...Katie Sun Geers 11H English/ Per 5 October 6, 2014 Kennan Rewrite Compulsions for Conformity In the United States, the element of power exists in institutions outside of courts of law and police establishments, such as in the economic system, in settings lacking a forceful, dominant organization, and especially in the compulsions of social life that influence compliance to the norm. Kennan’s most compelling observation is that Americans place extraordinary obligations of group conformity upon themselves (Kennan, 18-20), which can be seen in America’s education system and the media. The education system preys on people’s intrinsic desire to fit in to evade societal judgment, therefore limiting individuality but adhering to the communal rules...
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...Dressed to Impress? School has an overwhelming amount of diversity amongst the student body. When I walk in to my first class on a Wednesday morning, I can already see the variety. Behind me is a girl in a tight bright pink cleavage baring top and a mini skirt kicking my chair. Next to me is a guy in jeans exposing his boxers and a shirt with Bob Marley smoking a blunt falling asleep at his desk. Would these students be better off if they were in polos and khakis? This is a question that many parents, teachers, and administrators have been asking themselves. School officials and administrators believe that a strict dress code helps implement a safer and more positive learning environment. Complying with a certain dress code instills a degree of seriousness amongst students. The idea has even reached the U.S government. They were endorsed in former President Bill Clinton’s 1996 State of the Union Address. After this speech, The Department of Education created the Manual of School Uniforms, which stated the benefits of dress codes including decreasing violence and infixing discipline. Distractions are less likely to occur if students are wearing similar outfits. Students wearing clothing that stands out are likely to draw attention from the teacher. School is not a fashion show. Students should be focused on learning, not their appearance or the appearance of others. Schools also use uniforms and strict dress codes to help reduce violence. Many schools have eliminated...
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...them from creating their own unique identity. This can be due to societal views that expect an individual conform to the public image associated with his or her gender, race, and sexuality. “Losing Matt Shepard” by Beth Loffreda explores what she calls “The Limits of Identification”, and how these limits may have impacted the anti-gay murder of Matt Shepard. Similarly, “The Naked Citadel” by Susan Faludi could also be described as a text centrally concerned with the limits of identification, by exposing a connection between the image that men are expected to maintain by the general public and the behavior of the cadets in the Citadel. A community has the power to define an individual’s role based on gender, sexuality, or race, ultimately limiting his or her identity. The structure of every community is different, meaning that an individual’s role will differ and he or she learns this through experiences or traditions. However, these limits can lead to identity crises once individuals realize that societal views had been shaping their identity rather than discovering their own beliefs and core values. This raises the question as to...
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...CHAPTER I BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Introduction Socializing by teenagers as they move through adolescence is one of the key components to "growing up." Early adolescents usually remain in same-sex groups, with very little social contact with the opposite sex. By the time they reach their mid-teens, the groupings tend to change, often forming a loose confederation of boys and girls. Adolescence years is a crucial time as it is a intermediary phase between childhood and adulthood and when a teenager faces relationship problem at this stage it serves long term effects on him or her. It is true when it is said that most of our development happens during this period both physically and emotionally.If relationship setback is grave, it can even affect teen’s future to quite an extend. A teen relationship contains many elements such as trust, honesty,communication, respect and time management and all play an essential role. If all these elements are balanced or managed effectively by the teenager it leads to healthy relationship. However, when abused or improperly addressed, those same relationship elements can lead to numerous problems. Infatuation or love? Some teens are not able to gauge their feelings well. They might mistakenly takeinfatuation for love. This is the stage when teenagers are most confused about their feelings. They are unable to decide and fail to make right decisions. When they enter into the relationship they might cut off from family and other friends.In...
