Summer Reading Assignment 2013 MYP Year 5‚ Honors English 10 AREAS of INTERACTION: Human Ingenuity Health and Social Education Environments Community and Service Approaches to Learning Essential Questions: How do humans endure traumatic situations in life? How do our values and beliefs shape who we are as
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ENGL 3200 - Advanced Writing and Research Fall 2012‚ 3.0 Units MW 1:40-2:55 PM in Angelico 116 Dominican University of California Department of Literature and Language Judy Halebsky‚ M.F.A.‚ Ph.D. Office: Angelico 327 Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:00 – 4:00 PM and by appointment Contact: 415-482-1846 or judy.halebsky@dominican.edu Course Description: The focus of this course is to cultivate the practices of research writing and critical thinking. In this course‚ students
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1. Functionalist questions a. What are the functions of Wal-Mart for society? Wal-Mart is an American multinational retail corporation and one of the leading discount department retail stores (Wikipedia). It is the highest- grossing company in the United States (Fortune 2008a)‚ and is by far one of the most successful companies worldwide. Wal-Mart offers a place to buy the majority of our goods under one roof like electronics‚ furniture‚ clothing‚ pharmacy‚ sports‚ food‚ books etc. Wal-Mart sells
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Hughes 1059: Hughes describe how he lost faith in jesus at the age of twelve. How did the grown-ups in his life contribute to the experience? Hughes says that he lost faith in jesus when he was twelve because jesus never showed up to save him and it was then that he started to believe that there was no jesus because if there really was one that he would come and spare a twelve year old of the misery. The grown-ups in his life contributed to the whole experience in a negative way. They put too much
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Darren Lubotsky‚ and Christina Paxson. 2002. “Economic Status and Health in Childhood: The Origins of the Gradient.” American Economic Review 92(5): 1308- 1334. Conwell‚ Russell H. "Acres of Diamonds". New York: Harper & Brother Publishers‚ 1915. Ehrenreich‚ Barbara. Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream. New York: Metropolitan Books‚ 2005. Reynolds‚ Alan. Income and Wealth . Westport: Greenwood Press‚ 2006. Scott‚ Janny. "Life at the Top In America Isn ’t Just Better‚ It ’s
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Anthropology notes Main theme: Gender vs. sexuality Gender- role based‚ identity‚ subjective depriving on culture‚ fluid‚ appearances‚ speech‚ identities and role‚ status‚ schema: collection of ideas that influence perception‚ essentialism: nurturing vs fighting differences in intimacy (what men do‚ what women do) Sex- biological‚ psychological‚ anatomy‚ binary‚ applications‚ names‚ color (blue and pink)‚ and biological differences (build‚ hormones‚ and hair)‚ transition: sex change‚ forms “The
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Fashion provides one of the most ready means through which individuals can make expressive visual statements about their identities. (Bennett‚ 2005) Constructing Feminine Form for Masculine Sake. Does it make sense to say that sex is at the heart of identity today? The answer is surely yes‚ and more so than ever before. (Gauntlett‚ 2008). Introduction. Consider the cover of the December 2011 edition of FHM (Fig. 1). It portrays a constructed ideal of female attractiveness. Aimed at the male market
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Maternal instinct‚ instinctively social? “Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out‚ about a century ago‚ that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent” –Barbara Ehrenreich Few women would admit that they have never thought about having a children. Furthermore‚ most women experience sooner or later a strong desire of procreation. There is something difficult to explain in the relationship a mother has with her
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They dramatically increased their presence in professional fields such as medicine‚ law‚ and banking: "in little more than a decade women increased their representation among the most prestigious and lucrative professions by 300 to 400 percent" (Ehrenreich‚ 1990‚ p. 217). Granted‚ middle class women still encounter the "glass ceiling" in their efforts to make it to the highest ranks of corporate life. Nevertheless‚ the women’s movement secured a definite change in fortune for women from backgrounds
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2011. . "CIA - The World Factbook." Welcome to the CIA Web Site — Central Intelligence Agency. Web. 14 Mar. 2011. . "Effects of Poverty‚ Hunger‚ and Homelessness on Children and Youth." American Psychological Association (APA). Web. 10 Mar. 2011. . Ehrenreich‚ Barbara. Nickel and Dimed: on (not) Getting by in America. New York: Metropolitan‚ 2001. Print. "ERS/USDA Briefing Room - Food Security in the United States: Statistics and Graphics." USDA Economic Research Service - Home Page. Web. 09 Mar. 2011
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