...An essay – as seen through the eyes of a graduating High School senior, on how his ice hockey experiences have been of value to his life. By Max Frankel Sometimes you come across a quote that is so timeless, that is continues to speak out era after era, for generations. As Charles Dickens’ once said, most-likely commenting on his own personal life, in, “A Tale of Two Cities. ‘It was the best of times and it was the worst of times.’ Although my ordinary life may not really compare to that of the famous author, I understand what he was saying and feel compelled to draw the comparison. To this point, I have had a life that I have thoroughly enjoyed yet I too, have had my share of difficult lessons learned. As with all people, my early, formative years have contributed many, many factors that shaped the child into a young adult. However, only a very select few, really stand out. For me, the “stand outs” have been ice hockey, my mentality in school, and my parents’ influence on my life. Maybe not necessarily in that order, but, the line is blurred, between where one influence begins and the next one picks up. What I do know, is that alone, these three components are neither life changing nor rare, but together, they accumulate to form who I am today. From a young age, my parents had engrained the idea of hard work into my mind. They preached that school was my priority, my full time job, and that “any job worth doing was worth doing right.” Even as a very small...
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...Ryerson University Racism in Canadian Hockey Neil McGregor - 500 459 843 SOC 507- Race and Ethnicity in Canadian Society Professor Christopher Powell April 13th, 2016 ------------------------------------------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction......................................................................................................3 Evidence of Racism in Hockey Minor Hockey.......................................................................................3 Professional Hockey.............................................................................6 Impacts of Racism in Hockey............................................................................8 Influencing Factors...........................................................................................8 Corrective Action.............................................................................................10 Conclusion........................................................................................................12 ------------------------------------------------- INTRODUCTION Canada’s favourite past time hockey has and continues to endure racism throughout all levels of the sport. This paper will expose the institutional racism in Canadian hockey associations with an emphasis on black hockey players. Drawing credible news reports and personally experiences, I will provide evidence that institutional racism is deeply rooted within the fabric...
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...Argumentive Essay What is global warming? Global warming is a greenhouse effect in which gases from various things release into the earth’s atmosphere. However, these things are factories, human waste, motor vehicles, can cause bad gases. Furthermore, Tom bethell doesn’t think so; this is just a phase as he quotes in his story “The false alert of global warming” (published 5/18/05). This has been a problem for many years and will continue to be for many years to come. Global warming is a greenhouse effect in which gases from various things release into the earth’s atmosphere. These gases create an invisible cloud over the earth and make it harder for the heat to escape into our outer space. “So the earth warms up” – tom bethell, also he says temperatures have warmed up in the past 30 years but its “debated’’. How can this be if the evidence is right in front of you the greenhouse effect is a proven fact and the temperatures are still rising? Although, without carbon dioxide plants would not live so it’s a balance with our earth and our heat is still coming in. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed with the global warming solution act to set a goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2020 which is statewide. Tom says “if man-made global warming is real atmospheric as well as surface temperatures should have increased steadily, but they haven’t.” However, according to Professor Victor Miguel Ponce from San Diego State University says there is “About 75% of an...
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...Critical Analysis Essay I believe Gladwell’s purpose for writing “The Trouble with Geniuses” was to help people understand that those with an extremely high IQ do not necessarily end up being the most successful in life, intelligence does not equal achievement. In order to be successful in life, people need not only intelligence, but to have a good support system beginning at an early age, the ability to interact and communicate with others effectively and to have a higher socioeconomic status. A person’s family background has more to do with success than originally realized. In my opinion, Gladwell’s audience is anyone in the general public who is interested in success, ways how to obtain it and how others went about obtaining it. Not only would this apply to people in the workforce, but also people in school or individuals trying to master a craft. A lot of people go through life wondering why or how certain people achieve things they were not able to. While this book is not a step-by-step approach, it does point out some of the important personality and character traits several highly successful people have, how they have used every opportunity afforded them to the fullest extent and how they continually practiced their craft to become the best they could. The author uses several approaches to address his readers. One of these approaches is using pronouns such as you, we, I and me. By using statements like “Let me give you an example of . . ” (Gladwell 84) makes you feel...
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...For Entrance in Fall 2013 Application Supplement Office of Admissions and Financial Aid 86 Brattle Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Please indicate under which timetable you are applying: Restrictive Early Action Please return this form to us as soon as possible, and by October 15, if possible. Final deadline is November 1. Valid for entrance in September 2013 only. Please submit this form as well as the Common Application or the Universal College Application as soon as possible. Regular Decision Please return this form to us as soon as possible, and by December 15 if at all possible. Final deadline is January 1. A completed application includes all portions of the Common Application or the Universal College Application, as well as the Harvard Application Supplement, required official testing results, a Secondary School Report, two Teacher Evaluations and a $75 application fee or fee waiver request. Full legal name Goswami Last/Family IE Arunesh First Apt./Unit W Middle Jr., etc. Prefer to be called Date of Birth 02/02/1994 (MM/DD/YYYY) Address 324-D TYPE-2 BLOCK-6 NEYVELI No. and Street CUDDALORE DISTRICT PR EV NEYVELI City State/Province India Country 607803 Zip/Postal Code Telephone Number (home) 091041422683 (cell) 091809813561 Secondary School JAWAHAR HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL CEEB/ACT code 000004 If you can be reached by fax or e-mail, please provide a fax number or e-mail address and name of the contact person...
