Lower East Side

This animosity poses a question of why the lower class and lower middle class, which is what my respondents would all classify themselves as, would seem to have such animosity towards the rich, even when told they were self-made million and billionaires. There is such an enormous gap between the average…

Advertisements are used as ways to attract audiences to an array of products. Advertisers use them to sell many of the same product but in a way so that they appeal to many different audiences by connecting with them on some level. In order to make these connections they must identify their target audience and use what they know about their already existing cultural values, norms, and interests. In the Ford and Cadillac commercials they are both attempting to sell to two different types of…

Technology has not had a significant impact on my family relationships. I am the youngest in my family and I was an adult before the technological boom. I have lived long distances from my family for 18 years and primarily call and text to stay in contact. Occasionally we will share pictures on facebook, but I do not enjoy social media so I try hard to avoid it. Texting has made the biggest impact on our communication as it has become our primary means of chatting. We text about once per week…

Stella Liebeck got third degree coffee burns at the Albuquerque McDonald drive through located in New Mexico on 27 February 1992. Stella was 79 years old at the time of the incident. She had worked as a sales clerk before her retirement, as we can clearly see that she was an elderly woman. Stella was a passenger sitting in the passenger seat of a Ford Probe driven by her grandson. Chris Tiano, Stella’s grandson was a college graduate and assistant golf pro. Chris went through the drive through…

placed a huge strain on Jordan, which is already ranked one of the most water-deprived countries in the world. Due to the water constraints, Jordan is only able to provide 150 cubic meters of water per person on an annual basis. This statistic is much lower than the 500 cubic meters which equates to the level of water scarcity according to UN global estimates. As a result, Jordan…

Motivation Makes a Dream Reality Approximately the top one to two percent of people in the United States are considered part of the wealthy class which is defined as making above $250,000 per year (Francis). The American Dream is defined as "the ideals of freedom, equality, and opportunity traditionally held to be available to every American and a life of personal happiness and material comfort as traditionally sought by individuals in the United States” (Definition of American Dream). The key…

Introduction The purpose of this paper is to give you some insight on the life of a normal Hispanic female college student - how normal is defined is up for debate. I’m sure that you recieved several papers by Hispanic females, but none will be the same or identical to one another. The purpose of this paper is to show you how my unique experiences have molded me to be the person that I am today, how they have affected me, and how they still play in a role in my life. It’s not every day that I…

Movie Response: Separate and Unequal The documentary Separate and Unequal focus on creation of St.George on East Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The creation of St.George district becomes controversial because of the impact of racial and economic diversity in the local community. A group of predominantly white upper-middle class parents decide to create its own city and school district called St.George. Those who support St.George argue that the creation of the district is to have smaller communities…

This past semester I was placed in a kindergarten class with twenty one students. I was required to have 25 hours of observation. Through my visits at this school I learned a lot about how the classroom was laid out, how the teacher interacted with the students as well as how the students interacted with other students. Throughout the following pages I will discuss my data including demographics. This will include student demographics and teacher demographics. I will also discuss the physical…

tilt backward spilling the coffee in her lap (Dedman). The hot coffee went through her sweat pants onto her skin, causing the victim to sustain multiple second and third degree burns to her upper-inner thighs, buttocks, genital area, perineum, and lower abdominal wall including the left groin (Reece). The coffee’s temperature was reported being 180 to 190…