Discussion I - The Mann Gulch Disaster 1. The mental obstacles that constrained the way a problem is defined experienced by the smokejumpers (conceptual blocks) included the following: a. First‚ the jumpers were told that the fire they were going to fight was a 10:00 fire‚ meaning that they were going in prepared to fight a fire that should be contained by the next morning. They seemed to have pre-defined the problem without consideration that they may be dropped of having to fight a different
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Mann vs. Ford In late 1960’s Ford bought a large sum of land in Ramapough‚ New Jersey to build a factory for their car assembly. With all the production going on they had ton’s upon tons of waste. Since Ford owned a large area of land they found wooded areas to dump the waste they had created and they felt it was fine because they paid for the land. Even though Ford bought the land from a Native American tribe‚ some of those Indians still lived on the land. Even with the Natives living on
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Horace Mann‚ the father of education‚ made the bold statement that if one lacks education‚ they are no better than a swine. In a world where only the rich were literate‚ he dreamed of equality between classes and he thought education was the way to get there. Obvious improvement has been made since 1848‚ but students still learn at unequal rates. Afraid to refer to it as a "civil rights" issue‚ the problem is ignored even as income‚ gender‚ race‚ and even immigrant status like Antonio Alvarez writes
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“I Want a Wife‚” Judy Brady discusses how society tends to be chauvinistic and discriminatory toward women. She writes to women to help them awaken from the melancholy reality of oppression society allows. Brady asserts that women must be approached without any sort of sexist stereotype‚ and she supports her claim by establishing who she is and where she stands as a woman‚ by categorizing all expectations society has on wives‚ and by asking a question with sarcasm. Brady begins her argument by
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Photography is chosen by lots of people for many reasons. I am choosing this job because taking photos is something I love to do. I became interested when I was twelve‚ my cousin only a year older than me got a new camera. I was really fascinated by her camera it seemed really cool. A year later she got a new camera and gave me hers. Following that I had gotten my first backdrop. I began taking photos often especially at my siblings sporting events. I really like taking photos and would love to be
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Patrick Henry Brady Academy By Marisa Richardson The Patrick H. Brady Academy program is located on the grounds of the STAR academy in Southwestern South Dakota. The Brady Academy itself is a newly designed building to the rear of the main administration building for the campus. The living area is designed in a dormitory style‚ housing up to 48 young men (also called cadets) between the ages of 14 and 18. The Patrick Henry Brady Academy program is designed to improve the quality of life for
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husband truly thought of how wives should act. Although Brady declared that she is a wife‚ she switched the roles where she is the husband for the article. She listed countless expectations that what a husband wants from a typical wife. These expectations were listed out in several paragraph. Brady claimed that wives should not be classified as a tool but a person to their husbands‚ and wives should get respects from them. The reason why Judy Brady wrote this article is after she came across with her
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Mann Gulch 9/11 stuff The morning of September 11‚ 2001 was as normal as any. Then‚ a booming noise in the sky shot through the city of New York. Less than two hours later‚ and America had a crisis on its hands. As it is well known‚ over three hundred firefighters and paramedics died in the time it takes to watch a film. The shock to New York was as sudden and sweeping as the Mann Gulch fire in Montana in 1949. Despite seeming vastly different because of the scope of the fire and the fire
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the man that was shot by the suspect. Mann is affected by status everytime he gets in trouble he is thrown on the porch. As soon as he touches the porch he freaks out and says” i can’t breathe.” when he says that him and his mother began to cry. Regardless of the fact‚
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“1491” by Charles C. Mann In this article‚ “1491”‚ Charles Mann introduces a very controversial topic about the pre-Columbus Americas. Before the year 1492‚ many different civilizations of Native American Indians inhabited the Americas. How many people actually lived in the Americas before the European invaders came in contact with the new world? For generations‚ historians and professors have been fascinated by this question and have always answered with conflicting conclusions. Also‚ how was
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