All of the guidance counselors in high school were always talking about college. They made sure you applied to at least two‚ it was almost like they were pressuring you to go to college. I like to make my own decisions‚ rather than people tell me what to do‚ especially if I do not need to do it. I never took any AP courses‚ and I only took the SATs once. My counselor questioned me why I did that‚ I only had my mind on one college‚ n University. I made sure I did everything I could do to ensure
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What Makes Someone "Out of the Norm"? Everywhere around the world‚ there are some people who appear to possess certain unique characteristics that shape them into extraordinary human beings‚ people who have the power to be real heroes— but at the same time seem as ordinary as can be. Some may be friends‚ family‚ or even random people you spot on the street. However‚ you have no idea what their identity is until you actually explore and thoroughly get to know them. A few weeks ago I started to develop
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active within the White Rose non-violent resistance group in Nazi Germany. I bet not all of you or even none of you know what is the White Rose group. So what is actually the White Rose group? The White Rose group is a student-led pacifist movement aimed at spreading the truth of the Nazi government and students who were fighting against racial discrimination. In 1933‚ she moved with her family to Germany and she became a part of the Hitler Youth group‚ which supported the Nazi government. But with
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Violation of a Social Norm Paul Stanley Jr. SO1200 D: Principles of Sociology Brown Mackie College Violation of a Social Norm Field Experiment: Violation of a Social Norm. In this project‚ we were asked to violate a social norm in a public setting and make observations on what we saw and how people respond. The social norm that I chose to violate was simply that of common courtesy. I decided to take myself and my 17 year old daughter‚ Zoe‚ to a few of the Wal-Mart’s in the area and walk
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Under the rule of the Sadanistas‚ conservative anti-communist groups are beginning to flee Nicaragua. These groups are forming guerilla units. Hundreds of rebels and supporters are trudging into southern Honduras based camps in a mass exodus. Their leaders say fewer than 2‚000 fighters remain in Nicaragua. Guerilla warfare is a type of warfare fought in fast-moving‚ small-scale actions against orthodox military and police forces and on occasion‚ against rival insurgent forces‚ either independently
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Two proofs for mill’s ultimate norm of morality Mill’s makes many statements that imply that he is committed to utilitarianism in that actions that are correct in proportion as they usually try to promote happiness‚ and they are wrong as they tend to promote or produce the reverse of happiness. Statements of such kind ought to be well understood as simplifying gadgets for the purposes of initial exposition. What is good is what we ought to aim at in our normal actions and lives. He argues that that
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The social norm that I chose to violate was to go into an elevator and instead of turning around and facing the door upon entering; I had my back to the door and faced the other people in the elevator. In normality a person enters an elevator‚ pushes the button for their desired floor and turns to face the door to avoid eye contact with strangers‚ and prepare to exit the elevator. The reason I choose to violate this particular social norm was because I’ve never seen anyone else do it and I was
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11 March 2013 Elevator Norm Violation I recently performed an experiment on a norm violation which had to do with elevators‚ and proper behavior while inside of them. The over all plan of this experiment was to stand facing the corner of the elevator so that no one could see my face as I went up or down. People today usually stand facing the door while riding in an elevator‚ so it was interesting to see peoples reactions as I violated this everyday norm. My hypothesis was that I would not get
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Diversity and Cultural Norms of Apple October 7‚ 2010 Diversity and Cultural of Apple As our society continues to evolve‚ technology has created an outbreak of shortcuts for humans to make use of each day. As our ancestors has left us with such creations as electricity‚ the telephone‚ transportation and much more‚ geniuses of today’s world has taken society to another level. The technology that we use today allows us to do so much although we are
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Family Norms This is a guide to the norms of an American family; if you are not from America and plan to live here you will find this information useful. Family to most Americans is one of the most cherished aspects of America. All families are different; but as a part of the American society they share certain norms. A typical American family is the nuclear family; this consists of the mother father and children. The nuclear family is the most common type of family. A polygamous family
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