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Music. Music has been a huge aspect in my life since I was young. It has depicted whom I interact with on a daily basis, and how my life so far has fallen into place like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. From growing up listening to my dad’s music, to joining my elementary school choir in third grade, to moving to the middle school choir and joining band, learning my first instrument, moving up and getting better, meeting people, all up to now. Part of the school’s band program as a bass clarinet,…

Why should we judge other groups from the perspective of one’s own cultural point of view? Why can’t we be able to view other cultures equally regardless if it has its differences? We should not believe that one’s own culture is above and astounding over all the other cultures. Why disregard other cultures and believe that one’s own culture is the only way to go? Before we take a look at ethnocentrism we need to know what it exactly mean. According to Sumner, "ethnocentrism is the technical name…

Reproduction is a vital step in the sustainability of all living things, and the consequences of unsuccessful reproduction can be catastrophic for a species. Therefore, it is not surprising that multiple strategies have evolved over time in order to ensure offspring will be viable and competitive members of a population. One of the basic features of reproductive success is providing offspring an environment with the necessary features for effective development, such as nutrients and water,…

European Study Guide Adam Smith: Economist and philosopher who wrote : "bible of capitalism," The Wealth of Nations, in which he details the first system of political economy (concepts of division of labor and economic wealth). This was his first work dedicated to the study of political economy Economics of the time were dominated by the idea that a country’s wealth was best measured by its store of gold and silver. Smith proposed that a nation’s wealth should be judged not by this metric…

The Role of Language in Bronx Leadership Academy The performance of an individual in an academic setting depends on a number of factors, including the location of the space, endemic socio-cultural groups, and student-instructor relationships. High school students ranging from 13-20 years old were observed and interviewed in Bronx, NY. This ethnography aims to explore how language influences teacher-student relationships and can, in turn, affect the motivation of students at Bronx Leadership…

Alternative Rappers? Another way that Outkast challenged notions of authenticity was through their defiance towards conceptions of performative blackness within Hip Hop. Here, I will use E. Patrick Johnson’s framework, as well as how authenticity is constructed based on sound, look and feel in tandem, to illustrate how OutKast resisted this limited view of Hip Hop legitimacy (Grazian). Perceptions of performative blackness connected to sound, look and feel stem from urban inner-city ghetto life…

“A DEVIL, BORN DEVIL UPON WHOSE NATURE, NURTURE WILL NEVER STICK” THE TEMPEST (WILLIAM SHKESPARE) According to Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911), Nature is everything which a man brings with himself to the world while Nature is every influence that affects him after birth. The nature versus nurture debate has been a controversial issue and it can be traced to about 150years ago. In 300BC some philosophers questioned nature vs nurture in human behaviour. A Greek philosopher named Plato (428 BCE –…

Perhaps more so than other periods of prolific artistic change and growth, the era now understood in terms of the “New Negro” movement reveals a complexity of race relations, gender struggles and class divisions, particularly among African Americans than any other subsequent decade. In truth, the level of popularity of this period has fluctuated over time, and many of the writers, especially women, we now associate with the Harlem Renaissance were not recognised in mainstream literary circles…

This thesis-driven essay deals with the quandary of order in Somalia, the purpose being to determine the factors that maintain the current condition of statelessness. An important aspect of this exercise is to highlight the differences within the region embodied by the legal unit of Somalia. Located in the North of the country, two major entities have developed, Somaliland and Puntland, in stark contrast to southern and central Somalia which “are marred by violence and the absence of effective…

Usability testing is a process used in evaluating how comfortable a service or product can be in achieving its targeted goal. Poor user experience can discourage users, studies show that more than 80% of online customers might not return to a site having experienced poor usability.1 A fantastic user experience can provide a competitive advantage because it increases user satisfaction by reducing the amount of time it takes for users to accomplish their goal on the website which in turn makes…