Star Trek: The Motion Picture

When people ask what I want to do with my future, I notice myself jumping to the thought of making my mother proud. Growing up, my mom had always taught me to be kind, have courage and conquer the world. Growing up, I was bullied. I was discriminated against because of my appearance, I was underestimated because I was quiet; I was hidden in the shadow of others. It wasn’t until when I was 9. My mom was diagnosed with cervical spinal stenosis. Prior to the surgery, the surgeon warned my mom that…

Introduction Communication in the workplace is being clouded by the constant growth of business and the barriers affiliated with such growth. Organizations need to be proactive in their dealings with barriers and gaining knowledge and adopting policy and procedures, without knowledge and a plan in place, the optimal success of an organization will be crippled (Manoela, & Cecilia, 2013). Barriers to communication are not easy to overcome and new barriers are invading workplaces daily, in order…

"Go to school, make good grades, get a great job and retire with a pension!" This was the advice passed down from generation to generation for at least the last one hundred years. And how many of us remember 2008? The year that most Millennials were supposed to take on life, or the American Dream for themselves. And then BAM! Most students graduated with at least 80k in student loans, and then no decent jobs to help pay all of that back. Obviously we attribute that to the Real Estate bubble…

Technology is constantly changing, forcing the new generation, also known as Millennials, to lose the real concept of life. With technology, and social media at the fingertips of most young adults, real life human contact is starting to become a thing of the past. A study done by Pew Research Center reported that 92% of teens reported going online daily (Lenhart). With an amount that high, it becomes very clear that technology is becoming an everyday thing for most Millennials. In Simon Sinek’s…

Dear, Ms. Stewart I think you need to call Mrs. Bruss and get her back because the teacher we have now isn’t a good teacher. Mr. Suarez is a nightmare he enforces things that doesn’t even need to be enforced and no other teacher enforces it just him. The reasons I think that you should bring me Mrs. Bruss back. I don’t think anyone in this school likes Mr. Suarez he is a nightmare. This kind of teaching shouldn’t be allowed when we come into class he tells us to sit our laptops on the desk by…

Aubrey Drake Graham, also known as Drake, is a famous singer, songwriter, artist, and actor. Throughout his career, he has been known for many other things besides his music such as playing the role of Jimmy Brooks, a physically disabled character on Degrassi. He has a number of fans who admire what he does and look up to him, especially from his new single God’s Plan where he seems to be doing good things in the rural areas, local Miami schools, and others. Although one can see the good…

The Motion Picture Production Code (MPPC), or more famously known as The Hays Code, was set into motion in the 1930s and was ultimately discontinued in the 1960s. The MPPC, affected hundreds of films throughout that time period, I will be focusing on how it affected films like 1932’s Scarface and 1942’s Casablanca. Both of these films, came out after the code was released with a 10 year interval in between. These films were both heavily affected by the code and had to make many changes to adapt…

chance to break out of that constant conformity and make whatever movie they could come up with. The caution didn’t come in just a caption about the movie - it came in a certain rating system that the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO), Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), and International Film Importers and Distributors of America (IFIDA) came up with. “There were initially four categories films were placed under. G for General Audiences — all ages admitted. M for Mature…

In 1930 a code known as the Motion Picture Production Code was established. The Production Code was the determining factor of what could be shown on screen. The Code preached that films were to never corrupt the moral standards of the viewers, every film must present realistic standards of life, and the films were to never disrespect the law. Nudity, references to sexuality, sexual behavior, rape, children’s sex organs, white-slavery, sex hygiene and miscegenation were not to be shown. Subjects…

Generations are like advancing technology. They continuously evolve and build upon themselves. As generations rise and fall, their history follows and unfolds for the next generation. This then gives birth to character, the synthesis of human genetics and growth of unique personality through life experiences. Generations and character are both prominent themes in the novel, The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan. The four mothers in the novel represent the older, Chinese traditional generation and their…