Fads and trends

marriage. It was not common for Roman women to have a job typical of a man, but on the occasion a woman could have a job as “teachers, artists, and physicians.” Yet this was very rare. Some women or slaves were able to work as wet nurses, but this fad lost its popularity once it was believed that milk from a woman not the patriarch’s wife could breed insufficient children. Women were used and abused throughout the centuries of history preceding ours. Nevertheless it was common for a woman…

Schools across the United States are ditching the traditional school year calendar for a year-round school schedule. What exactly is year-round school? According to www.opcionescholarparaninos.org, it is a school with a calendar that exchanges a longer summer vacation for several shorter breaks at various times in order to reduce the need for extra review. Most students in year-round school are in class about the same number of days as students on a traditional school calendar. What some people…

On June 17th, 1968, my mother was born during a very despairing time for the black community. Not only were African-Americans still struggling with severe racism 100 years after the end of slavery but the leader of their movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was assassinated less than three months before her birth. In its 23rd year of publication, Ebony magazine was trying its best to report on the positive things happening around the black community in America but despite this attempt at…

Educators have watched for years the rise and decline of many trends and fads throughout the years. They have watched blackboards go to dry-erase boards. They have watched typewriters go to computers, and computers to tablets. They have watched “joking around” become a new term, bullying. Everything changes. Sometimes faster than intended to. Sometimes for the worst instead of the better. One trend that continues to grow and become more common is single parent household. Fifty years ago,…

The leisurely fad-following families They are middle-class to upper-middle-class small families who have office works. Their purposes of using Google products are for relaxation, entertainment and communication. 5. SWOT analysis Strengths • Market leader in search…

The one thing that people in the world cannot stop is time. Time causes change and change brings the old fashioned phrase “out with the old, in with the new” and puts it into practice. Society and norms change all of the time whether it may be a fad that the younger generation is going through or a long term discriminatory behavior from an older generation. Within the images given, the messages that are being delivered are subtle and discrete but they’re there nonetheless. Because of how things…

The locavore movement is becoming more popular in many communities across the country. Locavores are people who like to grow or buy food that is grown locally. Food produced on small farms close to where it is consumed, or “local food” for short, accounts for only about two percent of all the food that is produced in the United States today, but demand for it is growing rapidly (Dancs). A small restaurant where I work called Della Terra, meaning “of the earth”, only buys local produce and…

Body Image Influenced by Social Media Body image is affected by Social Media for many around the world. Suicide attempts and compulsions are much more common in teens who are insecure about their bodies. Teens who have body insecurity-related disorders may have social media to thank. Social Media portrays ‘beauty’ and what you should look like in numerous TV shows, movies, and even advertisements. Teens are not the only ones affected. These advertisements, shows, and movies are also affecting…

In Soren Kierkegaard’s The Present Age: On The Death of Rebellion, he argues that this generation, now probably considered to be the last 200 years or so in this context, is one of “understanding and reflection, without passion.” He defines passion as a demonstrative willingness to take action in advocacy or living life in such a way that is beyond aimlessness or spectatorship. Defending Kierkegaard’s argument, I will explain how it is not only sensical, but also yet relevant to our ‘present…

HR function in the context of business needs (Maugans 2015). Resistance to the Human Resource Business Partner Role While the role of the HRBP has been gaining support, there are many individual employees and entire organizations that resist the trend because they feel that HR’s role should remain focused on administrative tasks (Talent Pulse 2015). Two main concerns are that HRBPs will be overwhelmed with the responsibilities involved in the dual role and they may struggle with their higher…