...State your name and position for the record. General Orval Faubus, Governor of Arkansas. Explain what your point of view is regarding the forced integration of Little Rock High School. I do not want to desegregate the school. I know my people and what they want and I know that the majority of my people do not want to desegregate the school either, and so, to keep my people happy I fight for this, even if it means going against our government who are set on changing things that should not be changed. Why do you hold this point of view? I, along with my people, am against the desegregation of schools in Arkansas. I believe that the traditions of the last 300 years shouldn’t be rescinded so thoughtlessly. We believe that negroes have their place in our society and I think they should stay in their place. Life is good and I don’t want to disturb that peace for our people. We have a right to be “separate but equal” and I personally see no reason to go against this logic that we have been following for so long and that has worked in our country’s favour for so long. Explain what action you took in relation to this event. I tried to help my people keep our schools desegregated...
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...of poverty, while opponents argue that high wages cost jobs. Most of the arguments for increasing the minimum wage are more emotional pleas and theories with very little evidence for achieving the desired outcome. The truth is that raising the minimum wage does not lead people to get out of poverty, but what it does is make it more difficult for younger workers to find entry-level jobs to build their skills. By raising the minimum wage, experts argue that it will make it more difficult for younger workers entering the workforce to get a job. Employers will be hiring workers with more experience and skills, since they can attract these workers with higher wages. Therefore, raising the minimum wage may be causing more harm to a younger workforce looking to find their first job to gain relevant work experience. Our country needs to focus on the inconvenient truths about the real impact around raising the minimum wage. Some of these inconvenient truths are highlighted by the research that clearly shows how raising the minimum wage may cause more harm than good, and have significant consequences to the younger and entry-level workers vs. the emotional theories that state increasing the minimum wage will get more people out of poverty. The arguments for raising the minimum wage seems to always focus on the hardships a family endures when they are working for a minimum wage job, but research shows that this is not the majority working segment group that the minimum wage addresses. According...
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...and first responders should be raised, as they are supposed to arrive in an timely matter in response to o emergency. What ever the case, fast food restaurants are considered entry level employment. One is not required to have any experience or special skills, just the ability to follow directions, administer good customer service and have good time management. This paper will discuss the reasons why raising the minimum wage for a fast food worker to $15.00 per hour is a negative thing. Fast food workers should receive an increase in wage, but not $15.00 per hour. If the wage increases to $15.00 per hour this may cause a negative effect on unemployment for low-skilled and teenage workers, an increase in debit, and a change in job qualifications. According to Senate Republican Party Committee (2013) “Raising the minimum wage could hurt opportunities for teens to land their first job -- and with it the chance to learn valuable life and work skills that cannot be taught in the classroom. Teens are typically entry-level workers with limited job skills.” The increase may also cause companies to minimize the number of part-time workers and force them to hire more qualified and experienced workers. So some low skill workers may loose their job or just not qualify. However, some workers will return to school in order to qualify for advancement opportunities, and with the...
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...Education Preparation RN vs. BSN Ashley L. Garey Grand Canyon University: NRS 430V 07/11/2012 Ever since I was a child the importance of education has been spoken by my parents. In addition to education, doing well at school was vital. It was some time as a small child I wanted to become a nurse. As I completed middle school and high school, I still only wanted to become a nurse. Some called me lucky for already knowing what direction I was headed to after high school. It was in my senior year that my educational future became real. I was forced to choose how I would go about becoming a nurse. It seemed as though each school I looked at all had similar programs all with varying prices, yet all with essentially the same outcome, the ability to take the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses or NCLEX-RN. The US department of labor states, “In all nursing education programs, students take courses in nursing, anatomy, physiology, microbiology, chemistry, nutrition, psychology and other social and behavioral sciences, as well as in liberal arts”. I would like to take this time now to discuss the decision I was faced with determining which route I would choose to obtain my education. Associate degrees are offered by community colleges and are often called 2 year programs. There is approximately 2 years of pre requisites to be completed prior to actually enrolling in the nursing program and then 4 semesters of study once in the program. An associate...
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...The opportunity of a National Board Certification came on the eve of celebrating fifteen years of teaching. Almost half way through my career as a Special Education teacher, I was enticed by the possibility of a new challenge and intrigued by the notion of a pay increase. The two-year trek toward certification tested both my both personal and professional fortitude. Although the outcome brought great satisfaction, the true benefits came as a result of the journey. Given the complex work demands and complicated students, it’s no surprise that the attrition rates of special educators in public schools are twice that of regular education teachers or that there has been a national shortage of special educators for decades. After fourteen years teaching students across K-12 with various exceptionalities, I was in a teaching slump. Since I had no plans to leave the field, I needed to reflect, revaluate, and rededicate myself to the practice of teaching. The prospect of a National Board Certification was one way I knew I could revitalize my interest and practice. From the beginning,...
