Brilliantly Imperfect Analysis

The world we live in has made many mistakes, and it’s far from perfect. In Chip Wards letter “We Screwed Up” 2012 to his granddaughter Maddie. Chip tells us that he wants to apologize for his and past generations mistakes of being ignorant. He is sorry for depleting all the natural resources, the species going instinct, the chemical obsession and the increase in advertising he refers to as confusion.

Furthermore, She provides a strong tone that evaluates the potential of a woman. She presents her speech with facts and with confidence and passion. Her tone is trying to motivate young women to act up and take action. Along the way in her speech she makes up a sarcastic tone by claiming that “[women]do not have executive ability, orderly minds, stability, leadership skills, and they are too emotional”(Chisholm, 149). The use of this tone provides affirmation that conveys young women to feel capable of doing anything that men can do. These words don’t define the potential of women nor their abilities. Women are strong, women can take anything, women are smart, women have leadership. Just like Chisholm, women have a voice to speak up and advocate for a change. Throughout her positives tones, she also presents an emotional appeal to the youth who are going to college and are struggling. In reality, some women don’t get the same opportunity as others.“...when a young woman graduates from college…she is likely to have a frustrating and demanding experience ahead of her”(Chisholm, 149). Women face challenges with their eligibility when applying to jobs. Looking for a job is not as easy for women, it takes time and persistence. Unlike men, who are seen as

Dated 01/08/2001, “DON’T GET THE WRONG MESSAGE” is an article by Newsweek that appears on the 56th page of the second issue of the 137th volume of the publisher’s work. The piece with a bold title is authored by Susan Faludi. This article articulates a societal challenge facing the modern American female that has not received much attention; the divide that the bulk of women experience amid having a high purchasing power and having a fulfilling life. A well thought out piece stoutly brings out this dynamic to the limelight, making the reader rethink their life issues and assess their feelings, thoughts, and opinions on the same. The trigger factor for this expression is undoubtedly the actuality that the

The population that is targeted in this community focused alicyesed is the working class woman. The woman make up a little over half of America’s workforce, in turn they are paying a little over half of the American taxes needed to keep the county from becoming completely bankrupt. However these woman are often not treated with the dignity and respect that they deserve. More often then not woman are treated as if they are worth less than their male counterparts. The woman in the American workforce are payed less than men who are working the same passion and job as they are. They are often overlooked for promotion due to beliefs and discrimination that people have about woman.

Women have pushed forward in the struggle for equality. Today women are staples in the professional world. More women are attending college than men as proved in recent studies. Women have outnumbered men on college campuses since 1979, and on graduate school campuses since 1984. More American women than men have received bachelor's degrees every year since 1982. Even here on Haverford's campus, the Admissions Office received more applications from women for early decision candidacy than men for the eighth straight year. The wage gap is slowly decreasing and the fight for proper day care services along with insurance coverage for birth control pills are passionate issues for women across America.

In my opinion from watching the documentary and videos and what I have read in the book --- The Genius in All of Us by David Shenk is that I am glad that someone took the time and effort to figure out what most of what humans learn from is from the environment more so than genes. Genetic differences do exist and they do matter tremendously. Most of us don’t know what our true genetics are. One common characteristic in all successful adults is that some point in their lives they come to realize how much of the process of improvement is in their own control. People that understand that achieving success has to do with process and skill building are more ambitious and they do better. There is a big difference between what statistics tell you about genes and what biology tells you about genes. For example: Epigenetics introduce the concept of free will into our idea of genetics. Then there is Gene Expression which is the process by which information from a gene is used in the synthesis of a functional gene product. Another is Gene Environment interaction which is the phenotypic effect of interactions between genes and the environment. As stated in the textbook: “Intelligence,” as they have seen can mean many things. But however we define or measure it; clearly some people think and behave more intelligently than others. What

“I don’t mind if I have to sit on the floor at school. All I want is an education,” said Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani activist for female education. In today's society, many people don’t realize how grateful they should be for the education they receive. Even the slightest education is much more than people were receiving just three centuries ago, and even more than people in countries besides the United States of America. In specifics, women and African Americans were once unable to pursue any form of education in the United States, along with many other ethnicities.

