There is a significant lack of college readiness among high school students. There have been many identifiable causes for this lack of preparedness. One such cause is a lack of alignment between the high school curriculum and college level coursework. For my review, I searched for research instruments that look at academic performance in high school, as it relates to college preparedness. Keywords used were college readiness, curriculum alignment, high school GPA and college performance. Academic preparedness refers to academic...
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People constantly think about whether they are attractive enough or not this ends up hurting people because they think that they are not good enough. People will take drastic measures in order to prove to people that they can be beautiful. However changing the way you look can cost you and not just money but also your life that is the lesson that Marge Piercy expresses in the poem âBarbie Dollâ. On the other, hand Jamaica Kincaid in âGirlâ talks...
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Are drinking and driving really worth it? Often, you hear stories of people putting their lives at risk as well as others. It is sickening to think that people would even consider jeopardizing everything for a few drinks. Thinking it is ok to operate a motor vehicle is unacceptable especially with all the transportation services at such easy access. Did you know that drunk driving claims about 10,000 lives each and every year? According to (Cdc. gov), that is about...
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Subsequent to the great depression, Americaâs economy quickly collapsed and many lives were taken during the time. This led to many individuals being left homeless with little to no money on hand. Today the great depression is remembered as a big mistake and downfall of America which claimed many lives. Many authors have portrayed the events after this moment including Tennessee Williams. Through the play, âA Streetcar Named Desireâ, Williams shows that all female characters fall prey to societyâs expectations...
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Evolution: the age-old journey that has shaped life on our planet into the vibrant mosaic we see today. Evolution has woven a mesmerizing tapestry of diversity, from ancient microbes to towering redwoods. But beyond its aesthetic charm lies a world of implications that stretch far and wide. In this exploration, we delve into the captivating repercussions of evolution, transcending mere biology to influence our understanding of history, medicine, and even our place in the cosmos. Unveiling Our Ancestral Narrative Connecting...
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Gender roles are what society believes are acceptable actions or beliefs for a person to have based on their gender. There are gender roles in every community everywhere in the world. For example, it is socially acceptable for women to wear skirts and dresses but for men it is not. In the music industry, there are clear gender stereotypes for male and female performers. These gender roles or stereotypes separate the work that artists can and cannot do based on...
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If you haven't already been aware of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, then you've been living under a rock. This classic follows the misadventures of Scout and Jem Finch the children of a prominent lawyer, Atticus Finch, in the greatly depressed Maycomb County, Alabama. The misadventures provide plenty of dialogue from characters to analyze. I found the liberty in choosing the character who speaks the least: Arthur âBooâ Radley. âSix-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks;...
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Mathematics is a very broad topic and has a lot of different topics, some of which you may not even know is related to mathematics. Rene Descartes is a very big part of the mathematical world, and he made many big contributions that changed the way mathematics is looked at today. Although some people might think of Descartes as a philosopher more than a mathematician, that is not true in any sense he made many contributions both to physics and...
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Capital punishment has always been told to decrease capital crime, but modern day statistics show that this is no longer the case, therefore, the argument of this punishments use is unacceptable, and it must be removed from the legal system completely. I am humbled to be here today to talk about capital punishment and how it needs to be removed. Merely one innocent individual killed by capital punishment is one to many therefore, the push to use life imprisonment instead...
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INTRODUCTION Thrombosis Research Group The Thrombosis Group at the Heart Research Institute (HRI) conducts experimental and clinical research into atherothrombotic disease. This research aims to establish the mechanisms that lead to platelet hyperactivity and pathological blood clot formation in healthy individuals. This experimental foundation can then serve as a starting point for the development of new approaches in treating and preventing devastating diseases like stroke and myocardial infarction. A current, and vital, focus of research within the Thrombosis Group is...
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Introduction Intertextuality, a literary device that shapes new texts with references to existing ones, plays a crucial role in Jean Rhys's novel "Wide Sargasso Sea". Published in 1966, this novel serves as a prequel to Charlotte Brontë's 1847 classic, "Jane Eyre", offering a revisionist perspective on the life of the character Bertha Mason, known in Rhys's work as Antoinette Cosway. Rhys's novel is a vivid exploration of themes such as colonialism, identity, and madness, all refracted through the lens of...
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The notion of gender is fundamental to both the texts of A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. They each centralise female characters who face oppression at the hands of their superior male counterparts as well as the pressures of surrounding society. Despite certain similarities, the unique responses of these characters are contrasting and suggest that gender conflicts can change a personâs outlook on life. Each writer draws heavily upon social contexts...
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Genre and film in itself, is greatly influenced by the culture and time of production. Its an integral part of the media itself and canât be ignored when viewing genre through a critical lens. Although genre is an encompassing mode of identification for films and media, it is fluid and constantly changing through different eras and cultures. A single piece of media, with a preconceived plot can produced with many vastly varying outcomes depending on the time of creation and...
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Macbeth is a play about uncontrolled ambition. Ambition is a strong desire to successfully achieve more in terms of status, possessions or power. It may be motivated by need, greed or vanity. It requires much inner discipline and inner strength, and the drive to be single minded enough to persist to achieve. It also requires an ability to learn from mistakes and overcome setbacks. The passion for ambition varies according to the amount of selfishness and drive. Ruthless ambition will...
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Have you ever thought about how hard it is to settle in a new place when you have never been to that particular place? Well, he explains the struggles of foreigners coming to the United States of America in The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. He uses various literary devices to explain to the reader how times in that time were like. Upton Sinclair has changed society and how foreigners are treated and viewed, creating the FDA when the story came...
