English Teenagers Worst Behave in Europe
Case study - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences
During this seminar, we were asked to show a stereotype commonly admitted about the United Kingdom. When we mention the English educational system, we first think that it is very strict; because we have in mind images of young boys and girls with uniforms, and English people in general are told...
Women Under Restraint: Women's Lot in Seventeenth-Century England
Essay - 7 pages - Culture, religion & civilization
Religious beliefs were a fundamental part of life in early modern England; virtually everyone believed in a Christian God. The rise of the printing press allowed a new translation of the Bible, the Authorized King James Version of 1611 to fertilize households with biblical knowledge. The Bible...
Quakers and the Concept of Equality
Essay - 8 pages - Culture, religion & civilization
The Civil War was a gateway for women's entrance into the public area. As a result of the shortage of men due to the conflict, women were increasingly needed to preserve the society. Never before had women found access to such opportunities for contribution. For this reason, woman's...
Quaker Women's Mission: Into the Public Sphere
Essay - 7 pages - Culture, religion & civilization
Women played a conspicuous role in disseminating the Quaker message. Ecstatic when lost in their sense of oneness with the divine, they spoke and acted when the Lord moved them. They endured many hardships to enlighten people and accomplished the most remarkable deeds trying to help people. Yet,...
Problem definition and the Failures of U.S. Drug Policy
Case study - 10 pages - Educational studies
The “war on drugs” in the United States has not been successful because drug policy has focused on defining the problem of drugs as a criminal justice concern and not as a public health issue. By defining the drug problem in this way, focus has remained on enforcement and neglected...
Society vs. desire
Thesis - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences
In America there is the idea that a person can be whoever and/or whatever they want and still have the chance to succeed. This is part of the so-called “American Dream”. This idea is often a theme in the American novel. However, in the American novel, despite a character's desire to...
Alternative assessments to standardized testing
Thesis - 5 pages - Educational studies
In today's educational system, standardized testing under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) is a main part of how the nation assesses our children's performance in school. This form of testing which is mandated under NCLB gives an inaccurate assessment of how well a child is learning...
Tropical wasteland: A fort Lauderdale community's battle for justice
Thesis - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences
On the surface, Sunny South Florida may seem like an ideal resort area with abundant affluence and beautiful scenery. Once one heads away from the beach and toward I-95, however, a different story emerges. Densely packed neighborhoods populated mostly by minority citizens are the norm, and it...
The American reality: Life in the working class
Thesis - 19 pages - Sociology & social sciences
In 1848, as the spread of capitalism and the Industrial Revolution were forever changing the social, political and economic landscape in Europe and America, early social theorist Karl Marx defined the working-class as those “laborers who must sell themselves piecemeal… a commodity like...
Sociology of culture: Globalization: A threat to culture?
Thesis - 8 pages - Sociology & social sciences
The post-modern era of globalization can be simultaneously considered as a threat to culture and a medium for bringing previously peripheral cultures onto the world stage. Whether one embraces its new challenges and opportunities or is skeptical towards its implications, everyone can agree that...
Asian-Americans in the United States of America
Essay - 6 pages - Sociology & social sciences
The term Asian-American was first used in the 1960s by activists who disliked the term Oriental, saying that it was derogatory and colonialist. Historian, Yuji Ichioka, popularized the expression and today, the term Asian-American is commonly used. In the U.S. Census, the word "Asian" refers to...
The French cultural exception: Exception or exclusion? - publié le 17/05/2009
Thesis - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences
In a bit more than one decade, culture has become a crucial issue of the globalization process. In fact, the IT revolution along with the development of transport, the increase of the international commercial exchanges and foreign investments, and the constitution of multinational conglomerates...
How (if at all) do you know that you are not dreaming? - publié le 17/05/2009
Thesis - 3 pages - Psychology
One big philosophical question is to know whether we know anything or not. Knowing in a sense is quite different from its everyday use. As a matter of fact everyone claims to know various things all the time, but the conditions that are required to say that we know in everyday life are quite...
The Kashmir conflict - publié le 17/05/2009
Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies
When we speak about Kashmir, we think at first of this multitude of conflicts which concerns the history of this country. This territory situated in South Asia is a junction point of India, Pakistan and China. It always generated enormous desire. Without dwell upon the long lineage of dynasties...
Higher educational systems: A Comparative Study between China and UK - publié le 17/05/2009
Tutorials/exercises - 32 pages - Educational studies
Through analyzing and comparing others' research, history of Chinese and British higher educational systems, and the current situation of the two systems, we can find that there are four major parts we can learn from British higher education, including improve transparency, enhance relevant...
Do studies of the social ordering of space show that the exclusion from public spaces is always a problem for women? - published: 17/05/2009
Thesis - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences
It has been unanimously agreed, since Foucault, that power is not an intermittent and isolated force. Rather, the concept manifests itself daily as a continuous network of power struggles exerting on any individual regardless of his status in society, “from the great strategy of geo-politics...
