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Literature Review on Zero Tolerance, 2007.
A literature review of the zero tolerance policy in an educational setting and various views regarding its effectiveness.
12,690 words (approx. 50.8 pages), 41 sources, APA, $ 242.95
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This paper examines the use of zero tolerance policies as a preventative measure against school violence. It points out that studies reveal conflicting opinions about zero tolerance. It argues that the research available shows a clear need for a change in how zero tolerance policies are applied and a need for various alternatives. The paper includes tables and survey statistics to illustrate this. To conclude, the paper suggests that now is the time to make adjustments in policy, practice and research to implement policies that can keep schools safe and preserve the opportunity for all students to learn.
Outline:
Introduction
Statement of Purpose
Review of Literature
History of Zero Tolerance
Perceptions of Teachers, Administrators and Parents
Suspension and Expulsion
School Shootings
Negative Impact of Zero Tolerance
Alternatives to Zero Tolerance Policies
Conclusion
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"A particular strategy that has caught the attention of many school districts in the last two decades or so is the zero tolerance policy. The zero tolerance policy has become a one-size-fits all solution to all the problems facing schools. Skiba (2000) offers this definition for zero tolerance...it is "a method of sending a message that certain behaviors will not be tolerated, by punishing all offenses severely, no matter how minor". The said purpose of the zero tolerance policy is to create a safe and secure learning environment for all students, something that is in fact a right of all students and parents to expect from any educational institution. However, in practice, it has been used to direct students who misbehave intentionally, targets serious risk students who cause disturbances in schools, and applied to students who have an emotional problem or other disability (Noguera 2003)."
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The Babylonian Zero, 2002.
An examination on how the figure "zero" evolved during the Babylonian times.
2,176 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 17 sources, APA, $ 67.95
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This paper begins by providing a history of the evolution of zero and discusses the origin of the symbol. It then discusses the origins of the concept of "zero" and how this was perceived differently by various ancient cultures such as the Egyptians, the Mayans and the Babylonians. It then focuses specifically on the "Babylonian zero" and how this differed in concept from other figures at the time. The paper includes several diagrams and pictures.
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"The symbol zero evolved into its present form after quite a number of transformations. The idea of how the symbol was devised also harbors a few contradictory ideas. Opinions range from it being a dot originally, replaced by a circle with a dot in the center and then maturing to the current form, an oval shape that we all are familiar with. (Pearce, I., 2002). The Egyptian zero that evolved has also been equated with the hieroglyph for beauty, and that of the human windpipe, heart and lungs. (Williams, S. W., 2002)"
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Zero Inflation, 2002.
Analyzes the concept of zero inflation and its effects on a country's economy.
4,400 words (approx. 17.6 pages), 8 sources, $ 160.95
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This paper will attempt to cast some clarity on the debate of zero inflation. This paper begins with an analysis of the consequences of low inflation on the conduct of monetary policy. This paper will answer the pressing question of whether or not workers and firms exhibit nominal inertia near to zero. This paper determines that a little inflation, perhaps 1 to 3 percent is a far more efficient policy choice than zero inflation. Such a moderate inflation target would allow real wages to decline where necessary without firms having to impose wage cuts or fire workers.
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?Catcher in the Rye? and ?Less Than Zero?, 2002.
A look at the discourse of youth in the novels "Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger and Brett Easton Ellis' "Less Than Zero".
1,000 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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Up through the 1970s, teenage resistance to social authority was such a pervasive motif in American fiction that the adolescent struggle for autonomy embodied for many critics the national myth of self-reliance. The paper shows that in contemporary novels, however, youth's disaffected disposition is credited not to the oppressiveness of adult authority but to a lack of it. The voice in both "Catcher in the Rye" and "Less than Zero" is a detached, ironic voice that demonstrates a need for security and for home. The paper shows that by implicitly endorsing an idealized, nostalgic vision of family, these narratives split with the genre's antiauthoritarian tradition and re-script the utilization of adolescent disaffection. Whereas the teenager once intuitively asserted youth's moral supremacy over their elders, today's aimless, amoral kids cry out for adult intervention as they beg entry into the shelters of home. This paper examines the similarities and differences in the discourse of the young in both "Less Than Zero" and "The Catcher in the Rye".
