Factoring

Omi and Winant ask us to consider the idea of race in a different light. They argue that race is a social concept. They argue that society tends to think of race as something fixed and objective or an ideological construct. They define race as, “Race is a concept that signifies and symbolizes social conflicts and interests by referring to different types of human bodies.” Race symbolizes social conflict. They point out that the concept of race is directly related to larger social conflicts of…

Colonial Grievances During the mid 1760’s through the mid 1770’s, the colonists of the British Empire began to form a list of grievances against the king and government. The grievances that the colonies had and the events that took place over this decade led to the American Revolution against Britain. These grievances included those accusing the king of being ineffective and wrongful, those describing the mistreatment of the colonists, and those explaining the anger and wants of the colonists.…

Seventy-nine cents is the calculated number that a typical full-time working woman makes to what a typical full-time working man makes for a dollar. This 79 cents statistic was given last year by Barack Obama and spurred the support for and against the gender wage gap. The idea brought upon when a gap is mentioned with the discussion of gender pay is controversy. The debate arose because of several facts that seemed to disprove the reality of what women earn to compared to men. From seeking…

Many professionals, especially those in the mental health field, are required by law to report any suspected child or elder abuse. Mandated reporting is a law and anyone in the position of mandated reporting must abide by this law. However, for many, reporting does not always come easy. Flaherty (2006) states that the terms used to promote mandated reporting of child abuse in state laws vary by state but initially mean “reasonable suspicion” and, although an ambiguous term, it is purposely kept…

I always found refuge in math’s exactness, so I poured myself into the structure and the problems. But in the cycle of rearranging and factoring and calculating, I yearned for a unified understanding of the concepts we were learning. My solution: forging an appreciation of why everything in mathematics worked. There may be arbitrary starting points and definitions, but once I understood that…

suggestions are: • (x – 1) • (x + 2) • (x – 3) • (x + 4) • (x + 6) • (x – 12) List the correct factors. Then justify your selections with complete sentences. I have concluded that the correct factors are (x+2)(x-3)(x+4). I arrived at this decision by factoring, grouping and employing synthetic division on the equation f(x):…

Hilary Clinton once said, “last time I checked, there’s no discount for being a woman. Groceries don’t cost us less”. This statement is true. Something that is also true is the fact that the gender wage gap is not based on discrimination and is something that is directly influenced by the worker as a person: not as a gender. This lie has been spread around quite a bit lately, partly due to the recent presidential election, and it is just one of those things that is heard so many times that…

Minutes into Gloria Hurtado’s seventh-grade math class at Santa Rosa Middle School on Thursday, a rumbling noise erupted from the intercom. It sounded like a major earthquake, and Hurtado’s 35 students immediately knew what to do: drop, seek cover and hold on. “Duck and cover! Duck and cover!” Hurtado said as she moved toward the classroom’s doorway. The students crouched beneath desks that were bunched together in small groups. Some giggled amid the unusual mid-morning scene. Then the…

paycheck. Factors such as Jeremy being addicted to painkillers, not having a job and her illness are not situations she can control. However, finishing school before she had children could have potentially been something within her control even factoring in her illness. While, this could be considered a personal choice I am also not aware of her access to birth control or her ability to afford birth control or her access to an abortion clinic, should she have wanted that option. With that in…

of my Jeep, especially the back seat is not spacious. The interior is in fact quite similar to that of a normal car. We ran into this particular issue about a week into having my Jeep when we made plans to spend a day at Ripley’s Aquarium. After factoring in myself, fiancé, and our daughter we were left with two empty seats. We decided to invite my mother and younger brother to join us. However, we quickly realized that more than one person would not fit comfortably in the back beside our…