Melbourne High School is one of Australia’s most prestigious school in countless aspects‚ not only for its highly reputable academic achievements but through diversity‚ sporting‚ music‚ participation and history. It is obvious as to why thousands of students apply to this school yearly seeking for opportunities while only a small amount gets in‚ and I personally believe that I would suit one of these places at Melbourne High. Academically wise‚ I believe that I’m a well-focused and diligent student
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cultural customs can make it difficult for migrants to feel as though they belong within a certain group. Unfortunately this is a position in which many migrants to Australia find themselves‚ struggling to feel included and comfortable with their changing identities. However while these differences may make it harder to belong to one group‚ they can also strengthen the bonds within another. The most immediate and obvious indicator of difference within migrants is that of physical appearance. Automatically
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Steve Zissou WS 3220 12/16/2010 Dr. Karen Women Migrant Workers: From Mexico to the U.S. Migrant workers have long played a crucial role in the economy of the United States‚ there has always been a rather heavy flow of both legal and illegal immigrants to the United States. There is a large variety of different jobs available for both legal and illegal immigrants in the United States‚ many women find work with more affluent families and are employed as nannies or maids. Some women
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Not belonging often goes hand in hand with feelings of despair‚ unease and uncertainty. “Migrant Hostel” demonstrates this feeling of angst and instability when the migrants are placed in an uninviting environment where fear of immigrants is predominant. The migrants’ insecurity and confusion is displayed through the rhetorical ‘who would be coming next’ in the first stanza. Furthermore‚ the fact that the stanza begins with “no one kept count” sets an ominous tone reflective of the hostile atmosphere
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Bruce Dawe’s poem‚ Migrants‚ portrays a long quest from the perception of a migrant group. The particular group is acknowledged as “they” as they were met with indifferences from the locals. “They” reacted to this treatment with surprise and confusion which is made evident in the line‚ “indifference surprised them..” which creates a sense of ambiguity and lack of identity. This mystified poem depicts feelings of ignorance as well as disinterest as “they” are treated with a lack of concern.
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Was The Grand Prix Beneficial For Melbourne Issues Part -B- Was the Grand Prix‚ promoted as "The Great Race" which was held at Albert Park beneficial for Melbourne‚ or was it just a huge waste of taxpayers money? The race was televised to 650 million people in 130 different countries is expected to pump $50 million into the Victorian economy every year and boost tourism enormously. I along with the owners of seventy-two percent of hotels‚ motels‚ restaurants and other entertainment complexes
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Globalization and Migrant Domestic Workers Who cares? Name: E.L.Hamming Student number: 1159666 Master: International and European Law University of Groningen Faculty of Law Supervisor: dr. P.C.J.H.M.Rusman Department: Legal Theory Section: Political Science June 5th 2007 Acknowledgments I would like to thank Sjoukje Botman‚ Marina de Regt and Sarah van Walsum for their time and energy. Your work‚ thoughts and knowledge have helped me to stay motivated and finish this project. Thank you
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American photographer‚ Dorothea Lange is best known for her work depicting the destitute life of Depression Era people. Her photo entitled‚ Migrant Mother (see image 1 in the appendix)‚ is considered by many to be the most recognized photograph in American history. Dorothea Lange‚ however‚ is much more than that one photo. The images throughout her career tell countless stories of people who have suffered. The desire to share these stories is what propelled her to photograph‚ fueled her creativity
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Be Good‚ Little Migrants Racist Australian and he thoughts on immigrants Asians Damn migrants‚ ever since they came here nothing good has happened‚ I live next to a old Asian man‚ doesn’t speak a damn English word‚ I remember once‚ my misses asked me to go next door and ask if they had any sugar‚ cause my wife was baking a cake‚ so I went up to their door and knocked. When the old Asian man open the door I said “G’day mate‚ can I borrow some sugar?” he looked at me for a solid minute. I could
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however in other areas such as social and environmental area‚ foreigners may bring about a negative impact instead. Migrants bring about a positive impact in the economical aspect of Singapore. They provide for much cheap labour. Manual work and low status jobs are generally disliked by locals because of the social stigma attached and its low pay. For example‚ Chinese migrants are often employed in construction firms which are jobs despised by Singaporeans. When jobs such as these are taken up
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