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...record numbers between 1940 and 1969. T F 2. Most of the 17th century Jewish immigrants were small farmers from Germany and Poland. T F 3. Declining economic conditions in central Europe contributed to a dramatic increase in Jewish immigration to the U.S. after 1820. T F 4. During the 1920s and 1930s millions of Jews entered the U.S. fleeing the persecution in Europe. T F 5. Between 1930 and 1940 the number of openly anti-Semitic organizations in the U.S. sharply declined. T F 6. Jewish Americans have always supported extremist groups as a method of resisting anti- Semitism. T F 7. During the 1960s civil rights movement, Jewish American students and lawyers comprised over half of those registering African Americans to vote and defending those imprisoned. T F 8. Jews were allowed full political participation, including the right to vote and hold office, in the Atlantic coast colonies from the earliest days of their arrival. T F 9. Many Jewish voters moved from the Democratic party to the Republican party in the 1850s because of its antislavery position. T F 10. The “oppression mentality” among Jews who escaped political oppression in Europe has kept them from becoming politically active in the U.S. T F 11. A number of Jewish civil rights groups have sought to eliminate discrimination against all...
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...what is appropriate for students’ fashion and appearance. The last 60 years have seen numerous transformations in the way students dress within the public school system. In the 1950s students dressed modestly and wore what would today be considered Sunday best clothes. Today’s students go to school with cleavage, midriffs, and undergarments exposed and wear clothes that have been intentionally cut-up or torn for the purpose of fashion. In the last two decades the discussion on student dress has been focused on creating a safe and professional atmosphere for students to learn in. School uniforms and dress codes are competent ways to improve discipline and motivation amongst students in school and do not limit the way students express their individuality. History of School Uniforms School uniforms have a long history not only in the United States, but elsewhere around the world. One of the first countries to originate the use of school uniforms was England. In the year 1222 the archbishop of Canterbury mandated that all English scholars dress in robes that resembled those of a monk. It is from this initial uniform that today’s high school and university graduates model graduation robes after. Soon after the archbishop of Canterbury required English students to wear uniforms, hospitals throughout England employed uniforms to assist in the clothing of poor children and promote compliance (Weber, 2009). [pic] Native American students at Carlisle Indian Industrial...
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...The Problem and Its Background Introduction One of the best new developments on the web has been that of social networks. A social network is a website that allows you to connect with friends and family, share photos, videos, music and other personal information with either a select group of friends or a wider group of people, depending on the settings you select. Alternatively referred to as a virtual community or profile site, a social network is a website on the Internet that brings people together in a central location to talk, share ideas and interests, or make new friends. This type of collaboration and sharing of data is often referred to as social media. Unlike traditional media that is often created by no more than 10 people, social media sites contain content that has been created by hundreds or even millions of different people. Three of the biggest social networks used today are Facebook, Google+ and YouTube. These are great ways of making new connections with people based on similar interests or professions. The growth and popularity of online social networks has created a new world of collaboration and communication. More than a billion individuals around the world are connected and networked together to create, collaborate, and contribute their knowledge and wisdom. Facebook so far the fastest growing social network, Facebook has grown from just a college-age group network to a global, multi-age, multi-ethnic site. Hundreds of millions of people...
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...school education. The situation has prompted schools across the country to look for unorthodox approaches to improve schools and the performance of their students. The result has led to a spreading initiative that dictates what students can wear. More than just a dress code policy, school uniforms take into account colors and styles from head to toe. Even with the ongoing debate of being constitutional, the trend continues to be adopted throughout the United States. The argument of limiting self-expression is far outweighed by the benefits of increased academic performance and student safety. This paper will outline the ongoing results from adding uniform policies to schools and analyze the debate of the pros and cons of wearing school uniforms. The School Uniform Debate: Measuring Effectiveness The Initial Movement Traditionally imposed by private and parochial schools, uniform policies are being implemented by U.S. public schools in rising numbers. Proponents note that school uniforms make schools much safer for students, encourage children to focus on learning and most significantly – that it puts a halt to socioeconomic disparities. On the same issue, opponents consider the mandates as an infringement on student’s constitutional right to express themselves as individuals. Critics argue that forcing students to wear school uniforms has no effect on academic achievement and only bring to light the socioeconomic disparities that they are meant to mask. The first...