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"In the penultimate chapter of Catcher, Holden declines to run away to California in order to spare his younger sister Phoebe from the cynicism and despair he suffers. He does so because he understands that if he lets Phoebe follow him westward he will fail in his dream of protecting her innocence; instead of preventing her terrible fall into adulthood, he will be just as guilty of pushing her over the edge of childhood as the anonymous "pervert" who scrawls profanity on her elementary school walls. Therefore, to save her, Holden must sacrifice his passionate disdain for adult phonies and submit to the indignity of their "asking me if I'm going to apply myself" (213). Through this concluding gesture, Salinger insists that adolescent rebellion is guided by moral intent and is not symptomatic of the narcissism and selfishness so closely associated with this stage of life. The intuitive morality that this plot ascribes to its teen protagonists implies that "if the young demonstrate their inability to accept the code of civilized society, the fault cannot lie in them but in those who have failed to provide acceptable values. By extension, youth's rituals of disaffection are not expressions of antisocial behavior but confirmations that they are engaged in an arduous quest, searching, seeking, grasping, testing in an effort to find the proper moral course in life (265, 269)."
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Zero Air Pollution, 2004.
An overview of the company, ZAP, which manufactures vehicles with zero emissions.
2,808 words (approx. 11.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 83.95
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This paper examines the company ZAP (Zero Air Pollution), whose purpose is to provide us with some alternatives that will help us live cleaner, cheaper lives. It looks at how ZAP is in the electric vehicle (EV) business and how its product line ranges from scooters to cars and includes most transportation devices in between. It explores the history of the company from its inception in 1994, through its inventions, to its potential market gains.
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"ZAP's marketing management team ?combines over 50 years experience in marketing electric vehicles, delivering over 75,000 electric vehicles to consumers, making it a world leader in personal electric transportation. One of the first companies to market in 1994, ZAP's brand helped spearhead consumer attention for electric bikes and scooters, helping it to leverage worldwide media and publicity attention. The Company invests heavily in its ZAP brand, focusing its marketing through placement of the brand on each of its futuristic products. In 1994 ZAP was one of the first companies in America to launch an e-commerce site for its products."
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Zero-Tolerance Policy, 2003.
Questions the pros and cons of enforcing a zero-tolerance policy on school violence.
2,487 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 75.95
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This paper examines the policies developed in dealing with violence in schools and looks at the arguments for a zero-tolerance policy and the arguments for a less severe discipline plan. It presents a detailed literature review on the subject and concludes with recommendations for alternative solutions.
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"Zero-tolerance is a term that is not limited to schools; it is used to deal with crime, which I feel certain types of violence in schools are?a crime. Along with violence, there are other crimes committed in schools that warrant a zero-tolerance, such as drug possession. I am firmly for a zero-tolerance policy on violence and crimes in schools. However, it is the type of violence and the age of the student that must be closely examined before the punishment is given out. There needs to be certain grades of violence defined and placed with a certain punishment. For example, hitting a teacher would be a Grade III infraction and would merit an immediate expulsion. Meanwhile, a fight in the hallway would be a grade II infraction and merit a 5-day suspension. I just don?t feel that we can rid ourselves of violence by getting rid of every child who commits a violent act."
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Zero Tolerance Policy, 2002.
Questions whether American students accept the Zero Tolerance policy against drugs and violence in their schools.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 53.95
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In today's American schools, both elementary and high school, there is a "zero-tolerance" policy regarding drug use and violence. How do the students react to this? Do they rail against it, or do they accept it? In this paper, that is the question I will try to answer.
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Zero Tolerance Policies in Education, 2004.
A look at both sides of the argument concerning the zero tolerance policies of the educational system.
4,406 words (approx. 17.6 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 115.95
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This paper reviews extant literature on youth violence, its extra-curricular motivations, its inappropriateness in a curricular setting, the role of television, gangs and drugs, and alcohol in creating a culture of youth violence that stems from unsupervised time, and the polemical argument between advocates and opponents of the zero-tolerance policy as it is presented as a way of reducing school violence in terms of both actual effect and perception.
