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    The case of Lau v Nichols involved non-English-speaking students of Chinese ancestry in the San Francisco, CA school district. Of the 2,800 non-English-speaking students, about 1,800 did not receive specialized English language learning instruction (Summary of Lau v Nichols 1974). This prompted the students not receiving additional English instruction to file a class-action suit against the officials of the San Francisco School District (Summary of Lau v Nichols 1974). Both the district court…

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    Social Observation

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    Social Interaction in Public Spaces In this final paper, I am focused on people’s interaction in public restaurants, and how I could find connections to our class concept. Similarly to my second paper, I decided to do participant observation again because it works better for me. Purposely, I opted to observe to restaurants that are different in many aspects, especially in the people that often go to these restaurants. I did my observation in the Epic Café and Athens on the 4th Avenue. The…

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    Guns should be banned because they are too violent, without them the world would be more peaceful, and crime rates would decrease. This society gun is the best thing for us to have in this world to protect yourself from someone harm us, and our family as well. Have you wondering if the guns were banned we wouldn’t worry about people threaten us and stealing our stuff from our house because they don’t have power to harmed people, without weapon they become weaker also less violence and less…

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    In recent discussions of freedom, a frequent question asked is this, “what is the meaning of freedom?” It can be said that freedom is defined by different people as different . That being said, depending on a person's situation, their own meaning for freedom will change accordingly. The individual in search of freedom must realize what the definition of freedom means to himself , and make sacrifices correspondingly. In order to understand why one’s goal of personal freedom is one thing, several…

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    tends to use scenarios of real life and bring them to her story. The character of Arnold Friend harsh reality that Oates includes in her story is that demons like Arnold exist. Arnold Friend’s character was very well perceived as the Pied Piper of Tucson who was a mass murderer who killed teens.(Hurley 372). Because she brought lifelike realities into the story, Oates maintained the presence evil around Friend throughout the story. A lot of clues in the story…

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    Annotated Bibliography Ahmed, Sarah. “A Phenomenology of Whiteness.” Feminist Theory. 8.2 (2007): 149-68. PDF. Ahmed argues that Whiteness can be understood more completely by approaching it through phenomenology. She posits that Whiteness, as a dominant ideological construct, situates bodies and objects in particular relationships. By studying the ways that those bodies and objects interact, and which bodies and objects draw attention to their interaction (a non-white body in a white space…

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    Jesse Owens Thesis

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    country a lot to speak at conventions and other business gatherings. In addition he received honorary awards like “World’s Fastest Human”, Presidential Medal of Freedom, “Greatest Track-and-Field athlete” etc. Sadly Jesse Owens died of lung cancer in Tucson, Arizona, at the young age of 66 on March 31, 1980 because he smoked up to a pack of cigarettes a day for most his life. He rested setting seven world records during his career. Jesse Owens and his friendship with Long made a statement and…

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    infringing upon the individual right, but must enact responsible gun laws for the good of the country and its future. Due to the lack of gun control, America has been impacted by several different shootings. One specific example of this was the shooting in Tucson,…

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    overrepresentation of African Americans in discipline data. Hispanics however were also overrepresented in their data which is contrasting to Walter’s Elementary. The Hispanic population percentages of the study body were also drastically higher at Tucson Unified Schools. Personal Perspective: Greatest Issue in School Discipline Today The most prevalent issue in school discipline today is insubordination/disorderly conduct. These issues are most often addressed by dispensing in or out-of-school…

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    What Effect do Gun Modifications Have On Our Society Today? Have you ever wondered how gun modifications affect our society today? Did you know that you have the ability to legally make a semi-automatic rifle, perform and act like a automatic rifle by utilizing legal gun modifications? In most mass shooting cases today, shooters often utilize gun modifications such as bump stocks, single stage triggers, optic sights, muzzle breaks and quick extended magazine release clips, which are all legal…

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