Independent city

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Oscar Micheaux, an independent film director would go on to become one of the most prolific black American directors of the period would enter the dialog of the mulatto with his film Within Our Gates. The issue Micheaux took on, that Griffith’s mulatto character lacked, was the…

drivers are not happy with their current situation. Many other workers in the gig economy set up can sympathize with the Uber drivers as well. Currently, most gig economy workers are classified as independent contractors rather than employees, and while that may seem trivial, being classified as an independent contractor means that you have no claim to any employment benefits. Along with the possible ramifications of unpaid…

Hope Against Hope: Three Schools, One City, and the Struggle to Educate America 's Children, she reveals what was underneath these data-driven charter schools. The New Orleans school experiment contains ineffective reforms that have come at the expense of the city’s most disadvantaged children through an almost all-white leadership, social control of students, and the segregation through means of charter schools’ flexibility should not be replicated in other cities. Parents and families must…

third-grade self-contained class at a public school in New Jersey. She was diagnosed with autism at the age of three years. She receives occupational therapy and speech therapy services as a part of Individualized Education Plan (IEP). Although Julia is independent with basic daily living skills, she has difficulty meeting demands of her occupational roles of a student, peer, and a family member and successfully participating in occupations such as learning, play, and leisure. Julia’s…

While one side of the store served a demographic population similar to my own, the other side catered to the low-income, predominately African American population located in the adjacent neighborhood. My grocery store represented the diversity of my city, causing me to question why such diversity did not exist in my educational experience. My parents, like many financially able families in my area, sent me to a private college preparatory school to avoid the failing school system in East Baton…

the dire economic conditions brought out about my the recent financial crisis. In addition to the difficulties in the actual job market, securing a visa for non-native residents can be a tricky process to navigate. Nevertheless, finding a job in the City of Light is possible for non-French speaking foreigners, so long as one is prepared to look in the…

“Lifes of little ones are destroyed when child labor is employed.” Today, throughout the world around 215 million children work, and many of those work full time leaving no room to develop as an adolescent. These children may either be working under the worst forms of child labor such as forced recruitment for slavery or prostitution. In addition, they may be children under-minimal age preforming labor or performing labor that jeopardizes their physical, mental and moral well-being of the child.…

Education is a major need in the lives of children all over the world. Some children aren’t as privileged as others to be able to go to school. There are such laws that state, “In the United States each state is required by its state constitution to provide a school system whereby children may receive an education.”(“Education Law”) There are three main options a guardian has to choose from when choosing an educational system for their child; public schools, private schools and homeschooling.…

Should Children be Homeschooled? “There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent” Mahatma Gandhi. Before 1852, Homeschooling was the most prominent method of teaching. According to Christine Foster, the most preeminent reason that households began taught from their home was the presumption that the public school system “declined in academic rigor and lacked of moral guidance”. However, many parents felt that neither public nor private schools suited the…