...articles that relate to the discussion, “Uniforms accord importance to scholarly pursuits” by Joanne McHugh and “They promote rigid conformity over independent thought” by Anndee Hochman from the The Philadelphia Inquirer. According to Joanne McHugh, student uniforms are beneficial. She expressed that kids dress more for leisure activities instead of business casual, which would not prepare them for the future. McHugh felt that uniforms can help educate students on how to properly dress, since they lack positive role models who could show them proper attire for the various occasions. She expressed another benefit for enforcing uniforms in the school environment is the elimination of social status among students. In addition, uniforms can benefit adults too. McHugh stated uniforms can benefit parents financially, allowing them to save money because they will not need to purchase school clothes during the year. The author Anndee Hochman discussed the limitations and discomfort that uniforms can cause young ladies. She said, since most uniforms have the girls wearing skirts, abolishing the uniform policies would allow them to participate in more activities comfortably without worrying about anyone looking under their skirts, as well as the girls’ legs being exposed to cold weather. Hochman states, “If education is supposed to teach children how to make thoughtful decisions in an atmosphere of competing influences, what better medium than their own clothing?” (Par 11) She...
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...controversial. Some people argue that the legalization of gay marriage will change the meaning of the institution of marriage, provide an unfit environment in which to raise a child, and that it will negatively affect our economy. In general the issue of gay marriages is one that raises many questions and concerns. There is nothing wrong with being a “homosexual” or a “bisexual” since one is still an individual that eats, breathes and feels as ‘heterosexuals” do. So why is it that society is critically against same-sex marriages? I believe that there is nothing wrong in expressing affection towards the same-sex as long as one is happy and does not pose a threat to society. One of most commonly heard reasons why homosexuals want to have the right to marry is that they want to legally show their love for each other by having a marriage license. Heterosexuals use the right to marry for the same reasons. They are in love and want to spend their lives with this person. Even though it is possible to do this without being married, they want to honor their relationship in the greatest way our society has to offer. There is no reason two Garcia 2 people cannot marry despite their sexuality. If a man and woman get to marry because they love each other, what is the difference between a man and a man or a woman and a woman wanting to marry? Many people say if gay marriage is accepted it will have an overall effect on a variety of things. One of the many controversial topics...
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...Part One * You are the news director of a local television station. The city council has just voted to close city parks 3 days a week to save money. Meanwhile, a major celebrity has died. The park story has greater effect on your viewers, but the celebrity death will get bigger ratings? Which do you make your lead story and why? For some unknown reason, news has become more than a center of information. It has become the platform of entertainment. Ratings have increased when the news includes celebrity highlights or “gossip.” This is where it gets hard as a news director. Trying to make the best judgment to not jeopardize ratings but to also be informative. Standing between what affects the viewer and what will bring more rating to the station. This is where as a director I would have to play it smart. There are a couple of things to keep in mind. One is the fact that there are important things going on in the city that the citizens need to be aware of. Some people work hard and as a result don’t have the time to sit down and read a newspaper even if is online. They depend solemnly on the night news. Then we have on the other side the ones that like news that pertain only about entertainment, and this is where it gets tough. In order to keep both parties happy you try to come up with something to catch the attention of both types of viewers. Having a good marketing team that learns how to capture the different viewers attention is the key to these kinds of situations...
