economical. Since September‚ my understanding of what an activist and what social justice‚ equity‚ and community organizing are has expanded drastically. Yes‚ an activist is all the things I mentioned before‚ but an activist is also someone who works tirelessly and puts all they have into a cause that goes against the common opinion in a society where the big and powerful corporations tend to get what works best for them. An activist keeps going and fighting for what they know to be their truth‚ even when
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context of education and from the different perspectives (psychology‚ sociology‚ philosophy) on your course. ome sociologists see childhood as socially constructed: in other words‚ as something created and defined by society. They argue that what people mean by childhood‚ and the status of children in society‚ is not fixed but duffers between different times‚ places and cultures. This can be illustrated by comparing the western idea of childhood with childhood in the past and in other cultures.
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What It Means To Be a Good Leader As we grow up‚ though we may not realize it‚ we are surrounded by leaders that have an impact on our lives. Some may assume that all the leaders in your life consist of authority‚ but truthfully‚ just having authority doesn’t make you a good leader. A good leader is a person that people naturally follow; they don’t follow them because authority tells them to. Keeping this in mind‚ it isn’t very difficult to identify the leaders in your life; it’s slightly more
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What literacy means for me and the impact that has on my life. For me literacy is very important and has a really strong impact in my life. When I was a kid I remember my father always telling me “the more you know the better it is”. I never really understood what he meant nor did I pay that much attention. I must admit that I was pretty rebellious back in those days‚ I wanted to be independent‚ I dropped out college in my freshman year‚ started partying‚ binge drinking‚ to sum it up I just didn’t
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What it means to be an American The United States of America is a wonderful country where there is equal opportunities‚ rights and freedoms‚ and justice. America’s founding fathers like George Washington saw the potential of America being the greatest country of all. They created the constitution. The constitution created a stronger federal government and gave citizens rights. It wasn’t until 1865 that the United States Constitution ended slavery. America has prospered so much since then and now
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What It Means To Live Can the presence or absence of love determine whether a person is truly living or is not living at all? James Joyce’s “The Dead” is a work of the Modern era. In keeping with the time‚ this short story focuses on self-reflection and isolation. Throughout the story‚ the main character Gabriel is desperately searching for where his position is in the world. Gretta‚ his wife‚ also seems to live as merely a shadow of her former her. Although the story is predominately centered
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What “home” means Everyone always has to have a place to be born‚ a place to grow up and a place to become yourself. It’s true that emotional aspects influence profoundly upon how one visualizes home. However‚ physical aspects are the house of home. Without land‚ a physical place‚ the picture about home in one’s soul will not come out easily. In fact‚ many people who are capable of building thousand houses find it hard to really build a home. A house is a simply a shelter while a home is a family
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When I hear the word justice I think along the line of making a wrong‚ right. So to me‚ justice means having the quality of moral rightness and the being true. Justice is an action taken as to make a situation right or better. The main components of the criminal justice system could be defined as the legislative which are the ones who create laws‚ the adjudication which is comprise of the courts‚ and corrections which could be describe as the jails and prisons. How these components interrelate
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delight us‚ surely the process by which a human being is created is the most common and compelling. But what do we‚ as human beings‚ consider a human being to be? Some say a human is “made in the image and likeness of God‚” while others defend the concept that humans came from the soil and will return to the soil when they die. Dignity‚ a conscience‚ and free will all seem to play a major role in what creates a human being‚ as well. This notion is argued back and forth between Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
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I feel that freedoms are something that need to be repeatedly won. They aren’t something that should get pushed aside in our world. In every generation‚ we need to win back our freedoms as a human being. Today in my life outside and in school‚ I have certain freedoms that I wouldn’t get in one place or the other. One of my freedoms at home is my cell phone. In my household‚ in order to even receive a phone‚ you have to be at least 13 years old. When 10:00pm comes around‚ I’m assumed to be in bed
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