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    SYLLABUS Course Number: SOCI 1025 Course Title: Sociology of American Culture Fall 2014 Professor: Todd Motto E-mail: tmotto1@fordham.edu 12:45 Meeting day and time: Section L01 – Tue/Fri 11:30amSection R01 – Tue/Fri 2:30-3:45pm Phone: 646 753 0394 Credits: 3 Office Hours: By appointment Course Description A course in the sociology of American culture for students enrolled in the “English as a second language” (ESL) program and taking College ESL Writing (I in Fall and II

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    within a society. A deviance act can be one that is punishable by law or it can be one that is not a criminal behavior. Individuals turn out to be deviance when their actions disagree with the set of rules imposed by the society. For instance‚ from my culture piercing or body tattoos could be labeled as a deviance behavior because body tattoos are associated with criminals or gangs members. There are three approaches to explaining deviance Functionalists Perspective‚ Interactionist Perspective‚ and finally

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    The law in the United States has transformed prodigiously from the colonial era to the present times. Knowing the fact that law was practiced in the form of apprenticeship in its early days to having great expectations‚ a long and competitive process‚ and challenging regulations in becoming a lawyer is a verification to how law has been transformed (Friedman‚ p. 277.) In the “One L” book by Scott Turow‚ the reader attains great insight on how law schools are being conducted; describing the events

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    Lisa Ann Gilbert EXP 105 Personal Dimensions of Education Instructor: Julie Nideffer May 27‚ 2013 Four Stages of Transformation Learning Transformative learning is basically changing the way one thinks‚ feels‚ acts‚ and sees life now‚ as opposed to the past. It can have a small or huge impact on the way they see different aspects of their life. The four stages of the transformative learning process are: Recognizing a specific problem – this is when one would decide if there is a need for

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    Introduction to Ovulation * Many women learn how to calculate their ovulation when they first talk to a doctor about birth control. But some may still question whether they can get pregnant if they aren’t ovulating. The answer to that question is not as straightforward as it seems. One would think that if a woman isn’t ovulating‚ she can’t get pregnant. This is only partially true. Generally‚ a woman isn’t fertile if she isn’t ovulating. If she isn’t ovulating‚ she has no egg present to be fertilized

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    essentially put most Americans under a “consumer” bracket of socio-economic status. This meant that the people could now largely share the same interests and luxuries which allowed them to create a common culture per se. Consequently‚ the nineteen twenties represented a huge shift in American culture‚ hence why this period is commonly known as the “Roaring Twenties.” This new phenomena was exemplified through the changing role of women‚ speakeasies and jazz‚ and the change of common American thought.

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    Using material from Item A and elsewhere‚ asses the view that the main aim of education policies in the past 25 years has been to create an education market (20 marks) Item For the last 25 years‚ the main aim of government education policies has been to create an education market. Marketisation policies such as league tables and open enrolment aim to create competition between schools and to increase parental choice. It was claimed that such policies would raise standards. Competition for ‘customers’

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    Asian Americans‚ have been immigrating to the United States since the late 18th century. The two main Asian races that entered the country around that time‚ were the Chinese and Japanese. Not all of the Asian Americans arrival were pleasant‚ nor were they actually considered citizens of the United States. The Chinese received the privilege of citizenship from the United States during the tragedy of WW2‚ while the Japanese were treated similar to animals and were thrown into camps. The Japanese did

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    you ever wondered what’s going on in someone’s mind? Someone who seems completely different than you‚ and you think you have them all figured out? Ponyboy thought he had the Socs figured out pretty well. He believed that they had perfect lives and had everything they wanted. Yet‚ as time went on he realized that although the Socs and Greasers come from different backgrounds and have lots of differences‚ there are still many ways they are alike. Hinton shows us how our different backgrounds shape our

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    How did America influence popular culture in Australia? The ’How’ in this question holds two meanings: how as in the Why‚ or method; and how as in a description of impact. In this essay‚ I shall attempt to account for both. How (as in method) did the USA change our formerly British ways? This was done in a 3-step process. Step one was initiation. In Australia’s case‚ WW2 was what initiated our relationship with America. During the war‚ we relied on America for protection (like we would have done

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