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Overall Intentions Our company, Okie Auto Parts, tried to focus on reducing the employee turnover rate which was originally at 9.8%. We believed that by implementing certain programs, improving training, and making the work environment more diverse we could reduce the turnover rate. This would lead to improved morale and ultimately improved product quality since we would retain employees and they would gain experience with their job. We implemented a Performance Appraisal System to improve…

migrants received no warm welcome in Kern County upon their arrival. The term “okie” was used by California residents and some politically motivated writers to stigmatize these poor, white migrant workers and their families. The children also faced discrimination while in Kern County public schools. According to historian James Gregory, the population spike was highest in the cotton growing areas, such as Kern…

divided into two parts instead of narrative based on one family like The Grapes of Wrath. The first part of the book is organized chronologically, focusing on the resettlement of the Dust Bowlers, and the second part is done thematically and focuses on Okie culture. Gregory’s approach successfully showed the clash of cultures and social struggles the migrants faced in California accurately without having to caricaturize the migrants. The overall approach tries to show that the migrants were of…

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the Dust Bowl and the “Okie culture” in general allowed him to write an honest examination of the migration. He does not solely focus on the economic plight of the individuals but examines the negative and positive of the whole experience that allows readers to readdress any misinterpretations. Although his book prominently addresses the effects of the migration in the San Joaquin Valley he provides substantial, in-depth evidence that allows a firsthand insight into the “Okie” language and…

Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie is a bittersweet autobiography about growing up poor in Oklahoma during the depths of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. It unveils the bleak realities of the social hierarchy and the struggles of poor white Americans who choose to believe in the American Dream through the story of one family. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz shares her experience growing up as an Okie, and in doing so, gives a voice to the lower class, the “white trash” who were victimized by a system that…

of addiction to opioids in the country has been due to a large supply being sold behind the counter and behind the taco bell at three am. The spread of these opioids has been so bad not even the FDA has expected them. In a article written by Susan Okie, M.D, she stated that, “FDA officials have been scrambling to revise their proposed Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS), after an advisory panel (the agency's Anesthetic and Life Support Drugs Advisory Committee and Drug Safety and…

harvests. Their houses were built from scavenged scraps and they often lived without any running water or electricity. 9.An Okie is a resident or a native of Oklahoma. An Arkie is a resident or a native of Arkansas. The migrant workers were given these names by Californians because of the large dominant cultural group from Oklahoma. Californians began to call all migrants workers “Okie”, even though many newcomers were not actually…

functioning in about fifty percent of adults diagnosed with it (Okie, 2006). Some adults can even go into their late twenties to early thirties before ever being diagnosed with Attention- Deficit Hyperactive Disorder. Some adults with ADHD stated that they felt a noticeable difference as a child and teenager. They would have a harder time learning in school, doing homework, or even things as simple as holding a full conversation with someone (Okie, 2006). Dr. Y a 27-year-old physician who…

The Grapes of Wrath is a novel set in the Great Depression and Dust Bowl era which has remained the definition of the era. In Keith Windschuttle’s “Steinbeck’s Myth of the Okies,” he argues and writes that The Grapes of Wrath is historically inaccurate - either being grossly exaggerated or entirely false. In his essay, Windschuttle examines and critically analyzes the image Steinbeck creates to define the Great Depression and Dust Bowl era. First, Windschuttle analyzes the effects the Great…