Introduction
Literature Review
Areas for Further Research
Conclusion
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"This policy is restricted by nature to within the walls of the institution, but unfortunately, the root of school violence may not be in the school setting itself. In fact, most students do not spend most of their time in the school setting: most students spend up to eight percent of their time away from school, with their school hours making up only a small minority of their total time. Therefore, although the root of school violence may lie in what students are doing during this unsupervised time, during their supervised time at school, a zero-tolerance policy can target behavior at its ends rather than its means and keep the time that students do spend at school safe, with the assumption being that students will be shocked into line by a set of policies that monitors their time at school strictly enough to deter them from even playacting or fantasizing along themes that suggest violent behavior within the school itself. The zero-tolerance policy differs from school to school, but predominantly, the policy seeks to cut down on a youth culture that
too often expresses itself anti-social activities such as gang violence and drugs instead of more productive, future-looking activities."
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"Less Than Zero", 2004.
A discussion of the problems facing the character, Clay, in Bret Easton Ellis's novel, "Less than Zero".
2,936 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 86.95
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Bret Easton Ellis's novel, "Less Than Zero", follows closely the bleak and dreadful life of a rich teenager, Clay, whose sense of identity comes from the group of ?brats? he roams around with. This paper argues that this novel is not a social commentary on decadent youth of Beverley Hills, but a story of a young, confused person who wants some goal and direction to give his life meaning.
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"If Less than Zero?s narration appears rather deadpan do not blame it on the writer?s youth or inexperience. This style of writing was absolutely intentional to match the flat, monotonous and almost half-dead life of Clay, his family and friends who are the main characters of the story. Their life was dead not because of lack of excitement, but due to an overdose of the same. It was so exciting that the word ?excitement? lost meaning or sense and monotonous thrills did little to fill the void that everyone felt and no one acknowledged."
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"Women at Point Zero", 2005.
A summary of Nawal El Saadawi's novel "Woman at Point Zero" and a discussion of themes throughout the book.
1,258 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper explains how "Women at Point Zero" tells the story of a young woman's struggle for freedom among the restrictions of Egyptian and Arabic society. The novel's protagonist, Firdaus, struggles to find her way among the brutality of male dominance in Egyptian society. The paper discusses a number of key societal issues, including the issues of gender relations, politics and social class. It explains that through the examination of these issues in protagonist Firdaus' life, El Saadawi reinforces the theme of female oppression across all aspects of life in Egyptian society, from the personal, to the social and political.
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"Throughout the novel, gender relations are unequal and violent. Women exist as a tool to be used by men, and are frequently violently and brutally oppressed with little or no consequence for such actions. Firdaus is sexually and physically abused by the men in her life. Her treatment is so brutal that she comes to think of her father, who used to beat her mother, as a kind man, and misses him. Firdaus' relationship with her husband, Sheikh Mahmoud, is typical. El Saadawi writes of the relationship with Sheikh Mahmoud: "One day he hit me (Firdaus) with his heavy stick until the blood ran from my nose and ears. So I left, but this time I did not go to my uncle's house. I walked through the streets with swollen eyes, and a bruised face, but no one paid any attention to me." Here, both the abuse by her husband and society's failure to react to Firdaus' easily seen bruises and swollen face clearly validate a man's right to mistreat and abuse a woman."
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Nawal Saadawi's "Woman at Point Zero", 2008.
Looks at the theme of female degradation in Egyptian novelist Nawal Saadawi's "Woman at Point Zero" (1998) and its broader feminist and cultural implications.
2,080 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 65.95
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This paper explains that, throughout the world today, in different ways and for different reasons, fiction, film, politics, the Internet and the mass media have taken a dim view of the particularly inhumane treatment of many Muslim women within southern areas, such as the Africa, where Islam is practiced. The paper then points out that the Egyptian woman novelist Nawal El Saadawi, who is also a physician and a feminist, has written many fictional and non-fictional works about women's unequal treatment by men in Islamic societies. "Woman at Point Zero" (1998 and first published in 1975 ) is a stark, disturbing and poignant novel. The paper relates the plot of Saadawi's story about the protagonist Firdaus, an Egyptian-born perpetually abused woman, who out of desperation becomes a prostitute and murders a pimp.
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"Moreover, Firdaus herself is neither an evil person nor a hardened criminal (or a criminal at all, except in the sense of having also been driven by desperation into being a prostitute); Firdaus is simply a chronically abused, rejected, degraded and humiliated 20th century Muslim woman in Egypt who arrives at "Ground Zero" on one especially unfortunate day. Within this story, Firdaus's degrading experiences both exemplify and underscore the degradation of Muslim women like herself generally, whose repressive and cruel societies under male-dominated fundamentalist Islam make it impossible for such women to catch a break in life."
