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Social Setup At the start of the 90s, the gap between Russia’s rich and poor grew steadily, its continued to grow to this day where the wealthiest %10 earn nearly ten times as much as the poorest 10$% of Russian people. Full employment on a minimum wage job basically get you by with your necessities. The social classes of Russia consist of the Capitalist class, the worker class, and peasant or in other terms: The upper class, the middle class and the poor class. Ethnicity and race are not the…

J.M. Barrie’s real-life experiences, especially the impact of his brother’s death, directly influenced the characters, plot, and themes of “Peter Pan”. James had the misfortune of having to live in his brother’s, David Barrie’s, shadow as David was considered his mother’s favorite son. His death would later lead to the characterization of Peter Pan and his background story. Margaret Ogilvy’s (David’s and James’ mother) reaction to David’s death would eventually lead to the mother-worship…

his own father at work. His father was a writing master and calligraphy teacher. Eakins was able to pick up on skills like precision and perspective. Eakins had always enjoyed sports and art, and he too was an athletic child. He liked rowing, ice skating, swimming, wrestling, sailing, and gymnastics, and at some point in his art career he painted scenes of these sports. In high school, mechanical drawing was his strong suit. Since he was intrigued with the human body, he studied anatomy at a…

sports girls are ‘allowed’ to play, based on how that sport supports the female athlete stereotype. Girls tend to participate less in contact sports such as football or hockey, and more in sports that make the player seem more graceful such as figure skating or gymnastics (Kauer, 2006). These stereotypes restrict girl from testing the waters and playing sports that they may enjoy, and they might never know their true potential in that sport. Furthermore, this stereotype not only applies to…

"Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning." Peter Pan is a fantastical children's book published in 1904 by Sir James Matthew Barrie, more commonly known as J. M. Barrie. The Count of Monte Cristo, written by Alexandre Dumas in 1844, is a historical young adult fiction. These two books could not be more different. Peter Pan focuses on the imagination of young ones, one of which will never grow up. The Count of Monte Cristo follows the betrayal of a man and his revenge. However,…

The Female Athlete Triad is a three-component disorder that is highly unknown, but all too common in female athletes. The disorder is often unrecognized by coaches and doctors, which causes a huge risk for young athletes. In order to be diagnosed with the Female Athlete Triad, a female must meet the criteria of presenting disordered eating or “low energy availability,” amenorrhea, and osteoporosis (Payne & Kirchner, page 187.) However, early warning signs and treatment can lessen the severity…

activities of a drum major along with school, work and extracurricular activities proves to be a difficult task. Whether it is going to tennis or golf practice, clinical rotations or work, participating in the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra (GDYO) or figure skating, the drum majors’ schedules allow for little time to rest. Although they are given a scant amount of time to get even homework done for the next day, the drum majors manage to execute their daily to-do lists with ease, a feat that…

Extra Credit: Playing Unfair The documentary “Playing Unfair by Sut Jhally” documents the issues and disparity between the coverage and amount of respect given between male athletics and female athletics. This video critically examines post-Title IX media by discussing the difference in the coverage of female vs. male athletes. While female athleticism challenges gender norms, female athletes continue to be depicted in traditional roles that reaffirm their femininity as wives, mothers, or sex…

The most impactful thing was, in hockey, you can get a penalty, and when you do, it's two minutes in the penalty box. Your team plays a man down, four versus five. If the other team then gets a penalty, it turns into a four on four, giving more skating room. The Oilers loved four on four, having some of the most talented skaters in the NHL, and the greatest player of all time, Gretzky. Their offense was unstoppable with the opened space of the ice. The NHL had to step in a change the rules, so…

about a very wealthy couple, David and Jackie Siegel, and how they plan on building the largest home in America. The new American “palace” that will be known as Versailles is 90,000 square feet, it contains 13 bedrooms, 10 kitchens, a bowling alley, skating rink, spa, and more. This house is everything the family could want and embodies the fantasy dreams of most people around the world but the bigger the house gets the greater the distance between the family members both literally and…