... they become citizens. Contrary to what many believe, many immigrants are not here to become citizens. Many wish to stay for a short time and then return to their home. In fact, many immigrants are reluctant to become legal. Many harbor hopes and dreams of eventually returning to their friends and family back home. Then there are the distinct few who do not wish to decide, and would like have "dual citizenship." To be loyal to more than one country, to vote in both countries, and to travel back and forth easily (Limon). To understand the affects of immigration one must study the state where it is more rampant. California is a magnet for immigrants. As a result, m ...

... networks has increased 14% in primetime (Stern, 1998, p. 24). Television violence is a serious problem and there has to be something done to keep the violence at a respectable level. There are strong statistics about the amount of television watched by the public and the amount of violence that is shown on television. Such statistics highlight the potentially strong influence TV can have on those who watch it. It is believed that people learn by imitating what they see, and children are particularly receptive to such learning. I feel children model things they see and learn their aggressions from family members and from television. Therefore, I feel that TV v ...

... The conditions in the factories were beyond their control. The factories were in a constant flux. Factories would commonly close after only being open for production only a short few months. As a result, the whole family was required to work as well. Woman and children made up half of the labor force in the factories. Women and children were also considered more compliant workers. Men who formerly owned their own farms or shops had a difficult time adjusting to their new role and social status. Craftsmen were also losing their skill and could not compete with the factory’s cheaper massively produced products. This division of labor eventually creation of the mid ...

... from while we sit in front of a television with 53 channels and a remote to control them with. We have the option to decide upon everything from The Disney Channel to VH1, The Family Channel to Fox. That box in our bedroom or family room is a very controlling yet entertaining appliance. Teenagers have always been free-spirited in any generation. We are always doing and saying childish things while trying to grow up. If we only have a couple years of our childhood left then who cares if we spend it in front of a TV? Which is not to say that we do that anyhow. Perhaps we use the TV as a way of relaxing before we go off and hit the books for two hours. Or may ...

... they took Jesus' commandment "Do not resist¡Kevil" (Matthew, 5:39) literally, they refused to serve in the military, thus attracting the anger of the aristocratic leaders who were already upset since the Amish did not acknowledge their authority (Lantz). According to Amish belief, one had to accept evil and violence without fighting back. They were willing to defend neither country nor property, nor even life with physical resistance. Death was no real threat for them. They think this life is just preparation for the afterlife (Hostetler 189), and so their only response to persecution is and always has been avoidance. They moved away, and tried to escape the aut ...

... to do what is best for their families. To a working mom, this means not spending as much time with her children, and for stay-at-home moms, this means not getting much time to herself. Being home or not with the children is not as important as creating an environment where the children can thrive and feel loved. Stay-at-home moms are often viewed as "soap-opera-watching couch potatoes" with no ambition. Rather than being praised for their decision to stay home, they often feel they need to defend it. Society talks so much about family values, yet gives little respect or value to stay-at-home moms who raise the families. In addition, stay-at-home moms find it ...

... many factors, mainly the physical appearance, one's own past experiences and other peoples judgments. Indeed, first impressions are dangerous, but they are also inevitable, for it is a natural instinct that every person is born with. Take the classic cliché "You cannot judge a book by its cover." Not everything is what it seems to be. A young man who was on a quest to find himself decided to do a trek across the United States. When he reached the state of Arizona, he met up with a man in ragged clothes, messy hair and in need of a bath. Still, the young man started up a conversation and found this hobo to be very intellectual and pleasant man despite his appe ...

... mediums can be observed in what Postman calls the transition from the “age of exposition” to the “age of show business.” How much has our culture changed because of the shift in the medium? Postman argues that our culture is reshaped by its dominant medium of cultural conversation, and that the difference between the culture of a print based society verses a television based society effects intellectual tendencies and public discourse of all the people in the respective communities. The print based societies can date as far back as the conversations that took place as cave paintings or smoke signals up to the invention of the alphabet and of course into the enlig ...

... be examined. First of all, what is probably the most influential writing on the nature of women, the account of man's downfall in the Judaic Bible. Also important in shaping ideas about women are the debates of philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle. Finally, the most radical theories on women, men, and patriarchy surfaced in the Enlightenment era, with the work of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Mary Wollstonecraft. During the influential account of man's downfall in the Judaic Bible, Eve, the woman is told by God, "thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee." The Bible was, and is still being used as a tool to jus ...

... women didn't have much freedom or say about anything within their families or communities. The women were mostly around to cook, clean, and take care of the families, therefore, they were there to act as slaves and keep the men happy. After many years, women finally gained a little freedom and control when the government was first developed in 1776. After learning only how to cook and clean in the home by their mothers, the young girls began to attend school and learned how to use the proper English and mathematics skills. This gave more women a greater opportunity and to have an open mind in the public. Today women have many rights and a very wide range of f ...