Wisconsin has a dynamic history of minorities that is still being affected today. I will specifically be talking about the American Indian, female, and African American minorities, a history of their impact in this state, developments in our education systems as a result, ongoing discrimination issues, and what I will do as an educator to combat these prejudices. It is estimated that Wisconsin has been inhabited since 10,000 years ago. Before European influence, American Indians utilized hunting, farming, gathering, and...
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In Pennsylvania, there lived a 52-year-old man named Robert Osterrieder. Osterrieder was a hard-working beloved family man who was admitted to the hospital to fight for his life. He spent his life with a struggle of vision problems, they were now increasingly getting worse and worse. After several months on life support and battling his medical condition, his family realized that he did not have long to live. Osterrieder had registered as an organ donor, but due to his poor...
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This research explores how men and women self-evaluate their IQ, in modern-day society. Six participants in the UK completed a questionnaire, which determined how they self-evaluated their IQ, compared to the national average. Past research has shown men self-evaluate themselves to have a higher than average IQ, compared to women who self-evaluate themselves to have a lower than average IQ. Studies have shown men and women are constrained to stereotypes and this reflects on how they self-evaluate their IQ. This...
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Society should be more aware of the importance of organ donation. Organ donation is considered the gift of life and it is a selfless act that many people appreciate. This procedure allows another person a second chance in life. Also, an organ can fail at any moment and it happens when a person least expects it. Each day the wait list for an organ grows rapidly and there are not enough donors. A single donor can save many lives alone,...
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James Pilkington Question 4: “Literature is where I go to explore the highest and lowest places in human society and in the human spirit, where I hope to find not absolute truth but the truth of the tale, of the imagination, and the heart. – Salman Rushdie.” Evaluate how a novel you have studied presents a particular perspective about humanity. Pride and Prejudice, on the surface, presents a scathing perspective of humanity by satirizing and ridiculing the lows of the...
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Money for your organs What would it take for you to donate an organ to a stranger? Would you if money was involved? These questions have come to mind when thinking about changing the altruistic nature of the organ donation system to one that could benefit both donors and recipients even more. If there was a system that could pay donors for their organs, perhaps more people would be more inclined to give a part of them away to save...
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Through a study of Alice Walker's novel, The Color Purple, this paper is going to talk about those black women who have traveled a long journey from suffering male dominance, to rebellion against its conventions, and to creating their freedom. Alice Walker's “The Color Purple” was written in 1982, in an epistolary form. She has managed to use the form effectively. Alice Walker got the Pulitzer Prize for The Color Purple in 1983. Walker's novel depicts the story of African-American...
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In today’s society, people use stereotypes as a way to theorize specific groups through their ideas, religions, race, gender, or even appearance. Stereotypes can be extremely cruel and unfair. Throughout the years the meaning of the word has changed. In the Etymology Dictionary, the word “stereotype” means “method of printing from a plate’ [originating] from [the French language] stéréotype.” In 1922 the word changed to its accurate and well-known definition, “a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea...
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Fictional books have a powerful way of opening minds. Fiction plays an important part in making one’s mind creative and allows you to explore different ideas of change, and experience complex emotions and situations. These books allow one to understand people who are different from the rest. They help in improving one's attitude towards different stigmatized groups, allowing one to become more accepting towards them. These fiction books help in creating empathy for characters which makes one get attached to...
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The mental health continuum of care is a diverse system of services that are provided for individuals aimed at maintaining and restoring people's mental health and well-being (Austin & Boyd, 2014). The care continuum can include series provided by health professionals as well as resources outside of the formal health care system such as community support (p 42). The continuum of care focuses on health promotion, prevention, treatment, and recovery (Mehrotra & Swami, 2018). The continuum recognizes the complexity of...
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Technological evolutions have been taking place daily since the advent of the computer era. Virtual reality is one of the technical fields that have experienced dramatic changes since its onset. Virtual reality can be defined in simple terms as an artificial environment that is created through digital technology in such a way that its users assume that it is a real environment. Virtual reality has been applied to other technologies such as digital forensics and security. Digital forensics aims to...
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Capitalism is defined as an economic system in which the government has no say in what happens in the country and the people in charge are a few business people who own the country's land, means of production and the resources of that country. Since the country's means of production are owned privately this then means that only a few people benefit (get richer), only a few people can sustain their livelihoods while the rest scrapes off the bottom in...
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Customer service has become so essential to consider, whether locally or worldwide, particularly in the banking sector. With more financial services and products being provided by banks, these disparate systems must be integrated into a coordinated, effective infrastructure while offering customer support and comfort of the greatest possible level without exposing customers to issues relating to the integrated inner structures. In addition, I selected the commercial bank & Sanasa Development Bank for the research. By comparing the Commercial bank, Sanasa...
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Imagine an American fast-food chain. If said fast-food chain were to expand and appeal to foreign markets by opening locations in different states, that would constitute globalization. Globalization is the networking between nations via their many different markets through goods and services, which can include media, immigration, and communication. It is composed of the distribution of things such as products and information across different nation-states across the globe. While globalization may appear to be strengthening the economy through trade, it...
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“Still, I was more afraid to act any other way because they didn’t like that at all”. (Ellison, Invisible Man 1952) Ellison’s Invisible Man represents one of the most significant problems of American society which is racism and the conflict it generates in African American life. The degree of psychological trauma the protagonist of the novel suffered due to the conflicts of double identity and double vision (which are explained in the first chapter of this thesis) is devastating. Throughout...
