Social Situation: Article Analysis

The article by Erika Christakis, informs future teachers and parents how preschool today may not be benefiting their children as much as they thought. She talks about how preschool has changed drastically over the years as well as kindergarten. She states that “kindergarten may be the new first grade”. Her statement shows how children today are expected more then they were years ago in all grades, especially preschool and at such a young age. Many think this is helping our children or will benefit them in the future if they know more as a child but this may not be the case. The article talks about multiple studies done throughout America to children are learning and how school curriculum changing affects children. A studied showed that children

Freshman year of college, a time of joy, and frustrations. Thrust into a new world of opportunity and comradery, but also no longer having the guiding hand of a parent or guardian to assist in troubled times. We now are faced to deal with problems our own. Here at Tarleton State University, two major issues that stem from very simple problems are finding a parking spot and also lack of variety in the dining hall. I interviewed several people and discovered that these are small things to the outside world but to those afflicted by these things they can be the thing that makes a difference between doing well in class and being successful, or not being able to focus in class or being able to go to class at all. Naomi Rockler-Gladen wrote a list

The Social Penetration Theory is an explanation by two communication theorists, Irwin Altman and Dalmas Taylor. This theory attempts to explain how relational closeness develops. Since we all have hundreds of different relationships, with thousands of different people during our lifetime, it is an important theory to study and understand.

In the essay, “The Student Fear Factor’’, Rebecca Cox , I will be writing about on how one of the students that relates to me on her personal life experiences. Some college students find strategies to manage their fear on their first year of college because they feel nervous about on how are they going to do at college. College students feel sometimes they have concerns about not reaching their goals in life , not passing their courses, or afraid of life. The student that relate to me was Melanie because she recent graduate from high school and she enrolled in college. Melanie was a college student that attended at Lake shore community college. Melanie and I have similar situations that she went through her life. She was a full-time student and had four courses that was taken at her college. Melanie and I have both in common that attended a community college , taking for course , recent graduated from high school, and first semester of college.

To be clear, the intent of this essay is not to argue for or against the content; instead, we are analyzing what the article does in terms of the following:

Throughout the novel many problems occur. Some of the main problems are racial and equality issues. Events in this book show how prejudice and intolerance can ruin numerous friendships and change lives.

I felt that this story,”Confronting Inequility” was to complicated for a everyday reader to follow. I found my self having to go and ready the article two to three times in certain parts. I wasn’t able to understand what he was trying to get across. Even though I understood the vocalualry he used I believe he could f done a better job in explain his thoughts and theories the had in how

The article “The Case for Fitting In” compares to my idea of conformity because I think that it means how you change your opinion due to social pressure. My idea of conformity relates to the article because it was talking about how when people were in a group and someone said the wrong answer they usually went with it. “Each subject saw 18 sets of lines, and the group answer was wrong for 12 of them” this proves that most of the time people went with the group rather than going with their personal opinion. I think that the article really compares with my definition of conformity because I think that it causes you to change your opinion and sometimes causes you to choose wrong answers. I also strongly think that the article agrees with me because

Choose four important words used in the article, and indicate whether each word is neutral or emotionally charged. (Respond in point form.)

1. The theme of the story is: Racism is an issue that never seems to disappear no matter how much people say it does.

In Chapter 5 and Chapter 8, one issue that stood out to me was the unequal educational opportunity for the black population. Segregated schools were not equal and the state of them were inadequate.

What are the main ideas and/or issues of the article as it relates to the chosen topic?

Nowadays, many consider racism and prejudice a thing of the past, and people whine about discrimination to compensate for their personal flaws. Simply because it is less overt, racism has not yet vanished from our society. Like a viper, it hides in the darkest corners of society. However, it is not like the venomous coral snake, boldly announcing its presence, similar to racism before the civil rights act. Now it is like a water moccasin snake, camouflaging itself along muddy riverbanks and putrid cesspools. The students are in the program because their homes are not ideal academic environments, be it because of their parents, their many siblings, or because of gang related violence. Judging by the students living at the Boys Hope Girls Hope site, there are significantly fewer Caucasian students who suffer

The article provides information on the opinions of the cast members from the film. This allowed me to get information on the cast member’s view point on what is happening today. They think that the events taking place are just the same as 20 years ago. I also found out that the actors in La Haine also took part in real riots back in the 90’s. This information made the movie even more realistic because they all experienced what happen before they decided to become part of the movie. Finding out their opinions and experiences helped my paper because it is about the personal experiences of immigrants and how nothing has changed since La Haine was

In terms of education, one could allude to the idea that underfunded inner city school, primarily black and Latino, are dealing with the same problem as described in the book. There is a certain “veil” that the wealthy Park Avenue bankers put over their eyes when faced with this issue. How come schools are falling apart (physically) but people on the upper east side have apartments sitting vacant minus the maid who comes in once a week to tidy while the owners are off at their summer homes. Meanwhile across the bridge are kids struggling to get an education and food on the table. This inequality is so vast and great, but it is VEILED. The same way someone looks the other way when a homeless person is whimpering or begging for help on the