HISTORY OF THE CARIBBEAN LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES UNIT HUMANITIES COURSE SYLLABUS History of the Caribbean: LAC 108 Tuesday and Thursday: 11:00AM-12:15PM Professor: Ana Ozuna‚ Ph.D. Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday‚ 2:00PM-3:30PM Office: C-417 E-mail: aozuna@hostos.cuny.edu Tel.: 718-518-6852 REQUIRED TEXTS Palmié‚ S.‚ & Scarano‚ F. A. (Eds.). (2011) The Caribbean‚ a History of the Region and Its Peoples. Chicago: UP Chicago. ISBN-13: 978-0226645087 Handouts
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discusses this rationalizations in his two poems The Girl-Child of Pompeii and For Adolf Eichmann.
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Rights of the Child”(20 November 1989) 1‚ a child is defined as every human being below the age of 18 years unless‚ under the law applicable to the child‚ majority (or adult ‘status’) is attained earlier; in other words‚ unless the relevant laws recognize an earlier age. Issues like gender discrimination‚ domestic violence‚ sexual abuse‚ child labour‚ human trafficking‚ health and education‚ just to name a few‚ tend to be adversely skewed when closely examining the life of the girl child. There has
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Our government has turned into a sick center of corruption and deception. America has become like late Rome and has grown weak and has grown fat on luxury and ignorance. There is one hope if any to save this country for our future and that is to stop ourselves from being so selfish and corrupted money has become the center of our country and we have to stop focusing on our possessions and more on the stability of our nation. Our country needs to focus
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on the use of “forbidden words” in the media‚ the individual responsibility of using curse words has increased. In this research I have found that the use of curse words has heightened some people’s sensitivity to these words. Children are the most affected and the parents are not far behind. The use of curse words in our media has changed our perspective; children and teens use them sometimes on the daily basis‚ but is this change a good thing? The common curse words‚ some starting with S’s and
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346). In his essay‚ “Slurring Spanish‚” Luis Rodriguez highlights the difficulties of bilingual speakers‚ specifically Spanish speakers‚ in America. He concentrates on the challenges that Spanish speakers face in school from having English forced as the language to be spoken at all times‚ moreover Rodriguez points out two Spanish-speaking students that experienced the hardships of bilingual speakers in an “English Only” education system. Although Luis Rodriguez could have written his essay in his native
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Events that happen in an adolescent’s life can affect one of three domains; these three domains are known as ‘psychosocial’ ‘cognitive’ and ‘biophysical’. This essay will focus on the area of the cognition domain now this domain will be discussed in relation to an event that has affected my perception of the world around me‚ the way I feel in relation to blame and judgment and lastly the ability to learn how to be more reflective. My perception on life changed rapidly when I was informed of
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Paper on Child Survival 1. INTRODUCTION Save the Children is a child focused organisation that delivers immediate and lasting improvements in children’s lives. The organisation is committed to improve the health status of children in India and protect them from exploitation‚ abuse and ill health. In the current context‚ Save the Children’s primary focus is on supporting the system in accelerating the progress towards Millennium Development Goal 4 aimed at one-third reduction in child mortality
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Gossip Girl is a teen drama TV series based off of the book‚ Gossip Girl‚ written by Cecily von Ziegesar. Gossip Girl is six seasons long and full of the juiciest of drama. The background of the series is based off of Ziegesar’s own experience growing up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan‚ New York. Gossip Girl is about the lives of high school seniors whose parents happen to be some of New York’s most glamorous residents. The shows two central characters are Serena and Blair‚ who are best friends
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References: Bartlett‚ T. (2009). Cheating Goes Global as Essay Mills Multiply. Chronicle of Higher Education‚ 55(28)‚ A1-A5. Gambescia‚ S. F. (2007‚ Winter). A Best Practice Protocol for Handling Academic Honesty Issues With Adult Students. The Journal of Continuing Higher Education‚ 55(1)‚ 47-55. Geddes‚ K. A. (2011‚ Spring). Academic Dishonesty Among Gifted and High-Achieving Students. Gifted Child Today‚ 34(2)‚ 50-56. Sikes‚ P. (2008‚ March). Will the Real Author Come Forward
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