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...The purpose of this extended essay is to analyze the mental instability of Holden Caulfield, the main character of J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, as well as explain how his Depression and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder alter his perspective through comparisons between Holden’s accounts and reality. The scope of the essay includes The Catcher in the Rye, as well as __ articles detailing different interpretations of the cause of Holden’s problems. Holden is also the novel’s unreliable narrator, and his illnesses prevent him from accepting reality, thereby allowing him to create whichever reality he wishes were true. J. D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher in The Rye is well-known for its themes of identity, loss, and growing up, but its most definitive quality is...
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...section of the A.P. test, either. I know he did it to make his students responsible citizens and responsible adults. From the outset, he wanted to make sure that we knew how we stood in our political philosophy: strict constructionists or loose constructionists. He wanted to make sure that we didn't gravitate towards empty categories like liberal or conservative, but rather focused on issues separately whenever we needed to take a stand on them. Imagine my surprise when I, the son of two very conservative parents who constantly bombarded me with their rhetoric, discovered that I had strong liberal tendencies on some issues. Aside from political affiliations, Mr. (name) taught us how to make sense out of history by trying to understand the personal motives that went in to any chain of historical occurrences. In his class, I came to the realization that history isn't only a series of names and dates printed in a textbook, but a more complex subject that requires deep thought and analysis for full comprehension. Because of Mr. (name), history is now my favorite subject. He has also been a motivating force outside...
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...An example of an autobiographical essay/personal narrative [Written by a student in the Labour Studies program, used with permission] My name is Carlo, and I was born in June, 1958, in Italy. Our family, made up of my mother, father, and a brother, emigrated to Noranda, Quebec, when I was five years old. I encountered my first, but not last, taste of racism when kids in the neighbourhood laughed at my poor command of English. As fast as I could I learned not only English, but French as well. I became trilingual, speaking fluent French and English, as well as Italian. In the process, I made new friends from a lot of different cultural backgrounds. We then moved to Toronto, Ontario, where my Dad got work in a rubber factory. From my earliest days, I knew our family had to struggle for every penny. My Mom baked pizza which my brother sold by the slice, door to door. I caddied at the local golf courses and brought home all the money that I made. I hated it when other kids made fun of working people, like garbage collectors, who cleaned up trash for a living. When I was in grade six, I was ill in hospital for two months with a kidney infection, and it changed my whole life. I seriously took up playing guitar. I began to do photography, and joined the audiovisual club. I discovered I was artistic with an interest in graphic art, although I didn’t always agree with the kind of art assignments the teacher gave us. However, I had no idea what to do after high school graduation...
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...An example of an autobiographical essay/personal narrative [Written by a student in the Labour Studies program, used with permission] My name is Carlo, and I was born in June, 1958, in Italy. Our family, made up of my mother, father, and a brother, emigrated to Noranda, Quebec, when I was five years old. I encountered my first, but not last, taste of racism when kids in the neighbourhood laughed at my poor command of English. As fast as I could I learned not only English, but French as well. I became trilingual, speaking fluent French and English, as well as Italian. In the process, I made new friends from a lot of different cultural backgrounds. We then moved to Toronto, Ontario, where my Dad got work in a rubber factory. From my earliest days, I knew our family had to struggle for every penny. My Mom baked pizza which my brother sold by the slice, door to door. I caddied at the local golf courses and brought home all the money that I made. I hated it when other kids made fun of working people, like garbage collectors, who cleaned up trash for a living. When I was in grade six, I was ill in hospital for two months with a kidney infection, and it changed my whole life. I seriously took up playing guitar. I began to do photography, and joined the audiovisual club. I discovered I was artistic with an interest in graphic art, although I didn’t always agree with the kind of art assignments the teacher gave us. However, I had no idea what to do after high school graduation...
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...Culture of Pakistan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Part of a series on the Culture of Pakistan Pakistan Monument, Islamabad History[show] People[show] Languages[show] Traditions Mythology and folklore[show] Cuisine Festivals[show] Religion[show] Art[show] Literature[show] Music and performing arts[show] Media[show] Sport Monuments[show] Symbols[show] Culture portal Pakistan portal v t e This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. This article is written like a personal reflection or opinion essay rather than an encyclopedic description of the subject. (March 2013) This article may contain original research. (March 2013) This article needs additional citations for verification. (June 2012) The 17th century Badshahi Mosque built by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in Lahore The society and culture of Pakistan (Urdu: ثقافت پاکستان) comprises numerous diverse cultures and ethnic groups: the Punjabis, Kashmiris, Sindhis in east, Muhajirs, Makrani in the south; Baloch and Pashtun in the west; and the ancient Dardic, Wakhi, Baltistani and Burusho communities in the north. These Pakistani cultures have been greatly influenced by many of the surrounding countries' cultures, such as the Turkic peoples, Persian, Arab, and other South Asian ethnic groups of the Subcontinent, Central Asia and the Middle East. In ancient times, Pakistan was a major cultural hub.[citation needed] Many cultural practices...
