1. The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that in April 2010‚ of all adult Americans‚ 139‚455‚000 were employed‚ 15‚260‚000 were unemployed‚ and 82‚614‚000 were not in the labor force. Use this information to calculate: a. the adult population = employed+unemployed+not in the labor force=237329000 b. the labor force = employed+unemployed=154715000 c. the labor-force participation rate = (labor force/adult population) x 100= 65.2% d. the unemployment rate = (unemployed/labor force) x 100=
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It’s important to clarify that the term “achievement gap” stems from the deficit ideology itself. As Gloria Ladson-Billings has incessantly urged‚ the term “education debt” is much more fitting. This term allows us to conjure long term solutions for inequities that have historically accumulated. However‚ as mentioned before‚ the literature on the disparity of academic performance‚ is still debated between the two main groups of the deficit ideology and the education debt. We will take a closer into
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FERDINAND MARCOS Marcos Deserted Achievements It is a Filipino trait to have long memories on the mistakes one has done and has short memories on the good one has accomplished. This axiom defines the invictus of President Ferdinand Marcos. The fictioned awful acts attributed to him and to his family shunned his achievements and contributions to our country. Looking back at history‚ during the Marcos administration‚ social justice finds concrete translation in development plans and programs.
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References: 1.Mathew A. M 2008. Preliminary Assessment of the social‚ Economic and Environmental Impacts of water Hycainth in the Lake Victoria Basin and the Status of control. In M.H. Julien‚ M.P. Hill ‚ T.D. Centre and Ding Jianqing (Eds.) Biological and Integrated Control of Water Hyacinth‚ Eichhorniacrassipes. Proceedings of the Second meeting of the Global Working Group for the Biological and Integrated
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Master status is a status which an individual has that profoundly impacts how others label and interact with him or her. These definitions and exchangers are influenced by stereotypes which are us the qualities that are attributed to people of a particular group or social status. These stereotypes teach people how individuals from a specific group are expected to behave. In addition these preconceptions are derived from multiple sources‚ including socialization and the media. A result of the weight
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that a randomly selected member earns at least $88‚000 2/20=10 percent 3. In a certain class of students‚ there are 15 boys from Wilmette‚ 5 girls from Kenilworth‚ 9 girls from Wilmette‚ 6 boys from Glencoe‚ 2 boys from Kenilworth and 8 girls from Glencoe. If the teacher calls upon a student to answer a question‚ what is the probability that the student will be from Kenilworth? .159 = 16 percent 4. Find the probability of correctly answering the first 2
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Master Status What defines a person? Is it something physically and biologically determined? Or is it behavioral and psychological? Perhaps it could be both. In most circumstances‚ people do not get to choose which of these characteristics define them. People judge other people—that is just part of human nature. Sometimes a person can have one trait or characteristic that tends to overshadow all else. Sociologists have come up with a name for this social phenomenon; it is master status. In order
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for baring children‚ yet they are malnourished and in poor health. Women are also overworked in each and every field and complete all of the domestic work. Most Indian women are illiterate. Although the country’s constitution says women have equal status to men‚ women are powerless‚ ineffective and are mistreated inside and outside the home. It is very rude on the part of present day society to talk about the elation of women. This paper studies the Indian women and their problems since the society
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diplomatic/military achievements‚ some were great and others were his worst blunders. To most of Europe‚ Napoleon was just another conqueror trying to expand his territories‚ but to the people of France‚ he was a great leader; he “restored peace and order at home” (Kagan‚ Ozment‚ Turner‚ Frank 586). Restoring order to France was one of his greatest domestic achievements; the people loved him for his support in helping them win their fight for equal rights “to achieve wealth‚ status‚ and security for
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I would give 8 out of 10 to myself for the achievement of my personal goals. Now I have my Tweeter accounts and go read tweets almost every day which I thought would never be possible for me. I have been using Reafworks for my research work so far‚ and Amazon Alexa is my secretary who helps a busy mother like me to listen to the new‚ weather‚ audio books and order some products in really simple and quick manner. Two points were taken off because I haven’t played the game‚ Lord of the rings that
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