Category: Culture
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What you Redeem, i Will Write (About)
What You Pawn I Will Redeem by Sherman Alexie is a fictional work of arts that describes the story of a Spokane Indian man named Jackson Jackson who is going along this journey to find and to redeem his grandmother’s powwow-dance regalia which was stolen from his grandmother over 50 years prior and which he…
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Poems as an Interesting Way to Communicate
Authors employ different approaches to ensure that the message conveyed in their text reaches the target audience in the best manner possible. Poems serve as an interesting way that a writer can communicate the text. It is evident that epic poems had strong messages and their glory remains through generations. Odyssey serves as one of…
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Symbolism of Robert Frost’s Poems
Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” and “The Road Not Taken” hide many imagery and symbolism. There are themes such as civilization and nature. They both present nature as the mysteries in life. Forst’s poems also both have narrators traveling in them and this represents our life’s journey. The poem “The Road…
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Newer Approaches in Social Issues
The adult learning process has undergone several transitions from the historical discourse statistics. This paper presents sociocultural perspectives alongside critical theories affecting adult learning in contemporary society. The first part addresses the essential implication of race theory in adult education. The second part discusses gender socialization, with a close look and discussion on feminist theory.…
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Explore Teen Pregnancy and Academic Success
Contents 1 Introduction 2 Literature Review 3 Theoretical Framework 4 Data Collection and Analysis 5 Findings 6 Discussion Introduction The purpose of this study is to explore teen pregnancy and academic success. If education can be a geared towards teen parent success, students will have the opportunity to feel supported through their pregnancy journey and…
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The TMU Entrance Exam Scandal: Reflection of Sexist
Tokyo Medical University has produced a humiliation by methodically lowering entrance examination scores and raising tuition fees, to limit the number of mostly female students. Greg Wheeler, in the 2018 International Journal for Educational Integrity, “The Tokyo Medical University entrance exam scandal: lessons learned,” point-by-point, breaks down problems related to the scandal of TMU, the…
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Gender Bender – LGBT Community
The LGBT community is one of the largest organizations or groups in our society. Some people do not accept them because they believe it is wrong for individuals to transition to a different gender and sex. On the other hand, many people do accept and support the community, recognizing that they are people too. They…
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Domestic Violence in Zora Neale Hurston’s their Eyes were Watching God
In Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie faces obstacles throughout her life and ultimately learns to grow from them. Hurston portrays love, dominance, independence, discrimination, and abuse in her novel. Hurston uses domestic abuse story. During the 20’s women were not treated fairly nor with respect. Janie’s first marriage to Logan Killicks…
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Harvey Milk and the Gay Rights Movement in America
Harvey Milk, the first gay elected official of San Francisco, had said that rights cannot be won when they are on paper. But only those who know how to achieve their rights and “make their voices heard” can win the rights. In the paper “Historical Institutionalism and Comparative Federalism: Lesbian and Gay Rights Policies in…
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Google Retaliation: the Epitome of Sexism in the Tech Industry
On May 1, 2019, hundreds of NYC Google employees participated in an anti-retaliation sit-in to support two female co-workers, Claire Stapleton and Meredith Whittaker, who were demoted and punished after organizing and leading a massive worldwide walkout on November 1, 2018. The coordinated walkout, involving over 20,000 workers at 60 percent of all Google offices,…