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- 3641: Prejudice
- ... prejudice was an act called Affirmative Action. Not only did it not work, but also it is a form of prejudice all by itself. Affirmative Action is a quota for job employment and also for school acceptance, especially the acceptance in to colleges. It states that a certain amount of people from each race can be allowed into a school. It also states that employers have to hire a certain number of people from different races. Affirmative Action is so prejudice; I don't know how it even was thought of. First of all, Affirmative Action discriminates against people who are smarter than most of the applicants, but don't get the job or acceptance to college because there is a quota for the school acceptance that had to be filled with people from other races. Then there is the fact that your acceptance to a job or college depends primarily on your race. That means right when you ...
- 3642: First Stand
- ... would be more likely to walk around at night and travel around the world more often. My next topic covers social position, how people at different stature use their rank and knowledge. Most people at high stature look down on everyone else and dont try to improve things around them. Should our society have fewer restrictions and provide people with more opportunities? I strongly agree with that statement. There are ... strong in all of those topics and not just one side. Relaxing is the most important thing in your life, someone who doesnt relax will just simply blow up. People need to go to school and learn all the tricks of the trade so when they grow up to get a job, they can get a good one and live wealthy and not turn into another homeless person. Technology is ...
- 3643: Dave And Busters Inc.
- The need among Americans to be diverted in ever more imaginative ways -- through high-thrill parks, virtual reality arcades, and theme restaurants, plays right into the hands of Dave Corriveau and Buster Corley, co-founders and CEO s of Dave and Busters. The duo s 50,000 square foot ... complexes include pool hall, an eye popping, cutting edge midway arcade, a formal restaurant, a casual diner, a sports bar and a nightclub rolled into one sprawling complex. In business since 1990, this is a high energy, highly efficient operation that s comparable to a Vegas extravaganza. As a matter of fact there are even for fun cashless blackjack tables, with fake $10,000 chips. Pricey, but not outrageous, and you ... is dependent on the new technology and innovative designs of Dave and Busters video games. If they lose this edge, they have lost their niche in the market. Second, the company must maintain it s high priority involvement towards customer satisfaction. As any company knows, customer satisfaction means everything. And as of now, Dave and Busters is maintaining an A+ as far as customer satisfaction goes. Finally they have to ...
- 3644: Dirt Bikes
- ... the Paris-Dakar Which is an astonishing 6,371 miles (10,250 kilometers). All dirt bikes share some basic features-knobby tires, light weight frames, long-travel suspension, and two- or four stroke engines placed high and out of the way. (Kawasaki owners manual, Intro) Knobbies , or knobby tires give the dirt bike good traction through mud, loose gavel, and sand. Without knobby tires, you would not have much control on ... This includes the fork legs in the front and one or two shock absorbers in the rear. Long-travel suspension softens the ride over the big jumps. All dirt bikes have engines that are placed high in the chassis so they can clear obstacles suck as large bumps, stumps, and rocks. The exhaust pipe also rides high so it will not catch on boulders or fallen trees. (Jesse Young,16) How a dirt bike works is when a spark plug ignites a mixture of air and gasoline in the engine cylinder. ...
- 3645: American and Nigerian Culture
- ... match symbolizes the coming into manhood of the Nigerian teenager. Also, working on the farm with your father in Nigeria is another step toward manhood. In America, a job, the right to vote, graduation from high school, and even owning or driving a car seem to be thought of as indications of manhood or maturity. Though our cultures seem alike in the above ways, they are very different in their technological status ...
- 3646: Understanding The Nature of Homlessness
- ... quite like Telegraph Avenue and People's Park. No matter how much poverty one has seen throughout the course of their lives, it's far more difficult to accept when it occurs in areas of high concentration. Understanding the nature of homeless people asking for money and their interactions with people walking up and down a main street such as Telegraph Avenue is a difficult task. This observation process, which took ... than in the total group. Interestingly enough, however, not one of the sunglass wearers offered money. If we look back at the factors which characterize the nature of these interactions, eye-contact would be very high on the list. The fact that sunglass wearers have an instant barrier between themselves and those asking for money makes the argument all the more reasonable that eye-contact has the greatest impact on the ... confrontations and the interactions between customers and employees at McDonalds, suggesting that both interactions are somewhat routinized. Anyone familiar with Telegraph Avenue knows that, upon deciding to walk down the street, there is a very high chance that they will be asked for money. In response to this, some of us do everything in our power to avoid Telegraph altogether. Those of us who don't avoid it find that ...
- 3647: Traffic Control: The Need For Change
- ... one half of the traffic congestion in the United States (Clark 387-404). Although the number of traffic accidents in the United States has slowly decreased over the past several years, it is still alarmingly high. In 1990, approximately 7 deaths occurred for every 10,000 people in the United States due to traffic accidents (Wallich 14). In addition, traffic jams also demonstrate the need for better methods of traffic management ... drivers, or both, and pay a small monthly fee for the non-profit service. (387- 404). The company offers a cash incentive for those employees who use the carpooling program (387-404). The use of high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes has increased dramatically in recent years (Clark 387-404). HOV lanes are special lanes on highways reserved for high-occupancy vehicles only (387-404). Typically, a vehicle must be carrying at least two to four passengers, depending on location, to use HOV lanes (387-404). The use of HOV lanes is restricted by ...
- 3648: Pidgin: Dialect of English Spoken on the Hawaiian Islands
- ... people of the islands look at this dialect as a sign of a poor education and up-bringing. My mother did not want her son associated with such a group of individuals. When I started school at Maunawili School and began to pick up Pidgin and start to speak it at home she took it upon herself to change me. At this time she was teaching sixth grade at Keolu Elementary. She saw how ... not speak proper English, only Pidgin. Many of them also wrote in Pidgin, something I had begun to do. My mother saw this behavior and forced me to change. My parents put me in Punahou School, one of the best private schools in the nation, to facilitate this change. It may seem that she did not want me to grow up proud of my Hawaiian heritage, but that is far ...
- 3649: Causing Generation X
- ... else s puke. Another big reason is boredom. This where my syndrome stems from. There is honestly NOTHING to do in Tuscarwaras County. If you have money in the winter you can bowl, watch a High School basketball game, go to the YMCA, see a movie, go shopping, drive around, experiment with make-up and different types of clothes, get on the Internet, and watch TV. With no money in the winter ...
- 3650: Darwin Vs. Wallace
- ... values has also brought the return of age old debated topics. One issue that truly separates Americans is the issue of creation versus evolution. Since the 19th century, this divisive topic has been debated in school boards and state capitols across America. In many instances religious fundamentalists won the day by having banned the instruction or even the mention of "ungodly" evolutionary thinking in schools. With today's social and political ... of necessary skills . . . but these skills do not exhaust the limits of what such a complex machine can do" (57). Gould ends by describing Wallace's thinking as having direct ties with creationist thought. A school of thought that Gould obviously portrays as wrong throughout his essay. Throughout The Panda's Thumb, Gould tells us about the debate between Darwin and Wallace over sexual selection and the origins of human intellect ... friendly" while sufficiently and consistently arguing a clear and precise point are the attributes that make Gould's essay such a delight to read. More important, however, is the social implications of this essay. While school boards across the nation debate the subject of whether evolution should be taught in the schools, Gould's work stands out with it's overriding validity and straightforwardness. It is an example of reasonable ...
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