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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100325/ap_on_re_us/us_prodigy_study_abroad

 

I thought that this was an interesting article when I stubbled upon it.  The article talks about this 13 year old boy who goes to college at the University of Connecticut, he had planned on studying abroad in South Africa for one of his majors, but college said that he was too young to go.  His mother and he were trying to make arragements where she could accompany him to South Africa so he could do his studies that were imparative for his future plans.  So him and his mother are claiming age discrimination against the college. 

 

I thought that this was a very interesting concept.  My relatives have a foreign exchange student staying with them who is in the 7th grade.  But the college wont let a student, who they have always treated like any other student, to go to South Africa to further his studies that he has worked hard to accomplish.  He has shown maturity to handle himself in college but now the college is making him into a sort of out-group because of his age.  Saying that he doesn't have the maturity to handle studying in South Africa.  He has tried to make accomodations so that he will be able to study.

If you look up "Epic Beard Man" and sign into youtube you can watch this video with what they are saying alongside it. This fight seemed to spring from a missunderstanding. The black man was upset and pushed the old guy too far, causing the fight. There are many race-related fights happen in our country, but many probably going underreported. It is interesting to see how the black man carries himself in the beginning, and then how he acts after his pride has been trashed. Do you think this man was just trying to uphold a stereotype based on this fact? Do you think the man was justified for beating him up? What about why the fight started, do you think this was totally just based on racism or was something else involved?

This job fair offered free portraits for people to include with their applications. What do you think about the practice of including a photograph with a job application or resume? Do you think age (or other types of) discrimination could occur?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/09/job-fair-free-portraits-c_n_456065.html