Prima [essay 5-17-11]

      In the article ''Going for the look but risking discrimination'' by Steven Greenhouse he uses the phrase ''Skirting the edges of anti-discrimination'' which describes the behavior of employers who are hiring based on appearance and not their work experience or work habits. After reading this article and understanding that phrase, I've come to believe that companies have every right to hire whomever may portray the image they want. Companies will do whatever they can to get ahead and make the company more successful which leads them to being very selective about who they hire to work in there store. The companies understand that all of their employees are representing a certain image, so looks play a big part in selecting who they choose to hire.
   For example, stores like Abercrombie and Fitch are extremely selective about who they hire. They only hire blue eyed, blond hair, fit young people to work at their store. As some may see it as being discriminatory, the company sees it as hiring people who fit the image of their store.
    Marshal Cohen states that hiring based on how well the employee can portray the company image is critical. I agree when he states that the employees are like walking billboards, in other words saying that who they hire will be advertising their products. The way that employees dress,look and act can make attract customers into the store therefore, making the company more successful.
     Although I've never experienced not being hired because of my looks, after all the class discussions we had about this, I saw how some of my classmates reacted to not being hired simply because they weren't female and wanting to sell women's clothing. It may have seemed harsh but reality is that women are more comfortable approaching another woman for advice on whats ''in'' and what may look better.
    My conclusion, then, is that companies have every right to hire whomever they want especially when they are trying to project an image. They're only doing whats right for their company.


   

Prima & Michael[ 5-11-11]

In the article ''Going for the look, but Risking Discrimination'' by Steven Greenhouse he uses the phrase, ''Skirting the edges of anti-discrimination laws'' which means that businesses are not breaking the law by hiring based on looks that projects the company image, but are on the borderline of doing so.This is what we call a loophole. For example, stores like Abercrombie & Fitch and Hollister skirt this law by only choosing to hire blue eyed, blond, and fit people to work in their stores. On one hand this can be very beneficial for the company but on the other hand this can be considered discriminatory. Greenhouse states that a former manager of Abercrombie & Fitch was told that it was policy only to hire people who project the company image. So in conclusion, many companies ''Skirt the edges of anti-discrimination'' but, there is still a debate whether  this is discrimination or not.

Prima & Michael [5-5-11] OUR BIRTHDAY:D

In today's lesson we learned that addressing the prompt in your first paragraph can be a good writing strategy. We also learned that awkward sentences can confuse your reader.

Prima & Michael [5-4-11]

In the article ''Going for the look,but Risking Discrimination'' by Steven Greenhouse he uses the phrase,''Skirting the edges of anti-discrimination laws'' which my partner and I  believe means that businesses are not breaking the law by hiring based on looks that projects the company image . This is what we call a loop hole. But even though they are not completely breaking the law they are very close. They hiring based on looks which means they could discriminate against older that don't project the company "Image." So they are discriminating to a point but this is still a very grey area. 

Prima & Michael [5-3-11]

When will ever use this? This is a question I ask myself all the time while in class. I look at most of the things I learn in my Statistics class and I feel like I'll never use it. 

Some of the teachers just seem to be dumb as well. For instance, my economics teacher was giving us notes to write and I believe that he put our word to know on the board, then wrote the definition, and then was redundant and put a sentence telling us the word again. I asked him, "Was that last sentence really necessary?" He told me yes it was, but I think he knew it was stupid of him to have done that.  

Is school important? Will we ever need what we learned? The answer is yes of corse it will all come in handy one day. 

Prima & Michael [5-2-11]

Parallelism
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In todays lesson we learned about Parallelism. We wrote about Disneyland to help us remember what it is.
Example-Disneyland is exciting. Disneyland is expensive. Disneyland is the happiest place on earth.


Anecdote

We learned that opening up your paragraph with an anecdote can give your reader an idea of what your talking about.


Alliteration

We learned that using a series of words with the same sound can make your writing sound poetic.

prima & Michael [anecdote] 4-28-11

When will ever use this? This is a question I ask myself all the time while in class. I look at most of the things I learn in my Statistics class and I feel like I'll never use it. 

Some of the teachers just seem to be dumb as well. For instance, my economics teacher was giving us notes to write and I believe that he put our word to know on the board, then wrote the definition, and then was redundant and put a sentence telling us the word again. I asked him, "Was that last sentence really necessary?" He told me yes it was, but I think he knew it was stupid of him to have done that.