Totem pole

instability, and when stable, not a stable enough income. I couldn’t have agreed with you more, Aaron. Even though in the United States, we do not follow a “system” that India has, it’s interesting to see how the arts is always at the bottom of the totem pole in terms of “societal priorities.” In America, the most funds and attention go towards…

helps me realize the fact that peer pressure can come in so many different ways and different ages. Rosalind Wiseman says, “from the sixth grade to the eighth grade, a girl can lose her position to another girl, and she can move up and down on the totem pole.” This gives me a better understanding that peer pressure is not just limited to a certain group of people. It could happen to anyone no matter the race, religion, or…

for film, radio, television, music, electronic products and computer games." - ("Audio Engineer") But one in that type of work needs years of experience and has to be known by a few people and good at the job. When first starting out there is a totem pole everyone goes through everywhere in every job. Someone is always the fresh meat, the people just starting out. These people are looked over by someone called their "mentor" to make sure everything is correct and the learning process is there…

Among those who joined the Guild was one of Walt's highest-ranking animators, Art Babbitt. Babbitt, who was known for developing the infamous character Goofy, had a very strong sense of justice. Despite being higher on the totem pole than others, he felt that the pay structure was unfair and very disorganized. Art was a generous man; so gregarious that he would often pay his assistant out of his own pockets when Walt would refuse to give him a raise.5 He had always sympathized with the omegas of…

David Harris immigrated from Iran to America when he was 18 years old. He only came to America with a few dollar bills and took out loans for school to further his education. He is now a successful dentist and has repaid all of his school dental loans and achieved the American Dream. The American Dream does not need alteration or recreation because it is obtainable and motivating. Anyone, no matter the background can achieve the American Dream. Despite the misconception that the American Dream…

mind because there are power dynamics between classes which results in lack of collaboration or support of one another. Advertisements causes boundaries creating this hierarchy. People of color, for instance, are viewed as being the bottom of the totem pole and inferior; Caucasian individuals are ideally superior. People of color have to work for everything they have, because very few come inherits wealth. This is shown throughout Seitz’s “The Offensive Movie Cliche’ That Won’t Die.” Seitz…

Chapter eight, illustrates the unlevel playing field throughout the work-force and in general life. This is often due to racism and sexism. When it comes to family versus career, women experience a bigger perceived role conflict between these two aspects compared to men. This often occurs when one’s job conflicts with another. Some employers assume women are temporary workers, due to the chance of a childbirth. This precludes the opportunity for top level positions forcing women to adhere to…

Death As Inevitability In ‘Totem’ Plath once described this poem as “a pile of interconnected images like a totem pole” (Padel, 2013). Even the title resounds a spiritual significance. A totem is kinship related, and the interconnected images that compose the poetic totem explore an almost ritual, visceral blood relationship to death in which all life forms are implicated. Life, thus, is adopted as an emblem for death. Plath’s Totem is in fact a culmination of her fatalistic attitude, the…

Equitable, Fair, and Just Business Dictionary defines Business Ethics as, “equitable, fair, and just dealing with people that, although pragmatically flexible according to the situation and times, conforms to self-imposed high standards of public conduct.” Using that as a baseline for this discussion, I work in an organization were information and plans are passed that is sensitive in nature. Because of this, there is a robust credentialing process for the various tiers of material, who can…

Caesar’s involvement in Gallic wars: Best for Roman Empire or Self-Promotion? Julius Caesar, one of many glorious Roman leaders, was a well known military leader but he was also known for being a gigantic narcissist. So, was he justified in getting involved in the Gallic wars? To understand Caesar’s reasoning behind getting into the war, we must first know what happened in Gaul. Caesar was on a military high in a military low. He had just gotten noticed as a great military leader and…