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...B. Commencement Address Essay by Tone M. H. Petersen Most people know that it is important to show kindness towards other people and it might seem like a very trivial piece of advice to give people if you tell them to remember to be more kind. However sometimes in the grand scheme of things and in the overpowering and overwhelming light of our own ambition and need for success we still let opportunities of kindness pass us by. This is what George Saunders[1] addresses in his commencement addres that he delivered in May 2013 at Syracuse University in New York State. In his speech Saunders uses 2nd person singular/plural, 1st person plural, and 1st person singular. The use of 2nd person plural makes it clear that Saunders is addressing the audience directly and that he wants them to think, take action and be responsible. The use of 1st person plural (“we”) creates a bond between Saunders and the audience: “Each of us is born with a series of built-in confusions […]: (1) we’re central to the universe […]; (2) we’re separate from the universe […] and (3) we’re permanent […]. Now, we don’t really believe these things - intellectually we know better. (ll.19-120) In this quote we can see how he includes the audience in his statement and therefore he is also stating that what he is saying applies to everyone, even himself - and that they all know better, meaning that they are collectively responsible. The values that he are advocating are relevant to everyone and therefore...
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...The focus of the Social Justice Avengers’ (SJA) Group Activism Project is the 2014 Federal Budget, handed down in May 2014 by Federal Treasurer, Joe Hockey. The budget contains many significant changes, however, the SJA chose four topics to highlight; the Medicare Co-Payment, changes to the Higher Education fee structure, and New Start and Youth Allowances. This essay will reflect on the rationale behind the choice of the Budget, the strengths and weaknesses of the activism project, the quality of participation within the group and a self-analysis of my contribution to the project. The specific components of the Budget that were the subject of the activism project were individually chosen by team members based on their personal values and...
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...Geographic segmentation tries to divide the market into different geographical units such as location, regions, population density, climate and countries. Demographic segmentation consists of dividing the market into groups based on variables such as gender, family size, family life cycle, income, occupation, education, religion, race and nationality. Psychographic segmentation divides buyers into different groups based on social class, lifestyle or personality characteristics. Behavioral segmentation divides buyers into groups based on their knowledge, attitudes, response to a product. There are four consumer and industrial product that we are going to discuss about their market segmentation, which are McDonald, Hugo Boss perfume, Mobil Nokia and magazine of National Geographic. Fast food: McDonalds Geographic segmentation Nowadays, McDonalds is a very famous brand in all over the world. It franchises and operates more than 32,000 fast-food restaurants in over 100 countries. In Malaysia, you can find McDonalds at every shopping complex of the city. These brands of the product are very Bestsellers because people have high purchasing powers and enable to spend it. Demographic segmentation Life cycle...
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...Low back pain by young athletes; is practicing sports, prevention or a risk factor to develop low back pain? Ziva Tavcar, Msc Human Movement Science Clinique Valmont, Switzerland Introduction Low back pain is a common problem in a modern society and is present also among pre- and adolescents as well by young athletes. Relationship between low back pain and physical activity shows that physical and psychical factors of over active or inactive life-style lead among genetically predisposed individuals to a higher risk for low back pain. Thus better understanding of a problem, earlier diagnostic and right management prevent earlier apparition of recurrences and chronicity in adulthood. Spinal pain Spinal pain appears due to variety of symptoms, which are experienced at least once in a lifetime by approximately 80% of a general population [1]. Classification of spinal pain concerns affected region (cervical, thoracic, lumbar, or irradiation in the limbs), duration (acute, sub-acute, chronic), or level of functional disability [1]. Lumbar pain is determined as a pain, muscle tension or stiffness that occurs between the last thoracic vertebra and the lower gluteal folds, with or without leg pain [1–3]. Chronic low back pain appears more often by working population in adulthood [1] and fluctuates during time, appears at different occurrences with different intensities and disability [4]. The complexity of symptoms could be associated with physical, psychical and recently genetic...
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...children ages 7-17 use the internet in their homes, and 57% have their own cell phones (Kennedy, Smith, Wells, & Wellman, 2008). Media has become intricately woven into the daily lives of families – it acts as a babysitter and teacher, a mediator, entertainer and everyday companion, but perhaps most significantly, it acts as a facilitator of daily family routines, transitions, and interactions. The ubiquity of new technology is quickly changing the means by which families interact with each other to create systems of shared meanings and experiences. Families are adapting to this influx of modern technology and media into their homes by developing new rules and systems of monitoring and regulation. The influence of media on the family life of a second-grade girl, Reagan, and her parents was examined in regards to these changes. In particular, two questions were asked: How do parents perceive and make decisions regarding their children’s use of technology, and how do new forms of technology alter family roles and relationships, particularly those between parent and child? Reagan is the only child of two, married, professional parents. Her media use is typical for children her age, expect that she has just recently acquired an iPad. The iPad was bought to be used as an educational aid, as Reagan has learning disabilities. Informal observations were conducted over a period of several weeks, in which Reagan’s use of the iPad and her parents monitoring of her access to it were...
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