This article writes that the gender pay gap does‚ in fact‚ exist. Pearson stated that "life choices" are not enough to make a wage gap because not every woman leaves work to care for children. She mentions how many have to be pushed out due to not being able to afford childcare or not being able to find a full time job. Also that women do not have much of a “choice" but to stay at home due to workplace and outside forces telling them what the “right” thing is. The article also mentions how mothers
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the world. This was the promise of a gap year. Having just come out the other side of my gap year I’ve begun to reflect on the year I experienced. For me‚ it involved spending a lot of my time working to save money for the future. I also travelled across Europe with a group of friends‚ visiting 12 different countries and experiencing cultures and ways of life that I had never dreamt of. So‚ for all those high school graduates who are planning to take a gap year‚ here is some advice I wish someone
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Pay Gaps are very common in the United States of America and even in the world. They can vary by gender‚ race‚ and even age. One that is making heads turn these days is the pay gap between adults who just have there high school diploma and adults who have a bachelor’s degree diploma. There should be a focus on getting high school students to attend a four-year college because they will be able to earn more money‚ be more likely to own a home‚ and companies tend to hire more college graduates than
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For Metalcrafters Inc.‚ the first thing I would do is to decide whether or not each alternative is mutually exclusive or independent. In this case‚ the stamping press alternatives are mutually exclusive‚ the extrusion press alternatives are mutually exclusive‚ and the new parts orders are mutually exclusive. Beginning with the stamping press‚ the next thing I would do is figure out what the expected useful life is for each alternative. Because the SX-65 has a useful life of 5 years and the MD-40
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A ‘debt trap’ arises when a country borrows money and struggles to meet debt repayments as interest rates have increased. The lending of money to less developed nations often results in these countries owing debt‚ creating a debt trap and leading to a cycle of poverty. In the 1970s‚ OPEC members banked their earnings in Western banks‚ money became available to lend to developing countries for projects – often to finance conflict and to keep regimes in power. Idi Amin came to power in Uganda in
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The North/South Gap The North/South gap is a divide that separates the poor (less developed countries) from the rich (more developed countries). The idea of categorizing countries by their economic and developmental status began during the Cold War with the classifications of East and West. The Soviet Union and China represented the developing East‚ and the United States and their allies represented the West. The term ‘Third World’ (less developed countries) came from the United States
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Overview * Background * Current Situation * Outlook * Pro/Con * Chronology * Short Features * Maps/Graphs * Bibliography * The Next Step * Contacts * Footnotes * About the Author * * Comments | Gender Pay Gap | Are women paid fairly in the workplace? | March 14‚ 2008 • Volume 18‚ Issue 11 | By Thomas J. Billitteri Introduction Former Goodyear manager Lilly Ledbetter won more than $3 million in a pay-discrimination suit against the tire firm‚ but the
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College Inc In Response: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/collegeinc/view/ This film focuses on the ethics of for profit educational institutions. With most of the coverage revolving around what critics characterize as the unethical and disloyal failure to inform students of the huge debt burden they will incur. Also the low graduation and retention rates to which they may fall victim‚ and the struggle they will likely face to obtain employment after graduation. The Huffington Post
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Nutrition and the Achievement Gap in Education The Achievement Gap (AG) is one of the largest problems in the public school education system. Black and Hispanic males make up the largest percentage of… “Quote” Sadly‚ many of these children live in poverty and according to… these children suffer from malnutrition and ? a an alarming rate. Children who live in impoverished areas make up the largest percentage of the Achievement Gap because they do not have access to nutritious food which affects their
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to portray certain ideas? Documentaries are usually constructed to portray one point of view‚ whether it is a negative or positive point of view. Food Inc directed by Robert Kenner‚ presents a many ideas about how the fast food industry is affecting the ways in which Americans eat. They do this by showing one perspective instead of both. Food Inc doesn’t explore in to detail the positive aspects of fast food; they are just focusing on the negative. They construct the documentary using techniques
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