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...Torvald speaks to his wife in a rather demeaning way, but she doesn't really seem to mind. The Helmers are both quite excited because Torvald has gotten a new job as the manager of a bank. The couple won't have to worry about money anymore. Nora's old school friend, Mrs. Christine Linde, arrives. She's been recently widowed and is looking for work. Christine is hoping that Torvald might be able to hook her up with a job. Nora tells her friend that she'll ask him. Over the course of their conversation, Nora confesses to Christine that she has a secret debt. Nora refuses to tell Christine who she borrowed money from, but does explain why she had to borrow it. Early in the Helmers' marriage, Torvald got sick from overwork. Doctors prescribed a trip south to warmer climates as the only way to save him. At the time, the Helmers didn't have the money for such a trip. To save Torvald's pride, Nora borrowed money without his knowledge and funded a year in Italy. In order to pay off the debt, she's been skimming from the allowance Torvald gives her and secretly working odd jobs. Nora is especially happy about Torvald's new job, because now money won't be a concern. A creepy man named Krogstad shows up. He works at the bank that Torvald is about to manage. It seems like Nora knows him, but we aren't told why. He goes in to see Torvald. Christine tells Nora that she once knew Krogstad. We get the idea that they once had a thing for each other. Dr. Rank enters. He's a Helmer family friend and is...
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...needs to end now. Human trafficking is when somebody gets abducted and they get sold to people for money. When this does happen to people it doesn’t just affect them, but it affects their friends, family, and their community. They get sold to people and are treated like an animal. They are not fed right, and some even get drugged to do stuff against their own will. This issue is happening everywhere in the world, but especially in the United States. Human Trafficking happens every day, and everywhere. For example some people have got abducted by walking to and from school. Human Trafficking is generally a crime against persons, violating their human and labor rights in the process. (Vanessa, 2015) Sometimes even when you are just walking to get your mail. It could happen anytime and anywhere and it happens so fast that you wouldn’t even know what happened to you. Human Trafficking is the second most profitable criminal enterprise for transnational organized crime groups. (Vanessa, 2015)Sadly, by the times someone would notice that you were missing you could...
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...rights, regardless of sexuality. Gay marriage should be legalized in all states and countries, it has been held off for too long. Moreover, there are several reasons why homosexuals feel strongly about wanting to be legally married. One reason that is most commonly heard is, they want to legally show their love for each other by having a marriage license. Homosexuals want the right to marry like anybody else, and for the same reasons too. They are in love and want to spend their lives with this person. Even though it is possible to do this without being married; “they want to honor their relationship in the greatest way our society has to offer” (90). There be no reason two people cannot marry despite their sexuality. If a man and woman get to marry because they love each other, what is the difference between a man and a man or a woman and a woman wanting to marry because, they love each other? Also, another cause why homosexuals want the right to marry their spouse is because they are being cheated of rights. Although, two people love each other, if they cannot marry they are losing rights. Marriage gives both spouses benefits, “same-sex couples in long-term, committed relationships pay higher taxes and are denied basic protection and rights granted to married heterosexual couples” (90). It is unfair to couples of the same-sex to lose rights based on sexuality. They are denied rights such as: hospital visitation, social security benefits, nursing homes, health insurance and so...
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...family lives. It may be alternated to the word ‘house’ but a house is more appropriately referring to the material structure, whereas ‘home’ refers to the intangible things that bind together the family members. It is the immeasurable love and care that keeps together the mother, father and their children. However, no matter how ideal a family in the terms of their relationship, there are still hardships and misunderstandings that will come along the way. It is just part of any relationship anyway. But, the sad part is when one of the family members gave up and the others have no choice but to accept and let go. Thus, the family starts to be broken. Broken family varies from numerous reasons why it had to be that way. But usually, misunderstanding starts from simple domestic quarrel that grows impertinently damaging the long-forged relationship between the family members. When a couple split up, it is the children that are greatly affected scarring them physically, emotionally and socially. The most common dispute between a husband and a wife is the financial issue. This is rooted when the father, which should be the provider for the family, can’t give enough money for the sustenance of the whole family. A vice that cannot be given up may be associated with this. Or early marriage could be the reason of the financial setback. Teen pregnancies are very much high in rate in the last decade. A couple that haven’t able to finish studies and started a family early would likely...
