Black Men and Public Space Brent Staples Brent Staples (b. 1951)‚ the oldest of nine children‚ was born in Chester‚ Pennsylvania. His father was a truck driver who lost his job along with 40‚000 other workers in the 1960s because of plant closings in the area. The family was reduced to poverty. Staples had never considered college until a college professor took an interest in him and encouraged him to apply to a program that recruited black students. He enrolled at Widener University (B.A. 1973)
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All my life I’ve been treated differently. I grew up in therapy basically. My sister is Autistic and she was diagnosed at about 6 or 7. I’ve had to attend individual and family therapy since I was 4 or 5. My mother didn’t really tell me my sister was Autistic until I was about 11 or 12. Growing up‚ people always asked me why my sister was so weird. I used to say she was just different. That’s because I didn’t know much about Autism. As I grew up‚ I started to understand my sister more. I realized
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system is more effective than the United States. The United States is losing the battle of education. Japan has put more focus onto the training of their teachers. "Japan stands light-years ahead of [the United States] in international comparisons" (Staples). The States haven ’t even began to approach two areas of concern that Japan has put much attention to: how the
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actions in difficult situations because we live in an age of technology where we rely on machines and computers to do things for us‚ but in earlier times‚ if we needed something we got up and did it. 5. Just Walk on By by: Brent Staples This essay written by Brent Staples tells of the first time the author experienced a negative reaction from someone just because he was black. He tells of how he noticed signs of fear when people saw him and realized that most of Chicago’s rapists and muggers were
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People are All the Same Outline Thesis: Stereotypes have many negative effects such as inducing a discriminative movement‚ having an impact on the psychological identity of a person‚ and leading to prejudices. I. Stereotypes may induce a discriminative movement. A. Fat persons are not hired in some companies. B. Stereotypes tend to prevent people from learning real facts about an individual. C. Generalizations can induce false accusations. II. Stereotypes may have an impact on the
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Grade inflation has been a topic of heated debate for quite some time now. According to Brent Staples‚ "Grade inflation is in full gallop at every level." Every university and school in the United States struggles with this topic. Teachers are vulnerable‚ students are desperate‚ and school boards are wrecking their brains for a solution. Some people argue that the inflation of grades is necessary to help students get ahead in the competitive job market. However‚ in reality‚ the effects of grade
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Cited: Staples‚ Brent. "A Broader Definition of Merit: The Trouble with College Entry Exams." Practical Argument. Ed. Karen Henry. Boston - New York: Bedford/St. Martin ’s‚ 2011. 134-35. Print.
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e-mail‚ Skype or other social networks to communicate with friends all over the world. In connection with that‚ the Internet has a negative impact on the social life of teenagers. The way teenager communicate has totally changed. According to Brent Staples‚ “… the heavy use of the Net actually isolates younger socially connected people who are unwittingly allowing time online to replace face-to-face interaction with their families and friends”. This causes not just problems in the social live‚ but
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(Lewin 1). Five to six years ago‚ youths spent on average one hour less. In addition‚ the emergence of advanced electronic media devices has curtailed time spent doing group activities which has been channeled to solitary activities (“Awake”). Brent Staples in “What
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“In some cases‚ campuswide averages have crept up from a C just 10 years to B-plus today” (411). In Brent Staples essay “Why Colleges Shower Their Students with A’s” he makes many issues and arguments on the subject. Many college level institutions are faced with demanding consumers and competition from other universities over grade issues. The colleges have simply started just handing out more and more A’s to their students to better their satisfaction. This action taken by the colleges is having
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