Malcolm in the Middle

In our generation, media is a huge part of our everyday lives. The media has a powerful influence on society 's viewpoint on events and even on what we may think of certain individuals. Unfortunately, sometimes the media can portray a generalized viewpoint and it has been frequently seen in relation to racial profiling. Racial profiling is the use of a race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed an offense. There are two groups that have been affected by the media in…

Gladwell, the story of success. He questions what makes people successful and states his views of what success really is. In the modern world Majority of human beings believe that success comes from being confident and fresh minded. Contrary to belief, Malcolm Gladwell, in his book the outliers: the story of success,…

2010 's summer protests achieved mass media coverage in India and internationally, too. Kashmir had had vast demonstrations in 2008 but had been protesting for over twenty years. What is different is that, the newspaper, The Guardian, reports that middle-class India previously not interested in news from Kashmir, except with being at war with Pakistan, was for the first time, able to hear the other side of the story. Facebook users in India rose drastically from 0.7 million in 2008, to 3 million…

What is going on? In 2018 our society is ran by a corrupt racist Donald Trump billionaire and the police killing young black men like ,Michael Brown, Tamir rice and Trayvon Martin. These are the same issues Marvin Gaye called out in 1971 in his iconic song What is going on? “Marvin starts the song by saying Mother, mother There's too many of you crying Brother, brother, brother There's far too many of you dying You know we've got to find a way To bring some lovin' here today.” When this song was…

WHOOP! WHOOP!WHOOP! The police cars came rushing down the streets from every angle. Pedestrians were distraught by the pandemonium. An enormous nitric acid truck laid on its side and the driver dripping blood from his forehead. At the time, I was five years old I remember right before it happened a blind elderly man crossing the road on Monument Blvd about to get hit by a truck. Instinctively, I ran out in front of the truck and pushed the blind man out of it’s path. However, some of the nitric…

passengers lurch forward rather than back against the seat because they are not wearing the seat belt. This can also apply if a car gets T-boned: the possibly unbuckled passengers on the side could bang into the doors quite forcibly or into the “Malcolm in the Middle,” therefore causing even more injuries. This also can apply to big rig drivers. An Oklahoma law now in place requires that drivers of big rigs must be belted, in addition to the mandatory primary enforcement. As one of the…

Lindy Hop and The Argentine Tango Dance and music play an important role in the cultural traditions of various societies. I chose to focus on two social dances from different cultures that are still celebrated today. For my familiar dance, I selected Lindy Hop which originated in the United States. This dance form is often shown in movies, and the free flowing movements caught my attention. Through my preliminary research, I discovered the Argentine Tango which interested me due to its…

Twenties Being the pinnacle of American Society, the Jazz Age symbolized the extravagant growth in culture, population, music, and the entirety of the American ideal. In a period were everyone possesses the innate ability to succeed and supersede the middle class quality of life, there lies the ultimate object in gaining and grasping the future, the American belief. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald imposes the fact that through the power of one’s mind to excel, he or she…

just forget it in two months? In order to increase student success at Anaheim School, students must go to summer school at least two times a week for the entire summer to be able to graduate. The name of the article is “Marita's Bargain” written by Malcolm Gladwell. “But take a look at the following sets of elementary school test-score results, and See if your faith in the value of long summer holidays isn’t profoundly shaken”(6). The author of this article explains how some students dropped…

Cause of Death: The Police Despite a number of movements to lessen the effects of racism in America, it is still a hot topic in the news today, especially in light of many recent shootings of unarmed black men by white police officers. Correspondingly, this leads many to questions of whether or not the police can really be trusted to protect our rights, or are they targeting non-whites as the criminals? Today, police brutality against unarmed african americans is an increasing problem in the…