A personal life statement regarding career aspirations in finance and the moral implications of aspiring to financial success in the writer's chosen field.
Abstract This paper presents a personal life plan and management statement. The paper discusses the writer's academic and professional strengths and how these strengths have assisted him in his chosen career path in finance. The writer looks at the moral implications of aspiring to financial success in his chosen field and whether this can be reconciled with his aspirations.
From the Paper "Frankly, I do hope to enjoy the thrill of applying my talents and knowledge to become successful in my chosen field and even to enjoy some of the (admittedly) superficial thrills and benefits it may provide. But Einstein's writings have helped me reconcile those goals with more meaningful aspects of professional success. Ultimately, I hope to enjoy the intellectual thrill of applying my talents to the complex analyses for which I have been trained knowing that the same efforts will also enable me to benefit society as much as (or even more than) any other professional goal that motivates professional achievement in all of us."
This essay discusses Jay MacLeod's "Ain't No Makin' It. Aspirations & Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood" which examines the author's contention of how different factors affect aspirations and occupational outcomes.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 1 source, 2002, $ 89.95
Abstract This paper identifies three major factors shaping the aspirations of the Hallway Hangers and Brothers. The author points out three major factors affecting their occupational outcomes.
Abstract This paper explains that, among minority students as well as between male and female students, there are discrepancies in educational and occupational expectations and aspirations. The author points out that, using the National Education Longitudinal Study, a gap exists between aspirations and expectations among students who set goals that were unrealistic in nature and who had generally been described as having lower educational achievement levels early on in their education. This paper stresses that, first and foremost, educators have to identify when a potential for a discrepancy exists and than use a combination approach because there is no one solution that will fit every student.
Table of Contents
Historical Origins of Differences
The Discrepancies between Supposedly Increasing Educational Aspirations and Persistent Gaps in School Outcomes
Challenges These Differences Pose to Educators Today
What Schools and Teachers can do to Improve Educational Equity across Population Groups?
From the Paper "Why the discrepancy? In the past little effort has been made to differentiate between aspirations and expectations; and example given is a study conducted in 1991 by Marjoribanks, who used the term 'aspirations' to describe his study, but actually measured student expectations. Thus, part of the blame rests on the shoulders of researchers. There is also evidence to suggest that sometimes students create aspirations that are unreasonable or unattainable. This is an issue that must be dealt with by school administrators and teachers, who must work together to help students create aspirations that are attainable and reasonable. In addition, students must be taught in an environment that encourages and supports, and one that recognizes the unique challenges and hardships any individual student may face when attempting to realize their expectations."
Abstract A critical analysis of the main characters and plot from the novel "Beloved". The author analyzes three main themes: slavery, racism and African-American women. The author discusses the representation of the hopes, aspirations, and historical memories of black America in the novel.
From the Paper "Beloved is a novel set in Ohio during 1873, several years after the Civil War. The book centers on characters who struggle fruitlessly to keep their painful recollections of the past at bay. The whole story revolves around issues of race, gender, family relationships and the supernatural, covering two generations and three decades up to the 19th century. Concentrating on events arising from the Fugitive Slave Act of 1856, it describes the horrendous consequences of an escape from slavery for Sethe, her children and Paul D."
Tags:aspiration, black, slavery, racism, struggle, african, women
Abstract A paper focusing on the book "Ain't No Makin' It: Aspirations and Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood" by Jay MacLeod and how it pertains to the ideology of the American Dream. The paper shows how MacLeod's book questions the validity of the American Dream and discusses how this theory is seen by social thinkers such as political scientist and author Jennifer L. Hochschild.
From the Paper "Ain't No Makin' It: Aspirations and Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood is an ethnological study focusing on two sets of teenage boys living in housing projects in Clarendon Heights. Through observation and interviews, author and sociologist Jay MacLeod attempted to determine why the socioeconomic status of these young men remained stagnant, despite the mobility inherent to the ideology known as the "American Dream." Struck by the seemingly low level of aspirations expressed by the young adolescent boys, MacLeod researched the hopes and dreams of these young men, focusing on two groups: the "Hallway Hangers" and the ?Brothers.?"
The paper provides a review of the book "Time and the Art of Living" by Robert Grudin, which discusses how we co-exist with time, and how to make time more meaningful in our lives.
Abstract The paper analyzes the main concept put forward in Grudin's book that people do not make the best use of their time and looks at the way this philosophy explains much about our time oriented society. The paper examines society's preoccupation with time, and the way the author encourages the reader to think more about their goals and aspirations, rather than their day-to-day existence. The paper admires Grudin's effective arguments yet criticizes his use of duplication throughout the book.
