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- 1401: Skaters and Stereotypes
- ... of surfing, they would probably say, "Duke who?" But mention Kelly Slater and they will not stop talking. Robert Kelly Slater was born February 11, 1912 in Cocoa Beach Florida (Tomlin1). He went to high school and actually graduated. The reason I say this is because most people like Kelly (surfers knowing they are going to go professional) never graduate high school. Kelly grew up in Florida all his life. He was a local hero in central Florida, because everyone knew he was destined to make it as a professional surfer (Tee Interview). From 1992 thru 1994 ... when he was three, but remained united on the need to raise their children with love and nurturing. Together, they made sure that Arlos art was carefully tended to, sending him to Greiner Middle School and to Arts Magnet High School (McKnight 3). When he attedned the University of Texas, his passion for art diminished. "Slowly skating consumed all this passion and energy." He says, "Because to me, skating ...
- 1402: Blue Collar Student: Are Jobs Good or Bad?
- Blue Collar Student: Are Jobs Good or Bad? Are part time jobs good or bad for a student? This is an interesting question that pertains to almost half of all high school students. Jobs provide students with many different qualities but at what cost? This will be the topic of discussion in this paper. Part time jobs are as common to students as mooing is to cows. Many students find it necessary to have a job after school and during the summer. One benefit of having a job is it builds character in oneself. Having a responsibility at work and working with others builds ones leadership and teamwork abilities. Students also have the ... after all, it is his money. Another alternative to spending this hard earned money is to save it in a bank and use it for college. This is all fine and dandy but what about school and the homework teachers send home. If a student does have a part time job when will he get this work done. Part time jobs can take away the precious time that students need ...
- 1403: Stay Tuned: The Exploitation Of Children In Television Advertisements
- ... to treat all television content as a unidimensional type of message. For instance, child viewers do not begin to discriminate between fantasy or reality dimensions of television content at the most basic levels until grade school. Advertisers compound this issue by using perceptual similarities in program content and commercial content which adds to the difficulty children already have in distinguishing between the two variables. Secondly, the study substantiates that, "A substantial ... in more than 12,000 schools across the country. The appeal to advertisers is to guarantee reaching the intended target audience (Wartella 451). The result to children is exploitation which is basically sponsored by the school system via television advertisers. Many other vehicles are used in the targeting of the children's market, however, television advertising is perceived as the most effective source in reaching children. The increase of cable options ... make his exposure and frequency appeals more readily than ever before. Next to sleeping, children spend the majority of their free time watching television (Lazar 67). By the time a young child graduates from high school, he/she will have seen an estimated 350,000 commercials (Carlsson-Paige 68). For the average child, the television set is on in the home for an average of seven hours per day. In ...
- 1404: Sociology: The Comparative Method
- ... an example I refer to my lecture notes. Our professor gave us a fine example of a cross-class comparison involving his own life. He was from a middle-class family and attended a public school where he got involved with various kids from the middle and lower class. He grew up in this type of environment and accepted it as the his life as the way society was. To him, there was not another lifestyle. This was life. Several events occurred and because of these events our professor was moved, by his parents, to a private school. This private school and the 'new' society that accompanied it resulted in a form of culture shock for him. All of a sudden he was placed in a new world, a world that he never even knew ...
- 1405: Racism: Burdens of A Multi-Cultural World
- Racism: Burdens of A Multi-Cultural World The sizzling streams of sunlight were just beautifully glimmering down on the crisp green school yard. Such a wonderful day that was. Nothing could have ruined it. Little Jimmy, since it was such a wonderful day decided to go to the corner store and buy himself a little treat. As ... started walking over to the store, clouds flocked over the dazzling sun and the sudden pitch dark meant no trouble. On the other side of the road were three white boys from Jimmy's same school. Upon recognizing Jimmy, the boys ran over the street to where he was. "Hey Negro, what's up?", one of the white Boy said. "Did your mamma pack you enough to eat to-day?", another ... in which there is no shelter and nobody is neutral. Nobody is exempt from this demon. He has haunted us with a bitter curse. On one occasion I remember, nobody would play with me at school. I would walk around by myself and ask people if we could play together. Everywhere that I went, like the process of induction, everyone would avoid me. Like two inducted poles with the same ...
