Slacker

to the Ku Klux Klan to get too violent as they also went after night clubs, road houses, unfair business dealings, along with sex scandals. In 1941, when the United States entered in World War II, the KKK defended the country from "alien enemies, slackers, idlers, strike leaders, and immoral women," along with African Americans, Catholics, and Jews ("Ku Klux Klan—Extremism in America"). This was a big problem during World War II because not only did President Franklin Roosevelt have to deal with…

The Impact of Technology on the Music Industry How are things different in the music industry compare to how it was in the past now that technology change it? This is part of the field of Information Technology (I.T) because it is part of the entertainment district and the entertainment district uses. Technology that made it flourish,so when technology evolve so does the entertainment district especialy the music industry.Online buying of music help’s the music industry for the better because it…

Best filmmaker in the 1920’s? Charlie Chaplin. Chaplin changed the way films were produced and how they were seen. Compare what technology is today to what it used to be. Imagine watching a black and white movie with no talking nor outside sounds. Watching a movie today at the movie theater you can almost feel the vibration from how loud it is. Chaplin was able to produce and star in silent films and he still was able to get his point across. Today when people watch a movie, there are multiple…

THE RAINES LAW ROOM, 1:30 AM. There is a light rain settling upon the city, Sebastien is absent. “Love’s an idea, not a feeling. Don’t be so foolish, Ralph.” A drunk and miserable Corinthian spouts, a glass sitting loosely in her right and a cigarette clutched tight between her left hand fingers. “We feel some sort of fictitious… admiration, whereas our mind translates this into some over idealized bullshit…” She pauses. “I-I don’t know where I was going with this.” Ralph sighs, shaking his…

In high school, Susan had always been a slacker as a popular girl she never had many people depending on her as she depended on people. Until a group project, she had a project which would account for half of her grade in class and each student in the group had sections to finish, on their own. For the first time in her life others depended on her to finish her part of the project or she would be accountable for the other people’s poor grade in the class and she can not handle the pressure.…

contribute to a social cause. However, activist activities online are often described as slacktivism which is defined by Cerise Glenn in her article Activism or "Slacktivism?" Digital Media and Organizing for Social Change, as a combination of the words "slacker" and "activism" where minimal time, effort, and mobilization [are] used to attempt to solve a social issue (82). To help a cause, users can be in the comfort of their home and use a technological device to feel as if they have…

Motherhood has been viewed as a glorified state throughout decades and mothers have been held to a high standard. Abby Arnold, the author of “The Rhetoric of Motherhood”, explains that these views have “became the justification for political and economic restrictions on women, the foundation for placing on the mother sole responsibility for how her children developed.” Through our language, lack of considering the fathers roles, corporate structure and stereotypes, we are still stuck with these…

To fully understand the way organizations function, Ray Fisman and Tim Sullivan examine nearly all the components involved in creating a successful operation. In the second chapter Fisman and Sullivan (F&S) discuss the development and designing of jobs. To help their readers gain a complete sense of this process, F&S examined the police force and how they function. They reviewed a study conducted by Peter Moskos, a Harvard sociology graduate student. In his efforts to gain full access to the…

A Dreamer’s Nightmare The play “The Death Of A Salesman” conveys the tragedy of the American Dream. Willy Loman’s high hopes and blind ambition lead to despair and suicide. Similar to most ambitious self seekers, Willy Loman struggles to identify himself as a middling salesman and alters reality in order to fulfill his unrealistic version of the “American Dream.” The “American Dream” can spark ambition and perseverance in people with high moral values and ideals. It can also destroy a person…

Teens everywhere in the world, tall or small, black or white, repeat certain actions, oblivious that they even do them. Overtime, however, our habits define us more than just our expressive attire; they make or break us. Sean Covey wrote the book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens to inform teens to about the characteristics that happy and successful adolescents have in common. Through consistently choosing and applying the principles of Covey’s seven habits, teens increase personal power in…