I was strolling on the streets of New York City on my way to work as a science teacher at New York City Schools. I glared at the homeless people on the streets pondering‚ how did they get there? When I was younger there were many people living on the streets. Now that it is 2052 and I’m forty-two years old‚ the number of homeless people increased rapidly. I’m hoping I never end up like them. Eventually‚ I got to school and I went to my class. Like every day‚ I take a glimpse from the door and all
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he descriptive essay is a genre of essay that asks the student to describe an object‚ person‚ place‚ experience‚ emotion‚ situation‚ etc. This genre encourages the student’s ability to create a written account of a particular experience. What is more‚ this genre allows for a great deal of artistic freedom (the goal of which is to paint an image that is vivid and moving in the mind of the reader). One might benefit from keeping in mind this simple maxim: If the reader is unable to clearly form
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Nikole Hannah-Jones and her husband were facing one of the toughest decisions since they became parents; where would they send their 4-year old daughter to school in an intensely segregated New York City school system? The family lived in the predominantly low-income‚ black neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant and if their daughter attended the local public school‚ she would be attending the school with a majority of low-income black students. They could send their daughter to a private school‚ as
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New York Vs. Los Angeles Did you know according to the US Census and Suburbanstats.org that almost half of Los Angeles is hispanic while only 17% of New York is hispanic? Why is that so? And how would that affect these cities and their peoples’ views? New York is the largest city in the United States and the world while Los Angeles is the second largest in the United States and third in the world. However‚ they are on the opposite ends of the United States. Also‚ Los Angeles is a much younger city
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thought as the place of opportunities‚ New York City became a symbol of freedom and economic mobility to the earliest immigrants coming from all over Europe and Asia in the 1800’s. Whether it was due to religious persecution‚ land and job shortages‚ famines or rising taxes‚ these immigrants were just looking to obtain a better quality of life for themselves and their families. Nearly 12 million people passed through the gates of Ellis Island and settled in New York City. Due to the fact that most immigrants
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“a sense of belonging” is a book that nobody should miss! It provides students with the opportunity to examine different writing models and techniques while raising their awareness of different issues such as racial discrimination and racial abuse. Many of my friends found it interesting to read and could not stop reading the whole book although we were told to finish only four stories and only stopped flipping and reading till the last page! I personally find the book worth a read and would like
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The New York Times Company is a leading media company; its flagship paper‚ the New York Times is considered as its most valuable asset. News is a low outlay‚ frequently purchased good‚ with a value proposition of intangible or informational nature‚ and a high differentiation potential. The publishing industry‚ newspaper in particular‚ had adopted the "Chinese Wall" principle-- the separation of editorial operations and business operations as a gatekeeping function. The industry is cyclical: when
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Philadelphia during the early 1970’s and spread to other urban cities‚ most notably New York. Many graffiti artists used it as means to showcase their art‚ while others used it as a public speech and highlight gentrification within the area. Despite its artistic nature‚ city governments quickly labeled graffiti as a form of “vandalism”‚ and instilled various programs to rectify the problem. Philadelphia and New York in particular had to most success in subduing graffiti and dealing with gentrification
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Newspapers and print media have experienced increasing difficulty due to the shift in the way people consume information. According the Pew Research Center‚ 55% of New York Times readers read the Times on a phone or a computer. That trend holds true across the industry with 2012 numbers showing that over half of Americans consume news online‚ while only 29% claimed to have read a newspaper in the last day (See Exhibit 1). Declining print readership means fewer advertisers and declining price-leverage
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What is the result‚ after a reporter commits frequent acts of journalistic fraud while covering significant news event? The trend continues when there are not things or people in place to rectify it. When obvious warning signs are ignored‚ such as Jayson Blair’s mistakes it only weakens the credibility of the newspaper. Blair was caught in a plagiarism scandal that harmed the New York Times reputation; though he set the stage for more incidents like that to happen and history repeat itself. The fact
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