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...A Claim Against the Drinking Age in the United States of America The substance of alcohol has long been a topic of intense debate, particularly in the United States of America. In its relatively short history, the United States has had a prohibition which completely banned all alcohol distribution and consumption, as well as a drinking age which has changed over the years. Ultimately, it seems that legislative bodies in the U.S. cannot make up their minds. A big part of that indecision may stem from the fact that most amendments have been largely ineffective in culling what has been a very real, very large problem in the United States: alcohol related deaths or sicknesses. Nearly one out of every ten deaths in working class adults dies from alcohol-related incidents (10% of all deaths), making alcohol the fourth largest cause of preventable deaths in the United States. As a result of this, promoting responsible alcohol consumption and continued responsible actions once its effects take place are paramount in responding to those significant statistics. The method that seems to have been most focused on in curtailing dangerous alcohol consumption has been legally regulating who is allowed to consume it (as mentioned above: prohibition, and drinking ages). In short, alcohol consumption has been made illegal, and consequently deemed unjust, for people below certain ages. Many people have raised ethical, practical, scientific, and legal arguments surrounding...
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...Prepared For ACCT405: Financial Accounting Instructor Tim Vantuyl 6/8/2014 Case Study 2: LBJ Company Internal Control Assessment By Brian Tucker Student ID D40318643 Table of Contents Preface …..3-5 Body of Report Page …..6 Objectives of Internal Control …..6 Components of Internal Control …..6 Strengths …..7-8 Weaknesses Summary and Conclusion Preface With its introduction in 2002 the Sarbanes Oxley Act was meant to slow and detour the accounting infractions and criminal acts of recent companies like Enron, Arthur Anderson, World Com. SOX has changed the landscape of regulations as it relates to the role of corporate governance in overseeing and verifying the internal function and financial practice of reporting for publicly traded companies. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to mean “controls that pertain to the preparation of financial statements for external purposes that are fairly presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as addressed by the Codification of Statements on Auditing Standards §319 or any superseding definition or other literature that is issued or adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board” (http://www.sec.gov/rules/final/33-8238.htm). In reviewing the major changes by select sections, leadership and management of the firms should note the following as significant: Section 302 requires officer of the company to review and certify financial reports that the firm generates. They...
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...singabob@gmail.com Fall 2013 The Ethics of Academic Tenure A Brief Assessment by Robert M. Armstrong Chaminade University MBA Program singabob@gmail.com Fall 2013 The Ethics of Academic Tenure A Brief Assessment by Robert M. Armstrong Chaminade University MBA Program C THE ETHICS OF ACADEMIC TENURE by Robert M. Armstrong Most everyone at the University of Illinois agrees engineering professor Louis Wozniak can be a pain at work, even though he is generally well-liked by his students. Since August 2010, he has been on paid suspension from the Springfield campus after publicly embarrassing a student he believed contributed to his denial of a $500 teaching award. Yet, this month, in what is believed to be a first-time action by University of Illinois trustees, Wozniak’s 41-year tenure was revoked and his employment immediately terminated after making a(n untrue) joke online about remembering only the names of students with whom he’s had sex. While clearly showing poor judgment and a lack of sensitivity, Wozniak’s situation calls into question the ethical justification for academic tenure, which is the focus of this paper. I will briefly examine tenure’s unique role in higher education from its start to its present-day limitations and whether its institution is ethical, by both those who covet it and those who provide it. In the end, hopefully the reader will understand the forces at play and whether its continuation is merited at American colleges and...
