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and the financial state of the school. Year round school has been proven to improve students' attitudes towards school. Many students prefer year-round school as opposed to the traditional school calendar (Worthen). A study performed by the University of Southern Mississippi finds that positive attitudes affect grades. In this study, they saw that those had negative attitudes towards school and their work did not achieve as well…

Poetry has the unique ability to transport readers to a different time period, or get a glimpse into another person’s thoughts and emotions. The specific context of a poem is one of its most important aspects. The context of a poem refers to the way a poem reflects, shapes, and speaks back to a historical time period, culture, or social issue. Poets are able to capture the essence of a past event through their use of words. One poem that I feel has a clear context is Facing It by Yusef…

December in 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The following year, in the middle of February, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 that allowed for the relocation of all those living in coastal Washington, Oregon, and California with Japanese ancestry. Those living on the West coast were relocated to desolate places far away from the Pacific Ocean and placed in camps with other Japanese Americans. There were a few reasons for the relocation of Japanese Americans in…

four years of being age legal to gamble in California. My friends and I love to explore the variety of Native American establishments that southern California has to offer, but some are more enjoyable then others because of pros and cons. The main feature that these casinos have in common is that they are always in the middle of nowhere far from the freeway and in rural empty, vast covered areas. With over sixty-one Native American casinos in California it is safe to say that the demand for…

“One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them” (Huxley 160). Have you ever thought that you should question what was in your primary and secondary school history textbooks? Textbooks that are written by experts are voted on by the state school board. If the content of the textbooks does not meet the board’s standards, the textbook is not adopted, even if what the expert wrote is fact based. In recent years, state school boards have started to scrub history textbooks to…

estradiol and prolactin in men. Along with the changes in hormones, there are sleep deprivation and stress that help contribute a father going into postpartum depression. To support his story, Mr. Quenqua refers to research conducted at University of Southern California. I investigated the research myself and read the original source. Researchers Saxbe, Schetter, Simon, Adam & Shalowitz published the article;…

All my life I have been told to thank God for the things I have. Ever since I was a child, I would work to earn my money and buy things I wanted myself because I knew my family didn’t have enough money. That made me wish that my family was a little richer; that we had better things. Then I learned that there are people in the world who have nothing. There are people who are homeless and who have nothing but the clothes on their back. Homelessness is a big social problem around the world, but…

When thinking of America and all the opportunity that it is known for, most usually tend to think about Hollywood. The land of show-business and endless opportunities that allow them to be a part of the spotlight. With this idea, we also like to carry that everyone’s opportunity is parallel. Unfortunately, this might show to be false. In short, Hollywood seems to have a linear approach on how they go about their production, to be blunt, Hollywood has a massive issue with its diversity within…

The Challenges and Rewards of Modern Composition When one considers the word “musician”, the first image that often comes to mind is a performer on stage playing popular, rock, or classical music. However, what many do not realize is that there is a large range of mediums through which one can present music. Some of these methods include writing music to accompany a visual or interactive component such as television or video games. Despite the number of opportunities for original music, the art…

Stereotype threat is situation where individuals are at risk of confirming or accepting negative stereotype about their respective group. Stereotype threat research has become more popular in the science fields, especially in the psychology and neuroscience areas of focus. Stereotype threat research has broadened into several important focus areas. These focus areas of stereotype threat consist of academics, memory loss, and athletic and work-related performances. Stereotype threats typically…