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Douglas 1964, claimed that middle class children received more attention and encouragement from their parents which was the single most important factor affecting their attainment whereas working class pupils received little encouragement and lacked the motivation to succeed at school. Also sugarman believed that the working class subculture was fatalistic, concerned with immediate gratification and present

Located south of downtown Minneapolis, the Phillips neighborhood is among the poorest and most racially diverse of the city’s eighty-six neighborhoods and communities (Burrop, 2006). Home to over 20,000 residents including the largest concentration of Native Americans, Latinos, and East African immigrants in the area, the Phillips community also suffers from a long-standing reputation as a hotbed of homicides, drug use and trafficking, and sex work. Realizing the overwhelming poverty and challenges

HDFS 895 Families in Poverty Hyunjin Choi (Hailey) A45547219 Analyzing Economic Inequality in Hispanic Immigrant Population in the United States by Using Micro/Macro-Level Lenses According to the 2012 American Community Survey (ACS), the U.S. immigrant population stood at approximately 40.8 million, or 13 percent of the total U.S. population of 313.9 million (Nwosu, C., Batalova, J., & Auclair, G., 2014). Along with its large number, immigration has had a very significant impact on the U.S society

Carrothers et al (2000) piloted and analysed a 34 item measurement tool to assess the attributes of medical school applicants in Ohio. 147 applicants were assessed and their scores compared with traditional admission criteria, such as prior academic attainment and interview assessments. The researchers were concerned about the tendency for students to be accepted on the basis of their biomedical knowledge, regardless of their ability to relate to and empathise with patients. The increase in primary

Marilyn Monroe once said: “Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.” From the emergence of our primitive ancestors to the evolution of the modern citizen, shoes have experienced a substantial progression; an evolution, from creation to modernity. Women’s shoes, curiously enough, experienced a transformation in and of themselves; a parallelism studied famously in Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Dr. Maslow has, since 1943, provided a suggestion of one’s basic and necessary needs to

1. Definition of the research problem (a). Define the market research problem (MRP) “To better understand consumer preferences in fast food products and the services provided by Wendy’s and the industry as a whole’” Components: 1- To understand customer satisfaction with Wendy’s food across different demographic and psychographic segments. 2- To understand to what degree health consciousness has an impact on the fast food market 3- To understand the impact that brand devotion (salience) to any brand

Marijuana use during college and its effects on life outcomes Elizabeth Wong St. Edward’s University Introduction Attitudes about marijuana usage are dynamic amongst college-aged individuals. Additionally, marijuana use is influenced by many outside factors, such as timing and rate of exposure, familial factors, educational goals and expectations, and social norms and influences. Emerging medical claims about marijuana’s potential medical benefits further influences the climate

1. How may a student's social class origin and related factors impact on her/his learning outcomes and how can teachers intervene to effectively address any resulting disadvantages and injustices for students? That a student’s social class origin impacts on their learning outcomes is self-evident across much of the developed world, with entrenched disparities in academic achievement that are inversely correlated with family income (Snook, 2009:3, Argy, 2007:para 3, Reay, 2006:289, Nash, 2003:179-180)

Being children of immigrants also correlate to the likelihood of obtaining a university degree in Canada. This trend was confirmed once again by Abada, Hou and, Ram 2009 that report the pattern of intergenerational upward mobility in educational attainment of immigrant 1st and 2nd generation with the exception of Filipino and Jamaican youth, which have specific settlement experiences. They found that Filipino youth are less likely to earn a university degree in comparison to their fathers and relative

Container vessels, 18-wheelers, boxcars: these are probably the first things that come to mind when we think of freight. While ships, trucks, and railroads are some of the most significant components of freight, very complex systems and networks are also in place to support moving the goods that businesses and consumers want and need to nearly every corner on the planet. Of course, without actual goods, there is nothing to move, leading experts to refer to freight activities as goods movement.