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...Economics’ Approach to Financial Planning by Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Ph.D. |Executive Summary | |Economists long have shown that when it comes to consuming lifetime economic resources, households seek to neither splurge nor hoard, but | |rather to achieve a smooth living standard over time. Consumption smoothing not only underlies the economics approach to spending and | |saving, it is central to the field’s analysis of insurance decisions and portfolio choice. | |Smoothing a household's living standard requires using a sophisticated mathematical technique called dynamic programming to solve a number | |of difficult and interconnected problems. Advances in dynamic programming coupled with today's computers are permitting economists to move | |from describing financial problems to prescribing financial solutions. | |Conventional planning’s targeted liability approach has some surface similarities to consumption smoothing. But the method used to find | |retirement- and survivor-spending targets is virtually guaranteed to disrupt, rather than smooth, a household’s living standard as it ages.| |Moreover, even very small targeting mistakes will suffice to produce major consumption disruption for the simple reason that the wrong...
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...support and essential necessities is no easy task. For some the responsibilities of marriage become overwhelming or the problems within a marriage become so serious they cannot be solved, and couples all across the nation are choosing to end their marriage in a divorce. It is sad to say but although most people take their whole lives to decide to enter into marriage, most only take a few moments to consider ending one. Divorce rates continue to rise and rise in modern times and it could easily be said that divorce is the instant gratification married couples are turning to in order to cope in today’s society. There are many factors that go into the decision of ending one’s marriage but some factors that are changing the marriage game today are woman’s growing roles in society as self efficient individuals, economic and financial problems and a lack of communication or proper problem solving efforts and the effects of divorce and even more damaging than the divorce itself. With the edition of the nineteenth amendment to constitution giving women the right to vote in America, it began the journey for women across the nation to transform into the power house individuals that are just as much a part of running this country as men today. This in turn became a major change within homes for married couples, as women’s roles in society changed so did men’s. Men were not the only bread winner of family, no longer the backbone of keeping...
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...childfree might leave many Indians aghast and understandably, people childfree by choice here are not as vocal about their decision as in western countries. Childfree people around the world though have been seeking similar-minded people through social clubs and websites. No Kidding is a social group with chapters in countries like US, Spain, China and New Zealand. LT Ciaccio from No Kidding told TSI about its members, “Here in New York, there are people art, galleries and books, and try new kinds of foods like Ethiopian food, so it’s a lot of fun. They’re very accepting of all different kinds of religions and ideas. But outside of that, the childfree people are very different. Some are very conservative, some really like kids and are teachers; some try to have a more adult-centred life, there is a lot of variety within the people.” Every person has his own set of reasons for being childfree. Some like having time for themselves, others are glad of being able to concentrate on their careers. Says LT W e want a baby just like that from you!” she said as she poked me in my...
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...worse than others. Compared to any other news company, Fox News and MSNBC are both very opinionated and bias, instead of being factual and clear, in their articles. One author proves that Fox News or MSNBC is biased by either their writing or what they are saying. Claudia Kalb and Andrew Murr say that AIDS is more common...
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...Eichmann, and asked if she could assist six hundred Jews to England. Eichmann was confused as to why she would want to assist in the Kindertransport since she was the perfect example of an “Aryan” woman. However, he granted Wijsmuler-Meiger what she asked for. For Wijsmuler-Meiger’s first transport she had to follow some procedures. She had to get a boat ready in Prague and arrange people in Holland to move the children from the train to the boat. Finally, on December 10, 1938, the transport left from Austria on route to Vienna with six hundred kids aboard (Byers 31-32). Wijsmuler-Meiger organized her last transport on May 14, 1939, even though the German army already invaded Holland on May 10. She proceeded in her mission to get Jewish children out of the country Therefore, Wijsmuler-Meiger arranged five buses to pick up eighty kids from an orphanage in Amsterdam. The kids got onto the bus and headed towards the harbor, through the streets of cars, bikes and people trying to flee the German tanks. Wijsmuler-Meiger and the children made it safely to the harbor and at ten minutes to eight the Bodegraven set sail. The boat left just ten minutes before Holland surrendered to Germany. In all, Wijsmuler-Meiger organized 49 transports from Germany and Austria. After the war, she went on to helping...
