Education, Prejudice and Discrimination: A study in Readiness for Desegregation

Education, Prejudice and Discrimination: A study in Readiness for Desegregation

Summary:

The Article is about the prejudges people have within the walls of Education. not only education is part of this scientific article, the investigators also researched the opinion of several people from different levels. Is there any relation between prejudice and discrimination? And could this be connected with education itself? Research have showed that discrimination only exists from the person who is prejudiced. And while talking about education, if people don’t want any discrimination in class they have to drawl their attention to the persons who are prejudiced and prove them they are wrong. It is hard to remove prejudice all at once, but with facts and creativity there are ways to convince students or teachers.

Evaluation:

I thought this was a very boring article. Unfortunately it was the only article I could find about the subject I had my speakers corner about. It was the only article which came near my idea. And I think it still does but I think my own idea and my own subject are much more interesting. I had clear points of what I thought was wrong or right about the difference in level and the prejudices people have. I thought this article was an article with too many words, this made me loose my interests and made me find this article boring because at one hand they talk about a certain subject and then suddenly they talk about something completely different. As a dyslectic I find that terribly difficult to follow and to read.

Levi Bellfield guilty of Milly Dowler's murder

Summary

Levi Bellfield seems to be a normal man, but he is now a convicted murderer. Today Levi Bellfield was found guilty of murdering Milly Dowler, a thirteen year old schoolgirl. Levi Bellfield possibly abducted and murdered the schoolgirl after she walked past his home. This was not the only crime Bellfield has made. In 2002 Bellfield was also accused of attempting to abduct a 11 year old girl. This was a few days before the murder of Milly Dowler found place. It took the parents of Milly nine years to get justice. The killer had been living 50 yards away. Bellfield killed two other girls before he got arrested two years later. Supposely Bellfield will never leave jail again.

Evaluation

I thought this story was some kind of creapy to read. It’s hard for me and I think others too, to understand what this man is actually thinking. I cannot get to that. Why would someone like he, or anybody else commit a crime like this? I got chills while reading this. The article was easy to read and I found that delightfull. I don’t think, with a subject like this an article should be difficult to read, because people will stop reading. The choose visual  words in the article. Something I dislike, like using names of the victems, I think that is much too personal for me to read. The article was very informative about the punishment this man is given. I think it is a relieve to many people this hypocrite is behind bars.

JK Rowling gifts fans Harry Potter website

Summary

JK Rowling will release unpublished material of Harry Potter on her new website. This gift to all the fans will be described by author: JK Rowling as a ‘give-back” present to all her fans. The unpublished material will include very detailed information of the famous characters in the Harry Potter books. And an explanation about how she came up with the names, words, fictional sports and thoughts of the land of the wizords and witches. There will be a special spot at the Victoria and Albert Museum in Kensington for all the fans to share their books. The new website will include social networking, computergames, access to material cuts from the books and read new insights of the author. On the website there will also be an online store where fans can buy eBooks and digital books.

Svaluation

I found this article fun to read. I thought JK Rowling has stopped with writing. I thought and maybe this is very short thought of me but I thought she had enough money and would quit with writing. Guess I was wrong then! She is doing well. I read all the books of harry potter and maybe I’m not the biggest fan that there is but I thought the books were fun to read. Now reading this article means that JK. Rowling is still an succes and that she is still loved by her fans. I think it is a very good thing she puts her thoughts down on paper and on the website so the fans can really feel what sees and feels during her writing process. By doing this she makes her self more relatable.

Boy-3-killed after failings

Summary

The article is about a  three year old boy is tortured and murdered by a couple who had to take care of him after a string of failings by agencies monitoring his killers. The boy died in the hospital on christmas eve in 2008 after being attacked while he was being looked after by the couple christopher Taylor and Kayley Boleyn. The mother of the boy knew nothing of the abuse.Member of the staff working for the contractor saw Taylor and boley with Ryan during December but these sightings were not weird and they did not notified the police. It could be possible the boy was kept by the couple at their house. Two days before his death his mother tried to see ther son. He had bruising to his face and she was not allowed to come in any further. the boy was murdered two days later

Evaluation

I found this story too very weird to read. I don’t always get why people put this on the internet because it creeps me out and I don’t get why people would do this. How sick can you be to kill a small child. I really do not get this and it makes me furious while I am reading this story because I feel so sorry for the people who knew the boy. More objectively speaking, the article was much to long. The writer has brought too many points to the story which were not that important and kept me from reading any further. I thought the story was chaotic and not great to read at all. Not only the subject was horrible but also the article it self.

