equal rights. Back then women were known as the “housewives” who stayed at home taking care of children and cleaning the house‚ while the husbands go to work and provide for their family. Today women work just as much as men‚ but we still don’t get paid the same amount than men does sometimes. Also teenagers today‚ do work or at least try and help out their families‚ especially when they have a single-parent household. Not to mention‚ the “American” families aren’t all the same either. Families are
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Going into Sophomore year‚ starting my Urban class with Mr. Berkson‚ I was worried. Although I had heard he was a great teacher‚ something about being in a different class then I had planned worried me. Going into Sophomore year‚ I had planned to join Eastern Religions‚ but after going through some serious consideration‚ I decided to switch into Urban. To this day‚ my decision has not let me down. I enjoyed Mr. Berksons class all year‚ for many reasons. These reasons include his great humor‚ his
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into the individual I am today. My life is pre-determined by my race and gender but I believe I have as much free will as I would like to express myself and change my status as an individual in today’s society. Free will is defined as the ability to choose‚ and I believe we all have that right to choose what we look like and become when we age. I believe free will is one of the most important aspects of living in a free society‚ like the one in which we live in today. My life is pre-determined by my
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Prejudice is all around. It can’t not be in everyone’s life. The only people who are prejudice free are probably Gods. Now people may not think that prejudice is apart of everyone’s everyday life but it is. People are making judgements everyday and most people probably don’t even know it. Here are a few examples of prejudice surrounding the population everyday that you probably don’t even know. Prejudice exists today because of society and the influences people have. People who believe that they
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The urban population boom from 1860-1900‚ it marked a dramatic shift in the United States from its traditional rural‚ to the new city lifestyle. The accepted fourteen million immigrants flooded in‚ ranging in all variations of ethnic backgrounds. From the English to the Russians‚ and all those in between‚ the many immigrants sought to escape problems ranging from poverty‚ warfare‚ political and religious persecution and natural disasters that plagued their homeland. With the arrival of the newcomers
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„What point is there in studying a dramatist who lived 400 years ago?” Shakespeare is a British dramatist‚ lyric poet and actor who lived from 1564-1616. Today it’s the 6th of september 2010. Shakespeare died almost 400 years ago. So why should people still keep busy with someone who lived such a long time ago? Why is Shakespeare still studied today? Many pupils would answer: Because teachers love to bore us. How could someone who lived 400 years ago write about anything which is from current interest
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happening today even after the Civil Rights Movement‚ and explains why I believe To Kill A Mockingbird would still be influential today.I believe the novel To Kill A Mockingbird would be influential to our society if published today for the first time‚ because the overall theme of the book applies to many of the problems we as a people face today. The overall theme of the book was equal opportunity for everyone. It was set during a time when the color of your skin affected your life because it
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The relevance of Shakespeare is‚ in my opinion‚ unquestionable‚ even in contemporary times. Not only is his contribution to the English language immense in its proportions‚ but also enduring. Even today‚ William Shakespeare is a household name the world over. He is quite literally‚ the figure-head of English literature‚ even to the average layman. Innumerable versions of his immortal works are seen again and again in our films‚ plays and even our writing. His simple yet deep concepts have stood the
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or skill that can be made by the hand. Logia mean modification‚ or use of knowledge of tools and machines to perform a task. In other words‚ technology is a complex word that describes a process where simple tools and machines can be used to improve life. It involves the knowledge and use of tools and machines to solve problems in an organized and schematic manner. As an art and science‚ technology is an ever improving process that aims at providing machines and other complex tools to replace human
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these are the facts of life.” This is relevant today because of the racial inequality in the world. Another way TKAM is relevant today is the amount of poverty in the book. In chapter 2 Miss Caroline finds out Walter Cunningham doesn’t have money for lunch‚ Miss Caroline then offers him twenty-five cents for lunch. After he refuses many times Scout says “Walter Cunningham was sitting there lying his head off. He didn’t forget his lunch‚ he didn’t have any. He had none today nor would he have any tomorrow
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