How the Other Half Lives

Method In this LAB we measured how long it would take for varying starting amounts of M&M’s to decay. We did this LAB in order to find out if the rate of decay is dependent upon the initial amount of mass present in a radioactive sample. We changed the starting number of M&Ms or the initial “mass” of the M&Ms (our independent variable) in order to be able to come with a clear answer to the question. We also controlled the number of times we would shake the cup in order to not change the way we…

Poverty, the one thing that is effecting people all over the world, Poverty isn’t a lifestyle people want to live, but certain circumstances cause people to have to live this way. Poverty, isn’t going without for a couple hours or for a couple days, living in poverty is trying to figure out how those bills are going to get payed next month when you have been working everyday but still don’t get paid enough money to feed everyone you take care of . poverty is when you are always worried about…

and Thrive Your Freshman Year and Beyond by Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D. He explains that he has a passion of helping others and educating them, “I have been empowering people my entire adult life, focused on helping them lead better lives” (Randallshansen). That quote is relevant because, he will help people learn how to make their lives better and more successful ones. Hansen mentions how campus tours are a must! Learn to seek balance in college…

The gap between the rich and poor slowly progressed and the development of literature at the time depicted this chasm in its most severe form. In his book, How The Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis formulated a shocking exposé with the intentions of bettering the living conditions of the poor by showing the public a hidden side of society. Riis’ opinion of the poor appears twofold – arguing that the poor cannot be blamed…

Thesis: In the first part, I will describe how common people of Europe lived and worked in the first half of the nineteenth century. At that time, there are a lot of difficult situations for common people in European society. They usually didn't have many rights and life was very difficult. They did hard work but made little money, so they were very poor. And in the early 19th century, increasing industrialization particular break the traditional European family economy, many people left their…

Sherman Alexie’s novel Flight is narrated by Zits, a fifteen-year-old half-Indian, half-Irish boy who travels through time and the bodies of distinct characters after an attempt to shoot people at a bank in redemption to his late mother and runaway father. Alexie’s novel demonstrates the theme of identity, which is, according to Zack, the self-categorization of a person in connection with race, ethnicity, or gender. One can employ aspects of theoretical explanations from Thinking About Race by…

Notes - How the text relates to my connection Evidence from Text - Quotations or close references to the text ‘Half-Caste’ by John Agard Poem Agard is half African and half Guyanese - as people call him ‘Half-Caste’ he challenges them to see him as a ‘whole’ person instead of calling him half-caste. People get really ignorant about what they call someone, they don’t know that it can be offensive. “Excuse me/ Standing on one leg/ I’m half-caste…”…

government and others who observed the conditions in industrial cities at the time. the industrial revolution was suppose to be something great for the americans, but ended up killing young children who were working in factories, the growth in monopolies, and was causing air pollution. In articles one and four they talk about the Sadler committee 1832, which the committee that examines the working conditions. In article 1 they use william cooper's testimony and he basically talked about how…

Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment is about a ‘Flock’ of six kids running for their lives. The group is continually fighting their way through life. They have no idea who their parents are, what state or city they are from, or why they were even experimented on. The group of kids is hidden in a remote mountain home. Maximum Ride is the main character in this story she is fourteen years old and the oldest out of the flock. She is the ’mother’ of the group because she is looked up to. All the…

April Raintree grew up thinking something was wrong with being half native and half white. Her story uncovers the true hardships she went through to help identify herself. From a young age April was put in situations that made her question her heritage. In the quest for her identity, April is trying to run away from the fact that she is Metis. In order for her to feel successful and accepted in society, April feels the need to live a “white” life, without the burdening presence of her very…