Placing a teacher that has been brought up in Ireland with different values with students from the poor boroughs of New York forces the reader to take note of the differences in cultural capital. ... He goes on to describe what it was like to walk into his classroom for the first time, "When I walk in and place my books on the teacher's desk they"ll surely stop throwing things. ... He is set on teaching Economic Citizenship but is sidetracked by the students" moans and groans over opening their books. ... Demanding that they take out their books evokes more moans throughout the classroo...

• Word Count: 1906
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

It is interesting to note that the Greek heroes score highest considering that Greek mythology is considered to be the most developed and is also the most popular in the modern world (?... Mary Wollstonecraft, a feminist in the eighteenth century, wrote many books and advocated for women's rights, but her work was never widely published or widely read and she never really improved the situation of women in her time (McKay 692). ... In the autocratic world of the early civilizations, it is interesting to note that heroes were often male leaders, while in the modern, democratic world, heroe...

• Word Count: 2005
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Readers view texts in perspective, to enable them to understand the books they are reading. Gender roles have been prevalent in our communities for centuries now and they are unfortunately still common; in today's society. The novel Speak , by Laurie Halse Anderson paints a vivid image on gender rol...

• Word Count: 1774
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In Elizabeth Marsh's writings of her travels, on no account did it contain any detailed notes compiled at the time of her journey, and no information about the society she was involved with.11 It was also written thirteen years later and submitted anonymously.12 This brings up the question of, how accurate Colley's text is. ...

• Word Count: 1708
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• Grade Level: High School

Before thinking about the strategies for converting our country into a financially literate country, we must know about the actual meaning of financial literacy and why it is more important these days. Financial literacy is not just about increasing knowledge on money matters and financial products but helping and empowering people to take action to achieve greater financial well –being. In Sanskrit there is a saying "dhanam moolam idam jagat" which means money is the centre of the universe, so everyone must have a minimum knowledge about the way to manage it and financial lit...

• Word Count: 1819
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In everyday life, change meetings with with nameless faces are a certainty.Even our parents, to them when we were born we were strangers and though we dont remeber it they were stangers to us. classmates, friends, pratically anyone with which one has any relationship with, were no more than stangers before a cautious glance is given and we say hello. from the first instance instictivley our attention is drawn to their face, is it happy or sad? what is with his hair color? hey he's kind of cute...must have a girl friend already, wait hes kind of fat around the waist...must be a lazy sl...

• Word Count: 1979
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I will be operating under the theoretical frameworks of several writers and scholars, as the information provided through their books and scholastic journals will help elucidate the topics I have chosen to focus on. ... This breeds an entire generation of people whose perception of the world is molded and shaped by the mass media they consumed, creating what Kendell and her colleagues would term to be "media culture" as they made note of certain observable behavioral traits that young people display due to the influence of the media consumed, such as being violent and self-entitled, ...

• Word Count: 2019
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

He loved to read, particularly about guns, violence, and books on serial killers. ... At each crime scene Seda left evidence in the form of eerie handwritten notes emulating himself to the original Bay Area Zodiac. ...

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In essence, comic books were a rudimentary form of video - produced for consumption at an easy level. ... The interlinking threads that combine the past and present stories are masterfully woven by the use of background notes and reflections. ...

• Word Count: 1933
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate