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As children, even infants, we are socialized to acknowledge the differences between males and females in our society. The social construction of gender is essentially how “gender divides work in the home and in economic production, legitimates those in authority, and organizes sexuality and emotional life” (Lorber, 1991, p. 103). In other words, it is how the members of American society perceive the inequalities of the sexes and thus, how we react accordingly in a socialized setting. Gender…

Continuing Education: How to get started Just like the majority of any student, you probably encountered falling asleep during classes that made you feel bored to death, studying while cramming for those crappy exams that made no sense to you and worse, getting yourself in detention is a nightmare. Sometimes you even tell yourself to stop and never go to school again after getting that diploma on your hands when you finished college but then life hit you hard on the face after working so hard in…

“Dear America, we accept the fact that we’re different and live with certain labels not necessarily willfully obtained by our own accord. But we think you’re crazy for making us live them, telling us who you think we are. You see us as you want to see us - in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that in each and every one of us is a brain. And a jock, and a loser, a rich girl, and a nerd. Does that answer your question? Sincerely yours, the Breakfast…

small examples that relate to his death. From the very beginning, the boys hated and teased him because they thought him to be undesirable (Golding, 1999). This could very easily relate to the concept of young children bullying each other for being geeks. When Piggy says “He can’t hurt you, but if you stand out of the way he’d hurt the next thing and that’s me” he’s saying if Ralph was out of the way, Jack would hurt Piggy (Golding, 1999, p.81). Near the end of the novel, Ralph is over ruled and…

compared to their poor imitation of lip-synching English. Moving on to your specific questions, I came across quite a few reviews of this film, however, two stuck out to me more than the others. Starting with Duncan Bowles review on the site, Den of Geek. This evaluation of the film, I felt was dead on (no pun intended) Bowels compares the film to other great zombie depictions such as, The Walking Dead, Shaun of the Dead, and Night of the Living Dead. Here he finds great fault in the French film…

History in Education. The reflections of history In the last week through our readings and videos, has taken me to a cohesive theme of stripping ones independence, and identity to assimilate in order to educate, and vise verse, one needs to be stricken of all identity within ones differences to what the majority looks like to be worthy of one’s education. The dictating what needs to be of interest, the need to fill a box and conform. Once again, the use of power of education, and that…

television show. I thought the best performance out of the turtles was Pete Ploszek as Leonardo. Tyler Perry played this scientist dude that helps Shredder. His performance had hints of Eddie Murphy as The Nutty Professor. Every time his character would geek out on the "science" going on in the film, I got Nutty Professor vibes. Cinematography: 7: I thought the camera work was decent. There were a few moments I thought to myself, "That was a 3-D shot." I won't get in a long diatribe on 3-D…

and the change sought will continue to seep into this complex narrative. And if you haven’t already sat up and taken notice of this subtle change, look to children’s films: Big Hero Six - where a young Asian boy and a diverse set of characters ( a geek, a black man, two girls)are the heroes and in Wreck-it-Ralph, whose heroes are, Penelope, a girl “glitch” and “the villain from another arcade game”. Once again, it's a reflection of a certain new reality: that other races, nationalities, and…

world and everyone are best friends. In all reality they is so not true! In real life the high school cafeteria is most kids worst fear. Trying to find a place to sit amongst all the different social groups is a scary thing. There are the jocks, band geeks, the popular, the people who do drugs and then a jumble of everyone who doesn't belong in any of those groups.…

A rite of passage we all must face comes upon us when we realize the time has come to decide what we want to do with our lives. For some, the answer comes easily, for others it is the culmination of a life time experiences speaking to them until the answer appears. For me, in the end, it came down to what job I would love to do every day, as well as a job that reflects my specific skills, values, and temperament. The majority of my life has been spent in school where I witnessed various teachers…