(2013) Oil on panel 10 x 8 in. This painting shows a city scene at night. The bus stop is the main object of the painting and is in the foreground of the painting. This gives the bus stop an elevated and more attractive status and shows it is more than just an ordinary, everyday object. Bright blues and greens are used against dark colours for contrast between the night and the city lights, and the neon colour of the lights is exciting and catches the eye
Education was once considered a great equalizer in American society because it provided everyone with benefits and professional opportunities in order to prosper in life. However, with the highly segregated school system in New York City, in which is causing a decrease in the city’s general academic performance of students, minority families can no longer ensure that their child can achieve much academically. I’ve found that many schools in New York City with high concentrations of low-income and
Public Education: Funding based Upon Race Education…beyond all other devices of human origin, is a great equalizer of the conditions of men—the balance wheel of the social machinery. I do not here mean that it so elevates the moral nature as to make men disdain and abhor the oppression of their fellow men…But I mean that it gives each man the independence and the means by which he can resist the selfishness of other men. It does better than to disarm the poor of their hostility toward the rich:
Bilingual Education is defined as the education that is presented to students in more than one language (University of Michigan). Any education system that uses more than one language is consider bilingual. Bilingual Education is used in school in the way that teachers teach both English and their native language, which could be Spanish, Mandarin, and so many others , with the purpose that students know more that one language, so in the future they can be bilingual. School used to offers English
According to Jessica Brathwaite, although the department of education and most of New York City has finally began to recognize the segregation amongst public schools’ due to the unequal distribution of resources, they attempted to implement neoliberal policies believing that it would be a solution to the inequality amongst public schools in New York City. Some of these policies include: privatization of public education, increased graduation requirements, matching students to the schools of the system’s
Walking around New York City, one sees these big rusty boxes everywhere, or at least people used to. A quick stop for the many local and national newspapers, a refreshing brisk soft drink on a hot summer day, or even a candy bar and a pack of gum. It is a convenient place that one can just pass by and get what he or she needs without the hassle of a supermarket. If you stop by for the papers on your way to work or for a drink during your lunch break, usually a pleasant New York immigrant will greet
New York City has not always had a core identity, instead, its identity has changed and developed over time. New York City’s core identity starts to develop in the early 1800’s. New York City’s core identity can be defined as the place of greatest opportunity, with a money driving commercial culture. The NYC documentary argues that New York City is the place that tested everything first, such as urbanization, immigration, and industrialization. The documentary also argues that if New York City fails
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s video announcement that city schools were starting a new program that will bring computer science education to all students is late. America is dragging where it should be exceling. Less than 10 percent of the city’s schools offer computer science education and only one percent receive that education. New Yorkers should still applaud their mayor for taking on this monumental task that states should have addressed years before this announcement because New York
The Great Migration was a huge relocation of African Americans from the Southern states of the United States to northern and Midwestern cities. This occurred between the years of 1910 and 1970. Over 6 million African Americans traveled to Northern cities during the migration. Some northern city destinations were Richmond, D.C, Baltimore, New York, and Newark. Western and Midwestern destinations were those such as Los Angelos, San Francisco, St. Louis, Chicago, and Detroit. During this time period
It is the dream of every immigrant, to live a worry free life in a new country that can offer so much. A place where one can work for suitable wages, a place where one can raise their children free of the problems plaguing their previous country and a place where one can grow spiritually and socially. Assimilation can be drastic or very simple, from changing the type of food one eats to converting one's religious beliefs. The determining factors of whether to adapt or not are the morals and beliefs
If one were to ask a New York resident in the 1950’s how many people he or she would expect to be living in New York sixty years from now, he would most likely not say 20 million. Among those 20 million, it is even more unfathomable that an estimated 1.7 million Jews reside within New York City, making New York home to over a quarter of the Jews living in America today . Amongst those Jews however, how many of them consider themselves religious? Seeing that only an estimated 10 percent of Jews today
and became the Mayor of New York City 1977. He was the 105th mayor of New York City and is considered one of the best mayors of New York City because he is credited with helping New York enter a period of fiscal prominence. Mayor Koch was considered to be very pro-gay and pro-lesbian rights but is thought to have majorly fumbled the handling of the AIDS epidemic while in office which some still have not forgiven him for. He is credited for shutting down the New York City gay bathhouses and straight
February 2014 Phuong Nguyen 2510 Woodhull Ave Bronx, NY 10469 The Honorable Bill de Blasio Mayor of New York City City Hall New York, NY 10007 Dear Mayor Blasio, As society develops, people do not stop seeking access to healthcare services in order to ensure a better quality of life. With largely diverse populations, the Bronx has emerged to be a widely populated community in New York City. As a result, the challenges present in the community are overpopulation, polluted environment, excessive
New York City has become a much safer city. The city is filled with immigrants from a variety of countries. There is a spread of different languages, cultural food, entertainment, and neighborhoods. Walking through the streets in any of the five boroughs feel much safer than the 1990’s. The nineties had a lot of drugs, illegal weapons, prostitution on the streets. This made majority of people in the community afraid and an unsafe environment especially for children. In The City That Became Safe,
people moving in the cities, overcrowdedness has become a major issue for the public city school system. People often thought of cities as places paved with gold and opportunities, occupied by diverse groups. Everyone comes from different parts of the world chasing after its glamour and freedom. While those desires can be met with settling in urban society, overcrowdedness in Queens of New York City schools have adverse effects on the students’ academic performance. In cities, we often hear people
22, 1968 by a declaration of the Board of Higher Education of the City of New York, a New York State agency which was the agency in place before the Board of Trustees of the City University of New York. The college's first president was Dr. Joseph Shenker, who had been Acting President of Kingsborough Community College. At age 29 he was the youngest community college president anywhere. In October 1970, the Board of Higher Education, named the new college after Mayor LaGuardia. The college was officially
The community of New Orleans faces many issues both school related and not school related. Due to the fact that in 2005 Hurricane Katrina destroyed as much as 80% of the city. Many parts of the city were below sea level and much of which were only a few feet above sea level, were flooded with water as deep as 25 feet in some areas. This storm damaged or destroyed more than 100 of the school district's 128 school buildings. During this time school reform swept through the city, taking advantage of
Should there or should there not be formal sex education for high school students? Those who oppose formal sex education being taught to high school students contend these students are too young or not mature enough to be educated on these topics. They think that educating them tempts them to take part in sexual activity at an earlier age. Teaching formal sex education should be taught to all high school students across the country. Sex education would first and foremost teach them morals and
Violence and crime in schools is a rising problem. This problem has created fear among many students and parents. A lot of research does show that higher violence is related to city schools, though there is still a significant amount in schools outside of the city. School violence does not actually begin in the school. Violence and crime in schools is related to the home life experience of the children committing these terrible deeds. Children that are allowed to watch TV shows that have violence
Between the closest cities to New York, the city of new York falls on the highest city with crime rate, followed by New Jersey with a crime rate of 331.1. Cliffside park has the least crime rate with 83.2. The full time law enforcements in New York City are measured by 100,000 residents. The lowest year given in the article is 2003 with 42,128 full time working officers. In 2006, New York City had 53,473 full time working officers and in 2012 the full time working officers went down to 49,283.