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Technology should no longer be used in the classroom, it supplies students with unlimited distractions and turns a learning environment into a playing field. Teachers are giving students the opportunity to use a computer or tablet at school may seem like an advantage to some, but it does the opposite of help students learn. Not only does it include students staring at a screen all day, but students are given the key to a world full of distractions. Anything from browsing their social media…

less excluded and gamers will be able to witness diversity within video games. If there is a diverse amount of video games that depict LGBT and female characters, a new perspective towards gay and women gamers can be adopted. As founding member or Geek Squad, Joey Stern, suggests there needs to be types of games that foster and encourage the acceptance of diverse gamers. With the implementation of diverse video games that depict LGBT and women gamers, the video game community can begin to learn…

on all exams and homework assignments. Branched from a family of doctors, RNs, and teachers, I had no other choice than to be a profound student. All of my good qualities didn’t seem to impress the pupils in my class. I was referred to as a nerd, a geek, and even a teacher’s pet. I couldn’t begin to tell you how many times I’ve heard students laughing at the way I spoke. The most outward display of injustice directed at me occurred in the sixth grade .In social studies class I had to do a…

insight of how much it happens everyday an if you are going through it, then you can get a little advice from someone who has been through it. Stereotyping includes school, bullying, and how to handle it. Stuck up cheerleaders, dumb jocks, the band geeks, the gamers, “look what he's wearing”. How often have we heard somebody say these things, but, how often have we said something like it? Stereotyping is categorizing…

Through centuries of patriarchal rules dominating societies, socially constructed male gender roles of power and control have been ingrained in the minds of individuals. Though the desire of authority can be beneficial for personal growth and achievements, oppression and subjugation can ensue when those individual aspirations are enforced upon involuntary third parties. Clarice Lispector in The Hour of the Star, and Gene Luen Yang, in American Born Chinese, comment on this idea as they depict…

The light began to flicker. She rotated to the light switch gently. Nobody was there. Maybe the light bulb is loose, she thought to herself. She pranced upon her bed, which was beneath the light, and tried to screw in the light bulb a bit more. there was nothing wrong with the light bulb. She tilted her head in confusion. Maybe it gave out, she convinced herself. Wait didn’t I just change it today? Her thoughts commenced to gallop wildly in her head. Suddenly, there was a deep chuckle in the…

The famous 1985 film otherwise known as “The Goonies,” was directed by Richard Donner and produced by Steven Spielberg. This adventure film was about a young group of friends living in the “Goon Docks” neighborhood of Astoria, Oregon. When the children discover a secret treasure map, they begin to go on a quest in hopes to finding the treasure that could potentially save their town from being destructed for a country club. During their venture, they are faced with many obstacles including…

Oscar realized that he was becoming older when “the latest nerdery was no longer compelling (Diaz 170). Oscar’s obsession with American geek culture is a representation not only of his coming of age but also of his attempted but failed assimilation into American culture. Even though he partook in such activities, his sense of not belonging prevailed. Oscar’s coming of age story is a tale…

start out as a joke. But, it doesn’t end that way all the time. bullying is extremely serious. Bullying doesn’t happens to just LGBT teens either. It’s happening with straight teens too. But for possible different reasons. They could be “the band geek”, “the outcast”, even could have gotten a good grade on a test. People who bully others. Can do it with just anyone. If a girl brings in a sandwich for a lunch. Another person could make fun of her and say her family is so poor that she can only…

Best Buy Fights for Survival Best Buy is one of the leading providers of consumer electronics. It was founded by Richard Schulze and the CEO until 2012 was Brian Dunn. During this period, Best Buy had seen many highs and some uncomfortable lows. It was a $50 billion Fortune 100 company and was the place for anyone to visit for electronics. Best Buy provided many job opportunities in the U.S. There were 125,000 employees in the America and 170,000 worldwide. The company reached a total of 1,055…