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I wasn't sure at all of what I wanted to do for my senior project at the beginning of the school year but I knew i had to figure it out quick. The only thing i knew is that i wanted it to involve kids. At first I was hoping to volunteer with special needs kids at the Swindells Resource Center through providence. That unfortunately was not going to be possible because of scheduling issues. I was still hoping to be able to volunteer with kids, preferably of younger ages. I wanted to work with kids…

Services. When I first got this essay/assignment I had no clue what “services” really meant. So before doing anything else I looked up what “service” meant. On Dictionary.com the number one definition of it is: An act of helpful activity; help or aid. I was still at a loss for words for the essay. So next I searched ‘a service needed for children under 5’ online. Which took me to citizensadvice.com.uk and in the article I read something popped out at me, “The local authority can provide a range…

The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) is a federal organization that provides preparedness training to emergency responders. In fact, they are the primary trainer of emergency response personnel. Below explains more about the CDP and why they are so important. Overview of the CDP The idea for the CDP originally started within the US. Army Chemical School during the 1950’s. As time went by, both state and federal officials agreed that there should be a federally operated site that provided…

One problem with Anderson, I think, is stealing. There are a lot of problems with Anderson, but I think stealing is a major problem we have here at Anderson. Here are a few reasons why I think so. Everyday there is at least something being stolen in the world. It may only be one thing, or it may be a few things. Here in Anderson, I feel like it’s happened a lot. From prior experience I’ve had multiple things stolen from me. I also have seen it happen but I was too scared to say anything to stop…

The most prevalent obstructions per mile were street infrastructure such as utility poles and hydrants, permanent signs, and driveways. Euclid neighborhood had the highest number of driveway at 62.52 driveways per segment mile. This neighborhood is largely comprised of homes that have been converted to offices hence the large number of driveways on small pieces of land. In addition, mean street width was average with a lot of the street furnishing obstructing the sidewalks. Majority of average…

Without a doubt, there are many places in this world where people are able to socialize and mingle with their fellow human beings. Each place is unique of course, but the place that combines so many different social settings in one area is a mall. The Roosevelt Field Mall is a humongous space where so many stores co-mingle with one another in a 2,244,581 ft² space. Due to its immense size, and the variety in locations it has to offer, could that deem it an ultimate social center for those all…

Introduction: A discourse is a system of socially constructed knowledge about an aspect of reality (Foucault 1977; Hall 1997; van Leeuwen 2005). The #DontClipTheirWings campaign is concerned with the discourse surrounding gender-differentiated parenting: the act of treating one’s children differently just because of their gender (Raley and Bianchi 2006). Although the dominant discourse has evolved significantly, gender-differentiated parenting remains to be a prevalent issue. The unequal…

The following website (including any associated pages from directly linked websites) using discourse analysis: http://www.add101.com/ The following questions might help you with your analysis: 1. What is Discourse Analysis? Discourse analysis as defined by the Oxford Journal Family Practice states Discourse analysis is the study of “social life, understood through analysis of language in its widest sense (including face-to-face talk, non-verbal interaction, images, symbols and…

Not Forgotten Transcript First Clip: All right I have two care packages for the homeless ready to go and I am ready to go give some hope to some homeless people today. Second Clip: We're out here in beautiful east Lubbock with my brother Parker Hunt, say Hi Park, and we're fixing to give some care packages out so here we go. Image on Brycen: I really didn't know what I was getting into today as Parker and I gave out some care packages, but one thing I do know is that it was life changing for…

At our last class session, we decided to meet as a group on thursday to discuss our plans for the wooden compost bins, and to get information for how we take action on how we can make it possible for us to go through with our plans. I met Vanessa and Alyssa outside of Dudley Moorhead Hall, two hours before our class starts, and we began to find a place to sit down and talk about what we need to do. Finally, we went up to the second floor of Dudley Moorhead Hall, where the sociology office was…