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Caswell Simpson
Professor: Mary Louise Penaz
English 2150
19 May 2009
Success City, New York
New York City is considered to be an environment in which success dwells. Once an individual obtains an success, they can reap the reward in which they looked forward to. But in order to achieve success an individual must become acquainted with the secret that will bring about success.
Before reveling the secrets to secrets to success an individuals must first know what success means. Success is simply defined as the accomplishment of an aim or purpose. In other words success can be advancing to another academic level, or stated a small business which grew into multi million dollar corporation. The importance of success is determined by the person who accomplished it. But it is the steps taken to reach success in New York City that is important. These steps have yet to be determined.
The first step to bringing about success in New york City is academic ambition. Some of the best learning facilities are locater in New York City such as Colombia University. Attending these facilities with their rigorous curriculum, then graduating can prove an individuals capability in a difficult working environment. Having academic ambitions can motivational to pursue academic goals as well as life goals. However, being an intelligent person wont be the only ingredient to being successful in the big apple.
In addition to academics, one must also have outstanding social skills. The ability to verbally present yourself, can leave a superb impression on a potential employer. Excellent social skills can also construct relationships with other individuals that help open up new opportunities. Good social skills can relieve issues such as shyness and low self-esteem which can hinder success. Although having great academic credentials and outstanding communication skills there is one specific ingredient needed for this formula of success. Creativity is the key factor to bring about success. Having creativity is what makes a person stand out from every other individual who also has good social skills and academics.
With creativity, an individual can think of the invention that can lead to their success. For example Joseph Merlin of Huy, Belgium was the inventor of roller skates. However, the idea of roller skates begin to fade over the years. Later it was the creativity of Scott Olson and Brennan Olson, who thought of inline rollerblades and established a long lasting trend of the roller skate.
Although having the support of loved one is not necessary for to obtain success, it can be crucial to the momentum of your success. Loved ones can offer advice, encouragement, and motivation when an individual can feel overwhelmed with heir journey to success.
It is evident that the secret to success in New York City includes creativity, academic excellence, and support. With a city like New York which is filled with opportunity, it can be relatively easy to achieve success. It all depends and what a person sets their goal to be. Whether short term or long term goals once the aim or prose is accomplished using the key ingredients, the success is born.

Caswell Simpson
Professor: Mary Louise Penaz
English 2150
12 May 2009

Since the birth of the blogging era, Nuts About Southwest has gained audiences from all over the world. With spicy subject and prompt posts, Southwest heighten the amount of members and subscribers. But over the years, Southwest has noticed that it takes more than intriguing interests to keep their audience. In order to be terrific, a blog must be composed of unique voice, creative design, expert knowledge, credibility, and truthfulness.
When typing in the url for the southwest blog, the first feature noticed was the creative design. The background of the a blue sky really personalized the company’s Airline service. The design also incorporated the title of the blog. The word “nuts” in the title played a symbolic role. Being the snack served on Southwest Airlines, and the being defined as crazy. As well as a blue sky, the design had peanuts surrounding the border of its blog. This deign from southwest was good because of the incorporation of the blog and its clever roles plan with pictures and words.
Southwest is loaded with pictures as well as words. The information posted is truthful so that all subscribers would not be misled. The blog topics are posted by Southwest employees who provide reliable resources. Truthful information on Southwest blog guarantee trust between the members and the employees responsible for the blog. In addition to truthfulness bloggers must know that the information provided has been thoroughly researched.
The information on “Nuts About Southwest” is contains expert knowledge that the employees post. Most information is taken from statistics and news articles to provide backing for their information. With a designated media center, references from all reliable sources are given. Aside from the scripted blogs, there are video blogs that also provided the same if not more expert knowledge.
While browsing the Southwest blog, names of various individuals and other news company’s were printed at the bottom or side of every picture and article. The reason for having these names was to establish creditability. Creditability shows respect to the individual who provided that information. Not only is respect given but with the names posted, it markets the creditors website and blog.
These features combined portray a unique voice for the Southwest blog. Nuts about Southwest can be easily distinguished among other blogs this evaluation is the prime ingredients for a terrific blog.

Caswell Simpson

Professor: Mary Louise Penaz

English 2150

20 April 2009

  The Right to Opportunity : 

The Disadvantages of being an Immigrant in New York City

 

Does a person’s race or class determine who they are or what they can achieve in life?  In New York City, many individuals have proven that hard work can yield success. However, in reality, everyone doesn’t get what they expect; some people will be more fortune than others in accomplishing their goals. Certain factors that come into play when dealing with a person’s achievement is their social class or race. As an immigrant in New York City there are many disadvantages which can hinder successful employment as opposed to natural born citizens. Because of these disadvantages there is a disproportionate percentage of successful employment  in New York City when immigrants are compared to natural born citizens.

In the book Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehremreich is an American born individual that goes undercover and starts working in minimum wage jobs within three different cities similar to New York City. During her experience she encounters multiple individuals that are immigrants and experiences their hardships working an “unskilled job. She finds that working such “unskilled jobs” is not as easy as people believe it is. She concludes that no job is for the “unskilled”, there are skills one must possess to work under such harsh conditions for example, standing for long periods of time, taking survey questioner, doing even drug test and mostly not being treated as an equal by her employer and society. Although she faced all these difficulties as an American born person, her situation would have been more of a challenge if she was a of an immigrant. Her race would have become a factor or a “problem” when it came to her obtaining the job. In America, the number of undocumented immigrants are on the rise. In year 2007 an estimated 12 million immigrants has been reported living in the Untied States. Without citizenship it can be difficult to obtain a comfortable status in America.

As an immigrant the option of health insurance would not be available to her. With not enough money to buy more nutritious foods due to low wages, there would be a greater possibility for health issues to occur. As a citizen if an injury were to occur then emergency temporary medicaid would be provided to help ease the expense for uninsured patients. Undocumented Immigrants would not have the option of temporary insurance. Therefore the expense of the medical bill would be less affordable for a natural born citizen.

In the position of an illegal immigrant who speaks a different language, a population with english-speaking citizens would be hard to communicate with. An immigrant would have to spend time learning english while balancing a busy workload. For an immigrant obtaining jobs that require speaking to others such as a waitress and a nurse. Suppose the immigrant  knew English? He or she may also encounter racial conflicts. Immigrants  would have been discriminated against as a minority. Employers who discriminate against Immigrants would offer lower wages making it even more difficult to make ends meet. Other employers may not even hire immigrants at all. 

To avoid residential expenses an immigrant can be granted with the luxury of staying at a friend or family member’s  apartment. An immigrant would not have had any friends or family to stay with if he or she is the first to be outside of their native country. He or she would search for a place to live as well as find a new job. Other expenses that can occur while obtaining a job is the application process. The process takes a toll on time, patience, and money. Time was requires to travel from site to site and take drug tests for the application process. Money, was required to pay for the drug tests. As an immigrant, all the disadvantages mentioned will make the application process even more of a hassle. Immigrants are faced with multiple challenges, and despite their obstacles they still manage to become successfully employed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Work Cited

Ehrenreich, Barbara. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, 

Metropolitan Books, USA 2001.

Robles, Damarys. “Immigration City.” New York Sun 3 Apr. 2006 <http://

www.nysun.com/editorials/immigration-city/30243/>

Schaefer, Richard T. Sociology Matters. McGraw-Hill, New York, New York 2008.

Mazelis, Fred. “Immigrants make up 40 percent of New York City’s population”  World Socialist Website. 31 Jul. 2000.International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI).<http://www.wsws.org/articles/2000/jul2000/nyc-j31.shtml>