The World State

Music has always been world music, it’s not just old concert pieces from dead men of the past. Here we like to think of world music as music from outside the United States, but in other countries we become the other people, we become the world music to them or at least part of it. My dad when I was growing up listened to a lot of jazz. He grew up in south Louisiana, moved to north Louisiana and then finally moved to Texas, so he grew up in a culture of jazz. We always had some kind of it playing…

epidemic in the United States and across the world. Becoming houseless is not ideal, it can make life very difficult. Throughout the world, more and more people are becoming houseless for a variety of reasons. Being houseless could mean living on the streets or even living out of a car. The quality of someone’s life can be determined by three things; their health, comfort, and happiness. Being houseless can be defined as a low quality of life, because it is a depressing state, unable to provide…

World War II ended on September 2, 1945 when German leader, Adolf Hitler, killed himself. The end of this detrimental war was good news for the U.S. but it was the start of an arms race between America and the Soviet Union which was another reason that women in the workforce became more common. While the war was still in action and women began to take on "man's work" most people just assumed that women would just go back to their housewive lives once the war ended. After the war, women were…

my own teaching practices. As human beings we continuously dissecting the reality of the world we are in and what we perceive in our own point of view. That viewpoint is bendable and, through practice along with perseverance we learn to critically reflect and eliminates our personal biases. One can only see the world through their own lens nevertheless have connects with others on their perception of the world. Therefore, enquiry is an irreplaceable mythology. Furthermore, as teachers we must…

today’s leading technology giant, to our Local Blue Ridge Mac. In Brave New World, a novel by Aldous Huxley, civilization becomes tedious, and the citizens depend excessively on technology . The citizens especially rely abundantly on Soma, a pleasure drug, which becomes addictive and is found to slowly kill them. Additionally Soma is also a powerful influence of technology and science on society. The discussions, Brave New World, The Circle, 1984, articles, and the judgement of other peers, has…

In today’s world, many people try to define success in terms of having power over others, winning over others, or the ability to dominate others. On the other hand, many assume that items of material value will be enough to make them happy and successful. But this type of happiness is temporary and short-lived. Therefore, those who help others and give generously find a type of fulfillment that extends beyond position or title. By helping others, they find an authority that reaches into their…

For pathos in the text it states, “ however neither dystopia nor utopia is our destination. Rather technology is taking us to a protopia more accurately we have already arrived in protopia” (pg.13). This quote appeals to the emotional response of the readers because it talks about world we all live in together. A protopia is about moving forward slowly improving over time and technology is the key. For logos in the text it states, “ In three decades since then, this technological…

easy to stay down when the world is constantly trying to keep you there, but the strong people in this world are the ones who pick themselves up from the ground and transform their lives. A perfect example of someone who exemplifies radical and powerful transformation is Jimmy Santiago Baca. In his memoir A Place to Stand, Baca explains how his experience in prison changed the person that he was when he entered and he was in fact made new like he was a child again. He states, “I was that child,…

natural world. God gave humans command over the world, its animals, and also the responsibility to maintain it. Somehow, at some period of time humans started to take advantage of the earth, no longer taking just what they needed but rather what they desired. Is the fall to blame for this? Did humans fall out of harmony with nature as they fell out of the garden of Eden? Whether all humans believe in this myth or not, most of the history in relationships with other humans and the natural world…

The world is becoming a smaller place and yet more competitive. Someone living in Japan can share ideas with a person across the globe thanks to the internet. Ideas from one part of the world can change events in another part of the world in a moment’s notice. A company in the United States can outsource their manufacturing base to other countries. For example, in Charlotte, NC there used to be many textile factories, but they have moved to other parts of the world. Globalization, has caused a…