.... highlighted with a religious ceremony given in honor of Heaven and Earth, the gods of the household and the ancestors, usually our great grand parents . It's utmost significance to go through the customary Chinese New Years traditions: house cleaning, decorations, lots of food, and more for their celebration. Chinese New Year is a time of special celebration and joy; therefore many old customs and performances are incorporated into the festival celebrations and competitions held on Chinese New Years. The most common of these are perhaps the dragon dance .....

.... illegal to people under the age of 18. These items are easily accessible to American youth, and therefore, thousands and thousands of teenagers are viewing explicit materials daily. Whether the pornography be stolen, given to by an older sibling, or found in a trash can, minors have had their hands on these vulgar publications. Approximately 70% of the pornographic magazines sold eventually end up in the hands of minors. More so, the chief consumers of pornographic material in the United States are 15-19 year old males. More strict regulations of pornography .....

.... why they believe there are few differences between male and female executives. The tests revealed that executive men and women scored equally on most areas and that executive women are just as capable at leading, influencing, and motivating groups, as well as analyzing problems. The authors go on to show that, despite these similarities, women are disproportionately represented in the ranks of Fortune 500 company executives. Repeated references are made to studies that were conducted with 22 people, 16 men and 6 women, whose job is to select executives for t .....

.... language of the Philippines is very different from the United States. There is an assortment of languages spoken between the Philippines and the United States. English is the main language in the United States and is spoken by a majority of the U.S. residents. However, approximately 54% speak Spanish, making Spanish the second most widely spoken language in the United States. In the Philippines, Tagalog is the main and national language there. This language is usually spoken at homes of Filipinos. There are many other languages spoken in the Philippi .....

.... in these fields or are not capable of entering them. I know that they (females) can do the work but there may be glass walls preventing them from entering. I don’t believe that it is a “fruitless” effort to engage in a way that would promote women in these fields. Since I have been in college I have change my major 3 times. Most of my friends have also. So it is not the case that women have made up their mind by the time that they enter college and it can’t be changed. It may not be the individual teacher’s responsibility to encourage female scientis .....

.... we thought we were different. We did not look like the teachers or like our parents. We took on our own norm, which then became the norm of our age and location. We were trying not to be normal, but ended up right in the middle of it. As a freshman at Western Illinois University, I learned a whole new realm in the world of . We were taught about formal and informal , mores and folkways, and sanctions. Formal are what is written down and often take the form of laws. Formal were not what we were out to change in Junior High, but in High School we tried t .....

.... groups have often been accepted more readily in the military than the women. Women have been viewed as outsiders in a male environment. Discrimination and harassment occurs for women because we are entering an all male dominated area. Some areas are still restricted because of it. For example: serving in direct combat capacities such as armor, infantry, and special forces-branches from which much of the senior leadership is drawn. "In 1994, the annual Navywide Personnel Survey included questions on women's role for the first time. Some 65 percent of o .....

.... important in the decision-making process. To accomplish your dreams, you must first face adversity in the eye and conquer your fears. For me personally, training to be a lawyer will take time and commitment. I must constantly look at where I am now and evaluate where I need to go from here. There will never be a time in your life where you are at the top. You must keep climbing the ladder of success. Fortunately I know that. I have a good G.P.A., but I know there is always someone smarter than me, so I continue to expand my knowledge. Also, there are .....