Going for the Look In Marshal Cohen argument responding to Steve Greenhouse article‚ “Going for the Look‚ but Risking Discrimination‚” Greenhouse argues that companies only hire people for their looks and not for their experience. This has been going on for a long time‚ but some people never really realized it. Companies like Abercrombie & Fitch and L’ Oreal that hire based on looks and not on the experience of the person‚ reminds me of a bully who does things and doesn’t get caught‚ but when
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my mom being gone. I lived with my dad and my 7-year old brother in the suburbs. Life was hard sometimes‚ but I got through it. Eventually it came to the first day of school yet again. It was a typical first day of school. Rushing to get ready‚ finding the perfect outfit‚ cliche first-day-of-school pictures. When I got to school‚ everything was normal. Life was good. But‚ in a weird class I had called “Creative Learning”‚ we were given an assignment. It wasn’t a normal assignment. We had to write
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disagree with this part Cohen’s argument‚ because not everyone goes into a store just to see a “good-looking gal”. Another argument Cohen brings up is that retailers hire based on looks because it is smart and necessary. In the article “Going for the Look‚ but Risking Discrimination” by Steven Green gives a great example about Elizabeth Nill. She walks into Abercrombie stores and almost every time managers walk up to her and offer her a job. This proves that retailers hire only attractive
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Ways to Slash the Cost of Back to School Shopping A flurry of day trips‚ sand castles and ice cream may make school a distant memory for the little people in your life. Parents‚ on the other hand‚ know that the next few weeks will pass all too quickly and it will soon be time to wave the kids off at the school gate (lumps in throat optional). According to the National Retail Federation‚ you can expect to lay out upwards of $600 to ensure each child arrives at school looking smart and packing
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Going for the Look In today’s younger‚ trendy‚ fashion stores‚ people are being hired for their looks and less because of their brains. Marshal Cohen‚ a senior industry analyst‚ argues about why hiring better looking people helps a store’s environment. Making a certain brand more desirable to buy‚ meaning the company shall make more money. Stores such as Abercrombie and Fitch have already set their image using this technique and have become quite successful. Hiring attractive people is not
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“Green Technologies; Changing Life As We Know It” “Going green” has been a helpful way to try and put a stop to climate change‚ but the start of many of our headaches for the past 50 years. The term “Global Warming” has been pounded into Americans everyday lives more than they have wanted it to. Even though some people have their doubts‚ they are forced to follow the Governments rules and regulations. The threat of global warming on the other hand has benefited in saving what we have left of this
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Personal Narrative Essay It began in middle school. The experience that has made me the student I am today–a determined one. Having English as a second language has had a huge impact on how I view things as a student and as a writer. Being bilingual has its ups and downs. One of its downfalls is being placed in ELD class‚ or English language‚ class. Being put into ELD is very different than regular English classes. Having learned Spanish since birth it is a big change from English. For example‚ when
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see the objects disappear . It all started one day during recess . We were talking to a kid named Matthew who taught us how to put stuff down the sink and toilet . Every morning we barricaded the bathroom door shut and put rocks‚ wood chips‚ and paper towels in the sink‚ toilets‚ and urinals. We knew that if we got caught we would be in big trouble ‚ so we went in shifts during class. I went to go flood the bathroom during reading and my friends went during other classes. In no time‚ we had
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Going for the Look Times continue to change and today people tend to judge a person on how they look. Companies are becoming more competitive and are looking for ways to attract customers. More retailers and companies are using the approach to hire based on appearance rather than work capability. Hiring should be based on work ethic‚ rather than appearance which can be discriminating. Companies all over the United States are denying people employment based on their physical appearance. In the
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Going with The Flow Katha Pollitt is a well-known writer and is most known for being a liberal essayist for The Nation. In 1985‚ she wrote an article titled “Why Boys Don’t Play with Dolls”. Pollitt mentions that parents find it a lot easier to go along with those preconceived notions of boys and girls that society has set than it is to go against the norm. Society has set its own criteria for how we should raise children. Genders and gender-roles play a large part in molding a child to fit
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