Prisons were dark‚ dirty‚ and overcrowded‚ usually filled with people in debt (Victorian Prisons). People sent to prisons often had physical punishment and hard labor included with their stay (The National Archives). Each prison had a gaoler‚ or prison guard‚ that made up the rules for the prison. Dickens used Wemmick in Great Expectations to represent this‚ and had Jaggers show the flexibility of parliament and legislation and how easily laws could be bent in the justice system. Charles Dickens focused
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Does Your Degree Affect Your Future Job? Everyone sets goals for themselves in order to attain the most important goal of all: to get somewhere in society. Many people believe the only way to get anywhere is to have a good job and to earn a lot of money from it. Nowadays‚ higher education is becoming a desirable quality employers like to see on their future employees’ applications. How much value does your degree hold in the eyes of your future boss? Opinions of the value of higher education vary
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quotations. In your own words‚ explain what each quotation means. (10 points each) 1. "The amount of time available to you never changes." -This quotation means that you always have the same time‚ but you decide where are you invering. 2. "Learning to manage time is an investment in the future." -This quotation means that if you know how to manage you time‚ you will have more time in the future for all the things. 3. "Before you plan how you will use your time‚ you need
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would say that I have quite a few advantages due to my race‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ and religion as well as disadvantages. Being a female Caucasian Christian I have advantages as to being white. Being white I don’t get second looks and I am taken more seriously at times. Although as a woman there are some people things or activities that is frowned upon. I grew up with grandparents who looked down on Blacks and Mexicans and other religions mainly because I think they didn’t fully understand those
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began to expand. The White-collar work force jumped from 5.1 million to 10.5 million. Included in the white-collar class were engineers‚ technicians‚ bureaucrats‚ lawyers‚ physicians‚ teachers‚ and other professions. 2. Black America in a Racist Age i. "Jim Crow" laws are imposed legally enforced racism by imposing segregation from streetcars‚ trains‚ schools‚ public buildings‚ parks‚ and cemeteries. ii. Legally imposed residential segregation outlawed by Supreme Court in 1917. iii
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Gender inequality and The Work Place The society in which we live has been shaped historically by males. The policy makers have consistently been males and therefore it is not surprising that our society reflects those biases which exist in result of this male dominating society. One might think that gender inequality in the work place is rooted in what shapes future employees and employers. Whoever said men and women are equal? Women have always taken a back seat to men in American society.
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Public Relations Using the example of one specific organization of your choice‚ establish the role a Public relations officer plays within the organization. Illustrate your answer with specific examples. A public relations officer also known as Media Specialist is the spokesperson of a company or any organization. His role is to convey the policies and interests of the organization to the public through various forms of media. Public relations are a vital part of maintaining the organization’s
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Price is a key factor in consumer’s decisions; stores use it to attract customers to buy their product‚ usually through sales. In a supermarket‚ they compete for prices against others through everyday items; for example‚ Coles have competing car insurances. Price for the consumer also determines if they need the product. Convenience Techniques such as self-service checkouts and tap and go are widely used in supermarkets as they allow customers to make quick and easy purchases. Supermarkets are also
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detectives trying to solve the mysteries of a dead body; dramas where no one is happy at the end‚ and they all have one thing in common: the majority of the characters are white. We sometimes use television as an escape from the real world: finding a show with a character that faces the issues we go through daily can help reassure us that we’re not alone. As a white person‚ I can flip through any channel and see dozens of characters that I can relate to in several different ways because of how those
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century‚ there are still people who separate themselves from people of different race‚ age‚ sex‚ religion because perhaps they do not handle change well. People all across their world at one point in their life time can have directly or indirectly experienced stereotypes‚ racism‚ and or discrimination. Most likely their race or ethnicity was the basis of why the experienced happened. The concept of race and ethnicity has to be established first among people to get a better understanding of the people
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