Upward Bound

ways of the world in order to make their own wealth. (Insert Concluding Sentence :D) James Gatz wasn’t born rich. He dreamed of wealth and the happiness that supposedly accompanied it. While discussing Gatsby as a boy his father said, “Jimmy was bound to get ahead. He always had some resolves like this or something. Do you notice what he’s got about improving his mind? He was always great for that”. Mr. Gatz also noted that one day Gatsby, who was of course known then as James Gatz, commented…

monologue defined a scared man who could not “provide for his son,” allowing for his son to lead a better life than he did. If people were lucky enough to provide for themselves during this time, the ignorance that riddled every inhabitant in the alley bound them to their circumstances. Hussain was adamant that he could “make double” after the war was over, yet his downfall ironically contradicted his boastful tone. He did not save any money and had to return to depending on his parents, in the…

Everything in my life has changed between polar opposites. I grew up in two completely different economic statuses. If there is one thing I learned, it is that family bonds can fill voids of superficial needs, and yet sometimes family bonds are broken. I myself, decided the best way to fill any void was school. I lived in El Paso, Texas, until I was nine. It seemed most stayed inside to hide from demons lurking the streets. My family had our own demons, and it seemed we tried to keep them…

(1. Discuss each of the three factors. Please explain each and discuss why they are associated with corporate crime. The three factors are A) A drive for profit, B) Structure of organization and C) Corporate Culture.) Money drives people to do things that they wouldn’t normally do. Companies especially want to succeed and make money. Some companies set this lofty goal for themselves and simply do not have the ability to live up to them. They strive for something they can’t have. This hunger…

Maryland’s wage-labor during the early 1800’s. No matter the age, race, ethnicity, or gender, the people of Baltimore struggled and “scraped by” in order to survive. Rockman challenges the notion that the early republic was a time of great growth and upward opportunity for people. Instead, he reveals the harsh truth of living in Baltimore, from scraping human feces off the streets, to prostitution, or toiling as a mud machine workers. In Chapter 1, Rockman describes the rapid growth and…

After hearing Dr. Loretta DeLong and Dr. Gerald Monette talk today and reading the article I now have a better understanding of certain struggles that they have to go through in their lives. I think that the article provided me with some good background information about the Native Americans and how their views on certain situations and definitions are different from how the government defines them. However, I enjoyed hearing from two educators some of the issues that they have had to face in…

The American Dream is something that Americans hold in high esteem; the idea that anybody can come to America and succeed through sheer will and determination is one that humans tend to cling to and admire. However in Drown, Junot Diaz touches on just what the American Dream entails for those immigrating with hopes of a better life, the kind of sacrifice necessary to achieve this “Dream” and just how easy it is to fall into a hole and never make it out. Diaz provides a first hand perspective on…

Career and College Research paper A Funeral director, known as a Mortician, is a highly respected job. The job, itself, is a fairly simple one. You pick up and prepare corpses as instructed by the family of the deceased, and set up the paperwork for the funeral. Most funeral homes are family owned as a common practice, where multiple family members work together, each in individual fields. Sadly, this kind of job does not come easy, the schooling and education requirements alone are enough to…

girdle from Lady Bertilak Gawain failed to uphold the second point of the pentangle: “his five fingers were never at fault” (Armitage 1931). Gawain accepted the girdle form Lady Bertilak after its magical properties were revealed, “the body which is bound within this green belt, as long as it is buckled robustly about him, will be safe against anyone who seeks to strike him” (Armitage 1956), did Gawain accept the token. Gawain accepted this for fear of his own life. He hoped the girdle would…

my time at Metropolitan State University, I also worked about 20 to 30 hours per week as a International Admission Lead were I am in charge of work flow and admitting international student to the university. I was able to be a member of TRIO and Upward Bound, which are programs that assist low-income students. Moreover, I am also a partaker in the International Student Organization and Asian Student Organization. One of the first challenges I encounter as a student at Metropolitan State…