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“Revenge of the Geeks” by Alexandra Robbins, explains how high school outsiders become stars In the “real” world after graduation. In high school, every ones put Into a box, stereotyped, where If you don’t follow what everybody else Is doing, you’re blacklisted. Kids don’t understand that what makes them different from everyone else makes them…

Experiment 5: RC Circuits Abstract The purpose of this lab is to learn and understand RC Circuits. An RC circuit is composed of at least one resistor and at least one capacitor. A capacitor is composed of two plates with either air or an insulator also known as a dielectric between the plates. We do…

An example of how a theory we learned about in the AIP readings has reflected in reality in the Women’s Center is a theory that was presented in the reading, “Age, Race, Class, Sex” by Audrey Lorde, Lorde asserts that “too often, we pour the energy needed for recognizing and exploring difference into pretending those…

The idea of racial profiling and collection or racial data by police agencies has become a hot button topic over the past several months. Recently here in the state of California, AB 953, The Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015 was signed into law by Governor Brown, which required local law enforcement agencies to…

Under this perspective Domestic violence issues will be handled with immediate, hard punishment; more then likely incarceration along with possible No Contact Orders to protect the victim. Unlike the Crime Control Perspective, the Rehabilitation Perspective focuses the attention on the offender and not the victims. Supporters of this perspective believe that society is the reason…

Despite efforts to promote equality in the United States, there are still disparities in employment between different racial groups. Employers have a bias towards white candidates compared to black candidates. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has rules against employers asking for information that could indicate an applicant’s race (EEOC). However, employers continue to…

Elton John, born as Reginald Kenneth Dwight, was born on March 25th 1947. He learned how to play the piano at a very early age. He left school at the age of seventeen to pursue a career in music. His father, much like Freddie Mercury’s, tried to steer him into a different career path. He…

I. Introduction My research proposal is to conduct research on the feasibility of vertical farming in local urban settings. My research will go over the cost of production and the cost running and maintaining of a vertical farm in the north Texas area. Vertical farming is the concept of building fields and orchards one on…

An intelligent Black boy, who dumbs himself down to avoid criticism. The Hispanic girl who stays at home to take care of her family, instead of going to school. The Asian who pursues a career in medicine, despite wanting to be an actor. All of these strange actions can be explained by the Critical Race…

Alcohol and illicit drug consumption are all too prevalent today in high schools, colleges, and all across the globe. Students seeking to fit in or forget about the repetitiveness of school and homework have a tendency to experiment. Drug addiction is known by the scientific community to be a psychological condition based on excessive, obsessive,…