Billy Fleming Film Argument Paper WSC – F2 Professor Dresner 11/21/12 What the HECK Is She Saying? : Amy Heckerling’s Take on Early 80s Teenage Life as Depicted in Fast Times at Ridgemont High(1982) In the classic film, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, director Amy Heckerling ingrains several identifiable arguments in regards to social norms and structures of 1980s teenage and adolescent life. The film argues that teenagers are consumed by the confusing notion of sex, that typically teenagers support themselves financially and are consequently judged on the caliber of their jobs, the mall is the social utopia of the time, that high school is a wasted and dreaded environment, parents and adult figures are largely absent or oblivious to the affairs of high schoolers, and finally the lingering marijuana craze from the nineteen seventies remains pertinent to the time. Heckerling is able to assert such arguments through plot as well as a variety of filmic techniques including editing, mise en scene, and varying camera angles (Freitas, 2012.) You Haven’t Had Sex Yet?
Bogle. It was very interesting and it gives different examples of how hooking up is seen upon both college guys and girls. The book explains the difference between dating and hooking up and where this movement has lead to students today. It also lets you know how dating started. This book gives you an insight into how the thinking process of the college students when it comes to relationships and hook ups in the college life.
“Her refusal to have her marriage dissolved…freed her temporarily from certain wifely duties…gave her a chance to have a girlhood” (28). Unlike woman of the time, Bertrande’s clever insight uncovers the advantageous qualities of an unconsummated married. Bertrande further eludes societal norms in meeting her alleged husband, Arnaud du
“After marriage there arose is us a surge of feeling that called for a separate house; but this feeling found no response from the hearts of those fair ladies” (Gilman 106). The distinction of gender in the Herland society
Plainsong and the Idea of Family In Plainsong, Kent Haruf introduces us to two families that do not conform to the definition of family that Americans have decided is the “norm” in our society. Haruf rebels against the “ideal” family that is normally written about in stories and shown on television. Plainsong makes a statement against the typical 20th Century American viewpoint on families, showing that family does not just mean a mother, father and children. It shows us that family is formed not just by blood, but the people who actually love you unconditionally as a family member should. Our society is built up on many different types of families, “including two-parent families, one-parent families, cohabitating couples, gay and
Marriage is the most important social institution, and it is a formality for the perpetuation of procreation; hence same sex marriage cannot meet this requirement. In other words, same sex marriage does not aid in procreation, which sustains our species. Same sex marriage will destroy our society. Some believe that although gay couples cannot produce children, they can have adopted children and fulfill a social need. That may seem like a good idea, but I am sure that there must be differences between a child who grows up in an environment with same sex couples than with regular heterosexual parents.
My article’s full citation is: Krista M. Soria & Sarah Linder (2014). Parental Divorce and First-Year College Students’ Persistence and Academic Achievement, Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 55:2, 103-116. The article’s purpose was to see if having divorced parents would affect a first year college student’s GPA and whether or not it would affect their continuance of education into a second year. The researchers used quantitative studies in order to gain a conclusion to their test. They began by issuing a Cooperative Institutional Research Program survey to all college freshmen at a public university.
Maturity for College Entering adulthood can be stressful and begin early in one’s life. Within American Culture, attaining a college degree is the status quo of our nation’s individuals. Many college students like me have felt the pressure deciding what to do after high school. Some young adults get married, enter the arm forces, get into vocational schools, or like most go to college. Linda Lee, an editor and writer of the New York Times, writes an article to the Time’s newspaper, based on her book, Why Your Child May Not Have to Go to College Right Now- And May Not Ever Have to Go(2000).
Responsive Essay Draft Dual Credit in the Community College By Dr. David Lydic “ Dual Credit in the Community College” is a commentary by Dr. David Lydic stating his doubts about the current dual credit programs in high schools across the country. Dr. Lydic expresses his concern that dual credit classes in high school are not sufficiently rigorous compared to traditional college courses, and that these students are not experiencing a true college level course. However, Dr. Lydic references evidence from numerous studies supporting the benefits of dual credit programs, such as financial benefits, early college graduation, and significantly better performance in college from dual credit students. The problem is the controversy over what Dr. David Lydic believes and the evidence to the contrary presented in numerous studies. Dr. Lydic argues that high school students are not experiencing a real college education.
Anti-gay groups oppose gay couples adopting children because of having parents of the same sex and this is more harmful than having no parents. Just how far will legislation law go into the private and personal lives of its