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...Journal Entry of a Native American Journal Entry of a Native American The Cherokee tribes are of a proud heritage that consists of many beautiful cultural traditions. We have found that the earliest contact from European explorers was in the 16th century. We were identified than as being socially and culturally advanced within the Native American tribes. The Cherokee tribes prospered for hundreds of years in the southeastern area of the United States before our first initial contact with Europeans. The Cherokee society and culture grew in developing, progressing, and embracing all of the better cultural aspects the Europeans brought with them. We had formed a government and society that equaled that of the most civilized cultures of the day. Unfortunately, when gold was discovered in 1830, in Georgia, outsiders began began a campaign called the period of “Indian removals”. It began from the orders of the U.S. Supreme Court (“[Justice] John Marshall has made his decision; let him enforce it now if he can.” – Andrew Jackson). Men, women, and children from our tribe and many others, were rounded up for the “removal” from our homes and our property by the orders from the President. We had become a subordinate racial group. Because our cultures were not the same, and obvious physical differences, we were treated as someone less deserving of what we had, therefore it was just taken from us. (Cherokee Nation - The Official Site of the Cherokee Nation, n.d., p. 1) We...
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...better services. And we think this is a good way to build something”- Mark Zuckerberg. With the launch of Facebook, its being successful and reaching the pinnacle were never doubted. It was initially started by transforming Face Books, Harvard's paper-backed students’ directory with the entries regarding bio-data of freshmen, into an online website called Facemash. The website posted two student pictures and allowed visitors to vote which one was hotter and showed great potential for significant profit. When the school authority charged Zuckerberg for violating individual privacy and forced Zuckerberg to pull the site down, Zuckerberg decided to look for a plan to elevate the website to yet another level i.e. by entering into the then nascent social networking arena. This led to the major breakthrough for Facebook’s development. The social networking site was introduced with the name 'The Facebook' and gathered huge amount of signups and registrations. Zuckerberg received several requests from various other schools to avail them with the similar networking site for their school or the license to use the platform established by Facebook for the development of their own networking website for the school. Every development comes with its own flaws and Facebook was not an exception. The success triggered various opportunities and problems that were required to be handled in a timely manner to ensure efficient business and market leadership. This paper is primarily an evaluation of...
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...some money and this work done by the children for their family is not a help for them rather it should be known as child labour. We can define child labour as work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development. All the work done by children should not be classified as child labour that is to be targeted for elimination. Children or adolescent’s participation in work that does not affect their health and personal development or interfere with their schooling is generally regarded as being something positive. This includes activities such as helping their parents around the home, assisting in a family business or earning pocket money outside school hours and during school holidays. These kinds of activities contribute to children’s development and for the welfare of their families; they provide them with skills and experience, and helps them to be productive members of society during their adult life....
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...normally have access to. In some areas of our community there is a long-standing issue of our youth not having solidified programs set up for them outside of school hours. In many of these same communities, the parents of these teenagers forced to work long hours or multiple jobs. This leaves their children to occupy their own time after school lets out. These factors can often lead to mischief and potential criminal activity. There is also a strong correlation between these communities and hunger issues. The next step for the TFTP will be identifying local suppliers that fit our mission of bettering our community. Next we’ll have to work through the process of identifying the troubled teens that could take part in our program. The schools would come to aid in this and provide information and proof regarding such teens. Group 7 believes that the TFTP will empower youth through providing jobs that provide them with life skills, much needed income and reduced chances of getting into trouble. Also, the TFTP will help aid the hunger issue in low-income areas, while using some of its profits to donate to local Food Shelters to combat the issue from a different angle. We’ll continue to generate support for the TFTP by positioning these food trucks outside of area schools and offering competitive wages compared to other entry level jobs available to...
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...Christine Munroe Sociology November 26, 2015 Topic # 1 One of the most significant contributions to the growth of the agricultural economy was the creation of the Bracero Program in which more than 4 million Mexican farm laborers came to work the fields of this nation. The braceros converted the agricultural fields of America into the most productive in the planet. The Bracero Program was a corporative international program through which the United States imported large number of Mexicans workers (mostly farmworkers). This program came about because of farm labor shortages caused by American entry into World War 11. The men were recruited to work primarily in agriculture, although during World War II braceros also supplied railroad labor. The majority of the braceros were experienced farm labors from important agricultural regions of Mexico. Huge numbers of bracero candidates arrived by train to the northern border. Their arrival altered the social environment and economy of many border towns. The program brought Mexican workers to replace American workers dislocated by the war. The program was intended to be temporary, but because of dependence of American farms on Mexican labor it kept going for nearly two decades after the war. The braceros contracts were controlled by independent associations and the Farm Bureau. The contracts were in English and the braceros would sign them without understanding theor full rights and the conditions of employment. When the contracts...
