This book tells about his life growing up in America, and it tells a lot about the discrimination he dealt with growing up. ... This book is good in helping non-minorities understand what minorities do go through, and it helped me understand some of the different things they endure. ... The word minority is sometimes used to sound like a bad thing. ... I think his book did a good job of portraying to the reader how it actually was for him and his family. ... Through reading this book I understand somewhat more of what minorities in our country have to go through. ...

• Word Count: 1295
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

In a book titled Japanese Society Today Tadashi Fukutake summed up the effects that the past had on the Japanese educational system of today. ... The Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Japan compiled a book called The Japan of Today and in the book it is stated that, "The central concept in Japanese education today is to produce self-reliant citizens of a peaceful and democratic state and community with respect for human rights and a love for truth and peace" (115). ... While many sources by others site the Monbusho as one of the many problems with the Japanese educational system, the wordin...

• Word Count: 1948
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Description of the Issue of Inequality The issues of inequality are prevalent in this book. ... It is this concept that is pervasive throughout this book. ... When applied to this book, the hegemonic curriculum deals with what type of emphasis is placed on which subjects that are taught in school. ... Sociological Concept # 3 Hidden Curriculum/Gender Code These sociological concepts go hand in hand when used to describe situations in this book. ... McCourt writes, "when she sways up the aisle to my desk the boys make woo woo sounds and, Whaddya doin" the rest of my life Daniela? ...

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

One day, I was sitting in class reading a book when Mrs. ... Jones", "All American Girls," basically any book I can get a hold of. ... My mother cried because that was my first time hearing sound since I was a preschooler. ...

• Word Count: 1647
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

It's like the feeling of accomplishment that a book worm gets from finishing a really powerful book. ... I have an idea of where I would be if I could have taken that apprenticeship As stupid as this may sound, I probably would not be in college right now, or maybe I would. ... All I see when I look at a book is a bunch of rambling words. ...

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

The Founding Fathers Had the 1st Amendment and the Last Word On December 15th, 1791, our "founding fathers" ratified the Bill of Rights, which have been both the basis of our freedoms and the basis of our limitations. In particular, the 1st Amendment, and more specifically, the first two clau...

• Word Count: 1306
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Alka; that is my name. It is actually ironic that Alka is my name. In Indian, it means "a lock of golden hair." I can only laugh at my parent's decision in naming me this. All of my wigs make my name the most ironic thing you could imagine. I have no hair, and probably won't have any for my whol...

• Word Count: 1576
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The early experiences in reading were filled with questions about what word is pronounced what way and why certain arrangements of letters sounded the way they did. ... Rather than having the teachers spit useless interpretations of the book at us, we were given the task of interpreting it for ourselves. ...

• Word Count: 1653
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

It is outlined in the Code of Virginia, and it states that they are "To promote the development of an educationally and economically sound, vigorous, progressive, and coordinated system of higher education in Virginia"(SCHEV, p4-5). ... Christopher Jencks and Meredith Phillips, editors of the 1998 book, The Black- White Test Score Gap, argued that African Americans will always score lower than European Americans on vocabulary, reading and math tests, as well as on tests such as the SAT I. ...

• Word Count: 1715
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Like most people, I have changed my style of dressing many times through out my life. I look back and laugh at the countless phases of styles that I have gone through. It is partly due to a sense of exploration, partly due to growth and change, partly due to a confusion of who one is, but it is mos...

• Word Count: 1508
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Brunsma, an author of the book "The School Uniform Movement" states, "requiring students to wear uniforms is a change that affects mot only students, but also school faculty and parents" (184-185). ... Sounds pretty ridiculous to me, if this problem is a big issue, then it would have been advised already and fixed with school uniforms. ...

• Word Count: 1869
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School