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...Joshua Westcott Kohlberg’s Moral Development April 30, 2012 As children’s cognitive abilities mature and expand, so does their ability to reason about moral issues. If we can begin to understand the ways children reason about moral issues, it might help parents and therapists better attune themselves to each child, so as to help each child develop in a positive direction. By attuning to children, the parent or therapist will be better equipped to reason with children at ‘their’ level of development; otherwise, what the adult is trying to communicate will get lost in translation. If we can learn to speak the child’s language, than we can help each child use his or her ‘logic/reasoning’ to effect change in his or her world. Who are the major theorists in the area of moral development? A few of the major theorists in the field of moral development are John Piaget, Lawrence Kohlberg, Elliot Turiel, and Carol Gilligan. Gilligan is a brilliant feminist psychologist who is best known for her 1982 work, “In a Different Voice” (see http://www.amazon.com/In-Different-Voice-Psychological-Development/dp/0674445449/ref=lp_B000APQF3Q_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335926229&sr=1-1). Turiel is best known for developing his ‘domain theory’, which is discussed in his exceptional work, “The Development of Social Knowledge: Morality and Convention” (see http://www.amazon.com/The-Development-Social-Knowledge-Convention/dp/0521273056/ref=lp_B001HD1YF4_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1335926449&sr=1-2)...
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...41 SMART WAYS TO SAVE MONEY PRESENTED BY WWW.82INVEST.COM www.82invest.com One of the quickest ways to improve your finances is to reduce your expenses and find more ways to save money. This book is a compilation of various money saving tips that have been published over the years. 1. COMBINE YOUR CABLE, INTERNET AND TELEPHONE SERVICE. Companies now offer combined services that not only cost less, but offer the convenience of a single bill. Called a Triple Play Package (Cable, Internet, and Phone), these combined service deals can save you a bundle. 2. SLOW DOWN YOUR INTERNET SERVICE. I went to the slower internet service option with my cable company and saved $15 per month. And I haven’t noticed a difference when surfing the Net. 3. CONVERT TO A GAS WATER HEATER. They are more efficient and will save you money in the long run. 4. REFINANCE YOU MORTGAGE. If you can reduce your interest rate by one percent or more, it is often beneficial to refinance. This is particularly true for those with high rates due to less than stellar credit scores. If your score has improved, you may qualify for a better rate. I would start by asking your current mortgage lender about lower rates. 5. GET YOUR BOOKS AND DVDS FROM THE LIBRARY. I love books and read every day. While I buy some of the books I read, most come from the library. Simply put, it’s hard to beat free. Many libraries now have movies on DVD that can be checked out. If your library offers this service,...
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...Socially Correct? What is gay? What does that word mean to you? Well, “gay” or “gay people” are very common expressions used for “homosexuals”, or “lesbians” used to describe females. This type of behavior is all in the society and it exists in all classes, social groups, races, positions, countries, regardless of age or origin. Homosexuality has been around for some time now. For some gayness is considered by opponents of a voluntary “act” and “behavior”, which a person can act on. Just because an emotion is deep or powerful does not justify acting upon it. Like drugs, like adultery, like the abuse of alcohol or the love of money, or the power rush of human ego trips, there are emotions which are powerful and addictive and ultimately terribly destructive. Same sex marriages must satisfy criteria other than emotion. A marriage is more than a sexual pleasure center. A marriage is a social unit that is interwoven with dozens of other lives. We refer to basic human rights like the freedom of speech and association, liberty, and equal treatment in court as civil rights, because they are fundamental rights that each and every citizen should not be denied on the basis of their sex, race, or religious belief. Though it has been proven that homosexuality -- the sexual desire for those of the same sex as oneself -- has existed since humans have begun documenting human history, the framers of the Constitution did not include the unconstitutionality of discrimination against citizens...
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