The Equalizer

Chapter 1 (Every Trip Is a Quest (Expect When It’s Not)) In this chapter, the author explains why a character takes a trip using symbolic reasons. The character does not just take a trip, they take a quest. “The reason for a quest is always self-knowledge (Foster 3).” A quest is usually a person looking for the Holy Grail, going to a store for bread; these tasks of varying nobility. When the character goes on a quest, there is never a stated reason why the character goes on the quest. An…

In the past education was considered a great equalizer, being able to lift the poor from poverty and allowing them to have a better economic future. The access to education in the past was easier. Today the less fortunate have a harder time acquiring an education. People are told that if they are well educated, they will have a bright future and succeed in their lives. The main reason why people attend college is not just to gain knowledge but to make money. The children from rich families tend…

procedures, the biggest difference being in the filter used, and that the Chemex can also serve as your coffee’s carafe. You can watch how to brew with the Chemex in this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaaRlwMQ9J8). Let’s look at the great equalizer - cleanup and portability. Both the Hario V60 and Chemex have filters that you can simply throw away after use. However, the Chemex makes for a literally bigger cleanup responsibility, especially if you also use it as a carafe to serve…

Being able to protect your family is very important. This is something to think about and something to remember. Anything can happen. We need to be aware of this. I am a strong believer in keeping the second amendment because this gives me the opportunity to protect my family as well as myself. Gun control means well, but it will not solve problems. It will make issues worse and develop bigger problems. While some think, gun control prevents negative action we need to understand things…

The Pitch I lived and worked as a musician in Los Angeles, California through the1990’s, I am a guitar player/singer -songwriter. During that time I had worked with amazing musicians, engineers, producers, and over time, I had developed a good network of relationships within the industry, which is a great position to be in, because, in LA, it’s not what you know, but who you know. Over the years, I had my own project going, a band called Cranium Lounge. This band was run by myself and my singer…

PharmaCARE had great results when creating the drug AD23 for diabetic use. When PharmaCARE discovered that the drug could not only help diabetic patients but also alzehiner patients, the company saw increased profit revenues. The management and upper executives of PharmaCARE saw a way to make more money for them. The company reacted prematurely in getting the drug out to Alzheimer’s patients. Ethical issues were violated when the company avoided the FDA approval of the new compound of AD23. By…

will promote and instill within children the idea of doing well in school and achieving financial stability. An article discusses how effective education is (Tavernise, 2012). The article discusses how education was historically considered a great equalizer in American society, capable of lifting less advantaged children and improving their chances for success as adults. However, in a recent published scholarship suggests that the achievement gap between rich and poor children is widening, a…

For the past few decades, college expenses have been rising at a rate of roughly 7% each year since the 1970 's, which is almost three times the rate of inflation. Since 1985, the overall consumer price index has risen 115% while the college education inflation rate has risen nearly 500%. Annual incomes have not been enough to get students through college leaving many students deep in debt of up to tens of thousands of dollars with no way out. The rising of tuition effects current students…

Tracing the origin of standardized testing led to the discovery that educational pioneer Horace Mann had the idea of implementing a system of testing measured achievement and provided equal opportunities for all children. Previously an assessment of accomplishment, these tests morphed into a standard of ability. Intelligence tests grew in popularity in the twentieth century. The Army Alpha and Beta Tests identified and separated the slower learners from the highest achievers. The Scholastic…

2000 Word Pre-Essay The American Dream There is so many things that people don’t know about the American dream because a lot of the facts about the American dream because some but one in the 19th century dream places help the society about the determined Germans fled the failed revolution in the 1840s lots of people have noticed that the despite of the American experience is one sociologist of success and families everything that is in the American dream is all true and when it is true…