Virgin Group Essay

Many smaller car dealerships can't afford brand-new cars, so in order to stay afloat, they rely on older used cars to sell. The Cash for Clunkers program caused many of the cars that these dealerships depend on to be destroyed and sold for scrap. The program got rid of up to 750,000 used vehicles, and many of these cars were still functioning. The destruction of these cars caused the supply of these still useful vehicles to drop significantly. Because the supply is has gotten lower, and the…

Is the Age of Responsibility More Than a Birthday? How many times have you been told that you were not old enough to do something? Or maybe you are expected to act like an adult, but you are sometimes treated like a child. Many teenagers are experiencing this same frustration. Most people around the world have already accepted that eighteen is the age in which teenagers technically become adults. However, these ‘adults’ are not even allowed to drink alcohol for another three years. Why is that…

speaking skills. An immersion camp would help with that, I could meet all kinds of new people, and I would become more independent. I also want to use the money so that I can do marching band again. It was a ton of fun and I made amazing friends. That group became my family and I’ll never be able to look at a football field again without remembering all the happy memories I’ve made there. An activity similar to marching band is winter percussion. This year is the second year of its existence and…

impacted by my ethnic identity and the society that I live in. I will also discuss the sociological aspect of my ethnic identity. I will discuss what my racial identity is, how I define it, how it has changed, and how I interact with others in the same group as me. It is important to discuss my own experiences to better understand the experiences of others. My racial identity is white. I am white but I have ancestry from England, Germany, Scotland, and Ireland. Out of all of these I would say…

America prides itself on the idea that we give fair, equal opportunities to all citizens in our country. No matter who you are or where you came from if one works hard enough social mobility is achievable. Khan’s Privilege, and the documentary White Like Me, helps explain how this idea of meritocracy in America is extremely flawed. Colorblind racism is reinforced by affirmative action, and scholarships, as a way to help promote an equal playing field, which only enhances the idea of meritocracy.…

African Americans, Hispanics and Violence in America There are many recruiting cases in America that involve violence. Most of these cases are connected with minorities. The majority of these minorities are African American and Hispanic. There is an extreme percentage of African Americans and Hispanics in prison in the U.S.A. There is also an extreme percent of African Americans and Hispanics living in poverty. African Americans and Hispanics are in the lowest percentile in education in…

identifies poverty as the main deterrent to social mobility and ensures that college applicants don’t benefit from special recruitment efforts merely because they’re members of minority groups. Nonetheless, many insist that affirmative action in college admissions should remain centered on racial and ethnic groups who are most victimized by negative stereotypes that limit their social range and potential ” Said Jen Jefferson. This lowers their education performance for their students at school,…

footsteps. Playing marimba is not a blind practice for me; I have been practicing playing marimba, one such way being Rocket Science, in which I played one of the marimba parts when the percussion ensemble played it in class when we broke off into chamber groups after Concert Fest. Playing marimba would also prepare me for future endeavors, for music outside of high school. I would like to join some ensemble outside of WHS, whether it be Region Band, Saints Percussion, or otherwise; I also want…

Due to some statistics data such as 42% of all Asian American adults have at least a college degree, Asian Americans are frequently portrayed as a model example of hard work and patience among other minority groups in the U.S. So called model minority stereotype. Many people take the stereotype further and argue that since Asian Americans are doing well, they no longer experience any kind of discrimination so no longer need services such as bilingual government documents and public assistance.…

From baby boomers to millennials, we have grown up on Legos. Whether it was a five-hundred-piece space ship or 10,002-piece model empire state building, there are childhood memories of the Lego brand nestled in our brain. Way back, not so long ago, in 2008 I was nine years old. Christmas was right around the corner and I had only one item on my list, the Batcave Lego set complete with the bat mobile and batwing. Obviously once Christmas morning came, I viscously tore into that gigantic red…