The Unraveling of Affirmative Action Racial preferences spring from worthy intentions‚ but they have had unintended consequences—including an academic mismatch in many cases between minority students and the schools to which they are admitted. There’s a better way to help the disadvantaged. By RICHARD SANDER and STUART TAYLOR JR. Jareau Hall breezed through high school in Syracuse‚ N.Y. Graduating in the top 20% of his class‚ he had been class president and a successful athlete‚ and he sang
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* 1.) Filipinos are real filipinos "Paliguan mo man ang baboy‚ sa putikan pa rin tatampisaw." it is stated in the selection where is the patis that filipinos love to travel. they want to fill their senses with the sights of other countries however no matter how passionate they are‚ it is innate in them they are filipinos. the selection only stated about their palate but being filipino is much more than that. unlike americans‚ filipinos have close family ties‚ unlike china‚ they value the freedom
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Bachelor of Science in Psychology 43 Prof. Bernadette Corsame FILIPINO PSYCHOLOGY AND ARTS I. HISTORICAL FOUNDATION Arts in the Philippines started even before the colonization of the country. It has different fields and expressions which are mostly religious. In any way‚ these native arts are on the verge of being lost now since the masses are all focused on foreign cultures forgetting their own. Painting Filipino painting as a whole can be seen as an amalgamation of many cultural
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Student Preferences in Housing Survey data analysis: preferred unit styles and costs Sarah L. Samuels | Eric D. Luskin Student housing has the potential to offer multiple benefits and risks. Living in student-focused housing can‚ for example‚ ease a student’s adjustment to college‚ improve study habits and enhance general well being (Enochs & Roland‚ 20061). From the broader standpoint of the college or university‚ housing is an increasingly important factor in recruiting new students (June
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nature of Filipino people How best to describe some of the warmest‚ friendly and informal people in the world? As with most predominantly Roman Catholic cultures religious traditions and customs help define the daily lives of the people‚ family values and their view of the world. Since arriving in the Philippines in 1980 I have felt more comfortable and at "home" than any of the more than 20 countries I have visited. My warm feeling is a direct result of the happy go lucky‚ easy going Filipino people
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stories. But you know what I think? Some Filipinos who acts as if they’re filty rich have many debts! They show the fruit of their labor‚ oops! My mistake‚ the fruit of their "utang" (debt) You can’t measure sucess with what you have alone‚ but how many lives you’ve touched. hmm‚ i don’t think that a success story. for me‚ it really depends on the attitude formed and not on the nationality. its sad to know that if someone sees for example a filipino nurse behaving against the norm set in their
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Filipino Americans My name is Mely‚ a Filipino American‚ born and raised in the United States. Many people are not too familiar with Filipinos as they are other ethnic groups‚ such as the Chinese or the Japanese. Some people have confused me or my family as Chinese or even Hispanics because of our physical features being similar to either culture. I would like to give a background of my Filipino history. According to the U.S. Census Bureau‚ there has been a 99% increase of Asian Americans
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Rise of Filipino nationalism The opening of the Philippines to world trade rapidly developed the Philippine economy. Many Filipinos prospered overnight. Everyday Filipinos also benefited from the new economy with the rapid increase in demand for labor and availability of business opportunities. Some Europeans immigrated to the Philippines to join the wealth wagon‚ among them Jacobo Zobel‚ patriarch of today’s Zobel de Ayala family and prominent figure in the rise of Filipino nationalism. Their scions
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The Miseducation of the Filipino (Reaction Paper) Prof. Renato Constantino‚ in his essay entitled “The Miseducation of the Filipino”‚ writes about the coming about of the miseducation and the consequences of such action in the lives of the Filipinos‚ then‚ now‚ and perhaps the future. Promoting and imposing the “unFilipino” identity in Filipinos was the miseducation that Americans pursued during the time when they “posed” as a benevolent ally to the Philippines‚ and they proved victorious indeed
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Study of consumer preference for Online versus Traditional Shopping in the purchase of Apparels Contents 1. Objective of Research 2. Research Design 3. Sampling Design 4. Data Collection Method 5. Data Interpretation 6. Hypothesis Testing (Z-Test) 7. Hypothesis Testing (Chi-square Test) 8. Conclusion & Suggestions 9. Bibliography 10. Appendices 1. Objective of Research According to a research carried out by AC Nielsen‚ online retail revenues crossed the
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