my portfolio rhet 102

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Ahmed Ihab Farrag900102125

Dr. Michael GibsonSpring 2012RHET 102Section 25

Document number Content

1 MWA 1 Draft 12 MWA 1 Peer review Draft 1

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3 MWA 1 Draft 24 MWA 1 Draft 35 MWA 1 Final Draft6 MWA 1 Self assessment7 MWA 2 Draft 18 MWA 2 Draft 29 MWA 2 Draft 3

10 MWA 2 Final Draft11 MWA 2 Final Draft Revision12 MWA 3 Draft 113 MWA 3 Draft 214 MWA Final Draft15 My Presentation16 What I said in the

presentation

May 13, 2012

All my life I felt that the English classes are boring and that we do not learn

something beneficial, however, taking RHET 102 with Dr. Michael was the most

interesting class ever. At the beginning of the semester I was not able to write an

organized argument and my ideas was not clearly developed. In addition, I had a

problem of having too much information but at the end they do not make sense

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because I did not connect them right and I also had a problem of writing too long

sentences, however, I am now more capable to control the length of the sentences

and capable to relate all the paragraphs to each other and to only choose the essential

relevant information. However, not only did I learn so much about how to construct

a reasonable and attractive argument paper, but I also learnt how to convey what I

believe on paper in an organized way. What I like the most about this course is its

topics; however the most interesting topic that I was able to express my views Cleary

and make it organized and well developed was the social/economic class topic. My

portfolio is organized in an ascending order meaning that from the first paper that I

have written till the last thing I have done in class. It includes my papers, corrections

of the papers and my presentation. At the end I would like to thank my instructor for

his cooperation and for making us learn how to be well organized. I really would like

to continue my RHET courses with him and I really recommend that all students take

courses with him. This is certainly the best English class I’ve ever taken.

Document 1 and 2 are separately in my

library because they are PDF

1) MWA 1 Draft 1

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2) MWA 1 Peer review Draft 1

3Name: Ahmed Farrag

ID: 900102125

Instructor: Dr. Michael Gibson

Draft number: 2

Date: 16/3/2012

Draft 2

MWA 1

Introduction

In the past, there was a famous quotation about teaching to adults is so hard like

sculpture on stones, so that reflecting that manners and ethics should be learnt at

young age, and that manners and ethics are never too early to be learnt, therefore,

even babies and young children are being taught ethics that discipline their behavior

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like being honest, saying the truth, apologizing and saying the word "sorry", also

politeness while asking for things and saying "please". If ethics that usually discipline

manners were not learnt, misbehavior would usually be the outcome. College is

usually the stage at which children face life for the first time as an intermediate stage

between childhood and maturity. They are expected to practice their learnt ethics in

college life, which is characterized, by freedom and more independence in their

actions and behaviors. College students are being subjected to different situation

where they have to choose between doing the right thing which could be the hard and

the tough way or choose the easy, fun way to do things and by that they enjoy college

days and have fun all the way so why to bother themselves.

The purpose of the essay is to argue the premise question, which is ethics and its

relation to higher education.

Ethics is usually defined as the basic concepts as well as the fundamental stone and

the basic principles of how human should act in a right way. Ethics includes the

values that should be applied and respected like equality, human rights, and

environment and towards any operating system like college. Since college is the place

where students get the education they need to set them as the politicians, doctors and

future men and women, it is right to respect it and act ethically in order to achieve the

desired outcome from it. In case students think about any situation that they are being

subjected to ethically, there would be no issue, but the case that most student

nowadays, they don’t want to worry about success, they would go for an easy way to

succeed through cheating or through counting on others to do their assignments.

College students and acting according to the required ethics and college code of

ethics, could be so tough according to the situation as what if the easy thing is in front

of me and it would be hard to do what is ethical, or why worry about studying and

staying up late to study while having rest and succeed is an available option.

Arguing an Answer from the Extreme of Functional/Practical

There was a story about a huge tree that fell and blocked the way, so all the traffic

was stopped, the people were complaining, shouting and all were in a hurry, the

police came and tried to deal with the situation but it was in vein, they stayed for

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hours standing still, until only one boy took the action and went to move the tree, all

people were wondering what he thinks he’s doing, until other boys went with him to

move the tree, they inspired other older people to go and help, till everyone left his

car, and they all went hand by hand and were able to carry the tree away from the

road. Ethics are like the huge tree blocking the streets, whether you go and act

accordingly or you’d rather stand still till others do the difficult job and you pass by

effortless. Same for college students, either they act according to an ethical code or

they do nothing and depend on others to move the block from their way. College

students usually compare between the code of ethics and the behavior exhibited in

different aspects of life around them, as in the political life that is currently in Egypt,

students can detect oppositions easily like Tantawy and the army behavior and

whether they act according to the code of ethics expected from the army in dealing

with the revolutionists and returning security to the country in a manner of using force

and exposing civilians to being shot or with being self controlled and using wisdom.

