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rest of your life. Many would argue that the hectic lifestyle that a big city provides clearly places it ahead of a suburban landscape. Others, however, would claim that the serene and restful environment of the countryside is much more satisfying than the city could ever be. It is important to be clear that not all vast cities are the same, and it goes the same way for the suburban regions of America. The city and country lifestyle are two distinct types of living, each with their own pros and cons

Urban Sprawl in The United States Kori Thompson The Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology Urban Sprawl in The United States A great number of Americans living today reside in areas where homes, businesses, and institutions are spread sparsely. These areas are commonly referred to as either urban or suburban sprawl. Sprawl is generally designed for the movement of cars and not the movement of pedestrians; most people simply will not, and often cannot, assume the role

high school’s days of witnessing some sort of school violence or even being the victim from the violence? American schools all over today are becoming more of a fearful and miserable destination for children to attend and it is even becoming more of a destine nightmare for every teacher and parent as well due to an alarming rate of violent actions of multiple types of crimes being committed by students and consistently having chaotic events. Schools are meant for children to have the feeling of being

Sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender role are hot button terms that have recently pervaded newsrooms, courtrooms and doctor’s office alike. Yet, it is important to properly define these terms in order to avoid misunderstandings. Sex is biological; it is identified by sex chromosomes (i.e. XX, XY, X, XXX, XYY or XXY). Sexual orientation regards sexual attraction to one, several, or no genders (i.e. heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, pansexual, asexual, etc.). Lastly, “gender identity

Is racial segregation in schools coming back from the past to haunt our primary and secondary students? In the essay “Still Separate, Still Unequal: America’s Educational Apartheid” by Jonathan Kozol talks about how racial segregation is making a comeback and is becoming particularly apparent between low-income urban cities and wealthy upper suburban areas. In this essay, Kozol talks about his visits to these urban schools that aren’t getting much attention. These schools where the majority are kids

immigrants. The basic premise of public schooling in our school district is that students at all grade levels are entitled to equal learning opportunities irrespective of advantages,

Rios defines hypercriminalization as the behaviors, styles, and activities that an individual indulges in everyday that is viewed by society as deviant. Additionally, society perceives hypercriminalization as criminal, threatening, and risky social behavior. Rios believed that the continuous cycle of hypercriminalization affected how the boys reacted to society, making them more deviant according to societies standards. The boys experienced what is known as tokenism, where they knowingly were the

In Jonathan Kozol “Still Separate Still Unequal” the author discusses how education for inner city school kids greatly differs from white school kids. “Schools that were already deeply segregated twenty-five or thirty years ago are no less segregated now” (Kozol 143). Although in 1954 the popular court case Brown vs Board of Education should have ended segregation in schools. The author shows how “the achievement gap between black and white children continues to widen or remain unchanged,” (Kozol

bringing up the issue of segregation in schools. Yes, the law says that every place in the United States is integrated; everyone should work together. The problem is that integration just is not happening. Schools for the most part are districted by where people live, so if most the Hispanic and Black neighborhoods are grouped together then of course the school will be segregated. Throughout Kozol’s piece, he makes the reader think about the situation America’s school system is in through his claims, style

most deliberate and controversial issues in the United States. Thus far, the privilege or right to receive education has not attained the level of equality throughout the nation. Poor districts obtain less educational funds while rich districts obtain more, which create an immense gap between the quality of schools in poor and rich areas. In other words, the education gap is the root of inequality in America. Inequality in education is linked to the major problems in the society. The need for studies