Special education - published: 17/05/2009
Thesis - 4 pages - Educational studies
Today, school teachers are increasingly dealing with disabled children. In fact, we notice more and more hyperactive children or those with behavior problems. This could be explained by the fact that working parents don't get enough time for their kids. With parents' wish of perfect equal...
A survey among exchange students living in Belgium - publié le 17/05/2009
Thesis - 11 pages - Educational studies
We have decided to conduct a survey of the exchange Exchange Student living in Belgium” to analyze their living habits. We have decided to focus first on the reaction of foreign students living in Belgium. We have also decided to question other students that had been a part of a foreign...
The British passion for sports: Its particularities and its limits - published: 17/05/2009
Thesis - 8 pages - Sports
The former British athlete Sebastian Coe declared on the 12th November that “he wanted to tap into United Kingdom's passion for sports” by presenting the London Olympic bid. It is indeed undeniable that sports have a significant place in British society. There are at least 36 million...
New ways of promoting gender equality - published: 16/05/2009
Thesis - 14 pages - Sociology & social sciences
This paper provides an overview of gender inequality comparing Europe and North America through media perspectives and company front runners within each region. It will provide an analysis of the methods used by companies and how actions are successfully carried out. As well it will discuss the...
The evolution of Chinese and French women since the nineteenth century: Differences and similarities - publié le 15/05/2009
Thesis - 17 pages - Sociology & social sciences
In the two last Centuries, French women and Chinese ones have realized, little by little, their emancipation. What are the matrixes which have participated to the positive evolution of the condition of the Chinese and French women? Under which form has it taken place, and at which moments in the...
Do you agree with Mernissi that the modernizing Moroccan society she studied in the 1970s provided no norms for heterosexual interaction between the sexes? - How far is this applicable to other Moslem societies you have read about? - publié le 14/05/2009
Thesis - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Gender interactions in the Moslem world and in Western societies are often opposed in terms of the woman's place in society. The Cultural differences between the two worlds can be underlined but it is not the subject of sociology to evaluate which one of the both ways of gender interaction is the...
Internship report in Fleetway Travel Plc - published: 13/05/2009
Thesis - 11 pages - Educational studies
During 4 months, I had the opportunity to be an intern at Fleetway Travel Plc. The company, based in the heart of Central London, offers many travel products at competitive prices, including tailor-made breaks, flights, hotels, car hire, and travel insurance. I had never worked in the tourism...
Football and globalization - published: 12/05/2009
Thesis - 12 pages - Sports
“The world is a global village in which everything tends to be known. Or at least, can be known. Universal references exist, people who can be identified at once from Tokyo to Berlin, via Los Angeles, Dakar, Buenos Aires or Melbourne. But football is the most globalized phenomenon. Georges...
Feminism in France and in the US: A comparison - publié le 12/05/2009
Thesis - 11 pages - Sociology & social sciences
In 1991, the American feminist movement was revived by the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas case. In the same year, Clarence Thomas, a Supreme Court nominee was accused a few days before his appointment of sexual harassment by one of his former co-workers, the Law Professor Anita Hill. This case is...
Is education in Japan is truly meritocratic? - publié le 11/05/2009
Thesis - 4 pages - Educational studies
At first sight, Japanese education system seems to be truly meritocratic. Indeed, in Japanese consciousness, all are born equal. It is only thanks to their work and efforts, that they achieve their goals. As the education system is grounded on those principles, we may think that only the most...
Walpole vs. Reeve: The gothic novel
Book review - 4 pages - Educational studies
In The Castle of Otranto, Horace Walpole sets the norm for Gothic novels to follow. He introduces such themes as the supernatural, the tragic heroine, usurpation, and a central location. Clara Reeve in her novel The Old English Baron redefines Walpole's definition of Gothic and makes it her own....
Uninhibited writing: The importance of a positive writing environment in the language arts classroom
Thesis - 8 pages - Educational studies
Writing is unique from other subject areas such math, or science because it so greatly relies on the facilitation of ideas rather than the relaying of constant factual information to the students by the teacher. How writing is taught is heavily dependent on teacher values. Whether it is a...
Autistic disorder
Case study - 6 pages - Psychology
Thomas McKean was a 15-year-old boy attending junior high school when he was diagnosed with pervasive development disorder and placed in a psychological care facility. Since he was a young boy, Thomas and his family struggled with his condition and they were all unaware of the cause behind all of...
On the way to a successful integration on a US Campus as a French student - publié le 08/05/2009
Thesis - 14 pages - Educational studies
What makes 600,000 young people from all over the world come to study in the United States? Is it the reputation of the US degrees? The efficient teaching methods? Life on campus? Studying in the United States is a dream for a large number of students in the world. A lot of movies and serials...
