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1.) Socialization is the process by which people learn the basic norms, values, and attitudes by observing the people around them. Kids do this from the time they are born to learn how they should act towards others and what things are considered normal. One way that this is done is through the way parents communicate around and to their kids. In Unequal Childhoods Lareau talks about how the language that is used in a child’s household can have long term effects on the child’s future speaking…

Inspired by a true story, the film The Pursuit of Happiness is about a hardworking salesman and father named Chris Gardner. Throughout the whole movie, you see his journey from being a broke and homeless salesman to a millionaire stockbroker. In the beginning of the movie, his wife Linda, and their son, Christopher, are both introduced and we see that they lived in San Francisco, California. Chris’s occupation was attempting to sell an expensive, portable Osteo National bone-density scanners…

Reflection Paper 2: The Essential Elements of Emily Identity is described as the qualities, beliefs, and traits that make a particular person or group different from others. Every individual has a defining set of attributes that distinguishes and them from their peers. Throughout this paper, I will be discussing a few public essential elements that help shape who I truly am. The variety of statuses I hold are immensely influential to my reflective image. I am a daughter, a sister, a…

going to a highly ranked university to study seems unlikely due to the astronomical price of tuition nowadays. So instead you don’t feel the need to work hard in school because there is no chance you are going to be able to afford college. You end up working in the same field as your parents, typically an hourly job that will get you by, but sure doesn’t meet the “American Dream” standards. It is even harder to start a business from the get go because businesses need a little bit of a push to…

Hammurabi, the king of Babylon, took power around 1800 B.C. In approximately 1790 B.C., he created the “Code of Hammurabi,” which listed 282 laws to which his people were to abide by. Hammurabi’s laws are one of the first recorded legal codes; it was passed down as an example for future code of laws. These written laws set the model of what the government does and the concept of law and order. The laws made it so that every city-state in Babylon had the same set of laws. The Code of…

The rich become richer as the poor becomes poorer. In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, the extreme gap between the social classes causes havoc, and in the end, death. The lower class lives in bad conditions, covered in ashes. This area known as The Valley of Ashes, is the dumping grounds between the two more favorable areas of West and East Egg. The eggs, only separated by a body of water are completely different because of the people that live in the areas. East egg is home to all of the rich…

countries. The Business runs the risk of offending the locals with culture clashes and in turn the support of the locals will not be there for supporting the business. Ethical issues may arise of inequality. Wages and working environment issues are faced when it comes to pay levels and working conditions. The employees of Frostburg may feel that the company is paying them below normal wages levels as oppose to the pay given to workers in the US just because their labor cost are lower.…

Why Did The Creoles Lead The Fight? The creoles were said to have lead the revolution due to their power difference and how they did not belong with either group of people. The creoles had many reasons to start the revolution for their own causes and the causes of others. They were treated as both Americano and European and were trapped between the middle class and the upper class. The classes made all the difference in the fight for independence. They were in conflicts with people and were…

Greetings. Non-verbal communication is paramount in Brazil as a high context culture. The non-verbal communication aspect of the greeting is the majority of the custom. Men generally shake hands and backslap each other upon meeting while women usually kiss each other starting with the left cheek and switching to the right. (Kwintessential, 2016). The translation of “Hello, is everything fine?” in Portuguese is Ola. Tudo bem? And the translation for “How are you?” is Como vai? (Culturegrams, 2011…

claimed that the students only cared about their grades( Gatto 142 ). Similarly, Gatto’s inquiry on boredom at his school forms a connection with Anyon’s ‘ethnographical study’ of five elementary schools in various social class communities. The ‘Working Class School’ particularly stands out where students mostly copied notes from a blackboard and were not engaged thoroughly by their teachers. The teachers would dismiss creativity and curiosity with no explanations as well as were compared to…