Fads and trends

‘Discuss’ demands that a considered and balanced review is offered that includes a range of arguments, factors or hypotheses, supported by evidence. The hippie movement of the1960s had an immensely positive impact on the politics of the time, more specifically on the advancements in civil rights, both gender and race based, the heightened freedom of speech and protest, and the anti-war and environmental movements. As the majority of the hippie movement’s impact came from the values associated…

The Powers That Be by David Halberstam takes a look back at the history of the news media industry. The stories in the book, first written in 1979, talks about how traditional companies like Time, CBS, and the New York Times were small startup companies. In their early days, they were very similar to the new form of media taking the world by storm, Buzzfeed. There is so much to knowledge to learn when it comes to this new form of news media and yet the way they startup is similar to those before…

Knowing an idea or being capable of an achievement does not necessarily imply an understanding of that concept. To learn a concept and subsequently retain an understanding of it requires reflection, internalization, and application to the tangible world. It is therefore crucial that students learn to: • Back up claims and assertions with evidence. • Draw inferences and generate something new. • Apply those knowledge and skills to an unanticipated situation • Analyze differing points of view •…

The creation of mass production, by way of Henry Ford’s introduction of the assembly line, catapulted the world into a realm of mass standardization, establishing a platform for lower production costs and a virtually homogeneous society. Nearly identical homes, vehicles and footwear ultimately sparks the need for practices that aid in perpetuating one’s own individuality. Physicality, for example, is one of the few palpable means of conveying personal identity. With mass production, fashion…

it would kill my brain cells. Teletubbies and Furbys filled toy store shelves everywhere. 3-D Jigsaw puzzles were another popular hit with parents and children alike. One of the major fads was chokers. These tight necklaces adorned the necks of girls from elementary age up to adulthood. Piercings were another trend that is still popular today. Prices of everyday objects have changed dramatically. In 1998, a gallon of gas cost only $1.15 (The Year 1998 From The People History). Today gas prices…

In the history of this earth, there have been five mass extinction. Today earth is facing its sixth. This is mainly humanity’s fault because we are always taking from the environment and never giving back to it, even though this world is not just ours. We share this world with other organisms, but we are stealing it from them in the urban sprawl. The urban sprawl is the uncontrolled growth of urban areas. The Urban sprawl began all the way back in the 1830’s when urban areas began growing more…

In todays society, body issues and the extremes people are going to are being troublesome and leading to many issues such as anorexia, bulimia and obesity – contrasting outcomes of Bordo’s explanation of the responses to contemporary media. Accordingly, contemporary society ideals have changed and are nearly unattainable by natural means. As Susan Bordo illustrates in her essay, Reading the Slender Body women have participated in a shift of how the body should look. For example, an hourglass…

Another significant problem with student dress codes is that they are only temporary fixes to major problems such as stereotyping, bullying, violence, and substandard grades. These problems need to be faced each individually and with a specific set of instruments in order to effectively counteract the destruction these problems can cause. One must attack the seed of each problem destroying the roots to make sure said problem never occurs again. When one looks at a student and says he cannot…

Tattoos and piercings were first adopted as a way for people to instantly identify each other within a group. They were used to mark out transgressors like criminals and slaves, as was historically done in China and many other places, or to provide instant identification of the members and non-members of a social group. While attitudes towards tattooing and piercing are fairly permissive in the United States, in Hong Kong acceptance is much less common, and participation in these practices is…

Children are also developing intellectual competencies, however it is still important to remember they need parental support. In this stage children have made great leaps in concrete, logical thought. However thinking abstractly and planning into the future is still limited: They can complete today’s homework assignments but need assistance with long term projects (Haight & Taylor, 2013). For instance, children develop a notion of how one goes about learning, and they discover that…