The Equalizer

In our society, the notion of education is designed to act as pathways to opportunities that will help us discover a successful career. Considering the military, in order to be commissioned as an officer in the Navy, Marines, Air Force, Army, or Coast Guard, one must excel in high school in order to be admitted into one of the respective academies or ROTC units around the nation. It seems as if members of all races who are actively interested in serving in the armed forces as an officer and are…

Gender roles appear to be directly related and shaped by sexuality in August Strindberg´s novel, It essentially depicts how females may initially defy social norms but will eventually give in to their sexual desires hence become inferior again. In Miss Julie the female and male roles are questioned constantly, and ultimately Strindberg humiliates women that attempt to transcend their conventional gender norms through Julie. The interactions between Miss Julie, a high class female and Jean, her…

Money is everything--at least, according to the affluent. In 2017, eight dollars of every ten dollars was acquired by the wealthiest one percent in America (“Oxfam: The 1% grabbed 82%,” 2018). Americans strive to manifest wealth in their lives to achieve satisfaction. The more dollar bills one has the higher one can stack them so he or she can ascend higher on the social hierarchy. This philosophy of always having money on the mind is prevalent in Rebecca Harding Davis’s novella “Life in the…

According to the CNBC “Why Does a College Degree Cost so Much” by John W Schoen, education at a 4 year public university has risen about 80% since 1992 while privates have risen about 110%. College is referred to as the great equalizer all over throughout the United States and, once again referring to Declining by Degrees, ever since the Regan year’s people realized that one can take advantage of higher education to get ahead economically. This led to the decision that the burden…

that every kid had the same internet access to school resources. This is in an attempt to counteract the phenomenon discussed in Stone’s Policy Paradox (2002). This book also talked about government assistance and questioning whether it could be an equalizer or a disadvantage with the example of Oscar Pistorius and his special prosthetic feet. I thought these two sections went hand in hand since many people find that there are people that rely on government assistance too much and also people…

The Views on English Colonization on Slavery: Aphra Behn and Frederick Douglas The colonization of the Europeans in America made a huge impact in 1600s when they came to America and founded Jamestown in 1607. With the English now in America, they began to implement their own culture and ideas in a variety of ways. One of these ways included the introduction of slavery as a need for labor; primarily plantation and agricultural labor. Life for…

“Yes We Can” were the words of a 47-year old African American senator from Illinois who would become the first Black President of the United States. I remember watching CNN as the grand projection came in and seeing crowds of people in tears of joy. Holding hands and chanting in excitement, it seemed as though a big weight had been lifted off the nation’s shoulders. Black, white and brown appeared to have become one for a night. The important thing to know is that we weren’t always separate. In…

The roles are Provider, Teacher, Bridge-builder, Mediator, Arbiter, Equalizer, Healer, and Witness. I believe that the Veterans who helped out at Standing Rock play the role of a Peacekeeper. The role of a peacekeeper in William Ury’s the Third Side is to provide safety and peace to vulnerable victims that are easily opened…

Death, destruction, and mayhem are just a few of the vestiges of modern war present throughout the United State Civil War. This conflict was based on industrialization moving to the boundaries of total war. The American Civil War is the first modern war due to innovation in technology. This is because of advances in weaponry, logistic, and communications. The industrial Revolution allowed for the greatest level of production in human history, which in turn led to the greatest level of…

“Breadlines and debt” are two words that set the tone for the desperation and other feelings common among many people at the time of the Great Depression. This rough, dreadful feeling provides the backdrop for To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, a story about the daughter of a lawyer in a small Alabama town that faces internal hardship and conflict; a conflict in which her father is in knee-deep. The author, Harper Lee, used many connections to actual historical events and concepts to build and…