Another confrontation I faced with my students was the selection of topics for term final papers. Once again, as is the case with short story selection, I came up with my own selection of topics that they found exclusionary. In my effort to find a middle ground, I called for at least three topics from each student and asked them to hand in these in the next class. Accordingly, they did it, and following a discussion and a mutual review, we were able to select some topics for our term papers, thus resolving the tension between my students and me. ...

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Everyone has encountered a "freak" at one time or another, whether at the mall or on the street or at a family function. They are most everywhere. When I use the term "freak" I don't mean it in any demeaning manner. I am referring to the outrageously dressed people in black ill-matched clothing, blue or green hair, wearing morbid make-up and pierced in every place imaginable. You know, those people you stop to stare at as you say, "Oh my God!" ...

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Globalize or Die: Affects Everyone and Everything In his book, The Lexus and the Olive Tree, Thomas Friedman wrote: "Globalization is not a phenomenon. It is not some passing trend. Today it is an overarching international system shaping the domestic politics and foreign relations of virtual...

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What do a hot pink dress, a sparkling new Chevy and a bright green Jell-O mold all have in common? Karal Ann Marling asserts that Americans became obsessed with such colorful new objects during the 1950s, and that mass marketing and advertising convinced Americans to display such items as signs of t...

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