The education of girls in our country. Due to the unequal socio – cultural and economic gender construct in Indian Societies‚ the scale of disadvantages is tipped more against girls and women. The factors behind the gender inequality and inequity in education include negative cultural values‚ attitudes and practices that foster teenage pregnancy‚ early marriage‚ sexual harassment‚ excessive domestic chores and the disregard of the importance of girl’s education. There is also the lack of gender
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“On Being a Cripple”‚ Nancy Mairs In her essay “On Being a Cripple”‚ Nancy Mairs presents her audience with an honest inside view of her life and perspective as a cripple‚ a word she openly uses to define herself. She brings her world to us by discussing a wide variety of things including language‚ family‚ and humor‚ and how these all relate to her life. Through various stories and insights‚ she allows her readers to gain an understanding and acceptance of people with disabilities
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How Marketers Target Kids Kids represent an important demographic to marketers because they have their own purchasing power‚ they influence their parents ’ buying decisions and they ’re the adult consumers of the future. Industry spending on advertising to children has exploded in the past decade‚ increasing from a mere $100 million in 1990 to more than $2 billion in 2000. Parents today are willing to buy more for their kids because trends such as smaller family size‚ dual incomes and postponing
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TEACHING METHOD FORMAL METHOD Special education classes provide a unique service to physically or mentally challenged students. The ideal special education classroom provides quality instruction to students with disabilities. While the push in education these days seems to be toward online education and the inclusion of special education students within mainstream classrooms‚ special education classes are still needed for more severely disabled students. The purpose of the special classroom setting
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Someone who is crippled often receives pity and sympathy from others‚ but do cripples always want this? In this passage entitled “On Being a Cripple‚” Nancy Mairs uses interesting word choice‚ repetition‚ and a sarcastic tone to touch upon a subject that most mature non-crippled Americans are not entirely comfortable with; using the so widely feared word “cripple” instead of the common “handicapped” or “disabled” to be polite or politically correct. Elaborating to a society‚ so infatuated with being
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Our Declining Education System According to "A Nation at Risk"‚ the American education system has declined due to a " rising tide of mediocrity" in our schools. States such as New York have responded to the findings and recommendations of the report by implementing such strategies as the "Regents Action Plan" and the "New Compact for Learning". In the early 1980’s‚ President Regan ordered a national commission to study our education system. The findings of this commission were that‚ compared
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Education As The Key To Our Problems We have progressed economically and technologically but on the human front there is a lot of suffering the exists in our societies .the root cause of these problems are lack of self fulfilment of man . There is an urgent need in our society to bring about a change .the pace of our lives is increasing due to all the technological developments that are taking place . It is becoming difficult to keep pace with it on the emotional front . People have no time
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Problem “Kids will be kids.” Time and time again‚ this phrase has been used to dismiss the countless cases of bullying that take place in schools across the country. Such a carefree attitude towards a violent and brutal problem like bullying is a disturbing trend to see. Every year thousands of kids fall victim to schoolyard and online bulling. A child who has suffered from bullying is “2 to 9 times more likely to commit or attempt suicide” (Teen Health) and more often then not‚ cruelty from peers
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12/05/2011 “Cripple” Often times‚ people with disabilities feel sorrow and unfortunate. Nancy Mairs faces sclerosis‚ a serious condition that limits her ability to do regular‚ everyday tasks. In her essay‚ Mairs stresses the meaning of the word “cripple” to the point in which she defines her own meaning of the term. With the use of rhetorical strategies‚ Mairs presents herself as a strong‚ proud individual despite her disabilities. Mairs’ specific language choice reveals that she is not ashamed
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The social group I will be discussing in today’s contemporary society will be the disabled. In the media‚ the disabled are generally portrayed as incapable‚ non-sexual and pitiful beings. However‚ we have seen the emergence of the ‘super cripple’ more in our contemporary society. There is also the deviant‚ sinister and evil stereotype‚ where the disabled person is naturally crooked and operates outside of society’s norms. These stereotypes are particularly evident on television‚ film and advertising
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