Akiba-zemi (GSP490 F12-S13) Book Review 1 Yukimi Ouchi January 7‚ 2013 Book Review on “Where We Stand: Class Matters” In her book "Where We Stand: Class Matters"‚ Bell Hooks address the issues of classism interlocking with racism‚ white supremacist ideology and sexism in contemporary American culture. Her arguments in this book are greatly tied to her personal experience that she moved up from working class to the upper class as she succeeds in
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Eryn Pulliam Cannon Research Article 1 Don’t Throw in the Towel: Use Social Influence Research This article is detailing how psychology can be used in a variety of ways in society other than counseling or the cliché of psychology. It looked at a simple problem to find the best solution. The problem in this article was looking at ways to inform guest from various hotels to reuse their towels. Reusing towels would‚ “increase the environmental protection and environmental cooperation.” It would
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some of the many ways monkeys are unique and special. Today‚ we will continue our list. Number Eight: They Don’t Swing. We realize the implications of this sort of statement‚ but that is now what we are talking about at all. Monkeys‚ different from apes‚ do not swing from branch to branch with their arms unless they absolutely have to. Normally‚ they just run across branches instead. Number Seven: Some Are Monogamous. In our society‚ we praise and put monogamy on a pedestal. In nature‚ however‚ this
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way. "What’s up?" he asked once Rodriguez was close enough to hear without being forced to shout. "Did you see the news this morning?" Upon asking the question‚ his face turned a little gloomy and Eric couldn’t help but think it was bad news. "No...Why? What happened?" Rodriguez breathed in deep‚ as though he was bracing himself. "Your cop killer might be back. Last night a cop from the 120th Precinct was found in Jackson Hights. Same
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From the reading “How We Listen”‚ I found the ideas that Aaron Copland presented are interesting. I was entreated by his explanation of listening to music. There are three layers in listening to music‚ they are the sensuous plane‚ expressive plane‚ and the sheerly musical plane. I found myself mostly in the expressive plane‚ but lack of the awareness of listening music through a more technical mean. Music is a form an expression‚ it cannot be defined by an exact word or description. Certainly‚ there
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In the introduction to Martin Luther King’s book Why We Can’t Wait‚ he persuades his readers to seek change. His introduction tells of the hardships that African Americans face during his time. King uses imagery‚ pathos by using examples from history‚ and tying them all together in a final section that provides his hopeful vision of the future. Because king used these rhetorical strategies‚ the introduction to his book gave the reader a desire to achieve equality. In the first section of his
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In “ Why prisons don’t work” Written by Wilbert Rideau and Published by New York Times. Rideau expresses his initial feeling towards the prison system and his experience while in prison. Rideau was sentenced to life in prison for murder in nineteen sixty one he talks about his perspective on why so many color affiliated groups are being sentenced to prison. He mentions how he would want to see the prison system let out its inmates serving twenty to thirty years in prison for petty offences. He believes
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worldwide. Pull any copy of the series off a shelf anywhere in the world and you’re holding magic. It’s not hard to see why. Right from the first page of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone" (or "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone" for those reading in the UK) Rowling proves that she knows a thing or two about the kind of magic that brings stories to life. The book starts with Harry as an infant‚ the child of a wizard and witch. He is suddenly left orphaned after an attack by the evil
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voice my perception of your youth hating statement‚ and give you an insight into the aspiration filled youths‚ like myself. As you claim to know a lot about how we don’t care about such things as- `abused animals’ and ‘starving children in poorer countries.’ This has angered me‚ as many schools all over the UK organise charity days‚ where we raise money for causes such as abused animals and poverty stricken children. The good aspects are never reported upon; such as the ones listed in the above paragraph
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everyone that there will always be someone that dislikes you‚ but you should just ignore them. The reason for shunning is that they shouldn’t make a difference in your life anyways. Just think about that person you dislike and dislikes you back‚ because we all have at least one that don’t matter that much to you. You don’t go out of your way to be nice to them‚ vise versa. Don’t conform to their needs and always just be
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