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- 9241: Multicultural Education
- ... how to present the material in a way so as to offend the least amount of people. There are many variations on these themes as will be discussed later in this paper. In the 1930's several educators called for programs of cultural diversity that encouraged ethnic and minority students to study their respective heritages. This is not a simple feat due to the fact that there is much diversity within ... consisted of 15 required books by writers such as Plato, Aristotle, Homer, Aquinas, Marx, and Freud. By 1987, a group called the Rainbow Coalition argued the fact that the books were all written by DWEM's or Dead White European Males. They felt that this type of teaching denied students the knowledge of contributions by people of color, women, and other oppressed groups. In 1987, the faculty voted 39 to 4 ... society determine what is learned. By not falling victim to these same misconceptions, students can better make unprejudiced decisions about those around them. Another important aspect students need to realize is that knowledge alone isn't enough to shape a society. The members themselves have to be willing to put forth the time and effort and show an interest in shaping their society in order for it to benefit all ...
- 9242: Abortion
- ... that a terrible waste of human life. True, 22 million lives were taken, but I believe that we are better off without those. Please let me explain in the following report. What is abortion? Webster's dictionary defines abortion as "the expulsion of a nonviable fetus." Abortion might possibly be the most controversial topic right now. I'm sure by now that you've heard of all the different types of ... pro-lifers are entitled to voicing their opinion (just as I am), but I feel that some of their methods (as illustrated in the next section) are very unorthodox. Pro-life? Some pro-lifers don't seem to be for "the preservation of human life." The tables on page 7 clearly illustrate how often pro-lifers contradict their "pro-life" ideals by resorting to violent and disruptive acts to try to ... Silent Scream, the number of abortions in the US per day was quoted at 4,000! The pro-life point about having the baby and putting it up for adoption is very unrealistic. I haven't heard any other pro-life options besides adoption. I guess their most obvious (and equally unrealistic) suggestion would be to have the baby and deal with it. But what if the mother can't ...
- 9243: The Impact The Death Penalty Has On The Global Community
- ... of the problems people see in the death penalty. People believe that killing these criminals could possibly deter other criminals.(Encyclopedia) Is there truly a way to get people to stop commiting crime, I don't think so.Crime has been here for a lomg time and it's not just going to just disappear. Yes, it hasn't always been so extreme but that is just part of the world getting larger and more advanced. One subject about the death penalty that we should look at, and should be the most important ...
- 9244: Utopia, 1984 Comparison
- ... The Tragic Sense of Life). The governments in both Brave New World and 1984 understand that eliminating love and loyalty is important in their continual process of domination over their societies. In Sir Thomas More¡¦s Utopia, his Utopian society understands the importance of love and loyalty. There is a huge contrast between the way love is treated in Utopia, and Brave New World & 1984. In both Brave New World and ... m in for thoughtcrime¡K my daughter was listening through the keyhole¡K I was talking in my sleep¡¨ (245). The Spies and Anti Sex League both are organizations, intended to accomplish the Inner party¡¦s true task of placing suspicion, hatred and fear amongst each other. 1984 is a society that is governed by totalitarian governments. The Inner party understands that the people must be loyal to one person only ... young age to have no feelings. ¡§All conditioning aims at keeping the people happy with their chosen social destiny¡¨ (Huxley, 13). As mentioned, conditioning is used to make the people happy, this way they won¡¦t feel love or happiness, nor will they feel hatred or suspicion. ¡§I had six girls yesterday, one on Monday, two on Tuesday, two on Wednesday and one on Saturday¡¨ (Huxley, 141). The government downplays ...
- 9245: Multicultural Education
- ... how to present the material in a way so as to offend the least amount of people. There are many variations on these themes as will be discussed later in this paper. In the 1930's several educators called for programs of cultural diversity that encouraged ethnic and minority students to study their respective heritages. This is not a simple feat due to the fact that there is much diversity within ... consisted of 15 required books by writers such as Plato, Aristotle, Homer, Aquinas, Marx, and Freud. By 1987, a group called the Rainbow Coalition argued the fact that the books were all written by DWEM's or Dead White European Males. They felt that this type of teaching denied students the knowledge of contributions by people of color, women, and other oppressed groups. In 1987, the faculty voted 39 to 4 ... society determine what is learned. By not falling victim to these same misconceptions, students can better make unprejudiced decisions about those around them. Another important aspect students need to realize is that knowledge alone isn't enough to shape a society. The members themselves have to be willing to put forth the time and effort and show an interest in shaping their society in order for it to benefit all ...
