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Pay Gap”, in 2015 women working full time in the United States were undercut by only being presented 80 percent of what men were generally paid. This generates a social problem in our society by stating that no matter how successful a woman in America can be, the majority of them wouldn’t make more than men due to negative speculation about women in general. Negative speculations about women in the work place was presented by Alicia Adamczyk in the article, “6 Excuses for the Gender Pay Gap You…

for this is because each generation has had their own experiences and struggles which instills different values and perspectives. If the generation gap is not managed appropriately, these different mindsets can hinder communication and negatively affect teamwork. The six principles listed by Cañas 2014, present helpful tools to close the generation gap and improve collaboration between members. Personally, I have not had very many opportunities to work with a diverse age group. Most of the…

extreme wage differences. The wage gap between the upper and the middle class is becoming wider than ever, and people are starting to resent the politics that are in place that appear to be keeping the rich richer. Taxing the 1% more is a way to take control of the country's economy, and ensure that not one group of people holds all the power . With that being said, the purpose of this paper is to discuss the escalating political issue regarding the widening wage gap in the United States. In the…

Gender Wage Gap “Women earn less than men in every state and region of the country; women earn 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. The Equal Pay Act was put into act in 1963” (Meric, Linda), and yet there is still a wage gap between men and women. There is no reason for men to be paid more than women for the same job. We need to notice that this is still happening even after laws have been passed to stop it. We need to stand up and fight for the sake of women's equality, education, and…

There has been an academia shift from learning to accountability in learning and data analysis. This is seen in the assessment of the following articles: Achievement Gaps in Education, The Standardized Testing Movement: Equitable or Excessive? and The Common Core “State” Standards: The Arts and Education Reform. We say we are charting/tracking “basic skills and accountability” according to Nezadal, “The creation and use of standardized tests find varying levels of support in different…

needle. Then you ask to do you feel this person pain? Does it matter what’s the color of their skin? To certain people, race doesn’t play a role to them. But, more empathy is show when their skin is white and not black. This is called a Racial Empathy Gap. Researchers shows that Participants…

talk of a so-called “wage gap” and probably do not think much of it. In today’s society, many people think that women are now equal to men, when in fact the opposite is true. Women are still struggling to be seen as equal to men, but they are not given the chance to prove themselves due to institutional bias in the workplace. Although the wage gap is often referred to as a myth, it is very much a real problem, and in fact, the average woman loses $431,000 to the wage gap over the course of a…

¬A wealth gap exists between the upper and lower income families. A person's wealth is based on the difference between his or her financial assets such as; a home, car, or businesses and also the amount of debts they have (Fry & Kochhar, 2015). To determine a person's wealth it is important to look at that individual's annual wages, interests, profits, and other sources of earnings (Fry & Kochhar, 2015). Some people debate if a tax should be placed on the wealth to redistribute wealth to a…

The presupposition of school cannot achieve the gap between students from different ethnic and racial backgrounds is a categorical truth. Carol Burris and Kevin Welner argued that school is not to blame for the achievement gap, but to blame the economic conditions . William Mathis argues that achievement gap can’t be solved because of discrimination in school. The three archetypes that exemplify that school can’t close the achievement gap are; lower class students don’t have enough supplies for…

In our book the Down to Earth Approach to Sociology by James M. Henslin, pay gap is said to be one of the most remarkable gender inequalities at work. The book also explains that pay gap is the difference between what a male is paid and what a woman is paid. In the united states woman are paid 73 percent of what men are paid. As the book continues to talk about pay gap, it explains possible reasons why there is a pay gap. (Henslin, 2017) These reasons include career choices, and woman are not…