Goodbye, size zero. Hello, normality

There is a new product on the market. Size zero is going to be trade into a normal size, resembling the average British woman. Alexander McQueen has come with the idea to design clothes for the real and normal woman. Fashion students will have to use size 16 to 18 mannequins. The fashion world has become some sort of obsession for people but has also its downsides like obsessions with youth, perfection and size zero. Students find it very hard to create a design for normal women but the fashion designers think different about that. They don’t know what they have, they say. Also it is plan that is financially builded. Woman of middle-age have more money than someone in their early twenties. the initiave will be considered in more countries across the UK and Europe.  

I think this article is fun to read. It is a long but interesting article. This because I like fashion but I do not have any interests for fashion anymore. the reason is because size zero is a unachievable size and it only makes you as a woman feel fat, not good enough or not normal. I think the fashion has had enough of bad influence on the girls and women of their own generation. I think it is time for a change. And I think this article is a very good start. It is good to read that I am not the only one who reconed fashion has become obsessive and not normal. It is not fun to watch fashion anymore because those girls seem to be walking dead and too skinny. That is not what I want to be. And I think this article perfectly describes the wish of the English Women.

City living affects your brain

Summary:

There are parts in the brain that can be activated to sense danger but these become overactive when there seems to be a lot of noise. Through many years of investigations, researchers have found out that people who live in the city appear to have more stress. The emotion and anxiety seems to be overactive in city-dwellers.

For ones who didn’t know; the brains of people who actually live in the city, works differently than the brains of people who live in the country; or outside the city. When the emotion and anxiety is overactive it can cause mental health problems. The researchers are afraid that within the next ten years the number of people who suffer from mental health will raise. Because in these days many people go to the city to live there, more people could probably be considered as the next victims of the noise and atmosphere in the city.  

Evaluation

I think this article is very interesting to read. Science always attracts me, especially the brain and behavior of people. I do know that the bad air in the city is worse for people, but I didn’t know that the atmosphere and the noise could be a possible problem for human health, especially related with the human behavior and brain. So I didn’t quit know that the city could have negative psychological effects  on so many people. I found the article very interesting, but on the other hand of course I hesitate if the investigation is as true as they say it is.

Coffee ‘cuts Prostate Cancer Risk’ US Study Suggests

After times of studies of almost 50,000 US males, researchers have found out  that the risk to die from prostate cancer can be reduced with drinking coffee.  Men who drink like six or more cups of coffee a day have less the chance to get or develop the disease. Not only prostate cancer can be reduced by drinking coffee, also other diseases are rarer when you are a coffee drinker.  On the other hand, coffee is not a cure to prostate cancer. So the research is not created to help to prevent men who suffer from prostate cancer to cure the disease.

I think this article is funny to read. I don’t mean this in a weird way. But I think this research is kind of interesting. It is a small and interesting research. I did not even know that coffee could help or could help preventing prostate cancer. Now I wonder what is in the coffee. With other words, what am I drinking? There must be some trash in it because otherwise it wouldn’t prevent a disease from happening. I find this article interesting to read. Not that I know much more right now, but as I said it is interesting.

Glasgow University researches brainwaves

Glasgow University researches brainwaves

After times of researching Scientists of the University of Glasgow believe they got closer to being able to read people’s minds. After a research which concludes the decoding of human brainwaves the researchers found out that they are able to decode what they were thinking and related to their vision. First the researchers asked the volunteers to identify several different emotions just by images of faces of human beings. After that they measured the results using EEG (electroencephalography). Then they compared the answers to the brainwaves they recorded and were able to decode the information the brainwaves gave, relating to the vision.

I think this is a very interesting article. The article is about science and the human being and human behavior. I always found that very interesting. I have never thought of a way to decode the human thoughts. I didn’t know the brainwaves were related to the way of thinking of the human being. I find that so cool. On the other hand, I’m not sure if this article is very objective. But that is something people are always dealing with when they are researching the human brain. You can’t really prove it is true. And that is what I thought while reading this article. I don’t know if I can believe this research.