Living in a low-income community in the Bronx and witnessing the limited opportunities that minorities are often offered made me understand that the society we are living in does not promote equality and justice for all. For this and many other reasons, I believe that unprivileged populations need people like social workers who are dedicated to obtaining and promoting social justice in places where hope has been lost and to helping people to better understand their own situations to be able to deal with them emotionally. My inclination towards social justice and equality comes from values that have emerged due to my commitment of making a difference in people’s lives in a caring and supportive way. This motivates me even more to want to advance my education because I deeply believe that education is the pathway to promoting positive values in our

The Bruce Conner: It’s All True exhibition displayed at the Museum of Modern Art is comprised of over 250 works. The massive exhibit is unique and gives the audience an array of oil paintings, film, assemblage, and more. The title It’s All True comes from a letter Conner wrote in 1999 where he describes his work with over two dozen adjectives such as, beautiful, bewildering, horrible, contemporary, masterpieces, etc. Confirming that anything people see or feel is the truth about his work.

On a Monday afternoon in October of 1996, my sex, the biological distinction between male and female, was determined to be female. Thus, I was involuntarily ascribed the status of daughter and younger sister. From this moment on, my parents used my gender and race to act accordingly in making the decisions of how I should be raised, how I should be dressed, and most importantly, the type of education I was to receive from social institutions, starting with family and academic institutions. Within this social culture, the expectations of acquiring an education becomes a norm for obtaining decent opportunities, yet the challenges people of color, like myself have to face such as, unequal distribution of funds and low-quality education makes this “norm” seem less like an equal opportunity and more like a privilege for those who can financially afford it.

Women are becoming more independent and seeking careers so they do not have to rely on anyone, but themselves. Although women are stepping out of the unjust expectation of being housewives they unconsciously step right back in it. Due to American culture’s beliefs for the female role, women typically outnumber men in careers such as educator, health and child care, and social worker. It is less likely for a woman to be hired in male-dominated industries that have to do with construction, management, and engineering. For years’ women have been fighting to gain equality in the world of careers and even though there are women CEOs and managers, they still do not get paid equally to men. American women who work full-time, year-round are only paid 78 cents for every dollar that is being paid to a male. For fifty years women have been trying to break free from the social rules society has on them and when women finally break free from the housewife role they still are not seen as equal to men in the career

During these last thirteen weeks, I have discovered a lot about myself, not only as a student, but as a feminist. Before taking this class, I knew that I wanted to be a feminist. I believed that women should stand up and exercise their rights to be equal to men on every level. Be that as it may, I lacked the education required to develop my own sense of feminism--my feminist manifesto, if you will. When approaching the topic of feminism, every person needs to ask themselves a list of questions: Who am I? Who do I want to be? What has influenced me as a person? How can I help? These are the beckoning questions we, as developing and purposeful human beings, ask ourselves every day, and these are the questions that will lead each and every person

“We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men and women are created equal,” the Declaration of Sentiments, Grievances, and Resolutions, 1848. It has been exactly 100 years since suffragists marched the streets of New York City with a banner that read “President Wilson favors votes for women.” Political, social, and economic inequality may seem like a thing from the past because of the accomplishments of women like Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, Hillary Clinton, and Michelle Obama. However, women on average make 21 cents less than men and 62+million girls around the world don’t have access to education. First Lady Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama have launched a campaign with the

Sometimes I am neat and sometimes I am sloppy. It all just depends on the day. I believe some of the things she said had truth to them. For example when the author said "Sloppy people carry in their mind’s eye a heavenly vision, a precise plan, that is so stupendous, so perfect, it can't be achieved in this world or the next." I have a friend who is the exact same way he always creates this great plan but never follows through with it. This essay also exaggerates too much, when she says "send the children off to boarding school (too many scuff-marks on the hardwood floors)." I think that is a too extreme, no parent would send their children off too a boarding school simply because they want cleaner hardwood floors. However, I actually enjoyed

In my junior year of high school, I had read the book Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi, an Egyptian author. The book depicts an Egyptian woman who grew up in a poor home and experiences difficulties with a obtaining a higher education before she results to other methods to obtain power. Prior to reading this, I was largely ignorant of the lasting impacts of gender on education in foreign cultures. I had known the lessons of “the American Dream”, which states that everyone has equal opportunity for success. However, based on the novel, my global understanding had grown to realize that the circumstances are quite different around the world. The book had shown me the links between gender and education, and that the cultural treatment of women is sometimes brutal. In the United States, I had seen that men and women have equal opportunity for education, however the cultural context of Woman at Point Zero displays that traditional gender roles largely impact an individual’s education. The novel showed me that some cultures value men above women and, thus, their educations are prioritized. The protagonist of the novel is, consequently, left with a limited education as a result of her gender, while a predominantly male college is referenced in the novel. Overall, the novel contributed to my global understanding of the treatment of women, and showed