Arguing an Answer from the Extreme of Human/Personal

There lived a girl called Marie Chantal, she was so beautiful, well raised up by her

poor parents who knew the power of ethics to help her face life's evil side, Marie

Chantal finished high school with high grades which allowed her to study at the

college of her dreams and to become a pediatrician, but here come the real test of life

when she got married and her husband abandoned her, that she had to choose whether

to continue studying or find ways to support and her baby. She was being tested for

her power to keep her ethics and never getting money with illegal ways and cheating

to pass her exams but she rather sold her long hair, her kidney and even her teeth to

get money and support her baby, herself and her studies to follow her dream with

fairness.

Some college students would answer the premise question from the human/ personal

perspective that students should make ethical choices according to situations, but

other in the same situation as Marie Chantal won't let themselves suffer that much,

they would rather drop college and work anything to get money, or abandon their

babies to a family that can support him or get money through illegal ways or depend

on their college friends to cheat. It is an ethical test that she passed through and many

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of us pass by tests on our daily lives, but sometimes it is the behavior that resulted

from ethics. (Inspired by Victor Hugo from his famous novel “les Miserables”).

Synthesis of Oppositional Extremes

Moreover, answering the premise question of ethics and its relation to the higher

education is so arguing that either the student act according to the situation without

and ethical code to monitor him and set ethical choices on situations, relationships,

and key persons relevant to situations requiring ethical choices, or setting a code of

ethics for how college wants its students to become and set them as the men and

women of the future. So it would be best to set college code of ethics and

nevertheless, some situations should be left for the students to decide how he wants to

act either according to his ethics or act freely. The college code of ethics would

include basic ethics that are needed from students to act while they are in college like

respecting the college environment and its premises, and so on.

Significance:

The importance of arguing this premise question of ethics on a college student like

myself, is so beneficial to interpret several incidence and requests from college that I

thought they might be so tough on student and students need to cross this restrictions

from time to time, as now I get to know that these are not restrictions but they are

ethics that we forgot by time.

Work cited

Hugo, Victor, and Victor Hugo. Les Miserables. New York: New American Library,

1987. Print.

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4Ahmed Farrag

Dr. Michael Gibson

RHET 102-25

Date: 18/3/2012

Draft 3 mwa1

In the past, there was a famous quotation, that teaching adults is so hard as if

sculpturing on stones, so that reflecting that manners and ethics should be learnt at

young age, and that manners and ethics are never too early to be learnt. Therefore,

even babies and young children are being taught ethics that discipline their behavior

like being honest, saying the truth, apologizing and saying the word "sorry", also

politeness while asking for things and saying "please". If ethics that usually discipline

manners were not learnt at early stage, misbehavior would usually be the outcome.

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College is usually the stage at which children face life for the first time as an

intermediate stage between childhood and maturity. Students are expected to practice

their learnt ethics in college life, which is characterized by freedom and more

independence in their actions and behaviors. College students are being subjected to

different situations where they have to choose between doing the right thing, which

could be the hard and the tough way or choose the easy, fun way to do things, and by

that they enjoy college days and have fun all the way so why bother themselves?

The purpose of the essay is to argue the premise question, which is ethics and

its relation to higher education?

Ethics is usually defined as the basic concepts as well as the fundamental

stone and the basic principles of how humans should act in a right way. Ethics

includes the values that should be applied and respected like equality, human rights,

and environment and towards any operating system like college. Since college is the

place where students get the education they need to set them as the politicians, doctors

and future men and women, it is right to respect it and act ethically in order to achieve

the desired outcome from it. In case students think about any situation that they are

being subjected to ethically, there would be no issue, but the case that most students

nowadays don’t want to worry about success; they would go for an easy way to

succeed through cheating for example, to do their assignments. College students who

act according to the required ethics and college code of ethics could be so tough

according to the situation as no matter the easy thing is in front of me and it would be

hard to do what is ethical, they may think like" why worry about studying and staying

up late to study while having rest and succeed is an available option".

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There is a story about a huge tree that fell and blocked the way, so all the

traffic was stopped, the people were complaining, shouting and all were in a hurry.

