advises that the protege not seek out the perfect mentor‚ rather that they be the perfect protege. I found the article is more comprehensive in that it explores aspects not broached by the reading. The subject of being a minority or “token” ‚ which can be a gender or ethnic difference‚ is investigated. In short it is found to be riskier due to the increased scrutiny generally applied to most in that subset. The article also outlines 5 cross-gender problems‚ that include public perceptions‚ my belief
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Rodger Covino ETH/125 Religious and Ethnic Groups Paper My religion of choice for this paper is Buddhism. Unlike most other religions‚ Buddhism does not have a savior or an omnipresent God like Christianity. The relationship between a follower‚ or disciple‚ and the Buddha is the same as a teacher has with his or her students. Buddhists place more emphasis on self-discipline and self-reliance rather than having blind faith. Buddhists are accepting of all other religions and faiths. They are
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Assess the sociological explanations for the educational underachievement of certain social groups‚ focus on gender‚ social class and ethnicity. It has been said that education is a “major social institution”. According to functionalists socialization should be provided by education. In this way young people learn how to become contributing citizens by means of formal subjects. The hard work of these young people is rewarded by the acquisition of formal recognised qualifications. By teaching
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Does the American Education System Promote Racial Inequality? It is well known that at the very beginning of its existence‚ America had its fair share of racial discrimination. Anyone who wasn’t Caucasian was viewed as less worth when compared to people of European descent or appearance. It’s a part of American history that is spoken of with deep regret. However‚ thanks to people like Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr.‚ African Americans and eventually all races were given equal opportunity‚ at
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ages of 25 and 29 incarceration rate has been thought‚ by many‚ to be caused by economic factors such as under employment or unemployment‚ poor housing‚ lack of education‚ and lack of healthcare. Yet‚ others believe it is due to the imbalance of minorities within the criminal justice system‚ such as judges‚ lawyers‚ and lawmakers. This paper will explore two different outlooks; society has come up with so far‚ as to why African American Males between the ages of 25 and 29 are increasingly incarcerated
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British students are excluded from higher education. There is still a lack of ethnic minorities in top universities‚ despite widening participation schemes and black and ethnic minority students predominately go to new universities which have high representation of black and ethnic minority students. Looking at ethnic minorities in higher education is important because of the huge disparities between the different minorities entering in the university system‚ particularly black British students of
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What is Cultural Assimilation? Cultural assimilation is defined as interpenetration and fusion of ethnic minorities into the dominant culture. In other cases‚ cultural assimilation perhaps that immigrants and members of ethnic group are expected to come to resemble the majority groups in terms of norms‚ values‚ and behaviors. Cultural assimilation is where majority group does not tolerated different ethnic or racial identities In general; cultural assimilation adopts the cultural norms and values of
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issue on affirmative action should be critically examined for it is here that individuals get an important start on their lives and career‚ any discrimination brought by denied admission is not healthy and illegal to the society for it lessens the minority representations. This study will be of great significance on the investigation of the relationship between moral and political values involving race‚ gender‚ social practices and justifications of their social choices. The ethical aspects of the
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Teaching speaking to ethnic minority students of English at Hoa Binh Teachers’ Training College: Problems and solutions Author: Ngo Thi Thuy Huong Deputy Dean of Foreign Language Study Department Hoa Binh Teachers’ Training College Telephone number: 0218.3600.438 Email: nghuonghb@gmail.com Nguyen Thi Le Thuy Lecturer at Hanoi University of Industry Bio Data: Ngo Thi Thuy Huong has a BA in English. She has been a teacher of English at Hoa Binh Teachers’ Training College (HTTC)
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Deep level diversity usually starts with identifying surface level differences and when people gets to know each other‚ they starts noticing the deep level personal differences and tend to accept or dislike it. For e.g. a person belonging to a minority ethnic group may be treated differently by the others since his culture and language might be different. But as everyone interacts with him more‚ they seem to forget the surface level differences and then they begin to notice his differing values and
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