Rent seeking

Journal Entry #1 – Self-Assessment During class, on September the sixth, the class I was in was to fill a self-assessment questionnaire. The questionnaire had sixty-four questions dealing with how we operate on a daily basis. Our answers ranged from zero, meaning the question is completely false or ten meaning the question is entirely true. I wishing to sell my book back at the end of the year scored my questions on a separate sheet of paper. Afterward, we were to total our scores on a…

DJ Cannonball’s weighty statement gets at the specificity of place and the spatial capital that came with having an apartment large enough to host South Shore house parties. It is possible that Black gay males were in search of apartments in South Shore because they offered the space needed for their parities as well as a closeness to and connection within the emerging community. This was a spatial network connected to racial, sexual, and class identity that offered the sort of…

decline, but increase and keep these cities growing. Even though certain urban areas have been neglected due to crime rate and poverty, immigrants still migrated into these inner-city areas. Documented and undocumented have migrated to these areas seeking job opportunities and even opening businesses. Renuka Rayasam, journalist, (2007) demonstrated that, Recent studies show not only that immigrants are starting businesses at a faster rate than native-born Americans but that many of those…

A couple of weeks ago, Professor Baasten asked the class, “Do you want to have a child?” and followed up with, “Why?” The lecture went on, explaining the different reasons why people want to have children despite it being an irrational act, and he even allowed us to explain our own take as to why we wanted to have children. However, we then talked about when people are physically unable to have children – infertility. Many talk about how wonderful children are, yet some are not able to…

fact transform. His transformation takes place throughout all three seasons of Sherlock. He first starts off as a recently returned Afghan medical doctor in the British Army struggling from PTSD. He’s leading a boring life and looking for a place to rent that’s cheap. If we look at the first step of schema that Seger set for us in her version of the “Hero’s Myth” then John Watson is right on track: “In most hero stories, the hero is introduced in ordinary surroundings, in a mundane world, doing…

The rise of industrial capitalism proved that American was advancing both in resources and profit. Captains of industry controlled large monopolies who sought out to destroy smaller competition. The American economy was reshaped by these larger enterprises which corrupted the system and made living as a lower classman more of a punishment than a reward. Immigrants who fled their previous countries where on a search for prosperity, large monopolies took advantage of their desperation to make a…

“Whether you’re fisherman or a slave of the Chinese. It might be easier if I worked where I could hold a book and pen” Sari Math says. That’s the aspiration of the young Cambodian man who lives in a rural Cambodia. With the poor conditions of lives, they don’t have enough ability to control their lives. That’s a piece of the stories in A River Changes Course which is a 2013 documentary film by Kalyanee Mam. She is a Cambodian American, and she is shocked when she first sees what Cambodia looks…

For a brief instant, she leaned into me and rested her head on my chest, seeking comfort. I wanted to taste her hair. Her Azahar swirled around me. With a deep breath, I wrapped my arms around her. She pulled away. “You could use a drink.” I held the door for her. “I have a bottle of sherry, but no glasses.” She shook her head…

2.5 Culture China is renowned for its cultural traditions and symbols such as dragons, colourful celebrations and cuisine. China’s culture consists of 55 ethnic groups (China Highlights, 2016). The largest group is the Han Chinese made of 90% of China 's population (China Highlights, 2016). Other groups include the Tibetans, the Mongols, the Manchus, the Naxi, and the Hezhen. Mandarin is the official language based on the Beijing dialect and is spoken by the majority of the population, mainly…

Introduction Chinese immigrants to the United States quickly learned they faced an uphill battle when it came to basic survival, yet they never quit fighting to make better lives for themselves and for future generations. Initially, Chinese gathered together in Chinatowns across the United States and maintained a high degree of heritage consistency. They were originally resistant to adopt Western concepts of medicine, but after time, began to incorporate both allopathic and traditional…