Do we ever stop to think exactly why it is that we, human beings, are always pushing ourselves forward, thrusting ourselves into as many tasks as possible? I’m sure many of us believe we are doing so in order to bring ourselves success. This is a thought, however, in the eyes of Barbara Ehrenreich to be somewhat naive. She elaborates on the relationship of success and busyness, revealing to readers that one does not have to be busy to achieve success.…
Traci L. Toomey et al. article is supported better than Mukherjee’s by research articles, websites and newspapers. Traci L. Toomey et al. started by showing methods used in the 70s and 80s. Their article focused on what each individual state in the United States did with underage drinking. For example, Michigan tried to make drinking at the age of 18 legal in 1972.…
Theorising Inner-City Masculinities: ‘race’, class, gender and education by Louise Archer and Hiromi Yamashita allows the reader to engage with the question of how to theorise diverse, working class, male students and their masculinity within a inner-city, multicultural environment. The articles data is drawn from a small scale study done at an inner city school in London conducted by Archer and Yamashita. 11 boys between the ages of 15 and 16 with different ethnical backgrounds (three African boys, three Caribbean boys, two Bengali boys, one Sikh boy, one Cypriot boy and one white British boy) and grades ranging from D to F, were all interviewed and asked a series of questions on the topic of masculinity. A common thread between the interviews…
The protagonist of this show, Dr. Brennan, also known as Bones, serves as a forensic anthropologist at the Jeffersonian Institute. In this career field, it is her duty to examine the bones and overall skeleton of deceased humans to determine the cause of their death. Doctor Temperance Brennan has led an accomplished life thus far having been married, giving birth to two children, and fulfilling a crucial role within her occupational community. And though her personality is a bit dry and emotionally detached, this doesn't seem to affect her coworkers' view of her. She is regarded very highly, especially throughout the Jeffersonian Institute.…
Wanex 5-2 The Correct Punishment for Drug-Related Crimes Jim Parsons and Scarlet Neath’s article published in The Hill, “Drug War Part 2: When the Sequel is as Bad as the Original,” is a significant piece focused on the application of treatment-based approaches in contrast to mass incarceration of those who have committed drug-related offenses. More specifically, Parsons and Neath elaborate upon the usage of mandatory minimums in terms of sentencing for these crimes and its failures in limiting the drug issue that spreads across the nation. Although Parsons and Neath believe that a tough-on-crime approach utilizing incarceration would be detrimental to society and a treatment-based approach would be more effective, this is not quite the case; instead, a combination of these two solutions would obtain…
The article "Some Lessons From The Assembly Line" by Andrew Braaksama gives a very interesting point a few from a junior studying at the University of Michigan. Braaksama points out that he works in a factory all summer as a blue collar worker, which solidifies his desire to finish his higher education and complete a degree. However, few of the main points are how little he has earned working so vigorously, how unstable the factory job market tends to be, and the wear and tear it could have on his body. Consequently, Braaksma starts off in a whine about the hours and the pay for his summer experience, then becomes remorseful, and thankful towards the conclusion of the end of his article.…
Would you put your life on the line to keep others safe? My uncle is a detective and does this every day. Dave Beuter volunteers for the Walker Parish Council and the Betterment Club, and he coaches basketball for both his children. Dave Beuter also keeps others safe by responding to calls and investigating crimes, which makes him a hero.…
all the questions of race relations, and of stereotyping. That was the farthest from minds. Again, what we were trying to do was to present an amusing set of characters in as amusing a background as we possibly could, doing amusing things, to entice that audience to come back next week. (Turner, 1994) Henry Gates expressed in documentary, Color Adjustment,” When we think of this group of people whose historical experience had been transformed by the war (World War II), poised for full integration into the American society, and then we think about, what they were greeted with, as television made its debut. They were greeted with images of fully autonomous, segregated, separate black communities, which was the community in which Amos ‘n’ Andy…
Dr. Copeland loves his family and his people, however, he also hates them. William, who is one of Dr. Copeland’s children, goes to jail since he has a fight with another man. In the jail, he is abused by a white guard since one of his friends called Buster sasses to the white guard. The white guard catches them into ice-cold room during the winter in order to punish them. Their legs are hurt and frozen and they have to cut their leg to survive at final.…
D.J and Kimmy are in their senior year of high school and at the point where they have to decide where they will be going to college at. They quickly come to realize that after being accepted into the colleges of their choice that are located far apart that they will not be with each other and worry about if they will ever get to see each other anymore as their lives progress to a new chapter of earning a degree and then going out in the world and having a job which will take away a lot of time that they could spend together. This is what Henry Goldner refers to as probability of future interaction. It is probability of future interaction because their priorities are changing as a new chapter of their lives begin. They see themselves going…
There have certainly been cases where nature does not seem to play a role. There was a case, named David Berkowitz. He was a polite individual, and by appearances, his environment had appeared to be “normal”. It has been said that there are no warning signs of any serial killer tendencies found within Berkowitz and that his parents were great parents. However, people in his neighborhood had noticed that Berkowitz would eventually garner into a person who would release streaks of violence.…
The President of American Federation of Teachers AFT Randi Weingarten visited schools in Finland to find out how they have ascended to the top in student achievement. Her conclusions were that teachers have “Real relationship and real respect between the administrators and teachers, the facilities were excellent, and children were exposed to experiential learning. When she questioned how they know that students in Finland are learning in schools Dr. Pasi Sahlberg (Director General, National Center for International Mobility and Cooperation, Finland) replied – ask the teachers, they know! The government ensures that the teachers have what they need to accomplish their…
Recently in English class we read an article titled, "Why We Need the Liberal Arts" by Joseph R. Urgo. It explains the issue in our society in which people consistently trade intellectually stimulating Liberal Arts college degrees for practical and much more profitable degrees in different, less intellectually stimulating, fields. The author believes this is because people don't like to wait for profit. In fact, most people don't like to wait for anything. Thanks to our technology, we are used to being able to have any information at our fingertips at all times of the day.…
In “Should Everyone Go to College,” Owen and Sawhill states that college allows students who graduate to earn a higher rate of income; however, various factors should be considered before choosing a degree. Moreover, the authors clarify that while the value of college outweighs the costs associated with earning a degree, just any college degree is not the best investment one could make to ensure the completion and success of their education. The authors also explain that the value of college can outweigh the costs associated with completing a degree. Owen and Sawhill emphasized that college improves certain values, such as job satisfaction and overall well-being, while also improving equally-as-important more monetary values such as graduates’…
College is Not for Everyone Today, more people than ever are attending community colleges and universities. Often, a collegiate degree is a prerequisite to meaningful employment (Pincus, 341). There is even social pressure pushing many to attend. I feel that the university education system has many structural shortcomings, and that institutions of higher learning often do not have students ' best interests at heart.…