Luddite

In his essay “Cell Phones and Social Graces”, Charles Fisher prevails to achieve his goal; to touch everyone who luckily has the chance to read it. He starts off his essay by listing all the astounding features that cell phones have, alongside the main motivations to own one; however, soon he backs off by changing his paper’s tone to humorous diverting one, and takes a different path with real-life examples, to put the reader’s hands on the drawback impacts of the submissive reliance on cell…

Being the age of contrasts, the Victorian society suffered from a number of social issues such as poverty, class distinction, criminality. The industrialization deepened the problems involving children as well. They were forced to work in factories and workhouses, which became prisons for them. It is of great importance to deal with Charles Dickens ( 1812-70 ) to represent the nineteenth century social life in all its drastic changes and development. In Oliver Twist, Dickens’s second…

In the case of the Manchester workers, conflict struck when the work of spinners and weavers was mechanized and moved to the factory and men replaced women as the core workforce, followed by the replacement of water powered by steam that allowed factories to increase in size and to be built in towns instead of next to village stream, no wage increases and above all, the intolerable mistreatment and working conditions (16). This became a vicious cycle of coercion. Laws that abolished the rights…

that positive analysis would be better suited to boost wealth in the name of technology. Often people can get very worked up of about change and the concept of new which can cloud their judgement and avoid them from seeing the bigger picture. The Luddites, for example, reacted with riots at the new weaving machines, for they only cared about their jobs and how they would be able to provide family. An honest objection, however, they neglected to understand that the new weavers would provide…

The Industrial Revolution was a time when a lot of inventions were made. It impacted many people’s lives in many ways, it made people’s lives easier because it changed how they worked, how they lived and how they moved. But it also had a negative impact on the people because a lot of workers lost their job because of machines, a lot of children had to put up with child labour, slavery increased. Some of the main factors that impacted Britain during the Industrial Revolution are technology, trade…

Praising fast food? Who in their right mind would promote fast food.? My journey, over the past year, to see food primarily as fuel attracted me to this article. I begin this essay with these basic thoughts. Food is fuel much the same way that gasoline is fuel. However, food is also a huge part of our culture as well as our social activities. As a society we need to develop a healthier relationship with all types of food, including ‘fast food’. In this article, written by Rachel Laudan,…

With increasing costs, rising student debt, and employers questioning the workplace readiness of students, American colleges and universities face a crisis of public confidence (Stiglitz). This doubt exacerbates concerns that the academy is a relic of modernity, out of touch with contemporary social and economic needs (Robinson). As universities face these concerns, exacerbated by budget crises, creators of massive open online courses (MOOCs) have position their innovations as the panacea for…

DAY I: ENGLAND AND THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Essential Lesson Questions: Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in England and not in other places? What were some reactions to it and why did they emerge? Historical Thinking Skill: Cause and Consequence & Interpretation of Evidence Students will read an excerpt from one secondary source and two small primary sources dealing with the Industrial Revolution making sure to annotate all three of them, in addition they will take some notes to get…

Jonathan Hatch walked down the tree-lined road from his home in Valdosta, Georgia while his mind ran through his normal checklist creation for the day. One. Write that email to the Dean of Student Affairs about the lack of student involvement in the astronomy club and create a case for funding even though only 4 students attend regularly. Two. Get with Casey, his TA Graduate student. The quizzes from the last Friday need to be graded yesterday and are starting to collect dust. John also needs to…

Mexican novel and essayist Carlos Fuentes once stated “Writing is a struggle against si-lence” (Fuentes). While I have made much progress, writing is a struggle for me since I procras-tinate and welcome every distraction with open arms. Also since I feel more called to create vis-ual art, I will need to focus my energy on my art and design classes. As for putting words on pa-per, I would much rather proofread someone else’s writing than write something for myself. While I love to dwell on many…