Jersey Shore

On my brothers way down to the dinner table he tripped and fell down the stairs. I began to chuckle as I saw his body now lying of the floor. To my defense I was not the only one who found his actions comical. I was accompanied by the giggles of my family. Fortunately, my brother was not badly injured and soon chimed in with the laughter. This incident made me recognize how people find amusement in the mistakes of others. The same concept can be applied to the entertainment that comes from…

highlights English colonization, its main contours, Chesapeake’s overcome, the development of Virginia and Maryland, and lastly the English civil war effect on the colonies in America. It had started on April 26th 1607 where three ships entered the shore from England now as Cape Henry. They later inclined to settle sixty miles inland on the James River protecting themselves from Spaniard war ships at the time of stay where Jamestown was established. Early English settlement where all men were…

look at the world and the different types of people they are studying. They can look at different people than they would see in everyday life and use them as a reference when studying the different types of people in the world. The television show Jersey Shore is an excellent example of this use, as the characters portrayed on the show are more exaggerated than what most people would come across in everyday life. This is useful because the students get a broader sense of what they are looking at…

As someone who recently came out of the “teenage” demographic, one thing I can strongly relate to is the idea that there are few television shows that are applicable to the above demographic. Networks such as Family Channel, and MTV attempt to appeal to that age range, but often times fall short (in my personal opinion). Michele Byers studies television, specifically Canadian TV. She asks the question, “Why study Canadian TV?” and follows up with one reason that I feel, perfectly explains the…

four years of college, I have definitely had my fair share of setbacks through athletics and my living arrangements at Saint Peter’s University. My freshman year, I came from a slow, quiet suburban childhood into the fast and nonstop environment of Jersey City. The following year, I tried to take on more responsibility by renting a house near campus with my teammates, but I ended up stuck in a house with people who persistently disregarded the rules and my well-being. They turned my simple…

Although Woodrow Wilson’s plan for peace did not succeed at the end of World War I, he should be remembered as a champion for the people through his countless efforts to create legislation and programs that benefited all Americans. Woodrow Wilson's full name is Thomas Woodrow Wilson. He was born in December on the 28th of 1856 in Staunton, Virginia(Feinberg, 2004). His father's name is Joseph Ruggles Wilson he was a Presbyterian Minister ( Feinberg ,2004). Joseph married Jessie Woodrow in…

1. McCulloch v. Maryland Constitutional Question: Did Congress have the power under the Constitution to establish a national bank under Article 1, Section 8, and Clause 18 of the constitution and did Maryland unconstitutionally tax a branch of the national bank operating within its borders? Background information: The U.S government created the first national bank in 1791, while in 1816; the second national bank of the United States was created. Many branches of the Bank of the United…

Thomas Fitzsimons was an American Merchant and a busy statesman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Fitzsimons also represented the state in the U.S Congress, Continental Congress, and the Constitutional Convention. Thomas Fitzsimons was born in Wexford, Ireland in October 1741. In the mid 1760 Thomas Fitzsimons family immigrated to the United States to live in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. The picture below shows Thomas Fitzsimons home in Wexford, Ireland. Soon after moving there Thomas’s father died…

The choice to attend college may be one of the largest decisions of an American young adult’s life. There are many factors to consider as well as influences that may change this decision depending on the individual and their background. Contrary to popular belief attending college in the United States is definitely not a universal norm, but rather a relative one. Early on in my schooling, I established that college would be the right decision for me, even though it seemed like a nearly…

Belle Silverio MGT 602 Week 3 Assignment October 19, 2015 Is Fleming engaging in anything unethical here? If you were a Fleming executive, on what grounds would you defend the company's actions? Fleming’s activities as described from this case is very unethical as they were very deceitful in their operations. Service or product pricing needs to be clearly defined as clients should be able to understand what they are being charged in order to have an ethical negotiation in any business manner.…