Pay it forward

He got up from his corner and helped patch up the troops. For most of them, there was nothing he could do. The only person that could help them was the Recovery Unit. “Okay, everybody.” Howard commanded, “Get on the truck, we can treat you there and hurry home.”. Ash started helping the injured troops onto the trucks and let the Recovery unit do their thing. Once everyone was on board, he hopped on and the truck started moving. He sat down near the front and looked back at the wounded soldiers.…

Lilly Ledbetter a woman who was subjected to unfair pay wages and sexual discrimination on a daily basis; Mrs. Ledbetter is a regular woman like any other woman in the work force. She was employed by Goodyear from 1979 through 1988 at a Gadsden, Alabama plant. In 1985 she was working as an area manager along with three male managers, her shifts were from 7:00 P.M. to 7:00 A.M., while she worked for the company, she was given low ratings. Although, she did receive a Top Performance Award in 1996,…

posted were categorized reading “Help Wanted--Male”. Women also only made .59 to .64 cents on every dollar that a male made for doing the same job (Beth Rowen). By June 10, 1963 John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act that was to end the sex discrimination against paying women lower pay for doing the same job as a man while he got paid more (Beth Rowen). With this new bill being passed it was expected that women and men were finally going to be paid and treated as equal. Unfortunately that was…

legal contracts, to have equal rights in family law, to work, and the right to fair wages or equal pay. Throughout time our culture has created great advancements for women’s rights especially in the work place for instance the implication of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, which prohibits employers from paying different wages for males and females for the same work. (Gateways to Democracy) Did the Equal Pay Act help women in the workplace? No, there was still discrimination between the process of an…

unconstitutional not pay women equally. Women receive the same amount of education as men do. Women deserve equal opportunities for equal work. The debate of gender-based wage imbalance, commonly referred to as the wage gap, has been the subject of large debates; “Congress first addressed the issue more than four decades ago in the Equal Pay Act of 1963, mandating an ‘equal pay for equal work’ standard, and addressed it again the following year in Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act” (Pay…

growing up. Long answer Pay it forward Just think if everyone where nice, what had the world been like then. The world would had been a better place for everyone. But the world is not perfect and sometimes its just a matter of having food on the table or getting that shoe that you always wanted. What if there were someone living on the street, are you going to give the homeless something or are you going to walk right by without even looking?…

Popcorn syndrome is entertainments that don’t require much thought or engagement, such as, watching a television show, reading a book or listening to music. If something is considered popcorn syndrome there is no desire to think it is for pleasure only. Unlike popcorn syndrome, popcorn hangover is when you actually watched the movie or television show and its mind boggling. You actually think about what happened and you begin to process those thoughts to form an actual opinion on what you…

Pay It Forward I arrive in Oslo, Norway on October 9, 2021, a day before the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony. As I stand on the hotel’s balcony, the sun is shining bright, and as I breathe in the fresh air, I take in the glorious view that is filled with exquisite buildings. The warm air blowing against my skin awakes my soul causing me to reminisce on how I made it to the point to be chosen to receive the Nobel Peace Prize Award. Eleven months ago, I attended one of Dr. Rice’s conferences,…

If given the option, would you ever take a pay cut if it meant learning something new? Mary Jackson reached the highest level of engineering possible, which meant a higher pay and status, but she willingly took a step down in order to accomplish something new. Why would she want to take a pay cut? Why, after working so hard to become an engineer, would she choose to do something else? Jackson worked very hard to improve her personal life and the lives of others around her. Arnold Outlaw, a…

it actually work. It’s easier because you can think of more ways than one to help someone that does bad deeds than those who do good deeds. Pay it forward means to do something good for someone who may no really deserve it. Pay back means to do something good for someone who has already done good for you. The difference is mainly guilt. If you pay it forward there was no guilt to begin with, but if you’re paying back, you feel guilty because someone helped you. I can change the world by showing…