Eat Right To Burn Those Stubborn Stomach Fats

Summary

Overweight is a huge problem in Britain. Not only from the outside it is a problem but it can also influence the human being on the inside. It can make a person feel said. If you want to watch your eating it is important you follow a more healthy diet. You have to eat and think smart and do physical exercise to become more healthier. With doing this you will create a better and healthier look and feel more free. Eat the protein at every meal you have, this will speed up your metabolic rate, stabilizes your blood sugar and insulin ranges, create muscles tissue and will keep you energetic.

It is important you watch your food and use it the right way, overeating will only make you feel worse after you ate it.

Evaluation

I think this text is meant to be motivating and to clearafy a lot of question to people who suffer from overweight. But the problem is that you don’t know if this article is objective. To many others every programme is different to each body. I don’t think somebody could lose a big amount of weight by following this article. I think a personal trainer is more placed in situations like these. In this article I find it very good that they discuss the fooditems, the physical exercises the body needs and the effect of protein and a good health. I think this is what makes the article motivating to begin with.

Famous people who made coctails classic

Famous people who made coctails classic

Virtually everybody has heard the unforgettable James Bond expression "Shaken and not stirred", and of course probably people from around the world know that it is aimed at Agent 007's fancied mixed drink -Vodka Martini.

Certain mixed drinks have become best known from movies and novels, stories, books, as well as stars or famous people who like them and promote them.

Bond's classic Martini Vodka is only one example which became famous from a fictional hero. Made of Vodka and a drop of Vermouth, this cocktail can be decorated with a green olive, lemon, or other. It has been Bond's favorite beverage for years, and logically the creator of the Bond character, writer Ian Fleming's preferred drink.

The brilliant writer Ernest Hemingway, who lead the life of an out of the norms , was fond of Mojito - a fresh cocktail which originated from Cuba. Made of white rum, lime, sugar, and a twig of fresh mint, with sparkling water, this appetizing cocktail has become the favorite of entire generations.

Another movie character from what is sometimes viewed as a classic film is "The Dude" from "The great Lebowski", this remarkable and hilarious character clearly shows his preference for one particular cocktail : the White Russian. The White Russian is one more sweet Vodka based cocktail, made with coffee liquor and cream. The character played by Jeff Bridges is so popular, that there is now a Lebowski festival as well as an fun-promoting religion, by the name of "Dudeism".

The world famous "Casablanca" actor, Humphrey Bogart had a famous saying "that the problem with the rest of the world was that everybody was several drinks behind him". The handsome actor of the 50's preferred Gin Martini's.

Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister during the Second World War was also fond of drinking. He liked to drink the so-called Highball cocktail,which he usually ordered as a Whiskey with water drank from a highball glass. Usually, the Highball is a cocktail made of Whiskey and Ginger ale with lemon.

The world famous impressionists, Degas, Manet and Piccasso preferred the strong ,reaching up to 70% alcohol content, liquorices liquor named Absinthe. During the 19th and earlt 20th centuries, it was considered a miracle medicine, also known for acting as an aphrodisiac. Today, Absinthe is a constituent of a wide variety of popular cocktails.

The pros of learning how to make cocktails, or choosing your unique preferred mixed drink, is precisely the idea that you can combine it from whatever ingredients you want, in any sizes and with any additional elements and ingredients according to your own personal preferences. To learn how to make your favorite mixed drink and experiment, it is suggested that you learn how to make the classic cocktails first.

Summary

This article is not only about celebrities. This article is specialized in celebrities who are well known of their interests in certain alcoholic drinks. James Bond his  ‘Shaken and not stirred’ has become a worldly famous statement. After this statement got used in the movies people were getting interested in the kind of liquir he was drinking. Certain mixed drinks become best known due to their use in the movies or books or when famous people drink them or mention them very often. General people follow them easily and so the mixed drinks become more known. Not only James Bond his use of a Martini Vodka became famous. There are more persons who are well known of their use of mixed drinks such as; Winston Churchill, Ernest Hemingway and Humphrey Bogart. Famous people have a lot of influence on the market of alcohol.

Evaluation

I did not quit like this article. I already knew that the use of alcohol, the brand of alcohol  and celebrities have a lot in common. Celebrities have a lot of influence on the general people. When celebrities often mention they love to drink a Martini Vodka, other people will follow. Celebrities are often examples to other people and so others will act like them. The article is mostly focussed on the different celebrities and their fancy of a good drink.  But the article also focuses on the effect of celebrities drinking some kind of brand and the effect on the market. I think it is so weird that this has such an extreme effect on the market, on the general people. I think it is just crazy that we are so interested in the taste celebrities have. They are just like us. It would almost be like I would say I like a red Vodka and everybody would start to drink that too. Maybe I am too cool for that. I can’t really get that.

