The Rich Kids

Vaca learns about someone new in there neighborhood and from first sight hates the new kid Martin. Vaca’s conflict with Martin helps Vaca learn to not judge a book by its cover. Vaca initially doesn't like Martin because he believes that Martin is rich so the treat him badly, but he eventually changes his views on Martin When Vaca first sees Martin he has a strong dislike for him since Vaca thinks Martin is rich, Martin throws a clod of dirt at Vaca and his brother which only strengthened his…

The director Steven Soderbergh goal was to show all sides of the drug trafficking work, from the poor, to the rich, to the king pin drug dealers. He aimed to show what the real root cause of drug trafficking is and what is the evils of drugs can be. This film portrayed all aspects equally and his point was strong and extremely powerful; some of scenes seemed dreadfully stereotypical and not fair to Mexican people, Black people, and even white females. The cinematography use of color in this…

The song isn’t Rock or anything bad, it’s more of a smoothing type of song. Other people have there own reasons why they enjoy reading or they are forced to read. For example on page 23, the kid was ‘’forced” to read because he wanted to be rich. The later on the teacher told him to relax and to calm down. Thats something similar with me and the song. Why i read is because it could be important to use in the future, i believe it'll help us in life or now. Most…

For those kids who come from rich families or middle class families, they don’t worry about their basic needs of living. Their innate sense of superiority gives them confidence in doing everything. Since their young ages, the parents have done quite a lot of things to make sure their kids to be great. They send their kids to different kinds of after-school programs or activities to explore their talents. They teach their kids by sharing their experiences and culture…

In the first chapter of Putnam’s Our Kids, he brings forth his main argument and uses his own home town to back up his claims. Putnam argues that while racial inequality has dwindled, class inequality has dramatically increased. He impresses upon his readers that this increase in class inequality has directly influenced a growing gap in equality of opportunity, which threatens the very American Dream that the USA has been founded on. He attempts to prove his point by using the small scale…

I am giving my book “When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit” by Judith Kerr a 3 and these are some of the reasons why. In the very beginning of this book the author made you want to keep reading and never stop. She did this by explaining each character a little each time you read about them. Also, she would put in some humor while getting to know the characters. For example, when Anna explained to her father how Fraulein Lambeck said that she adores her father in much more than a friendly way, but…

Holden’s life, a kid who is searching for a mean of escape from his reality. While Superassassin, talks about the life of a kid who is obsessed with comics and uses superheroes as role models. Holden’s and the Kid’s personality is similar, although their situation is not the same. Holden and the Kid are both troubled teens, looking for means of escape. Their troubled teenage years started with the lack of a family member. For Holden, it is the death of his brother, Allie, and for the Kid it…

truth without an in-depth understanding of the object. The teachers, the police officers, and the community as a whole have labeled the Saints as the “good boys” or “smart kids” despite the fact that they are secretly…

Snacks to keep your kids healthy “Don’t eat that!”, “Enough of those chips!”, “You’ll spoil your appetite!!”…do these dialogues sound familiar? Probably because we have all grown up listening to our mothers say all this, but never really understood the rationale behind them. After all, we were just snacking! But as mothers now, you find yourselves echoing the same dialogues to your kids, all the time! Youcannot just let them ruin their appetites on a packet of unhealthy chips, can you? So what…

The book “Our Kids: the American Dream in Crisis” by Robert Putnam, argues that societies income gap is increasingly getting wider, and as a result opportunity gap is getting wider for young children in American. The rich kids of America are given better opportunities to prosper in society, but those in the lower class aren’t given the same chances. Furthermore, the author uses statistic and stories from other’s lives to prove his thesis right. Also the author provides a solution to this…