your life problems. Some people enjoys being
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Zuber Malek
Dr. Dina-Alsowayel
“Venti of Chai Latte Extra Cream No Sugar Shot of Pumpkin Spice”
Tea, is something I was raised drinking my whole life. My parents drink it three times a day, milk and sweet. At home we refer to it as chai. When I first encountered the title of this book “3 Cups of Tea”, I was immediately tuned in. Seeing as how Pakistan and India were one country, and I was raised in a Sunni Muslim family, with an Indian background, the theme of this book was right up my alley. However, I went into this book with a hint of suspicion, I researched the author and book prior to reading, and boy was I surprised with what I read. I decided to jump in regardless, with an open mind
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Leonardo Singh March 5, 2019
Mod 1
Youth activism is on the rise with young people constantly working hard to change injustices in their lives. As many as 7 out of 10 young adults are social activists and that number is still rising. Both Sarah Terrazzo and Leah Rodriguez wrote texts talking about how people are becoming activists and changing the world. Rodriguez and Terrazzano both made articles documenting the rise in youth activism, Terrazzano focused on how the use of social media is a potent weapon to spread ideas and help gain attention and support for issues affecting young
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Alex Hickman
Dr. Johnson
World Literature
22 April 2018
My Secret Bully
It all started on step up day which is a day you go to a new school to look around and meet the teachers before the school year starts. On this day I met Brittney, shortly after we became the best of friends and would go everywhere and do everything together. We were friends for many years and I loved to hang out with her but only when she was nice to me other times she was really mean and I never understood why. I thought she was my friend and so did everyone else, but really she was my secret bully.
Brittney would always name call and wouldn't let me be friends with other people or she would be mad at me and if she
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Grams 1
Mary Grams
Professor Moore
English G270
23 October 2018
Sovereignty? How About Total Control: The Wife of Bath’s Subtle Manipulation Techniques
What is the role of a woman? The answer to that question has differed from generation to generation and culture to culture. Britain during the middle ages (5th century to the 15th century), was not the most comfortable place for most women. If anything, women held the positions of wife, mother, and/or peasant. There were some women who lived pleasant lives, but society was entirely monopolized by men. Women had to know ‘their place,’ meaning they could not disrespect, dishonor, or disregard them; leaving them stereotyped as relatively
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"For by superior energies; more strict affiance in each other; faith more firm in their unhallowed principles, the bad have fairly earned a victory over the weak, the vacillating, inconsistent good."--William WordsworthWere the promises and agreements made between the Arabs, French, and British during the First World War compatible?The formation of the Middle East oft conjures up the image of Allied delegates huddled hawklike about a conference table littered with outdated maps, armed with pencils arbitrarily etching out the provisional boundaries of their post-war booty. A crude image, which depicts an era of imperialistic ambitions, where hungry, war-wrought nations were eager to reap the
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Throughout the years "The word 'Viking' has come to describe a whole new age in Europe between about 800 [CE] and 1150 [CE]" (Ritchie 3). Really this word generally describes one who pillages, plunders, and sails; a pirate. In the Middle Ages, especially during the 8th, 9th, and 10th centuries, there were constant raids in England and all throughout Europe by these pirates, and "during the 9th century these raids became increasingly large-scale" (Millett 1). Naturally these invasions had drastic negative affects on the people who were victimized. The Vikings who invaded England and Europe were from Norway and Denmark (Ritchie 3). "Nowhere was safe from the Vikings" (Ritchie 2), especially
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impact on health (Townsend: 1992)A G.P in an affluent area typically provides a superior service than one in a working class locality. Smaller patient lists allow for longer and swifter access to appointments (Walters: 1980) resulting in greater doctor/patient relations (Townsend: 1992). Twice as many middle class patients are referred to hospital and are more likely to be visited there by their GP. The combination of a GP's likely additional qualifications and greater direct access to x-ray equipment and scanners for those living in affluent areas, results in quicker and more accurate diagnosis (Walters: 1980).Geographically there is an uneven distribution of hospitals and resources within
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How does class influence identity in contemporary society?The class structure involves some degree of shaping our identities. Income and paid work are important sources of individual and collective identity. Social class is a means of classifying the economic and social divisions of a society, which involve some degree of inequality. For example classifying some people as poor, working class or middle class. We may adopt or contest these representations.People define their economic position through ideas about the incomes and opportunities of others, therefore identities are influenced by income, whether we imagine peoples incomes to be in the
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one of the countries that have income inequality, it is because that there are a handful of people in Chile that belongs in the elite class. With Chileans being mostly poor, many of its elites try to disperse the wealth among the country and had failed to do so. An example that the U.S have income inequality is within the middle class. The America’s middle class is so spread out that it has three different level; lower middle class, mid middle class, and upper middle class. Most of the U.S is made up of mid middle-classmen which signify the huge portion of the amount of income inequality, while being compared to the rich and upper middle-classmen. Overall, Chile is somewhat similar to the
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different ideologies emerged about politics, freedom, and life in general. Many events were started by clashes between supporters of each idea and these clashes forced many people to fight for their beliefs. Three of the main ideas that arose from this time period were liberalism nationalism and socialism.The basic ideas that founded liberalism and socialism are somewhat contradictory. Liberalism is completely focused upon the good of the individual where socialism is focused on the good of society overall. Liberalism was supported by the middle class as they would receive the biggest benefits from political representation, civil liberties and a written constitution to protect their rights
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