Critical Response #1: “On Paradise” by Nicolette Bethel In the essay “On Paradise” Nicolette Bethel starts off by discussing reality based on perspective. To illustrate this Bethel uses two examples. The first example is the image of a beach seen through the eyes of two people; a tourist and a resident. From the tourist’s perspective the beach is a beautiful‚ warm place where he can lay around and get a sun tan‚ enjoy the warm air and clear skies; however‚ from the resident’s perspective it’s a
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limited the scope of Title IX (King‚ n.d.). Grove City College (GCC)‚ in Grove City‚ Pennsylvania‚ took pride in being a private‚ coeducational liberal arts school that refused state and federal financial assistance (Ware‚ 2007). This gave them independence from federal regulation (Ware‚ 2007). GCC did have a large number of students that received Basic Educational Opportunity Grants (BEOG’s) issued through a Department of Education (DOE)-run program (Grove City‚ n.d). The DOE concluded these grants
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case of Grove City vs. Bell‚ Title IX was proved to affect not only colleges and universities but private schools as well. Title IX states that no person shall be excluded from being a part of any educational program according to the sex of the person. Before this court case‚ Title IX only referred to colleges and universities that receive federal funds. After the court case‚ private schools that refused direct funding were able to receive federally funded scholarships. Even though Grove City College
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Australia’s Response to Communism in the 1950’s In the 1950’s the world had just come out of the greatest war in human history. In the aftermath of this war many countries turned to communism. It was against this threat of communism that the Australian government reacted in such a wide variety of ways. Although there were a wide variety of ways in which Australia reacted there were perhaps three that were the most prevalent and influential. Firstly Australia sent troops to fight in Korea to avoid
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The Lemon Grove Incident (Christopher‚ 1985)‚ is a movie that depicts the first successful legal challenge to school segregation in the United States. The incident took place in the early 1930’s in California. The town’s population was largely made up of Mexican immigrants who worked in the citrus groves. The school officials in the town felt that the Mexican children were hindering the learning of the Anglo students. Eventually‚ the school board tried to force the Mexican students to attend a separate
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Nourhan Nassar Ms. Nagham Jaber English 203 9 Octobre 2012 Downtown Beirut: a spot pour les bourgeois In his article Downtown Beirut: A City of Ghosts? ‚ published in the Alakhbar English journal on Saturday‚ January 7 2012‚ Ahmed Mohsen describes the heart of Beirut as an empty‚ fake‚ artificial hanging spot for the elite‚ so distant and alienated from the culture and the civilization of the good old Beirut known for its diversity among different social classes. Mohsen considers
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Alejandro Vargas English 101 April 21‚ 2014 Southern Gothic Critical Reading Response Essay In “A Good Man is Hard to Find‚” by Flannery O’ Connor the audience sees how an ordinary family road trip turns into a horrifying death scene. This is caused because of the genre of the story‚ Southern Gothic‚ combining some Gothic sensibilities (such as the Grotesque) along with the setting and style of the Southern United States. Themes of the Southern Gothic genre include deeply flawed‚ disturbing
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The Differences and Similarities of Two CEO’s There are many computer companies in the world. Two men who have made contributions to the field are Michael Dell and Andy Grove. Michael Dell is the founder and CEO of Dell Computers. Andy Grove the former CEO and cofounder of Intel. How these two men got started in their perspective fields and the obstacles they have overcame to make their companies on the Fortune 500 list. We will compare their styles‚ changes they made‚ and how they kept
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Critical Film Response (Western Eyes) The documentary film ‘Western Eyes’ by Ann Shin presents two Canadian women of Asian descent who are contemplating having plastic surgery to permanently change their looks. The aim of their surgeries was to westernize their appearances. Sharon‚ who is of Korean descent‚ wants to have eyelid surgery done to give her eyes ‘more of a fold’. Maria is of Filipino descent and was considering changing both her eyes and nose at the beginning of the film. Sharon‚ the
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Mathabane’s article on “Kaffir Boy” talks about his life in South Africa which was a period of apartheid‚ the separation of blacks and whites. Throughout the article Mathabane agrees that his book might not be appropriate because of the explicit context but disagrees with parents and school districts trying to censor the content because you take away the meaning and reality. For example‚ Mathabane states “special committee of administrators‚ teachers and staff‚ the school has begun taping over several
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