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who attended many schools in America, where the students were predominately African-American, were taught each year the same Civil Rights leaders. When I was a child, my friends and I would joke individuals whose skin complexion were darker than ours. We would make silly jokes and call each other “African booty scratchers.” During that time frame I never consciously realized that I was ashamed of…

parents to New York City. She left with her mother, and planned to stay with her Aunt. Sadie as soon as she arrived in New York needed a job to assist her family, and she seized a job as a live in domestic servant. She made 9 dollars a month with board and lodging. Her family was doing well until her mother passed away on a few months later, and Sadie spent all of her money on her mother’s funeral. She needed a new job now that her mother was dead, and she became a seamstress in the Garden…

Robert La Follette Robert La Follette once said, “‘Men must be aggressive for what is right if government is to be saved from men who are aggressive for what is wrong.’” Robert La Follette didn’t just say these words of wisdom, he lived them out. La Follette spent much of his life fighting for what he believed in, especially in politics. He used his position in society to shed light on many pressing issues. He fought for conservation, lower tariffs, and better conditions for American sailors,…

“Every new invention throughout history has given rise to concerns about the potential for bringing about disorder and even ruin. But ultimately . . . it is how we use the tools, especially for young people who have never been without them, that will make the difference between success or failure (Szumski, Karson).” Over the past few decades technology has grown to be more advanced and easily obtainable. This shift has lead to the question of whether the impact this technology has on society is…

With state testing and college prep, there are too many things to worry about for a student’s high school career. GPA is most important number out of most high school student’s pocket. It will reflect how easy it will be for the student to go to college, get scholarships or full/partial rides, and how they are perceived as a student. This number sets up a student’s whole life, so shouldn’t all the school’s effort be in making this the highest number possible? One of the most detrimental things…

on the notebook, and it reads everything that was spoken, back to you. Joey was thriving in school, and he was receiving excellent grades. I knew then that I was made to assist others, and it was the beginning of my personal development. I allied myself with the supervisor of dyslexia, and volunteered to assist others with comparable problems. I was offered a position in Laredo Independent School District at Assistive Technology, and I took the job. I made it a point to attend any seminar on…

Bullying has been around in the United States of America for quite some time. It started as a stereotypical thing such as a student taking a smaller students lunch money. The issue has now turned into students hating other students and causing serious problems in our society such as suicide and depression. Laws have been put in place to try and stop some of these cases where bullying is causing such serious outcome. Many people in this society wonder if authority, such as administrators and…

North Allegheny School District 10375 Perry Highway, Wexford, PA 15090 Riya Divekar, Ms.Volpe svolpe@northallegheny.org "The International Public Policy Forum" “Resolved: The obligation to provide safe haven for refugees should outweigh a government 's right to control its borders." "On our honor, we pledge that we have received no unauthorized assistance on this work." Affirmative Side In recent events, the amount of refugees has increased immensely. Currently there are long…

Hopwood). Capra turned to work and became a workaholic in order to cope with the tragedy. His wife turned to drinking. During the production of “Long Pants”, Capra had a conflict with Langdon. The screenwriter, Arthur Ripley, had a “dark sensibility that did not mesh well with that of the more optimistic Capra, and Harry Langdon usually sided with Ripley” (Jon C. Hopwood). The picture fell behind schedule and went over budget and since Langdon was paid a fixed fee for each film, it represented a…

frequently in the news and also as a result of the presidential campaigns where we have seen a lot of ethnocentric comments from certain candidates. However, as Brassard (2010) states, “the fact remains that anthropology is largely left out of or otherwise obscured in public high school curricula in the United States” (p. 10). Popson and Selig (2012) elaborate that “Today, junior high and high schools with a separate anthropology course appear to be primarily private or independent schools,…