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    Soc 160 Paper #1 Promises I Can Keep Promises I can keep was an up close and personal look into the lives of Philadelphia’s poverty stricken single mothers and families .The author digs deep into the culture of some of the roughest parts of Philadelphia such as West Kensington. Through five years of ethnographic exploration‚she was able to paint a vivid image of the potential reasons why poverty stricken mothers continue to have children

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    According to Mills‚ what is the promise of sociology? Be sure to put your response in your own words‚ do not copy and paste from the article. Mr. Mills that the promise is of sociological imagination works is between the personal troubles of milieu and public issues of social structure. That is rooted in the society. We was unable to comprehend the effect that monumental sociological and cultural changes have on their lives. Mills makes a distinction between personal troubles and issues. For example

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    face‚ has been washed out by the stress she feels. The purpose of the story‚ is to inform the reader that things aren’t all ways as it seem‚ and that change is inevtitable. After a disatorous dinner party‚ Hugh’s best friends wife‚ whom Eleanor was always quite envious of because‚ she always seemed happy and she seemed have a perfect marriage‚ but she soon realizes that like herself‚ she feels lost in the shuffle of a over dominant husband. Another lesson it teaches‚ is you can’t always do

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    The Great Depression caused many people to struggle and children to grow up faster. The book No Promises in the wind by Irene Hunt and the passage “Loss of Childhood” by Robert McElvaine shows how people struggled during the Great Depression. The Great Depression had a positive effect on children while having a negative effect on adults. Mr. Robert McElvaine is correct when he wrote a quote on how the Great Depression forced children of non wealthy families to work and try to help support their families

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    Gionna Combs English Short Story Pinky Promise I raised my head up from the sink and stared at my reflection in the broken mirror. My head was pounding‚ my palms were sweaty. The shard of glass dropped from my hand and shattered into a million different pieces. My vision was blurry as I kneeled down to pick up the bloody shards of glass. While gazing at my reflection a tear splattered onto the glass. How did my life go to hell because of one person? As the door creaked open‚ slowly I turned around

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    Joyce Honda’s Wholesale Auction To The Public Is Happening Again 1888 PressRelease - Don’t miss out on the incredible savings! Joyce Honda’s Wholesale Auction to the public wont last long. Save the date! Drive home in the car of your dreams! Newark‚ NJ - It’s happening again! Don’t forget to mark your calendars for this Saturday September 26th‚ 2015! Joyce Honda will once again be rolling out its wholesale auction to the public! Get here early as registration will open at 11am‚ and the event will

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    Analyze the spirit of promise that gave way to disillusionment in Europe during the years 1914-1918. Prior to the devastation of the first World War‚ a spirit of optimism and enthusiasm engulfed the minds of citizens across Europe. Relating the potential outcome of another war to the short‚ decisive‚ progressive wars in the nineteenth century‚ Europeans greeted the opportunity for war as a tool to cleanse the current ailments of Europe. The people‚ blinded by an overwhelming belief in progress

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    each American taking their own view on how our culture pursues materialistic self-interest wither positively or negatively we see this contrast in Morris Berman’s book Why America Failed: The Roots of Imperial Decline‚ Frank Capra’s movie It’s a Wonderful Life and in Chuck Palahniuk’s movie Fight Club. Each of them giving us a different perspective on how they portray American‘s view on how we feel a need of materialistic items in our lives. Each piece we have looked at wither its Capra’s conflict

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    Being part of an institution such as Latino Scholars of Promise has instilled many values in me. The Latino Scholars of Promise is a program that is dedicated to preparing soon to be college students for the future by developing leadership and preparing them for the real world. It has affected me as an individual and has affected other aspects of my life. Being part of a program like this one has helped me view my surroundings in a different way. I am able to see things differently and act in a way

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    faced by homeless children and youths. Two of the very knowledgeable people who are experts in the community and the problems I am addressing are the executive director of Family Promise and a social worker/counselor from Gloucester County Special Services who advocates for these families and their children. Family Promise is a homeless sheltering program located in Glassboro‚ New Jersey providing resources for struggling families with children. The program hosts up to four families at a time. The

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