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Identify major crime trends and patterns in the United States.
3.)Are the rates going up or down? That is, what are the trends?

4)How does your state’s rate compare with the national rate?

5) What are the causes/patterns of homicide in your state?

1. What is the role of religion in the Hispanic community? Which denomination is prevalent, and which are growing? What are the aspirations and accomplishments of Latinos in education? Provide specific supporting examples.

2. Describe something you found to be of interest/informative based on this week’s readings, supplemental material (Power Point, websites, etc.)

Identify at least three laws or crime strategies that suppress the lower class, either past or current.
Explain in detail how that power difference affects both classes. (Keep in mind that the theory proposes that the rich get richer by suppressing the poor and incarcerating them).

What surprised you? What was consistent with what you have learned in this course? Inconsistent? What assumptions did you have about the opioid epidemic prior to watching the series? How did these change (or stay the same) over the course of watching the series?

1, What are some of the obstacles a pregnant teen might face?

2, why are teens at risk for having small, premature infants?

3, Recent research has shown that some teens can be in denial or disillusionment about their pregnancy. There is even research suggesting that teens might purposefully try to become pregnant and be completely disillusioned to the reality of the situation (i.e. not understand how challenging it will be to raise an infant). In your opinion, why might this happen?

Compare and contrast organizational innovation with innovation in general. Is there a difference?
Determine if company or departmental culture has impact on an organization’s ability to innovate.

Write a paragraph explaining on what the hydroponic method is.

What is the role of social movements in achieving Civil Rights? How do street protests and demonstrations interact with “normal” politics?

How has Tesla been disrupting the auto industry (if at all)?
1. What’s the industrial structure for automobiles at the turn of the century? Which (local) firms were the last successful entrants into the market?
2. What are the major differences between an ICE (internal combustion engine) car and an EV (electric vehicles) car? Any implications for firm capability, business model and competition dynamics?
3. In comparison to conventional cars, what is a Tesla?
4. How has the financial market been responding to the Tesla story? Please trace it from the first day of IPO until today. Anything to learn from the stock price fluctuation?
5. (Bonus) How do the challenges imposed by Tesla differ from those imposed by the Japanese auto companies to Detroit’s Big Three?

Tito Mukhopadhyay is an autistic man. He was born in India before moving to the United States. He is nonspeaking and communicates by writing.

There are several different questions you can ask yourself as you read the book. Whatever you focus on, please make sure to talk about the book and to cite it in your post!

Memoir as Disability Narrative Format
We have read many shorter nonfiction works so far this semester, such as essays and chapters of books. What’s different about a book-length memoir as a format?
Think about all the formats we have explored so far (fiction, social media, cartoons, songs, poetry, essays, memoir, etc.). How does the book compare? What do you like best and why?
What might Mukhopadhyay be able to communicate via a memoir that would be harder to communicate in a shorter work, such as an essay?

Narratives as a Form of Disability Advocacy
How can disability narratives be used to advocate for disability rights and disability justice? What is your opinion about Plankton Dreams as a text advocating for change for students with disabilities?
How can advocacy be a goal of disability narratives and a theme of disability narratives?
What issues you would like to advocate for if you were writing a narrative that included advocacy?

Humor and Disability Narratives
What role can humor play in disability narratives? How does humor connect to questions of format and advocacy?
If you found the book amusing, talk about it.