Feminists argue that the education system is just a primary preparation for leading into the future work force. They believe there are still gender differences in subject choice in schools. Colley (1998) reviewed this idea and found that despite all the social changes in recent decades, traditional definitions of masculinity and femininity were still widespread. However, Sharpe (1976, 1994) interviewed a sample of girls in the 1970’s and another sample in the 1990’s. She found that their priorities had changed from love and marriage in the 1970s to jobs, aspirations and careers in the 1990’s.
Back in 2006 Ms. Stovall received her master’s degree as a social worker. Ms. Stovall felt that if she became a social worker she would be able to help more people and make difference. It surprises me when Ms. Stovall stated that the one thing that she wishes she had done more of during her years at school was to have read all of the books and material that was assigned and not just scan over most of the reading. At this point in the interview I am thinking wow her reasons for chosen the career field that she has is a lot like the reasons I have deceived to go back to school and do what I want to do, and the stories that she shared about her school experience is like looking back into my own school experiences mainly the scanning the reading assignments due to working full time. I was a little taken back when Ms. Stovall talked about the challenges she face in her line of work now, she states that her code of ethics and her heart for helping others sometimes clash with each other.
Saving Francesca Response Saving Francesca is a novel about love, family, friends, and finding identity. It is a story about change and how when you know yourself act on your beliefs and simply don’t give in to peer pressure. That is when life starts to make sense Francesca Spinelli attends St. Sebastian's which has been a boys-only school but now pretends to be coed by adding a girl's bathroom and thirty girl students - as opposed to about seven hundred and fifty boys. The girls in this school are none of Francesca's friends from her previous school; only super-opinionated Tara Finke, slutty Siobhan Sullivan, and geeky Justine Kalinsky from St. Stella's went to St. Sebastian's. Francesca would much rather be with all of her friends at Pius, but when she sees them now, they don't even seem to miss her.
Looking at it now, being part of Delta Gamma has not only put my in the community of DGs but it has automatically placed me into the community of Pan-Hellenic sister around the Santa Clara campus. On one hand we are separate young women who come together to create one strongly unified group, but looking at DG as a community in the sense that is conveyed through “Arts of the Contact Zone” allows for people to assume a standard criteria of it’s members. Pratt quotes Benedict Anderson as he states that many members of a community, "will never know most of their fellow-members, meet them or even hear of them, yet in the mind of each lives the image of their communion," which
She really cares about her students and wants to help keep them engaged in school. Eva shows acceptance of other people, through-out the film their acceptance develops. Narration is used through-out the movie to show Eva’s change in the level of her acceptance of other people. For example narration is used to show Eva’s view on the different ethnic groups which is also shown visually through a panning shot of the school court yard. Eva sees each ethnic group seperately rather than as a whole.
In this movie Elements of structural functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic internationalism were definitely present. For example, each of these girls were from the same society, but all their religious and ethical backgrounds varied. Depending on their history and family each girl had a different view on topics like premarital sex or college goals. I feel that because Raelene's mom didn't care much about Raelene or how well she did in school, neither did Raelene. This probably led her to the path of dropping out of school and teen
Amy Tan’s novel, The Joy Luck Club uses much characterization. Each character is portrayed in different yet similar ways. When she was raised, she would do whatever she could to please other people. She even “gave up her life for her parents promise” (49), I the story The Red Candle we get to see how Tan portrays Lindo Jong and how she is brought to life. Tan likes to show Lindo through indirect characterization.
Alice Walker’s, “Everyday Use” gives readers a narrow glimpse of how a mother views her daughter. In “How It Feels to be Colored Me”, Zora Neale Hurston shows readers how one woman develops her identity, and changes with those around her. One theme that stood out in the readings discussed in
In “Everyday Use” and “The Story of an Hour” the information appears to be reliable. Even though the points of view are different, the narrator is able to convince the reader that the information is real or true. "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker is told in first person narration, from the point of view of the main character, "Mama" or "Mrs. Johnson". She tells us a story about a visit from her daughter, even though her view is one sided and her second grade education limits her ability to understand the thought process of her educated daughter, the reader believes what she says. This knowledge allows the author to effectively create dramatic irony.
This suggests to readers that she is educated in this topic and knows what she is talking about. She argues what she does knowing everything about the issue and uses her knowledge to persuade the readers instead of forcing her view down their throats. She doesn’t present her argument with strong emotions or aggression, hinting to readers that she is professional. Griffin uses an anecdote, describing the story of Lee Taube who suffered a “long unhappy girlhood” and was “living in refuge” due to her