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...could. Imposing disabilities on Black civil rights that limited their access to full citizenship was a goal to reach. Within months of the Civil War’s end, former Confederate states passed Black Codes to regulate the behavior of the former slaves as well as their status. Congressional Reconstruction was still a year away, and white Democrats who governed state legislatures passed laws that restricted the liberty of the former slaves. Although Black Codes granted African American certain rights such as legalized marriage, ownership of property; the laws prohibited interracial marriage for the fear of weakening the White race, denied them the rights to testify against Whites in court, jury service and the right to vote. The Black Codes also forced African Americans to labor and constrained their freedom of movement. Individuals not under control of white land owners through labor contracts became criminals, and were put under the control of the convict labor system. This was permitted because the Thirteenth Amendment sanctioned enslavement as a punishment for crimes. Reacting to the Black Codes, Congress guaranteed citizenship for all former slaves through the Fourteenth Amendment. However, this amendment did not specify that the right to vote was a...
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...Faithful English 112 28 November 2015 Learn More, Earn More Think back to your first job...what was your pay starting out? Entry levels jobs in the past certainly did not earn higher wages like those being fought for today. Fast food workers are raging for an increase in minimum wage-to perform jobs that don’t require a high school diploma, or college education...little to no academic requirements are needed to work at a fast food restaurant. Minimum wage in North Carolina is currently $7.25, whereas fast food workers would like to raise minimum wage to $15.00. A person with minimum skills should not receive higher than current minimum wage. Fight for $15 is a Workers Organizing Committee, a union of fast food workers raging ands striking for higher pay. This organization was founded in November of 2012. These workers believe that they are forced to live in poverty, because they earn a wage of $7.25. “We work for corporations that are making tremendous profits, but do not pay employees enough to support our families and cover basic needs.” (Fight for $15) These jobs are not meant to be careers for adults with families. These jobs are meant for teenagers that live at home and are in high school or college. Clearly, no one can raise a family off of $15,080 annual income, before taxes, if they worked 40 hours a week. But, a high school or college student can. One of the strikers says, “Low wage jobs are the fastest growing jobs in the nation, and they need to pay...
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...books on any given day. This is an astounding number and can cause back problems, poor posture, and an overall uncomfortable feeling. Apple took their preexisting app store format and developed relationships with publishers to offer textbooks to students in a downloadable format on the IPad. The IPad weighs only a fraction of the weight of a textbook and allows for almost unlimited textbook storage. This will revolutionize the textbook market forever once it is put into full effect. Paper textbooks are too expensive. They cost a lot to produce, and they cost a lot to buy. Students, schools, and government agencies alike are struggling to be able to find affordable textbooks that provide relevant information at a value. Schools are forced to purchase books and use them for many years when they should have the ability to study with updated textbooks. At only ten to fifteen dollars a book, schools and personal users will be able to afford textbooks and have them constantly updated. Apple’s solution to the textbook dilemma comes with great feedback and results so far and is expected to grow exponentially. Consumers so far are responding very well to the new market of textbook sales. So far, only a few books are on the book store but the ones that exist are beautiful and...
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...Background IKEA is a privately held, international home products company that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture such as beds, chairs, desks, appliances and home accessories. The company is the world's largest furniture retailer1. Founded in Sweden in 1943 by Ingvar Kamprad, who later became one of the richest people in the world, 2 The Company is known for its modern architectural designs on various types of appliance and furniture, often associated with a simplified eco-friendly interior design3. In addition, the firm is known for the attention it gives to cost control, operational details and continuous product development, allowing it to lower its prices by an average of two to three percent over the decade to 2010, while continuing its global expansion.4 As of October 2011, IKEA has 332 stores in 38 countries. In fiscal year 2010, it sold $23.1 billion worth of goods, a 7.7 percent increase over 2009.5 On February 17, 2011, IKEA announced its plans for a wind farm in Dalarna County, Sweden, furthering the furniture giant's goal of running on 100 percent renewable energy.6 The IKEA website contains about 12,000 products and is the closest representation of the entire IKEA range. There were over 470 million visitors to the IKEA websites in the year from September 2007 to September 20087. IKEA is the world's third-largest consumer of wood, behind The Home Depot and Lowe's.8 Things were going so well for the company, that in 1973, the company's German executives...
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...had child labor laws by 1940, the material requirements necessary during World War II brought many children back into the labor market. Legislation concerning child labor in other than industrial pursuits, e.g., in agriculture, has lagged. In the Eastern and Midwestern United States, child labor became a recognized problem after the Civil War, and in the South after 1910. Congressional child labor laws were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1918 and 1922. A constitutional amendment was passed in Congress in 1924 but was not approved by enough states. The First Labor Standards Act of 1938 set a minimum age limit of 18 for occupations designated hazardous, 16 for employment during school hours for companies engaged in interstate commerce, and 14 for employment outside school hours in nonmanufacturing companies. In 1941 The Supreme Court ruled that Congress had the constitutional authority to pass this act. Nearly all member nations of the International Labor Organization (ILO) regulate the employment of children in industry, and most also regulate commercial work; some nations regulate work in the street trades, while a few control agricultural and household work. Despite such regulation attempts, as many as 26% of all children between the ages of 5 and 14 (an...
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