...Research Essay Proposal Topic: Spice Girls and the normalizing spread of girl power Using Spice Girls as a point of study, I intend to research the spread in American popular culture of the ‘girl power’ phenomenon. It would discuss the nature of the idea (that female appearance and sensuality, and equality need not be mutually exclusive), how the concept relates to perceptions of gender roles and power through the lens of girl culture (for mainly the tween and teen groups) and the ways in which Spice Girls – as a major cultural phenomenon of the 1990s – promoted and normalized the idea. Depending on available information and depending on what the word count will allow, the essay will also look into the origins of the idea within pop (eg. Riot Grrrl, statements by Madonna, etc) and touch upon critiques of the supposed feminist aspects of the girl power movement, linking it to materialistic and consumerist norms of American and western culture. Sources: Primary Spiers, B., Fruchtmann, U., Thompson, B., Fuller, K., and Curtis, J. Spice World: The Spice Girls Movie. Culver City, Calif: Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1998. Lyrics from selected songs from the albums Spice (1996), Spiceworld (1997) and Forever (2000). Assorted interviews will also be identified, quoted and analysed. Secondary Whiteley, S. Women and Popular Music: Sexuality, Identity, and Subjectivity. London: Routledge, 2000. Print. Inness, S. A., Millennium Girls: Today's Girls Around the World. Lanham, Md:...
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...Kate in Lake Forest IL states that, “ My rule for fourth graders is that they are overwhelmed by homework, they can send a note home saying that they have tried but they can’t figure it out.” So my question is are students getting too much homework? The first reason is that they just want to see what we know and if we need to stay on that subject. Second reason is that they don’t give us too much homework because the only reason to come to school is to get homework and learn. Third is that they give us the homework to see if we know how to do it by ourself and to see if we were paying attention in class. Most students and parents think we get too much homework but they don’t see how important it is to get it because they just want us to get what we are learning. They are just checking on how well we are getting the subject and to see if we can move on to something different....
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...herself and a friend for a cup of cocoa. Following they talk about Jackie and love. In the story, a third person narrator appears, and it is seen from Ellen’s point of view. Ellen is a lesbian, and she had had a relationship with Jackie, who passed away about a year earlier. She is born on Valentine’s Day and she had become editor of the food section and had written a cookbook. At the time, when Jackie passed away, and Tobie were to live with her father, she was very sad. She did not get a chance to say goodbye to Jackie during the last rituals, because of the father, and that has made a deep wound inside of her. She does not feel like Tobie belongs to her – them - anymore, and she miss both of them very much. Now she has moved on a bit, and can look back and recall without too much pain, but there is many things about Tobie, that reminds her of Jackie and the past. Tobie is a girl with blond hair, which is cut short, and physically she looks like her father with the sharp, angular face. She looks like her mother in the warmth and quickness of her smile. She is a girl, who likes to have her own money, and she likes to have a cup of cocoa, which Ellen used to make for her, when she lived there. Besides that, she is the type of person, who never has had an abundance of friends, only special ones who were very close. Just like Ellen, she misses her mother. When she grows up, she wants to have a relationship as beautiful as what her...
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...SOLUTION TO ORGANIZATION’S INFORMATION OVERLOAD Abstract Information overload has been an increasing problem not only at work but just life in general. Information overload is when we receive too much information more than what we can handle and be able to make the right decisions (http://www.ptg-global.com). As an example, I’d go to work and my email inbox would have at least 30 emails every day. Before finish reading the first one, more would come in. There’d be so much information coming in that I don’t know which one to do process first. I’d spend most of my time in the office receiving information and responding to them then I do anything outside the office, like go to lunch. Introduction An organization’s solution to its information overload rather it be social system or technical system all depends on its mission or customers (http://www.ptg-global.com). There is no right or wrong answer because not all organizations are the same. Analysis In the military, depending on your Military Occupation Specialty (MOS) the solution goes both ways too. In some MOS you would only need social system. For instance our cooks, they are more in to the social system. They cannot rely on the technical system to help them fulfill their responsibilities. They have to be the ones operating the equipment or tools in order for them to be able to prepare the food and have them ready and served for the Soldiers. In my MOS, an Automated Logistic Supply Specialist, we rely on...
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...A teacher want to work at the high school in New Jersey but the principal said that she has to spend two days being a 12th grader and a 10th grader . So she did now she knows what a student has to go through. The teacher didn’t like how they boss her around and how they gave too much homework and how the test piled up each week. I think that teacher don’t know what we are going through. School has change over time and school is getting harder. The reason I’m saying this because kids have to go through hard times like there parents broke up. They have to do a lot of things and they don't have time to do a lot of homework. Waking up in the morning at 7:00am is bad because we don't like that. Also scientific research says waking up...