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Rebuilding of Ground Zero, 2005.
This paper discusses and analyzes the topic of rebuilding the World Trade Center.
3,381 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 14 sources, MLA, $ 96.95
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This paper discusses the rebuilding of Ground Zero after the World Trade Center (WTC) attacks of September 11, 2001, including who are the decision makers, what is the process and who has involvement in the process. It also looks at the cost, who is paying, the timeline, current status, what the final project will look like, who will benefit, the effect on New York City, surrounding boroughs and the state.
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"Almost as soon as cleanup began at the World Trade Center after the terrorist attacks, there was speculation on what kind of building or memorial could possibly replace the Twin Towers. Today, designs for a new office complex and memorial have been chosen, and some expect construction on at least one of the buildings replacing the WTC could be complete by 2009. As with any large project, the plans have faced adversity, controversy, and just plain criticism. What is the affect of rebuilding in lower Manhattan on the city, the borough, the state, the people, and the world? We know the human cost of the terrorist attacks. Now, the city must calculate the monetary cost of rebuilding, and how it will affect the Big Apple."
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Zero-Based Budgeting, 2003.
Examines the process.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 8 sources, $ 47.95
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Defines zero-based budgeting (ZBB) and explains how it works. Provides a history of ZBB. Discusses the role of Jimmy Carter as Governor of Georgia and President of the United States. Examines the implications of the ZBB concept and the justification of all costs.
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"This research examines the zero-based budgeting process. The dual purpose of the paper is to (1) define zero-based budgeting and (2) explain how the process works in practice."
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"Less Than Zero" and "In Country", 2001.
A comparative analysis of the two novels by Bobbie Ann Mason and Brett Easton Ellis. The author discusses their similarities and differences.
1,250 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 2 sources, $ 42.95
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This is an essay that compares Ellis's novel "Less Than Zero" and Mason's novel "In the Country". It shows the similarities of how the characters are adversely affected by socioeconomic conditions and wars that rip society apart. The author also discusses some differences in the writing styles of the novels.
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"In both books Less Than Zero and Bobbie Ann Mason?s book In Country, characters are adversely affected by socioeconomic conditions and wars that rip society apart. There are significant differences between these two novels. Less than Zero?s protagonist is the son of a wealthy family while In Country?s lead character is not. Moreover, Less than Zero war is a societal one against drugs. Contextually different, In Country?s conflict, stems from the Vietnam War. Each character struggles to overcome their image of an outsider and gain freedom through community, love, and genuine acceptance."
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Aidoo's Esi & El Saadawi's Firdaus, 2006.
This paper compares and contrasts men's treatment of Esi in Aidoo's 'Changes, A Love Story' and Firdaus in El Saadawi's 'Woman at Point Zero'.
1,372 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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In this article, the writer discusses women as social objects within African society. The writer examines men's treatment of women, as portrayed in the books 'Changes, A Love Story' by Aidoo and 'Woman at Point Zero' by El Saadawi. The writer analyzes Chapter 20 of 'Changes: A Love Story', and an excerpt from 'Woman at Point Zero', in which Firdaus marries Sheikh Mahmoud but runs away from him (and then meets Bayomi), in order to shed light on each character's journey toward her "point zero". The writer concludes that what the two characters share most importantly in common, is the fact that their respective societies and most of those with whom they associate (with the exception of some of Esi's female friends and relatives), do not ever see them as full and separate human beings.
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"Esi spends the Christmas season feeling anxious, and taking tranquilizers to calm her nerves. That leads to her epiphany, in which she faces the fact that her marriage to Ali is no marriage at all. When Ali finally shows up on New Year's Day, driving his latest bribe to Esi, a new sports car, Esi by then knows for sure that the marriage is over. Together at breakfast, when both run out of conversation about the flashy new car, each realizes that they have nothing in common anymore. For Esi, spending Christmas alone led to "point zero". The material surprises that once pacified her will no longer substitute for chronic neglect.
Esi realizes in this chapter, that in marrying Ali she has merely exchanged her first claustrophobic marriage to Oko, for one of continuous neglect instead."
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