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    Breakfast Club Summary

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    Breakfast club reflective essay The plot follows five students at fictional Shermer High School in Shermer‚ Illinois as they report for Saturday detention on March 24‚ 1984. While not complete strangers‚ the five teenagers are each from a different clique or social group. The five students - Allison‚ Andrew‚ Bender‚ Brian‚ and Claire - who seem to have nothing in common at first‚ come together at the high school library‚ where they are harangued and ordered not to speak or move from their seats

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    School Uniforms

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    our schools today‚ there are problems that take the focus off education and make it more difficult for a student to learn. These problems include ridicule and discrimination‚ violence‚ expense‚ distractions‚ fashion extremes‚ and the formation of cliques. School uniforms can eliminate the problems that arise and distract students from the main focus of school‚ their education. School uniforms put an end to the "grueling‚ expensive‚ and sometimes violent competition to keep up with the latest fashion

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    anymore. Finally‚ the last problem of my school was the students. They oftern formed cliques depended on the personal popularities‚ the finance of student’s family or the similar personalities or hobbies. At the end of the first year in high school‚ we can idenify clearly any groups by looking at them. The groups never let anyone join them unless that person had to be like them and follow the rules of the cliques. However‚ the most terrible thing was that some students involved with drugs such as

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    Is John Green’s ‘Looking for Alaska’ worth the read? Looking for a good book? Stop looking in the libraries and start ’Looking for Alaska’! This book is one of my personal favorites and I keep finding myself reading it over and over again. The book starts out with Miles Halter’s going away party‚ where only 2 of his classmates show up. He’s starting school at a private school‚ Culver Creek‚ as a junior. Back home‚ he never had many friends‚ but at “the Creek” he instantly connects with his roommate

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    this observation in a recent Student Council meeting. As I drew myself back away from any attention in these places‚ I took specific notice of a few major characteristics of the behavior in which individuals acted. Those were as follows: clothing‚ clique/group‚ social inclinations‚ gender‚ adult accompaniment‚ and approximate age groups. As previously stated‚ I entered the front lobby to observe teens in an environment where they casually wait and pass by. Upon first arrival there was only one teenager

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    The Meaning of Meanness

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    author Rosalind Wiseman‚ (Winfrey 2007) Mean Girls highlights many of the same sociological principles that are seen in The Meaning of Meanness: Popularity‚ Competition‚ and Conflict among Junior High School Girls by Don E. Merten. The film depicts a clique of four popular females‚ who rule the social world that exists in their American high school‚ much like the “dirty dozen” (Merten 1997‚ p.p. 175) do in their American junior high school. As is evident in the previously discussed works; in recent years

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    James Baldwin Language

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    Language is a very controversial topic. The way many people hear language and judge others based upon it differs from place to place. Personally‚ I completely agree with James Baldwin. In his defense‚ language is what the general population uses to stereotype‚ it leaves us identifying each another‚ and language also can cause social exclusion. First off‚ language is widely used to stereotype others. One can judge others based on their accent‚ choice of words‚ or grammar. For instance‚ during James

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    One of the primary reasons for why people organize themselves in such a way is because of the similarities among those in the community. The grouping of people by similarities is a very old unconscious system existent in far times. In the past centuries‚ people in a community have grouped themselves by religious beliefs‚ political affiliations‚ and other opinions and thoughts. Political affiliations have attracted people to each other when they have similar beliefs‚ and have repelled each other when

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    Tascha DeVoll English 1302 Mr. Glaesemann 15 April 2014 Characterization: The Breakfast Club A professor named Peter Drucker stated‚ ‘’the most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said.’’ The quote basically means the ability to read the emotions and nonverbal communication of another person increases the understanding and elevates relationships. A prominent writer and producer named John Hughes directed a movie called The Breakfast Club where five students with nothing

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    Sociology on Mean Girls

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    Mean Girls is one of the most watched movies in today’s society. It seems as though people of all gender‚ sex‚ age‚ race‚ ethnicity‚ class have seen this movie and can relate to some aspect of it. A brutal portrayal of high school cliques‚ Mean Girls depicts everyday high school struggles for students and teachers. The popular group of girls‚ referred to as the "Plastics"‚ control every aspect of the school by using their good looks‚ money‚ popularity‚ and power. They are middle class white girls

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