- 9246: Al Capone
- ... moved to Chicago for bigger and better things. There Capone had prominence supremacy as one of the giant bootlegging forerunners. His collected and composed ways, made crime into a business that we see in today's mafia. Capone changed crime into a profession, which in turn made it a business. The word mob or mafia is a title that is often heard. When the name Capone is associated with the title ... mafia today. Capone was a man who of the many prohibition leaders, lead the way for the mafia in the early 19 hundreds. Due to the prohibition era, Al Capone transformed the mafia into today's business like criminal organization. Organized crime in the 19th century, was an ever booming scene for the average citizen. Since the 19th century, crime and business seemed to have gone hand in hand since the ... both then and now. 4.There are several cases on record about Capone in which the cases became more clearer when put in the light of an analysis of how the mafia enterprise strives. Capone's confident and poised attitude would never retire its way of doing business. He always did his business with little worry of things going wrong in his bootlegging. This style of attitude would soon become ...
- 9247: The Sanctity Of The Heart
- ... a young wife. He sends his wife to America, to the Puritan colony of Massachusetts, with instructions to live quietly until he arrives. Due to "grievous mishaps by sea and land," and over a year's captivity by Indians, his intended arrival was delayed. He finally arrives to discover his wife, Hester Prynne, being publicly exposed as an adulteress. Not wanting to be associated with her sin, he announces himself as ... the new name Roger Chillingworth from the original Roger Prynne. Two sins control his destiny as well as the destiny of others. His initial sin was marrying a wife a generation younger than him. Hester's unhappiness, due to a mismatched matrimony, leads her to become an adulteress. After Chillingworth arrives in Massachusetts and sees his wife holding the child of another man, he slowly evolves from a man capable of ... be mine. And so, Hester, I drew thee to my heart, into its inner most chamber, and sought to warm thee by the warmth which thy presence made there! (1196) Nevertheless, marrying Hester was Chillingworth s first sin. The first thought of the two s likelihood could not have predicted the brightest future and that is when the honesty of the heart should be taken into account. Chillingworth's first ...
- 9248: Relationships
- Relationships are impossible, or are they? Why is it that most relationships don t work? Man meets woman, they date, move in together, get married, have kids and then divorce. This is what most relationships are nowadays. What causes a relationship to fall apart, what relationships you should get out of and are there such things as soul mates. Most people believe that their relationship isn t like others. They don t have problems. These kinds of people also think that their partner won t cheat on them or do anything wrong. But the truth is that almost all relationships won t last forever. A few ...
- 9249: What If The World Had Only Two Faces?
- ... a different emergence. On the other hand, seeing the same face over and over again would result in boredom and frustration. In addition, the confusion would be infinite, and much greater than that of today’s world. Most importantly, variety would exist only in the inner qualities of individuals causing ideas and materialistic things to still exist. If men and women had one face, the world’s physical appearance would be identical, bur varieties would still exist. Instead of beginning a life with a name, it would begin with a number. Just how love usually begins with appearance, it would begin with emotional attachment. Unlike today, love would have its beginning in the inner person. “Love at first sight” wouldn’t be a proper statement because it’s not the “sight “ that matters. It’s the personality of each individual that forms the bond of love. That would most probably eliminate jealousy in the world ...
- 9250: Something Wicked This Way Comes: Conflicts Between Father and Son
- ... the carnival helps the characters create a lasting effect from their creation of a special bond. It may seem like a typical household with a mother, a father, and a son, but inside the Halloway’s home, there is an unusual relationship. A distant relationship lies between the father and the son who longs for each other’s affection and time. Together as a team, they must overcome the many conflicts in order for them to have a connection that would allow for each to achieve a special bond. If there was a search for a distance, yet similar relationship, it is possible to end the search on the doorsteps of the Halloway’s. Inside, is a man waiting to reach out to his one and only child, William, and William does not know that is expected of from his father. They are two distinct individuals who live ...
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