visualize the district demographic please refer to the histogram below. (Figure 1) Figure 1: Alief democratic profile compared to statewide data. (Texastribune.org 2010) There is no significant difference between the district percentage of Hispanic and Native American compared to the state percentage. They represent respectively‚ about 50% and 0.5% of the student body. However‚ African American represents two thirds of the student body in Alief ISD while they represent only about one seventh
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and traditional activities in fall such as hayrides‚ and even “haunted” hayrides. (True History of Halloween‚ 2008) We will be exploring a few different variations of Halloween. One from a religious view and another from the library of congress both very interesting. Following this you will learn how it crosses over to the Hispanic holiday “Dia de Los Muertos” better known as day of the dead. Originally Halloween was an acient Pre-Christian Celtic Festival of day of the dead (American
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The truly formalized definition of a “minority found in the dictionary is “a number or part of something‚ especially a number that is less than half of the whole.” Aside from this come a set of darker variations on how to describe a minority group. Richard T. Schaefer (1993)‚ describe in his book Racial and Ethnic Groups two different ways to define a minority; “A subordinate group whose members have significantly less control or power over their lives
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Discussion of the Use of Focalisation in Relation to the Theme in I am Legend by Richard Matheson. I am Legend is a story about Robert Neville‚ a man who is supposedly the only human still living in a post-apocalyptic world. An infectious virus has taken over the globe and converted everyone to vampirism. This is threatening the further existence of mankind. What comes next is Robert’s battle to outlive the vampires. The story picks on elements of the supernatural and horror‚ but in its core there
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The Aging Adult No evidence exists to suggest that older individuals perceive pain to a lesser degree or that sensitivity is diminished. Although pain is a common experience among individuals 65 years of age and older‚ it is not a normal process of aging. Pain indicates pathology or injury. Pain should never be considered something to tolerate or accept in one’s later years. Unfortunately‚ many clinicians and older adults wrongfully assume that pain should be expected in aging‚ which leads to less
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Animism or folk religion encompassing indigenous spiritual traditions from pre-colonial times still prevail even among baptized members of formal churches. Supersitious beliefs are widespread. [2] Religion culture + history The pre-Hispanic belief system of Filipinos consisted of a pantheon of gods‚ spirits‚ creatures‚ and men that guarded the streams‚ fields‚ trees‚ mountains‚ forests‚ and houses. Bathala‚ who created earth and man‚ was superior to these other gods and spirits. Regular
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PTC Testing Lab 11/12/13 Abstract: The main purpose of this lab is to determine that you have the dominant PTC gene or recessive PTC gene. PTC testing is a method used to test for a genetic trait. People who have dominant gene taste PTC (phenylthiocarbamide)‚ and people who have recessive do not taste PTC. This trait is passed genetically from parents to their children‚ so that if a person has the trait‚ then at least one of their parents had the trait as well (New York
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possess. The Latino population struggles to overcome their stereotypes because social media presents and perpetuates stereotypes that negatively affect the public perception of the Latino population. According to a study published by the National Hispanic Media Coalition‚ titled “The Impact of Media Stereotypes on Opinions and Attitudes Towards Latinos‚” the media portrayals of Latino/as are largely negative and unfavorable representations of the Latino/a culture. The study asked over 900 participants
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are more often required to wear school uniforms than white students. Across the metro Atlanta region‚ about half of black students and one of every four Hispanic students wears uniforms‚ while about one of every 20 white students does.(French‚ Rose p.a. 1) Uniforms "gave us a laser-like focus on what we were there for and that was teaching and learning‚" he said. The state keeps no data on public school districts
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Running Head: HEALTH CAMPAIGN ON OBESITY Part II Health Campaign on Obesity Part II March 26‚ 2012 HCS/535 University of Phoenix Regina Pointer By: Theresa Williams Summarization Part I Part I of this paper examined childhood obesity as a public health issues that faces the state of Texas. Further‚ the paper dwelt on the importance of addressing this public health issues because it has
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