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Life is flustered with a mountain of decisions that can shape people’s lives for either the better or the worse. Children are told the importance of standing out from their peers and to be themselves, yet Children tend to assimilate to their peers ideas, customs, and behaviors. Some may argue that assimilation is outgrown as those children reach adulthood, but sadly that is not the case. The 1994 classic film “Quiz Show,” follows the journey of different players deciding to be unlawful and…

In the novel The Scorch Trials, it starts off with an intense flashback when Thomas and his crew escaped the Glade. They solved the Maze and got rescued by a corrupt government-like organization known as Wicked. They took the escapees to this large building in the middle of nowhere, and the technology there was off the charts. They have been running experiments on humans, and the stuff they are doing is crazy. The group of kids is now put to another test, the real world has fallen to pieces and…

Multi-Emmy award winning hit comedy show The Big Bang Theory is now in its ninth season. The show follows the lives of four scientific genius friends and their relationship with each other and their girlfriends. The Big Bang Theory is a witty comedy that has evolved from four nerdy highly intellectual friends; to a strong group of friends that have grown and evolved. The show has a wide range of loyal watchers and it seems they can all enjoy the quick wit humor it offers. In fact, The Big Bang…

“Classified” Class Cliques Jocks, preps, nerds, geeks, loners, skaters, thespians, goths… starting at a young age children begin to categorize themselves and others, developing cliques both consciously and unconsciously, based on popularity, common interests, socioeconomic background, appearance and social class. Americans often deny the presence of social class as its counterpart: “social inequality” belittles the values of the American Dream concurrently emphasizing the American reality,…

moralistic, psychological, and sociological aspects even when you’re done reading the book. I. For anybody involved in the school system, you have inevitably also become involved with your school’s social hierarchy. There’s the jocks, the nerds, and the geeks just to name a few. Well, the the social structure wasn’t the same 87 years ago, to say the least. You may not have lived during the Great Depression, but thanks to John Steinbeck, author of the novel Of Mice…

the article “American need its it's nerd” Talks about education is not valued enough,I know this because in the text its stated that “There is something very wrong with the system of values in a society that has only derogatory terms like nerd and geek for the intellectually curious and academically serious”and For America’s sake, the anti-intellectual values that pervade our society must be fought.This means that the systems and values must be fought before it too late.I think “America need its…

Even though Liberty-Benton is not an inner city school, there are still cliques that go on. There are your populars, nerds, music geeks, and many more. While there is not really any violence that goes on between these factions there are still harsh words thrown at each other. The groups do not get along and tend to stay to their own friends. STRIDES is something that tries to fight…

Pleasantville and American Graffiti had character that involved into a different personality as the movie progressed. Pleasantville brother and sister get dragged into a famous show, and are forced to be in it. On the other hand American Graffiti have a group of friends that are breaking apart due to college. There are characters from both of the movies that are unsure about their life. The two characters that I feel changed the most are David and Steve, but out them two I feel like David…

What Defines a Hipster? According to Bjørn Schiermer (2014, pg. 169), the term hipster originated in late the 1940s, and “was a term for the decadent connoisseurism and over-refinement of late black jazz culture”. Schiermer also imparts, in an interview with Laurie Taylor, that the “hipster culture is no traditional subculture, it’s less uniform” (Taylor, 2014; Schiermer, 2014). Schiemer also voices the culture explores and appreciates what previous generations did not (Taylor, 2014; Schiermer,…

devices for his clients. In the past few years, there are many cases that illegal data are found in computers or other digital devices accidentally, such as Corey Beantee Melton’s case, reported by Hill,k from Forbes. He left his laptop to Bestbuy’s geek squad to repair, then some files with suspicious names are found, so they contacted with local police office, since this is under plain view, police officer seized the laptop and later applied for search warrant, at the end, Melton is found…