between nerds and jocks. Instead‚ athletes are held higher than the academic. Sports participation has consistently risen while American educational rankings continue to plummet in comparison to the rest of the world. The U.S. has won more gold medals in the Olympics but places 31st math‚ 23rd in science‚ and 14th in reading when compared to other global countries (Zhao). The comment also paves the way for one of his argument in the case that American culture applauds the jocks‚ while they make fun
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In our school we have the popular girls‚ jocks‚ geeks‚ and loners. The popular girls are either rich or spoiled‚ they’re mean‚ and probably couldn’t live without their phone or makeup. The girls would probably die in the woods or at least have a hard time. Jocks tend to be the ones who think they run the school or think they can be mean and rude and usually get away with it. It’s actually kinda funny‚ everyone ends up hating them or unfriend them because of how mean they are. I guess you really
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have been high schools. Jocks‚ preps‚ and nerds are the most common you can find in high school. Jocks are the popular and athletic kids of high school. They usually participate in every sport‚ and excel in all of them. Most of the time‚ they can be classified as the “cool” kids. Jocks are usually the people that grab everyone’s attention due to the fact that their name is in the local newspaper‚ or because their fans are always around them. However‚ in some high schools‚ jocks can be seen as bullies
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Appearance vs. Reality Things are not always as they appear. You may think someone is a certain way because of how they dress and carry themselves this is called stereotyping. Many people stereotype without even noticing that they are doing it. Everyone has his or her right to first impressions‚ but stereotyping is wrong. There are many examples of this topic in literature as well as in our society today. The main population accused of stereotyping is teenagers; they are seen as rude and judgmental
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Information systems (IS) focuses on the system making use of technology and information technology (IT) focuses on technology and how it can help in disseminating information. Usually Information system are build using the information technology. Information system referring to system designed to create‚ store‚ manipulate‚ communicate and disseminate information. Information systems typically include an IT component but are not purely concerned with IT‚ focusing in instead‚ on the end use of
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unsure of how to properly treat them and seems to think too far into things‚ such as over using the word “phony” to describe something superficial and every stereotypical person. (Quote: Holden: “Grand. There’s a word I really hate. It’s phony. I could puke every time I hear it”.) This dismissive manner may be caused by the traumatic death of his brother Allie or the suicide of his classmate. Many obscene gestures‚ lies and profanity are used by Holden in his narrative style. The entire book he is obsessed
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Liberalism vs. Socialism There have been many ways man has lead man throughout history. Some chaotic and involved a lot of blood. Others have lead society into greatness and peace. One form of government is liberalism which comes from the word of freedom‚ liberty. There are two types of liberalism‚ classical and modern liberalism. Classical liberalism contains roots from Jock Locke of the seventeenth century and Adam Smith of the eighteenth century. Modern liberalism had been tinkered and modified
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Linux vs. Mac vs. Windows Linux vs. Mac vs. Windows The operating systems Linux®‚ Macintosh® (Mac) and Microsoft® Windows® are the main software to every computer system to run properly along with other hardware. These operating systems (OS ’s) are very different in several ways‚ but they also have some similarities too. Linux‚ Mac and Windows use memory management‚ process management‚ file management and security management to operate the computer systems correctly
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Uniforms vs. Casual Clothes High school is supposed to be the best four years of your life‚ but for some people that’s usually never the case because of the way they dress. Everyone makes a first impressions which are mostly based on the clothes you wear to classify you as a jock‚ a nerd‚ the queen bee‚ and any other typical cliché names. Nobody will come and talk to you if you are dressed like a geek or a goth‚ but that’s the problem we judge people before we get to know what is actually hidden
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been many cases that have made an effort to abolish segregation. Two cases that didn’t just make an effort‚ but did just that were Plessy vs. Ferguson and Brown vs. Board of Education. They were related to each other as well because one changed the precedent established in the other. They also helped the country identify more with freedom than slavery. The Plessy vs. Ferguson case happened in 1892 and was about a man named Homer Plessy who was an octoroon. He bought a ticket and sat in a whites only
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