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...PLAINTIFF'S FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT I. INTRODUCTION 1. This cause of action arises from the Defendant's deliberately indifferent response to reports of student-on-student harassment based on the Plaintiff's perceived gender-stereotype, and subsequent sex-based discrimination by employees. The Plaintiff was targeted by students and employees of the Defendant because he did not conform to stereotypical expectations of masculinity. The personality traits that the Plaintiff exhibited were considered to be feminine, and triggered an animus in many students, employees, even administrators, because they believed him to be gay. Indeed, even the appearance of homosexuality is enough to ignite a fire of prejudice and hatred among some of the -1- students, employees, and administrators of the Defendant. Employee Bridgette Wilson, publicly demonstrates her enmity against gays by posting images of the anti-gay activist, Phil Robertson, who claims that homosexuals are “going to hell”, onto the popular social networking site, Facebook. Another student, Sara, also proudly proclaims her animus of, even the appearance that someone is gay, by mockingly posting a photo on Facebook of her husband dressed as Phil Robertson ,while holding her in his arms. Other students display postings of repulsive objects such as, a rebel flag, skull and cross bones, “redneck”, “southern pride”, and “I agree with Phil”. The majority of them live many...
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...Protection of German Blood and Honor. These laws—to be know as the “Nuremberg Laws”-- deprived Jews of German citizenship and many civil rights. Unresolved in the initial Nuremberg Laws were the actual definition of Jews. The first of thirteen supplementary decrees, all designating the biological composition of Jewish blood, was published on November 14, l935, and defined Jews in terms of their lineage. These laws enforced a new morality on Germans that made it acceptable to ostracize, discriminate, and expel Jews from society. According to Hitler, the Nuremberg Laws were just a precursor to other much more degrading decrees. These laws allowed Adolf Hitler to get close to his goal of getting rid of the “parasite” and imposing racial conformity on society. The Nuremberg Laws were the first attempt by the German government to define the Jew, and the first step towards the annihilation of the Jews in Germany. Even before the Nuremberg...
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...Midterm Examination ADM 3349 Auditing Theory Fall 2011 Time: 2 hours Student Name: _________________________________ Student #: _____________________________________ Section: A (Prof Liboiron) ____ B (Prof Church) ____ Make sure that you read the instructions on page 2 of this exam. Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 TOTAL /8 /7 /4 /6 /8 /7 /10 /50 1 Instructions: Answer all questions in this booklet. Booklet is not to be removed from the examination room. You may separate the pages but ensure that you put them back together and staple before handing in. Ensure that you show all supporting calculations in order to receive full marks. Limit your answer to the space provided. Indicate if you use the back of a page. Budget about 2.5 minutes per mark. Please do not ask the invigilators questions. Make reasonable assumptions where necessary. Language dictionaries are allowed. Use only non-programmable calculators. The use of electronic communication devices such as cell phones is strictly prohibited during the exam. Sharing of calculators is also strictly prohibited. You must sign the Statement of Academic Integrity below. Statement of Academic Integrity: The School of Management does not condone academic fraud, an act by a student that may result in a false academic evaluation of that student or of another student. Without limiting the generality of this definition, academic fraud occurs when a student commits any of the following offences: plagiarism or cheating of any kind, use...
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...Joshua S. Grover 06/28/10 Organizational Behavior in Education Final Leadership Essay Responsibility: perhaps no better word describes what a leader faces as he or she manages an organization. As future leaders are cultivated and preened for future positions, it is necessary and vital to instill upon them the importance of such a position. It was in the midst of great self-reflection I realized how much I long to be an effective leader. It wasn’t until I participated in Education 630 under the instruction of Dr. Dennis Van Berkum of Minnesota State University, that I fully realized my potential as an educational leader. Through the required course-work, I’ve come to understand what an effective leader is. As a result I have chosen to compose the following essay on leadership. I will outline my point of view on organizational theory, leadership, and culture. I will also provide a personal perspective of decision making. Throughout this process I will also include my plan for growth in such an organization. It is clear that throughout the last century many different concepts have been attempted as an organizational theory. When reflecting on traditional theories it is evident that all of them have some principles that can be useful in today’s school systems. There are three organizational theories that beg investigation: Bureaucratic, Scientific Management, and Classical theories. In the following words, I will explore each theory and its validity as a useful management...
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