From the Paper "One important theme Grudin talks about in the book is how we are "impoverished in time" (Grudin 6). This is an interesting and compelling thought, and bears deeper investigation. Literally, all we have in life is time, and yet, there is never enough of it. Grudin explains this phenomenon in a variety of ways, but ultimately breaks it down between people who look toward the future, and people who can only see their day-to-day existence."
Abstract This paper examines and analyzes the novel "Brown Girl, Brownstones" by Paule Marshall. The author discusses many questions concerning what it means for an immigrant to make it in America, and characterizes the aspirations and accommodations of the Barbadian immigrants in the novel.
Abstract This paper explains that acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a leukemia in which the lymphoblast cells proliferate abnormally, resulting in the rapid progression of the disease with the abnormal cells easily infiltrating any organ in the body. The author points out that Jimmy has a favorable prognosis because his WBC count of 3,600/uL is within the range that suggests a favorable prognosis. The paper relates that two chronic complications of ALL are infection and bleeding.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Discussion of Jimmy's Case
Risk Factors for Cancer and Characteristics for a Favorable Prognosis
Pathophysiology ( White Blood Cell Lymphoblast)
Clinical Manifestations and Pathology
Chronic Complications and Pathophysiology
Laboratory Tests: CBC and Uric Acid
Bone Marrow Aspiration Test
Intravenous Fluids and Allopurinol to Prevent Renal Failure
Medications: Allopurinol, Vincristine, Dexamethasone and Asparaginase
Conclusion
From the Paper "In ALL, a white blood cell lymphoblast becomes genetically altered and begins to clone itself and proliferate. This cloning begins in the bone marrow, where white blood cell production occurs. In healthy individuals, white blood cells are produced in the bone marrow and transferred to the blood on a continuous basis. In individuals with ALL, the same process occurs, except that white blood cell production proceeds at an excessive and uncontrollable rate. The normal blood cell production in the bone marrow provides the blood with the white blood cells. This means that when proliferation occurs, the cells produced naturally are transferred to the blood. These cells are then transported throughout the body. The proliferating cells can also be transported to the thymus, liver, lymph nodes, testes, and the CNS, and can continue to proliferate from those locations. ALL also results in reduced levels of the other components of blood including platelets and red blood cells because the proliferating white blood cells crowd them out."
Abstract This paper explains that, in "Great Expectations", Dickens uses realism through social class and psychology, romanticism through his characters? aspirations, and gothicism through the setting, supernatural elements, and the characters themselves. The author points out, as contradictory as these elements may be, together in the novel, they provide for a story that is loyal to the ever-present instability of human nature itself and the journey in experience and growth. The paper relates that the gothic elements in this novel include such events as supernatural events, shadowy, sinister settings, and actions driven by revenge.
From the Paper "Realism in a romantic novel is a necessary base from which to rise or stray. When we meet the main character Pip at a very young age, it is clear that he is a practical child and despite his immaturity of age he is logical boy, with a sensitive soul. As a young boy, Pip accepts his station in life, and carries out his life?s? responsibilities as necessary. This novel is also very accurate in its realistic representation of social structure and class differences. Pip starts out low on the social chain, only above the criminal, impoverished class, and early in life he recognizes that there is a lower scale than the one he belongs to. When Pip helps the convict Magwitch on the marshes, he observes how uncouth and low Magwitch is, and he fears that in helping him or reaching to his level that he will be cast down to the same place."
Abstract This paper discusses the life of Jude Fawley in "Jude the Obscure" by Thomas Hardy, and his community's responses to the rapidly modernizing life and loosening of moral standards in the society. The paper argues that society's intolerance to change, the modern life, led to Jude being labeled as a deviant in the society, as he was forced to live a life devoid of any education, opportunities, and privileges. However, despite Jude's deviance, he still aspired to become an educated and privileged man, since he was also intolerant of the change happening in his social environment. The texts included in this paper puts into the novel's context the theme of intolerance to social change, and the dynamics between Jude Fawley and his traditional community.
From the Paper "Nineteenth century was marked as the transitional period wherein traditional society gave way for the modern one. With the advent of the Industrial Revolution, a corresponding change in social structures occurred, thereby influencing and changing the norms and values of societies as well. This is the social condition that Thomas Hardy found himself in when he wrote the novel, "Jude the Obscure." True to its title, the novel depicted the life of the individual in a society that was undergoing a radical change from traditionalism to modernism, from the rigidity of norms to the loosening of social standards. In 1895, society was challenged to endure the shift in ideologies, beliefs, and values among people. During this period, society was torn between people who chose to live life the conventional or traditional way, while others opted or was forced to live life in the prevalently more radical and modern manner."
This paper explores how the environment shapes the personalities and lives of the main characters in Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man", William Faulkner's "Absalom, Absalom" and Richard Price's "Clockers".