- 1406: Equality
- ... teaching, preaching, medicine, and law were all jobs domenated by men. Women had made some progress in the work force before the 1850's. In the mid nineteenth century women were the majority for grade school teachers, up from the ten percent of elementary teachers, that were teachers in the colonial period. This can be largely attributed not to the fact that men were more accepting of the idea that women belonged in the work place, but rather men were drown to the higher paying and more socially appreciated managerial jobs brought on by the industrial revolution. School boards did not mind these talented leaving because they could higher a "less qualified women" for as low as one fifth of males salary for the same job. Susan B. Anthony was the first women ... the first problem mentioned. She watched a family friend die because she was embarrassed to bring her problem to the attention of her male doctor. Blackwell was not detoured by the Idea that no medical school would take her, because she could not compete with males. After all almost everyone at the time believed that "the female brain was different then the male brain."(Reifert 78) Blackwell finally gained admittance ...
- 1407: Reverse Discrimation
- ... 5 Relevance to Current Issues..............................6 Conclusion...............................................7 Introduction and Background In 1973 a thirty-three year-old Caucasian male named Allan Bakke applied to and was denied admission to the University of California Medical School at Davis. In 1974 he filed another application and was once again rejected, even though his test scores were considerably higher than various minorities that were admitted under a special program. This special program specified ... before the California Supreme Court. The California Supreme Court held that it was the University's burden to prove that Bakke would not have been admitted if the special program was not in effect. The school could not meet this requirement, and Bakke was admitted by court order. However, the University appealed to the Supreme Court for "certiorari", which was granted, and the order to admit Bakke was suspended pending thCourt ... Davis tried to further integrate the higher education system because merely removing the barriers, as the Brown case did, did not always work. In short, Bakke was questioning how far the University of California Medical School at Davis could go the try to make up for past racial discrimination and segregatio n. The arguments for and against the special admissions program are complicated. The arguments for special admissions are as ...
- 1408: Racism
- Racism The sizzling streams of sunlight were just beautifully glimmering down on the crisp green school yard. Such a wonderful day that was. Nothing could have ruined it. Little Jimmy, since it was such a wonderful day decided to go to the corner store and buy himself a little treat. As ... started walking over to the store, clouds flocked over the dazzling sun and the sudden pitch dark meant no trouble. On the other side of the road were three white boys from Jimmy's same school. Upon recognizing Jimmy, the boys ran over the street to where he was. "Hey Negro, what's up?", one of the white Boy said. "Did your mamma pack you enough to eat to-day?", another ... in which there is no shelter and nobody is neutral. Nobody is exempt from this demon. He has haunted us with a bitter curse. On one occasion I remember, nobody would play with me at school. I would walk around by myself and ask people if we could play together. Everywhere that I went, like the process of induction, everyone would avoid me. Like two inducted poles with the same ...
- 1409: Society's Problems and My Role In Helping It
- ... to succeed. I hope that in my later life I have every opportunity to help those who need it. I try to help out as much as I can now. Due to my commitments at school, I have little spare time, but I still attempt to help. During Thanksgiving I help out with my school's Thanksgiving Food Drive. I also volunteer as a tutor for those who need help with their academics. On smaller scales, I always donate my loose change to the various charity boxes that are strategically ... important than pumping money into defense and the military, we should be focusing our time, money and effort on educating the youth. I feel that this starts by decreasing the class size at the grade school level. Children who are neglected at home need the assurance and support of their teacher. The teacher cannot possibly do that for thirty-five students. A young child's mind is a blank slate ...
- 1410: Homelessness
- ... children that are housed, children that are homeless experience worse health; more developmental delays; more anxiety, depression, some behavioural problems; and lower educational achievement (NCH, 1998). Furthermore, homeless children face obstacles to enrolling and attending school. Some of these difficulties include transportation problems, residency requirements, inability to obtain previous school records, and lack of clothing and school supplies. Parents also feel the harsh effects of homelessness. Homeless females tend to have chronic depression more frequently than housed females. Homeless mothers are also much more likely to attempt suicide than housed mothers ( ...
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