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...irrelevant content, busy background, and lacking basic organization information leaves a bad first impression. Another issue is a site not being regularly maintained and frustrating its users with out of date and missing information. Working links are helpful, but choosing a “click here option” that doesn’t open or leads to “page not found” can try a user’s patience. By the same token, having unwanted content in the form of outside ads or suggestion pop-ups during use can add to user annoyance. An additional website stumbling block is poorly formatted menu options and the absence of an internal search feature. Website users should be able to easily follow menu options to drill down to the level of information they need versus being hit with too much information upfront or complicated menu features that seem like a convoluted maze. Having a search option that throws a user outside of the website into a Google search versus searching internally can cause undue irritation. Information seekers come to a website looking for particular information, and if they wanted a generic web search they could easily accomplish that on their own. Finally an additional draw back that causes website user angst is the lack of easily found contact information. Some websites fail to make their contact information easy to find or purposefully leave it off and force their customers to use a “contact us” form or online...
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...struggling with homework. Though some kids struggle with the topic, others struggle because there’s just too much to do. Many kids have busy lives, whether it be with sports, clubs, church activities. Homework with no educational value should not be on their to do lists. Students should get less homework because too much can cause a great deal of health problems and stress, and too much time is required to complete it. Homework can cause health issues and build stress. “A hundred years ago, you had medical doctors testifying that heavy loads of books were causing children’s spines to be bent,” says Brian Gill, a senior social scientist at the Rand Corporation. It’s not healthy for students...
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...Lot's of Stuff We all spend a lot of time and energy trying to do many things, but do we spend time on what’s really important? Indicate how much time you spend on, or how important the following are to you. (Be honest) ACTIVITY Going online to chat with friends or check emails Spending time to get a guy or girl notice you Working to get a car, or for money to buy gas and insurance Playing sports, practicing, or traveling around to compete Attending church youth functions, camps or outreach events Doing homework or studying for that exam Sitting in front of the television or surfing the Internet Listening to music or going to concerts Spending quality time alone with God LOW HIGH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Discussion Questions: ● ● ● ● If you feel comfortable doing so, share your answers with others in your group. Does spending time alone with God take a priority over everything else? Are there any activities in your life that you are spending too much time on? Isn't it okay to spend lots of time on things you really enjoy, as long as it isn't something bad?...
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...I really want to know if speed is progress. However, a question is not always wind up with a right answer or a wrong answer. We all know that time flies. As an old saying goes, “Time flies like an arrow , and time lost never returns.” Our life time is limited, but things we can experience in the world is unlimited. Faster we are, more meaningful things we can try. So, In many people’s opinion, speed definitely is progress. In the article, author shared his experience teaching in a Brazil college. Student there go to class around half an hour late and leave the class around half an hour late too, which means they are being late to do next thing for one hour or more. Nowadays, our life is so wonderful but very challenging at the same time. As a college student in the US, if i dont finish my work on time, I am not gonna get good grades. And if I am procrastinated and spending too much time on one thing, I am not gonna have time to do other things ,like hanging out with friends, going to cinema,doing things I like, etc. We have to track ourself step by step to assure we are in a right way to our goal. You may notice those successful people around us. They have one common trait, which is they are good at manage their time. So top students in...
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...Name: Nguyen Thu Trang Class: 14E12 _____________________________________________________________ WRITING ASSIGNMENT Version 01 Task: To what extend do you agree with the statement: “School is bad for students?” Support your claims with appropriate grounds and warrants. People may think that children must go to school; thus, almost children go to school every day (this sentence has a problem in how you express the idea) However, arguments have persisted as to whether school is good (can be replaced by 'beneficial') for children or not. Although there are convincing argument on both sides, I strongly believe that it is bad for children because school not only prevents children’s creativeness, but also has negative impacts on children’s (their) health. Most of (omit) educators claim that school is encouraging children to be individual and different (how does school encourage children to be individual and different? I think you should clarify this a little bit); nevertheless, it is a fact that school is crushing (stifle/ inhibit) kids’ creativeness ( can replaced by 'creativity' to avoid repetition) by asking almost (virtually) all of them to do the same things and not accepting creative children’s characteristics. The majority of students are cast in the same mould made by educators, thinking that model is standard for people who children will be. (express in a clearer way). These acts (not suitable) are the root of being not interested in exploring new ideas or...
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...curiosity had the better of me. It was 19:30 and during the news report it was inevitable that the PM had to be mentioned. My daughter precipitously looked at me with a puzzle face and asked “Dad, what is a Prime Minister.” It took me sometimes before I could response; my daughter was only nine years old. I tried to explain that a Prime Minister is a leader of a group of individuals who takes decision for all people in a country and ensure people live in peace, harmony and gets all the need we require. My daughter looked at me and said “So you are the Prime Minister” Great thinking. Yes as a matter of fact I am the Prime Minister of my house; I ensure peace, harmony and get all the needs for my family. From there on it was much easier to carry on the explanation. I am the Prime Minster of my house and there is another Prime Minster of the country in which there are many, many houses. Simple understanding for a complex question. Progressively when we grow up we are surrounded with sophisticated and contemporary thinking. With the passage of time unknowingly we lose our creativity and simplicity. In our complicated world simplicity and creativity are exactly what we need most. That night when I kissed my daughter goodnight she told me “Dad you are the perfect Prime Minister, you look after us so well” That was a great compliment for a father. ---------------------------------- As a matter of fact...