80's are out and 70s are in

Summary

Now and then Fashion trends repeats cycle. What was a  Fashion trend back in the eighties. After the fashion  trends of the 70ties, where the fluttering clothes were popular, there appeared a trend that existed from a clothing style with silhouettes to be seen such as tight jeans, high socks, small skirts and small bikinis.   This brought up a whole new dimension of fashion. Leather and fur coats took over the runway. The Gypsy look from the seventies were waved goodbye for a much more modern and tougher charisma. The gypsy tops were changed into  long sleeved blouses with a hard edge. At work, women were allowed to wear short skirts. In these days you can find the influence of the 70ties and the 80ties back in the trends which are popular now. The fashion trends keep coming back.

Evaluation

I think it is fun to read a article like this. People take over trends that are popular now, easily, without thinking of the history of the trend. Can you call that popular phenomena a trend? Or is this trend stolen from the past? I think it is fun to see the influence the fashion of the past has on this century and how less we create a new style. As was said before the trends come back like they’re in some kind of fashion – cycle.  It is also fun to read and see that in these days the fashion trends that were famous in the eighties are used differently in these days. We do think of a different way of wearing the trend. I think that is creative and daring to think about!

Blog 2 - 80s are out and 70s are in

Blog 1 - Sexy Clothes at work, pros and cons

Sexy clothes at work, pros and cons

What should you wear at work? Even if there's no dress code or it says you can wear casual style, it's still a big question what you can wear and what you should avoid. Even though these days we propagate free mind and the right to be individual, you know there are certain limits in office clothing that you shouldn't cross. If you represent a serious company, your clothing should be appropriate. What about sexual dress at work? If you want to express your femininity (or manliness of course) in your style, should you stop or should you go?

Sexy clothes attract an attention. Aren't they made for this? If you walk in your workplace in miniskirt and bold décolleté blouse, you will definitely be in the center of attention. Most of people like to hear compliments and revealing cleavage can surely bring you praises but sometimes you can put yourself in ambiguous position by dressing up provocatively. However you should know your rights: no matter how you dress, it's not a reason for sexual harassment. It's important to take care of your appearance, especially if you need to communicate with customers a lot. While you are at work, you should represent the ideas of your working place, not your own standpoint.

However we are not machines and we want to be individual. No company forbids sexual clothes as long as your appearance doesn't disturb your co-workers and customers. You can express your sexuality without wearing provocative clothing. Subtle accessories and outfit that highlights advantages of your figure can gain you more compliments than unfastened shirt or spike heels. As long as you keep your style balanced between too much and too boring, you will be successful.

Of course you shouldn't be judged by your dress style, but it's not how it works in the real world. According to several surveys, if people don't dress properly for job, others assume that they don't take their responsibilities seriously. These results might be a little overstated, but there is other common opinion among office workers. If one dresses too provocatively, it can be a sign that he or she is looking for someone to date. And this behavior is often considered improper for business environment. Even though a girl or boy who dresses and acts sexy is often considered to be promoted easily, the real life shows that it's the other way around. If you don't look like you are professional, people won't take you as a professional. You might be the most beautiful person...

Author: Vylune P Summary In every job there is a dress code where employee should stick to. But in these days we encourage the free mind thinking and dress ourselves the way we think who we are as an individual. Though there are limits in office clothing which you shouldn’t cross. The limits in dressing a certain way within a serious company are found between too boring and too sexy. When you dress too boring people or customers don’t like to have you as their advisor or even assume you look neglected. But when you dress up too defiant others may assume you don’t take your responsibilities seriously.  With dressing up too sexy it could be possible you disturb your co-workers and customers. If you want to express your good looks you can choose some other way of dressing up like the use of jewelry.   Evaluation I think this article was fun to read. When I get up in the morning and get ready for my internship I always have a slightest problem with choosing the right clothes to wear at a MBO.  I think this article (maybe it doesn’t really add something directly to my internship) is important for people to read, because many of the people in these days are used to the free way of thinking and expressing themselves as they are as an individual which means they forget the limits in clothing style their job has. I think this article, especially due to the examples and visual additions, makes me more aware of what to wear and what not to wear and what kind of portrait you create of yourself when you dress up overly.

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