lives in the inner-city suburb of Glebe with her single mother‚ who takes care of her. Their rather small dwelling is the source of some embarrassment for Josie. Josie is essentially on a journey of discovery throughout the novel. This journey reveals much about herself‚ her family and the many lessons that she is yet to learn in her life. Her search for her own cultural identity is coupled with her struggle as a poor student among many wealthy ones. Josephine also has a number of self-esteem issues
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herself for each and find an equalibrium of both. She has major difficulties coping with the harsh reality of prejudice and these problems soon take their toll on her. These pressures continue with her living a life in a prestigious private school‚ battling to balance herself in a middle class life. Josies aspirations reach much farther than that of her families ambitions for her life. It is at this point in time where a classic example of culture clash begins. Josie feels the need to rebel
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What is multiculturalism and multi-cultural education and why are these terms at the center of such great controversy? This is a concern to me as a student training to be a future teacher here in the United States. It seems that these two topics are generating a great deal of concern among teachers and creating a “mix” in feelings on how to handle these issues in the classroom. Multiculturalism is “a social and political movement and position that holds differences between individuals as groups
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imaginary events and people‚ some dealing with harsh topics about social issues in the world today. Learning about these topics in a hypothetical way can make it easier to point out the topics in a situation you personally aren’t connected to. The novel‚ “ Looking for Alaska”‚ by John Green focuses on social issues like discovering who you are while being influenced by your peers. The book also deals with problems that are prevalent in today’s society‚ such as suicide. “Looking for Alaska” is narrated
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Josephine Alibrandi is a 17 year old catholic girl who has far more to contend to than her study in her final year at school. This year her life is turned upside down when her father comes into her life for the first time‚ her close friend commits suicide‚ family secrets come out‚ she forms a relationship with Jacob Coote plus Josie has to figure out her own identity. Josie attends St Martha’s‚ a wealthy catholic school in Sydney’s Eastern suburbs on an academic scholarship. At school Josie feels
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When a sub-ordinate nation is ruled by a more dominant nation‚ the dominant nation passes on most of its cultural traits‚ most notably language‚ onto the sub-ordinate nation through power. This transfer of one culture onto another‚ is what we call‚ cultural imperialism. The language that is believed to be the dominant language today is the ‘English’ language‚ which obviously comes from the western culture. In today’s world you see English spoken almost everywhere‚ in India its even the co-official
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What are stereotypes? According to the book Social Psychology‚ a stereotype is a set of Characteristics attributed to all members of some specified group or social category. Within the past few decades‚ women and men both have contributed their efforts to reduce stereotypes of both men and women. The effort has made many changes overtime. However some types of current media does influence and teach its viewers the stereotypes of gender that people have been trying to decrease. I have seen
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how people learn cultural morals and the responses and emotions that differentiate us from animals that are driven merely by the drive to survive and reproduce. Socialization starts from the assumption that humans are more than animals that do whatever it takes to survive. Instead humans recognize that they are part of a group‚ and they observe other humans for guiding cues on how they should respond. When a baby is born it observes its mother to learn how emotions work and what the proper response
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Exercises and Problems –W2 E9-1 The following expenditures relating to plant assets were made by Spaulding Company during the first 2 months of 2011. 1. Paid $5‚000 of accrued taxes at time plant site was acquired. 2. Paid $200 insurance to cover possible accident loss on new factory machinery while the machinery was in transit. 3. Paid $850 sales taxes on new delivery truck. 4. Paid $17‚500 for parking lots and driveways on new plant site. 5. Paid $250 to have company name and advertising slogan
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How does confirmation bias and fixation interfere with effective problem solving? Confirmation bias refers to a type of selective thinking where one tends to notice and to look for what confirms one’s beliefs. It can be difficult to encounter something or someone without having a preconceived opinion. You only see one way to approach a problem or idea‚ and that’s your way. As a result‚ this bias can often result in faulty decision making‚ because one-sided information tends to leave you without
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