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...laptop while 18% had a flat-screen TV on their bedroom to use for. Having technology doesn’t mean anything by itself; the important thing is to know how children are using the technology they have in their hand. Although, most parents agreed to make their children technology owners, parents still have mixed ideas how much they control what their children are doing online because children want to do what their minds ask them to do. The survey doesn’t show any solution to the problem children face and how their parents can help them. However, I believe it is very important for parents to make sure what kind of websites are their children accessing on the internet and be able to answer what their children ask them about the internet to give the support that their children need to be safe and get the most out of their technology. Maggie Atkinson, the children commissioner for England, explains how new technology could leave children lonely and have a negative impact on their lives .She also describes when students stay for after hour school by using new technology and video games, they could alienated. These days children are claiming "too many" because they spend most of their time using different kinds of technology like internet, phone, and video games and know everything found on them. As we all know children like to practice everything that they see and hear. The more they use any kind of technology the more they become the victims of technology...
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...needs of others, be relieved of the daily obligations of homework, and ignore a schedule. Just, when can I be free?! It’s 5:30 am and my phone is alarming me. “Five more minutes, please! I just got to sleep. I don’t think I’m going to work, I’m much too tired”, goes the thoughts that cloud my mind. It’s freezing in my room. I’m hoping that it didn’t snow overnight. Meanwhile, my snooze button has apparently failed me, blaring every, what seems to be, two minutes. “DAMNIT, I’m up!” I arise, sluggish. I stumble over clothes from the night before to turn on the lights. Here we go again. First things first, I walk to the bathroom, barefoot, and the tiles under me are artic, cramping my feet. I ignore the sensation, of course, and continue on with the start of my day. Great! Someone made a mess of the toothpaste, AGAIN. After finishing brushing my teeth, I run the shower water, run back to my room to undress, and grab a towel. By this time, I have realized that my comatose ways have gotten me backed up on time. “Ugh!, I complain to myself. Jumping into the shower, the water is still cold and my body begins to have spasms of pain. The water continues to warm while I indulge in such hot bliss, discounting all sense of time. After fully lathering my body with soap, rinsing and repeating, I step out of the shower. The cold air attacks my body once again. I scurry back to my room to dress, noticing that I have spent far too much time in...
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...Carmen Caggiano MBA 642- Dr. Lynn Fish Assignment #2- H.C. Starck, Inc. Case 09/25/2012 1. Why are the lead times so long? 2.5 points There are many reasons to explain why the lead times at H.C. Starck, Inc. were so long. A variety of explanations can be made, in which all were mentioned by various members of the H.C. Starck, Inc. team or through inferences made by management. To begin, H.C. Starck, Inc. experienced lead times that were longer than expected because there was a belief that the manufacturing time was taking far too long, although no hard data was provided to support this. Also, Lee Sallade, who was the director of Operations for H.C. Starck, Inc., believed that although focusing on lead time was important, focusing on it solely would be a significant error in all aspects. He felt that in addition to controlling lead time that overall cycle time needed to be accounted for, as well, which may have also led to the lead times lasting for such an extended period of time. Lee emphasized that cycle time and inventory were very important to the company, but both were very difficult to control since H.C. Starck, Inc. held such a significant amount of tantalum inventory. Lastly, Lee felt that managing data was crucial to success, and he was concerned that many of the operational decisions of the company were based on myths or “hear say” and that, “rigorous data collection and analysis could help to break out of this mode of operation.” Another...
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...as the case with this group. Knowing the different stages as well as the stage they are in now should lead Christine to have some kind of sit down with Mike by now. The fact that there is only one week left makes the decision Christine’s now. Sandra Thiel had frequently told them that if there were problems in the group, the members should make an effort to deal with them first. If the problems could not be resolved, she had said that they should come to her. Mike seemed so distant, despite the apparent camaraderie of the first meeting, but he only has one week now to complete something. If he were able to come up with something the whole group could agree has enough merit to justify including, then fine however, if the group feels that too much time has passed and that Mike had plenty of time but did not display any concern or commitment, then he’s officially “under the bus”. I have identified some primary and secondary problems the group is currently facing at this point of the process. For one the group seems to be just cruising along without the contribution of Mike and doing just fine. Mike has a commitment to this group and it’s for a grade which means Christine should have been reminding him of that during the time when he was blowing them off. I understand what...
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