What Do Schoolteachers And Sumo Wrestlers Have In Common?

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lives a good life and ends up being incredibly smart. The second child mentioned is one whose mom has abandoned him, has an abusive father and the kid is scared to speak up. This kid ends up doing bad in school, sells drugs and carries guns at only the age of 12 due to the abuse and neglect given. So essentially yes, spanking plays a huge part in a student’s life. Museums on the other hand can inspire kids on their future jobs, whether they can be historians or artists, it just depends on how the parent decides to address the situation to their child. This applies to the theme because you’re supposed to not just look at one fraction of the situation but also see what else is causing the situation and what people make mistakes on.

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Glaucon’s moral question is true. With the given information given in the chapter What do SchoolTeachers and Sumo Wrestlers have in common?, it shows how many school teachers would cheat and what would happen if they did, whether they basically risk their jobs get a raise/look better or to get fired.The chapter also shows sumo wrestlers making agreements before a match to let the weaker person win which would also be a form of cheating. Paul Feldman’s claim on the other hand is false. Paul Feldman’s bagel study to see how many people would lie on this is invalid. He claims 87 percent people are honest in general when it comes to dishonesty. Feldman only has one analysis during his bagel study therefore his claim is irrelevant because he doesn’t prove enough evidence and doesn’t perform multiple tests to make this …show more content…
In the article “Muslim couple says they were kicked off Delta flight for using phone, saying ‘Allah’” the same assumption was made when a muslim couple was accused of looking suspicious when getting on an airplane. “wearing a headscarf, the Enquirer reported. Her husband, the crew member told the pilot, was sweating.The woman also claimed that she had heard the married couple use the word “Allah” — the Arabic word for God.” (p. 3 and 4). The couple was celebrating their 10 year anniversary in Paris. Once they were on the plane, the flight attendant made a claim to the pilot. The couple was then removed from the airplane. The couple was discriminated and racially and religiously profiled. Racial segregation is mentioned in the book when explaining the black-white test gap. The economist Roland G. Fryer tries to explore the reason for why there is a huge gap between the high and lower test gap between whites and blacks respectively. The reason Fryer wants to know this information is due to him experiencing racial segregation. On page 162 Fryer mentions how he became a target and was labeled for trying to act white. Fryer was smarter than most white students at the school and was basically punished for it because he was black. Which resembles the article

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