Len the Unknown Legend Sebastian Garcia Period 6 11/21/2013 The chances of a person to go to the NBA and play professional basketball are three in ten thousand‚ .03 percent of people are able to make it to the NBA. That is why wanting to be a professional player for any sport is “unrealistic” for most people. You have to be a gifted player to make it to the pros. A first team All-American college basketball forward at the University of Maryland. That’s who Len Bias was.
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paying “regular” job in the U.S. during 2009 was that of a surgeon. The average annual pay of a surgeon last year was $206‚770 (also out of Forbes). While the average pay for classroom teachers in the United States is $38‚000 per year. At that rate‚ a teacher would need a little more than 27 years to make $1 million — less than half what a basketball player makes‚ on average‚ in just one year. The average pay for fire-fighters in the United States is around $40‚000. The starting salary for police
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Analyzing in a Marxist lens The song I chose to analyze is the song “Successful” by Drake and Trey Songz. The chorus is “I want the money‚ Money and the cars‚ Cars and the clothes‚ The ****‚ I suppose‚ I just wanna be‚ I just wanna be‚ Successful.” To mean this should be seen through a marxist lens. The first line talks about having money to contribute to a sense of successfulness. Money in this sense creates a high status amongst society. The next line ties in having money and what it can buy
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they were not getting equal pay for equal work. Even with the passage of the Equal Work Equal Pay Act of 1963‚ employers still see women as lessor of an employee. However‚ as the job landscape changes from manufacturing to more technology based jobs‚ women have started a new educational revolution by retooling and going back to school to prepare for jobs of the future. Meanwhile‚ men are slow to adapt and are starting to go backwards. Within the next decade the gender pay gap that does exist today
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Everything for Sale by Robert Kuttner: A Summary [Insert full name here] [Insert institutional information here] Everything for Sale by Robert Kuttner: A Summary In his book‚ Robert Kuttner (1999) tries to shake the dominant orthodoxy of laissez-faire economics‚ which he sees as the “natural form of capitalism‚” by attempting to “reclaim a defensible middle ground” between when the market is “best left alone” and when it “needs help” (p. 5). Kuttner’s
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2011 On June 19‚ 1986‚ the Boston Celtics’ No. 2 overall first round draft pick out of the University of Maryland was found unconscious on the floor of his dorm room. Two hours later he was pronounced dead of cardiac arrest. His name was Len Bias. He was 22 years old. Bias was an all-American basketball player for the Terps just finishing up his senior season. According to those who have ever seen him play (myself included) he was a phenomenal athlete. According to those who knew
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and duration. The Control lens focuses on how to improve the coming events rather than focusing on how preventing the crisis was possible by asking questions that will form a plan on what could be done. Asking questions like what can I influence to change the direction of the crisis? Or a visualizing question such as what would [a manager] do? Or a collaborating question to see who in his team can help him and how to engage him/her in the best way. The impact lens focuses on how the manager can
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What is a Gender Lens? Think of a gender lens as putting on spectacles. Out of one lens of the spectacles‚ you see the participation‚ needs and realities of women. Out of the other lens‚ you see the participation‚ needs and realities of men. Your sight or vision is the combination of what each eye sees. Gender is about relationships between men and women. Gender equality is about equal valuing of women and men - of their similarities and their differences. We need equal‚ respectful partnerships
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Ethical Lens Inventory Results for DESIREE Your preferred lens is: Rights and Responsibility Lens You use your reasoning skills (rationality) to determine your duties as well as the universal rules that each person should follow (autonomy). Your Core Values: Autonomy and Rationality You prioritize the value of autonomy over equality. Your primary concern is protecting individual rights. You believe this is the best way to assure that everyone in the community is treated fairly. You prioritize
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Review of “Rethinking Everything We Thought About Addiction” By: David Smack‚ M.D. Addiction is a growing problem that affects many individuals and families around the world. In fact‚ the number of alcoholics and drug addicts continues to rise every year. This article addresses the lack of advance in medical treatment for substance abuse‚ as well as the benefit of a 12-step program. The author talks about the parts of the brain that are affected by one time and repeated substance use/abuse
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