Abstract What makes us who we are? The paper conveys how the diverse narratives of "Invisible Man", "Absalom, Absalom" and "Clockers" all come to the same conclusion. Although a human being may possess an ordinary or noble nature, these works show how ultimately it is the person's social environment that shapes the path of his or her life. The paper discusses how these books do not present utterly helpless visions of the human character. The paper shows how all of the protagonists have basic impulses that encourage them to become educated and to make something of their lives. The paper shows, however, how these works illustrate the extent society limits the reach of their aspirations and the way that others perceive them.
From the Paper "For example, the life Ralph Ellison's protagonist in Invisible Man is constrained by his society's constructs of racism and how it deems a Black man should live and act. He lives as a virtual hermit, in fear of White society, and taking comfort only in the sight of light reflected by electric illumination in his room. "I am nobody but myself," he says, believing that shutting out all other human beings is the only way to escape the fact that he is an "invisible man," as a persecuted and placeless Black man in contemporary America. (Ellison 1) Gradually, the reader comes to know his story over the course of a series of flashbacks."
Abstract The paper relates the history of education for African-Americans and explores problems relating to education legislation. The paper looks at present education issues and concerns for African-American students and examines statistics relating to their drop-out rates. The paper concludes that there has been progress, to a degree, in educational attainment of the aspirations of African-American students, although there are still barriers.
Outline:
Introduction
History of Education for African Americans
Noted Problems Relating to Education Legislation
Present Education Issues and Concerns for African-American Students
Statistics Relating to Drop-out Rates of African-Americans
Summary and Conclusion
From the Paper "The work of Allen and Jewell (2002) states that: "...the Black struggle for higher education is an apt metaphor for the larger Black struggles for citizenship, self-determination and personhood in this society." The historical account of the African American race in obtaining access to higher education in the United States is characterized by many ups and downs. The aspirations of the African American individual of attaining higher education have been historically unattained due to existing barriers to higher education of Black individuals."
Abstract The paper explains that the American Dream is the concept that through hard work and determination, one can achieve one's own version of greatness. The paper discusses the characters of Jay Gatsby from F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby", Walter Lee Younger from Lorraine Hansbury's "A Raisin in the Sun", and Willy Loman from Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman". The paper explores their different dreams and aspirations and their inherent impossibilities. The paper shows how, despite the lack of a definition of the American Dream, it is what some people live for and that alone makes it worth following.
From the Paper "In 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King, Jr. told the world about his dream. However, when that kind of hope is held by an American, it is the American Dream, something considered by many to be greater than any other goal. The American Dream is the concept that, through hard work and determination, one can achieve their version of greatness. However, the American Dream is not always safe to pursue. Some die attempting to achieve their American Dream, some achieve it only to find that it does not bring them the happiness that they had hoped for, and others are thwarted in their attempts to realize it. Many great pieces of American Literature, such as The Great Gatsby, A Raisin in the Sun, and Death of a Salesman seek to explore the concept of the American Dream."
Abstract This paper discusses how, in Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman", the notion of dreams and aspirations is central to the play. More specifically, the paper looks at how, it is the perversion of the American dream that provides the hinge of the work and how Willy's supreme investment in and subsequent warping of the American dream ultimately destroys both himself and his family.
From the Paper "In "Act Two" Charley asks Willy "Why must everybody like you?" (p. 97). It is because, more than anything, Willy wishes to be personally successful. He ties this success to the idea of landscape and to the American ideal of the frontier. His job as traveling salesman who is constantly expanding is key: he is always "going west" in search of different land to conquer (i.e. sell to). This spreading out is indicative of his drive to earn more and more wealth, the main component of his view of success. Secondly, he is a salesman; his very job hinges on selling and consuming. In fact he is essentially selling himself every time and his finical survival depends on his ability to sell not just his product, but himself as a provider of that product. It is this absolute reliance on his own self ability that feeds in to the ideals of Willy's American Dream. "
Abstract This paper discuss how F. Scott Fitzgerald explores the "American dream" in his novel, "The Great Gatsby." It describes the American dream's significance in terms of plot, characterisation and theme in his novel. The paper suggests that Fitzgerald is critical of the American dream, and ultimately damns it, arguing that the American dream is no longer a universal ambition to which all Americans may aspire.
From the Paper "During the period of the 1920s American society was transformed by the opulence of a decadent era. These changes, as documented in The Great Gatsby, affected every American. However, as Fitzgerald writes, such changes were not uniform. The American Dream, an ideal that had driven the country since its inception, was redefined amid the unprecedented pursuit of wealth and material satisfaction, by a broad section of society. Fitzgerald argues in his novel that the American Dream has lost its significance in a newly materialistic America, influenced by an age of consumer goods. Through his protagonist, Gatsby, he shows the price of living too long for a single, unattainable dream, which had ceased to be. Fitzgerald is therefore arguing that the American dream is no longer a universal ambition to which all Americans may aspire."