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Introduction: Whilst modern terrorism is assumed to be the ideology of states like IS, it expands further than that. Modern terrorism is sometimes expressed by those who feel cast away by society and act out of vengeance and hatred. An example of this is the Toronto Van Attack (John Paul Tasker, CBC 2018), which was a major tragedy last year and could be displayed as a direct attack on Canada’s civilization and a threat to civilization as a whole. The...
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Race and prejudice are extremely complex issues in The Bluest Eye. Contrary to the typical image of racism, including white indignity against blacks, The Bluest Eye investigates the issue of prejudice between ethnic minorities. In this book, there are hardly any white characters in Morrison's epic and no important white characters. Though this is true, prejudice stays prevalent and at the center of attention in the book. Since the book includes characters mostly of dark complexion, 'whiteness' still exists on...
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An Argumentative Analysis of the Themes within “The Importance of Being Earnest” Wilde's 'The Importance Of Being Earnest' investigates different themes of adoration and marriage, particularly in Act 1, where marriage in Victorian culture is generally negated as an 'extremely charming state,' rather utilizing different comedic devices, for example, plays on words, ironic statements and reversals to ridicule its ethicalness and profound quality. Wilde presents comedy through the introduction of Victorian perspectives on the usefulness of marriage, deriding it as...
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Despite being written and set around three hundred and fifty years apart, both William Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ and Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Edible Woman’ are regarded, to varying degrees of popularity, as being landmark texts for the Feminist movement. Atwood herself has noted that ‘there was no woman’s movement in sight when [she] composed the book’. Both authors make profound use of female characters that interact with the institution of marriage, to explore the potential for female social reflexivity...
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A presentation was given about women’s lives in France. Under the Napoleonic code, women had to obey their husbands and had no social status outside of marriage. This gives an insight into Marie’s character and why she is so desperate to marry Meursault who himself is not sure about getting married. In addition, Marie had a se xual relationship with Meursault outside of marriage which was at that time considered wrong and therefore explains why she was humiliated at the...
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Bilbo Baggins is a simplistic sentimental hobbit. However, when a band of devious dwarves and a renowned wizard Gandalf the Grey, arrives at his home with a treasure map in hand, his quiet life is disrupted. Gandalf reminds Bilbo of the stories of orcs, giants, and adventurers being lured into a thrilling adventure. Shortly thereafter, Bilbo was enticed to one of those adventures. Gandalf and 13 rambunctious dwarves devise a plan to use the map to find and steal the...
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Moving from France to Los Angeles was quite a life-changing experience for me. Navigating and adjusting to a completely new culture had a significant impact on who I perceive myself to be. I grew up in the small Provencal town of Saint Remy de Provence, in the South of France. Being raised in such a tight-knit community was a great experience unparalleled by living in a megacity like Los Angeles. I remember stepping out of LAX and feeling like the...
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In the film Fight Club, Edward Norton plays the role of the Narrator, who is a white–collared insomniac. The main character Edward Norton in the film applied himself the Ego defense mechanism namely displacement and reaction formation. The main character adopted a different character for himself to avoid reality and to live a different easier life in society. The Ego is a defense mechanism in the psychological process that aids a person in overcoming anxiety, unresolved conflict, unresolved desires, and...
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Wilde views honesty as a crucial, underrated societal value and in turn, shows the hypocrisy of those who display contradicting actions in this play. An exemplary quote is that from Cecily stating, “ “I don’t [believe him.] But that does not affect the wonderful beauty of his answer”. In this scene Algernon defends himself and even though Cecily does not believe him she falls into his trap because of mere presentation. It is obscene for any gender to recognize a...
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Overview Verizon is one, if not, the largest communication technology company in the entire world. Verizon was founded in 2000 and since has worked to become the global leader in innovative communications and technology. Verizon has focused its efforts on creating an experience for its customers that improves how they live, work, learn, and play. Verizon has over 130K employees in 150 global locations. Verizon focuses on reinventing how people, businesses, and things connect. Verizon has a market share of...
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Investigating Customer Service Learning Aim A: Examine how good customer service leads to a company's growth. Learning Aim B: Investigate the approaches used in the corporate world to enhance customer service. What are the benefits of providing outstanding customer service? It is important to supply excellent customer service because your customers are the backbone of your business and if you do not show respect to them then they will stop supporting you and go and support someone else who offers...
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1. Studying in Britain 1.1 Statistics Studying abroad has proved to have many advantages for both the international student and the host country, especially if we’re considering students coming from lower-income countries of the so-called ‘Global South’. Britain is often one of the most popular destinations when considering studying overseas: it was found that in 2014-2015, 19% of students in the UK came from outside Britain, 14% of whom were international non-EU students (Higher Education Statistics Agency, 2016). Other numbers...
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Introduction What is Statistics? Measurements may be a numerical science counting strategies of collecting, organizing, and analyzing information in such a way that important conclusions can be drawn from them. In common, its examinations and investigations drop into two wide categories called graphic and inferential statistics. Descriptive insights bargain with the handling of information without endeavoring to draw any inferences from it. The information is displayed in the shape of tables and charts. The characteristics of the information are depicted...
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The excerpt from WEB Du Bois argues that blacks have always been a central force of labor and society even if constantly overlooked and demerited, and with the ending of the Civil War and the emancipation of enslaved blacks these same men and women were now impoverished and uneducated due to oppressive laws and racist ideology. With these people now free but unable to acquire the tools to work, be it knowledge or physical necessities, the United States faces an...
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Divorce has been practiced since the genesis of humanity. Did you know that there are signs that can tell if you will end up in a split with your spouse? Moreover, did you know that you can tell the signs way before the actual annulment of your marriage? Well, read this. Broken families are a norm in this century. Couples seem to gravitate towards the 'need for freedom' when a husband and a wife can no longer accommodate the thought...
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