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According to the renowned philosopher Plato, âHuman behaviour flows from three main sources: desire, emotion and knowledge.â Yet what does it really mean to be human? Is it determined by your attitudes, values, beliefs or emotions? The definition of a human being is constantly questioned in modern society, defining the ways cultural assumptions, attitudes, values and beliefs are conveyed. The emotional responses of Frankenstein and Blade Runner bring into question the definition of what it means to be human. The...
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Todayâs presentation will focus on Nathaniel Hawthorne, specifically as a Dark Romanticist writer. Iâll begin by giving relevant details to his background which I think were pertinent in shaping his style and subject of writing. Usually, weâd gloss over biographical information which you can easily look up in the Anthology, but born in Salem, Massachusetts, 1804, the context of his birthplace is very interesting. He hails from the same place as the Salem witch trials of 1692, which his ancestors...
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In recent history, United States has formed distressed communities which can be traced back to the beginning of the civil rights movement. African American are usually excluded from economic progress and are given less opportunities due to âpervasive segregation, discrimination and the resulting problem of perceptionâ (Ajilore, 2019). In larger measure, any response to a situation or event where a âBlackâ American is involved, results are determined without justice or evidence. It is the perception that determines the verdict. Netflix...
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Imagine going home and seeing your father forget on how to tie his shoe, forgetting how to cook toast, or even solving a simple math problem and getting frustrated at himself for failing. You start to notice the signs of dementia, but you think he's only 50? You do some research and realize he has Early-Onset Alzheimer's. You take him to the doctor and find that it's all true. You're terrified and don't know how to help or even where...
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Good novels are a window into society and take readers to interesting places, but great novels take readers where they need to go. Oscar Wildeâs novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, written in 1890 takes audience on a journey to Victorian England and explores the hidden sides of humanity through romanticism and further enhances the views through the gothic aesthetic. The story follows a young man named Dorian Gray who trades his soul with a portrait of himself for everlasting...
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âWhere Are You Going, Where Are You Beenâ follows the story of a self-absorbed teen named Connie who meets a smooth charmer named Arnold. However, curiosity killed the cat as his personality and behavior got the best of Connie as she runs off with him. The author, Joyce Carol Oates has used the classic Bluebeard tale with this story set in the 1960s. While reading this short story, there is a lot of detail and meaning going on from the...
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The Internet since its inception, has become a primary source of information flow throughout the world and the social networking has empowered people in every corner of the world to interact, collaborate and share their views online. Among which, the microblogging medium- Twitter, have 316 million active users every month with 500 million tweets posted each day. However, this free medium has lead to lot of consequences which are globally affected. There are countries that follow different religions and rules,...
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Children are complex, and the way a child develops differs from individual to individual. In this paper, I will explain the physical, cognitive, social, and personality naturalistic observations of my little brother, Johnny Pascual. He is in the transition stage of middle childhood (ages 6-11) to the beginning of adolescence (ages 11 to 12). My research will come from personal observation on his physical, cognitive, social and personality attributes. Johnny recently has started his first year of middle school. Johnnyâs...
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In the article âA Room with a Viewpoint: Using Social Norms to Motivate Environmental Conservation in Hotelsâ, published by Harvard Business Review, Goldstein, Cialdini and Griskevicius conducted two field studies to explore the effectiveness of different strategies to convince hotel guests in the US to behave more environmentally conscious. The studies were executed by equipping hotel bathrooms with messages asking people to reuse their towels in order to save the environment by using firstly, several descriptive norms and secondly, a...
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Starbucks was found by Gerald Baldwin and Gordon Bowker who were two college friends. Howard Shultz purchased Starbucks Coffee in 1982 to introduce and improve the performance of the market. Starbucks is widely known in the United States and internationally as well, including countries like China, Canada, Germany, etc. Starbuck's main mission is to inspire individuals throughout their brand. Starbucks Strategies Starbuck's strategy was the experience of Starbucks, meaning the way customers experience was with Starbucks. Starbucks strategy included excellent...
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The start of the Duterte administration was the beginning of the campaign on war on drugs in the Philippines (Kishi, Pavlik, & Constantino, 2019) . According to Simbulan, Dioquino-Maligaso, Herbosa and Withers (2019), The Philippines has 1,8 million current drug users and 4,8 million Filipinos have reported utilizing illegal drugs at least once in their lives. This alarmed the Duterte administration in which his war on drugs campaign started. However, on Duterteâs war on drug campaign, it first, resulted to...
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In the late 1970s, a young man named Billy Milligan, became a controversial public figure for being the first person in U.S. history, who was found not guilty of committed several crimes (including kidnapping, armed robbery, and raping three women), by reason of insanity, due to his suffering from multiple personality disorder. From the first moment Milligan was arrested and indicted, the results of his mental examinations made his face appearing on the covers of magazines and the front pages...
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Regularly of our lives, we spend endless hours under the grasp of innovation. In Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, innovation and media are clearly coordinated into the lives of the characters in the novel. In this anecdotal, advanced world, firefighters light fires to copy books as opposed to stop fires. In this general public, books are viewed as awful in light of the fact that they move free thought. A large number of the parts of the general public in Fahrenheit...
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âThe Things They Carriedâ is a collection of linked short stories by American novelist Tim OâBrien, about a platoon of American soldiers fighting on the ground in the Vietnam War. As the stories describe OâBrienâs memories, the female character's roles in the novel depict important messages. Martha shows love and denial; Mary Anne Bell plays the loss of innocence, a sense of coming of age, and lastly Linda, memory, and death. All women play a part in piecing the novel...
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Confucianism is an ancient philosophy about kindness and respect which is based on the teachings of Kung Fuzi He is also known as Confucius. Confucianism is not religion, but philosophy about how to live life, therefore, Confucius was also not God or supreme being with extra power. He was person who was able to transmit wisdom because he created moral code for Chinese people which is based on love, ethics, and humanity. The main principle of it is that people...
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