The Tough

America's "get tough on crime" law has had little effect on reducing crime. They have largely been trumped by the economic realities brought on by the Great Recession of the early 21st century. The get-tough laws did not always work. It was implemented as a form of slowing recidivism. The get tough on crime law tried to put a handle on the revolving door of offenders who got out, commit another crime and return back to confinement. However, there have been legal challenges, and questions…

“No Child Left Behind law in 2002 brought a new urgency to the issue of poverty within the classroom.” In the article “The Class Consciousness Raiser,” Paul Tough explains how author Ruby Payne held a lecture for teachers to create a better understanding of how to connect with students of different class backgrounds. Tough also explains how Ruby Payne became successful and the observations she made that lead her there. Payne is a motivation to teachers everywhere because she believes that…

actions of a man she sees on television (cite). The movie Tough Guise also provides some facts about violence, stating 99% of rape cases are caused by men and that 86% cases of domestic violence are caused by men (cite). Media provides an important perspective on social attitudes, and that while the media are not the cause of violent behaviour in men and boys, they do portray male violence as a normal expression go masculinity (cite – Katz tough…

In the Odysseus’s life and experiences that he had to face relate to the tough experiences I and other teenagers have went through. Throughout the Odyssey, Odysseus had to choose really tough decisions just like me. Though he was on a journey to be re-united to the love of his life, and his son, and I am on my journey of life. Also, Odysseus’s problems might be a little more complicated than what i face, they still are hard to deal with. When I was born I had been diagnosed with an irregular…

each other for advice. Giving advice continues to be the main way people solve their problems when in tough situations. There are two kinds of people in this world; the kind that take advice from people and use it, and those who constantly ask for advice but never follow it, better known as “askholes.” Some may think that askholes are annoying, but being an askhole can be beneficial when making tough decisions. Take Sandy, she is a high school senior trying to figure out where she wants her…

In the article “Who Gets to Graduate” by Paul Tough, a writer, speaker, and journalists. In this piece he describes the graduation gap and what causes this division to occur throughout the educational system. Tough acknowledges, “... quarter of college freshmen born into the bottom half of the income distribution will manage to collect a bachelor’s degree by age 24… 90[%] of freshmen…

level of masculinity. These characteristics range from not crying when they get hurt to being and playing violently. The socialization of masculinity in our society begins as early as the first stages of childhood. In the video documentary called "Tough Guise," Jackson Katz, succeeds in providing a persuasive examination of the relationship between the images in pop culture and the social…

Do you think that Sucker’s becoming a tough kid is a good thing? Yes and my reasoning is that first Sucker will be able to be more effective in the workplace b since he is used to being yelled at and he is able to just sit there and take it. Also since he Sucker talked about wanting to move to Alaska his traits of being q tough will be very useful. My first reason that he will be more productive in the workplace since he can be yelled at and just shrug it off. I believe that he will be more…

According to sexual violence educator Jackson Katz, in the documentary Tough Guise – Violence Media and the Crisis in Masculinity: “Even though the crime rates in general have been coming down in recent years, the rape rate hasn’t, the sexual abuse rate hasn’t” (Tough Guise). Why this change? With the advent of the Internet, pornography is more widely available than ever before and this fact can help throw some light…

your hotel room is easy. But being a Christian, that’s a tough call. That’s real rebellion.” Alice Cooper put what every Christian struggles with all into one quote. Many events, people, or even ideas open doors for Christians to doubt and sometimes rebel against their own beliefs. The impact these doubts give Christians is something exhausting to work through on their own. I agree with Alice Cooper’s quote that being a Christian is tough, especially in today’s society. Examples being,…