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A mother picked up her six year old daughter Salecia from the police station where she sat in handcuffs from throwing a temper tantrum at school. She was then also suspended from school for her miss behavior (Mandell). Not only were the actions performed unnecessary, but incredibly harsh for a girl her age. The action of pushing students from school straight into prison is called the school to prison pipeline. Overreliance of harsh disciplinary actions is causing the school to prison pipeline…

communities, have any weight in a populace of homeless people? In Saunders’s “Tent City,” the Principal Researcher, or PR, observes firsthand the traits used by those he is studying. Survival is the priority for the inhabitants of the encampment in Fresno, California. Thus, gender roles acclimate to what is necessary to live. Women often struggle in places where the power automatically goes to the strongest. I worked at a restaurant for almost two years, and what I observed was a kitchen staff…

Public Service: Since pursuing my education several years ago, I have decided to commit my life to helping everyday people and students succeed through various career positions such as, working as a Legislative Analyst with The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, which fights for the rights of union workers and their families by lobbying the California State Legislature on behalf of workers interest; in higher education as a Pre-Collegiate Advisor with California State…

The family that I interviewed for the Exceptional Child Family and Study Interview is a family that I am personal friends with. The family’s structure is made up of a mother named Carrie and a father named Ron, and two boys, Thomas age eight and David age ten. Both children in the family have various learning disabilities. Carrie and Ron noticed that David had a disability around age three, they notice that he had little or no eye contact, he had no attention span, he was walking on his…

Rape Victims: Men and Women Kimberly Pacheco Introduction to Human Sexuality Course #91 California State University, Fresno Rape is seen all over the world and does not discriminate when it comes to age, gender, or sexual identity. Each state and country has their own definition of what is considered rape under the law, but it is forcing sex upon another person, there is no consent (Pandora’s Project, 2016). Men and women are both victims to this crime and the struggles they face can…

The dress code & uniform policy has been a big controversial issue lately. This issue is overlooked and has not been tamed. There are many reasons why it is such thing as a dress code policy. Some people believe in the different dress code policies, and others are against it and feel as if you should be able to wear whatever you want to because it can’t hinder you from 11your education. Or can it? Some people mistake dress code as uniform when in reality, they are two different things. A dress…

retirement. Enterprise, Alabama was a low-cost area, and I might be able to get a flight instructor or a maintenance officer job after retirement. We went to Enterprise in December 1982, found a lot, designed a house similar, but even better than our Fresno house, and began building. It was on a quiet…

retirement. Enterprise, Alabama was a low-cost area, and I might be able to get a flight instructor or a maintenance officer job after retirement. We went to Enterprise in December 1982, found a lot, designed a house similar, but even better than our Fresno house, and began building. It was on a quiet cul-de-sac overlooking a small lake. The neighbors in the cul-de-sac were dentists, so it met the “build where the doctors live” criteria. Doggett Construction Company assured us the house…

Severe diseases in the human body have been causes due to pollution within the foods and liquids we consume on a day-to-day basis. The human body consists of many factors that help us fight against infection such as white blood cells, organs, tissues, or other cell substances. These factors that defend our body from millions of infection, bacteria, microbes, parasites, toxins, or viruses are all parts of what we call the immune system. So how does the immune system work you may ask? In simple…

Through any assimilation or acculturation process, it is difficult to let go of what is important to you and the culture you come from. In both assimilation and acculturation, the minority group of individuals is being integrated into the majority group. The different between the two is that assimilation leads to the culture losing their ties and become indistinguishable with the majority culture. On the other hand, acculturation keeps the ties of their culture and making themselves distinct as…