In his book‚ “The Shame of the Nation”‚ Jonathan Kozol outlines core inequalities in the American educational system. According to Kozol although great steps were made in the 1960s and 1970s to integrate schools‚ by the end of the 1980s schools had begun to re-segregate. In inner cities such as Chicago‚ eighty-seven percent of children enrolled in public schools were either black or Hispanic‚ and only ten percent were white (page#). It seems that there are many different factors contributing to the
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College‚ just one of the most important decisions in life. The most common question asked is‚ is college really worth it? Yes. Having a college education is very valuable whether the benefits are getting higher yearly income than high school graduates‚ receiving better career options or‚ becoming a role model for your family. Therefore‚ there are many different reasons for people to value a college education. Of course the financial return is important‚ to pay off all the debt from going to college
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Is Plastic Surgery Worth It? Do you know what plastic surgery is‚ plastic surgery comes from Greek words plastic meaning plastikos‚ which means to mold or shape. The first plastic surgeries were developed to close a difficult wound or replace tissue lost due to injury or cancer. These procedures often involved the formation of a skin flap to reshape or mold the defect so as to approximate the original shape. There is a difference between cosmetic surgery and plastic surgery. Cosmetic
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Justin Salisbury Tries a Little Recognition – Case Study 2 Justin Salisbury Tries a Little Recognition – Case Study 2 If your company and employees do not provide good customer service you are likely to lose existing business and miss out on new possibilities. It doesn’t take much for a customer to decide that you or your company isn’t worth his or her time‚ effort‚ or money. Since customer satisfaction is crucial to building a successful‚ growing business‚ what can
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never enough. In Laurence Shames’ article‚ “The More factor”‚ the concept of growth and wanting more is dubbed as insidious because Americans are shown as being exceedingly greedy to satisfy their own ends instead of promoting widespread growth. Such satisfaction must take advantage of new ‘frontiers’ to profit from as old markets tend to decline in profits. American views of an unending frontier‚ opportunity‚ and more have always been a part of who Americans are.
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reserves (Ex 3) less projected expropriations Estimated reserves 1983 production of 290 barrels suggests it takes about 8 years (2‚313/290) to produce discovered oil. We’ll thus use an eight-year cycle. Gulf Oil Corporation 4 What is Gulf worth? To assess their value we proceed as follows. 1. Identify key assumptions. Finding cost per barrel E&D outlays usually take a year to produce reserves. 1981 + 82 E&D outlays (Ex. 2) 1982 + 83 reserves (Ex. 3) Finding cost estimate $2‚696 + $2
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could have more and more money. According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)‚ the U.S. Spends about 18.7 billion dollars a year on space exploration. While that sounds like a large number‚ you must ask yourself if that cost is worth the advancement of mankind. To put that number into perspective‚ Americans spent 110 billion dollars on fast food for 2009. Does that justify the cost of space exploration? Maybe not‚ but it should be mentally noted that the quest for knowledge in
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In “The More Factor‚” Laurence Shames tells that Americans are “running out of more”(59) that was so abundant during the expansion of the United States. This essay was written in the context of the growing idea of the American dream throughout the history of the United States‚ and its effect on the economy. Shames intended audience for this essay is towards people with a higher education level or to anyone who is interested in the ideas of the foundation of the U.S. One purpose of this essay is
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that she has a boy and asks her about it. Lorraine can’t lie to her any more and tells her he is a ’Paki’‚ but most important is when Jackie asks her if she feels ashamed of it being so and she just can’t answer it. This query brings up the issue of shame which is even stronger than the love Lorraine and Mohammed had for each other and which both of them tried to appease
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undoubtedly improves our health and could even maybe save our lives. (Collingwood 1) (Hatfield)Although friendships take months and even years to build‚ with these new studies‚ we might find that taking the time to build more friendships would be well worth our time. Friendship is a deep companionship that can take time and effort to develop but can ultimately benefit our health by helping us live longer‚ happier lives. Friendship is defined as a distinctively personal relationship that is grounded
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