According to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics‚ growing up poor can harm brain growth and lead to lower performance in school. The fact that children belonging to low-income families have poorer performance in school has been known for a while‚ but recent research shows that poverty can be linked to a smaller surface area of the brain. Twenty percent of the achievement gap between affluent and poor children can be explained by their differences in brain development. A psychologist‚ Seth Pollak
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Achievement Gap: Causes‚ Difficulties and Strategies This term paper is broken down into three parts. In Part I‚ I will address the causes of the achievement gap and why it is so difficult to overcome for certain underperforming subgroups. I believe that the underlying factor causing the achievement gap is money. In a direct sense‚ it is clear that having money is a big advantage for students and not having money creates a host of challenges. The economically disadvantaged achievement gap is created
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Centralised database to hold customer information The current system holds customer’s name‚ address and account information and finance director has suggested that a database with additional customer information will help the company to conduct market research and send special offers to customers. Sophisticated system based on a relational database The accounts manager has showed a need for a database that captures information about the customer and contracts and automatically alerts when
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“Revolt of the Rich”. Lofgren proposes that the wealthy elite in America are transitioning into separating themselves from the common population. Mike Lofgren’s “Revolt of the Rich”‚ published on August 27‚ 2012‚ describes how the financial elitists in America have seceded from the country. Mike Lofgren explains “I do not mean secession by physical withdrawal from the territory of the state. . . What I mean by secession is a withdrawal into enclaves‚ an internal immigration‚ whereby the rich disconnect
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TH GAP The Wealth Gap In Hong Kong Comparing to the near area‚like Singapore‚Hong Kong’s Gini coefficient is more higher and ranked top in the world.Even the wealth gap is not common in western societies‚however‚it is no doubt that wealth gap has threatened the Hong Kong most. With the change of economic mode in Hong Kong ‚it trend to knowledge-based economy rather than manufacturing industry so that a large number of worker are unemployed immediately‚in the other hand‚a lot of high-class people
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report is made based on the topic “Knowledge Gap between Generations Based on Media Exposure.” What is knowledge gap? It was first introduced by 3 researchers of University of Minnesota that is Phillip J. Tichenor‚ Associate Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication‚ George A. Donohue‚ Professor of Sociology and Clarice‚ and N. Olien‚ Instructor in Sociology in 1970. Based on the title of the research‚ it can be defined as the gap of the information obtained by exposed media for the past generation
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Who Are We? Shontelle N. Nealy ETH/120 Jay Gregory December 13th 2014 Who Are We? There is a large gap‚ and it ’s between cultures and race and people in general. According to "U.S. Department Of The Interior" (n.d.)‚ "The term "diversity" is used broadly to refer to many demographic variables‚ including‚ but not limited to‚ race‚ religion‚ color‚ gender‚ national origin‚ disability‚ sexual orientation‚ age‚ education‚ geographic origin‚ and skill characteristics." (What is diversity). It
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1. Poor people are far more likely than rich people to break the law. A. False B. I believe this statement is false because a social status does not define an individual’s character. Society has cast a negative light on the poor when it comes to crime. They determine that because someone is poor it gives them a greater chance of breaking the law. Breaking the law is not an issue of rich versus poor; it is an understanding between right and wrong. 2. It makes sense to choose a college major in
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I strongly believe that developing countries should continue to receive International Aid. Nutritional food‚ health supplies‚ educational support and agricultural development are essential for every nation. How the International Aid will be delivered to the poor countries‚ however‚ should be monitored by the strict standards of the official international assistance. Helping those in needs is the noblest mission. The targets were set in 2000‚ as part of the United Nations Millennium Development
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Borders between countries should be banned In recent years‚ people discuss many issues in the world. One of them is borders between countries are reason of decline the world economy. However‚ there are many political reasons which prevent abolishment of borders. This essay will try to explain why borders between countries should be banned. There are several reasons why borders between countries should be banned. Firstly‚ they impede trades between countries because‚ countries use different
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