The police came and tried to deal with the situation but it was in vain. They stayed for

hours standing still, until only one boy took the action and went to move the tree.

Everyone was wondering what he was doing, until other boys went with him to help.

They inspired other older people to go and help, till everyone left his car, and they all

went hand by hand and were able to carry the tree away from the road. Ethics are like

the huge tree blocking the street; whether you go and act accordingly or you’d rather

stand still till others do the difficult job and you pass by effortlessly. It is the same for

college students; either they act according to an ethical code or they do nothing and

depend on others to move the obstacles from their way. College students usually

compare between the code of ethics and the behavior exhibited in different aspects of

life around them; as in the political life that is currently in Egypt, students can detect

oppositions easily like Tantawy and the army behavior and whether they act

according to the code of ethics expected from the army in dealing with the

revolutionists and returning security to the country in a manner of using force and

exposing civilians to being shot, they have to be self controlled.

Argument of an Answer from the Extreme of Human/Personal

There lived a girl called Marie Chantal, she was so beautiful, well raised up

by her poor parents who knew the power of ethics to help her face life's evil side.

Marie Chantal finished high school with high grades which allowed her to study at the

college of her dreams and to become a pediatrician, but then came the real test of life

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when she got married and her husband abandoned her, and she had to choose whether

to continue studying or find ways to support herself and her baby. She was being

tested for her power to keep her ethics and never have illegal money, cheat to pass her

exams but she rather sold her long hair, her kidney and even her teeth to get money

and support her baby, herself and her studies to follow her dream with fairness.


perspective that students should make ethical choices according to situations, however

others in the same situation as Marie Chantal won't let themselves suffer that much;

they would rather drop college and either work to get money, or abandon their babies

to a family that can support them or get money through illegal ways or depend on

their college friends to cheat. It is an ethical test to pass through on our daily lives, but

sometimes it is the behavior that resulted from ethics. (Inspired by Victor Hugo’s les

Miserables).


Considering the premise topic of ethics and its relation to the higher

education is awkward, that either the student act according to the situation without an

ethical code to monitor him and set ethical choices on situations, relationships, and

key persons relevant to situations requiring ethical choices, or setting a code of ethics

for how college wants its students to become and set them as the men and women of

the future because a major role of the college is to prepare the students for the future

and how can they react and interact with others. So it would be best to set a college

code of ethics, but nevertheless, some situations should be left for the students to

decide how he wants to act either according to his ethics or act freely. The college

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code of ethics would include basic ethics that are needed from students to act while

they are in college like respecting the college environment and its premises, and so

on.

Significance:

The importance of arguing this premise topic of ethics on a college student

like myself is so beneficial to interpret several incidences which happens a lot in our

life and especially during college years. I think the college has to set specific rules in

order to create a professional and systematic environment where the students can

enjoy and in the same time respect the rules of others.

Work cited

Hugo, Victor. Les Miserables. New York: New American Library, 1987. Print.

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5Ahmed Farrag

Dr. Michael Gibson

RHET 102-25

Date: 18/3/2012

Major assignment 1

Final draft

Ethics and its relation to higher education

In the past, there was a famous quotation, that teaching adults is so hard as if

sculpturing on stones, so that reflecting that manners and ethics should be learnt at

young age, and that manners and ethics are never too early to be learnt. Therefore,

even babies and young children are being taught ethics that restraint their behavior

like being honest, saying the truth, apologizing and saying the word "sorry", and also

politeness while asking for things and saying "please". If ethics were not learnt at

early stage, misbehavior would occur. College is usually the stage at which children

face life for the first time as an intermediate stage between childhood and maturity.

Students are expected to practice their learnt ethics in college life, which is

characterized by freedom and more independence in their actions and behaviors.

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College students are being subjected to different situations where they have to choose

between doing the right thing, which could be the hard and the tough way, or

choosing the easy, fun way to do things that will make them enjoy college days and

have fun all the way so why bothering themselves?

The purpose of the essay is to argue the premise question, which is ethics and

its relation to higher education.

Ethics is usually defined as the basic concepts as well as the fundamental

stone and the basic principles of how humans should act in a right way (I didn’t use a

source I wrote it from my mind). Ethics includes the values that should be applied and

respected like equality, human rights, and environment and towards any operating

system like college. Since college is the place where students get the education that is

needed to set them as the politicians, doctors and future men and women, it is

essential to respect the college and act ethically in order to achieve the desired

outcome from it. In case students think about any situation that they are being

subjected to ethically, there would be no issue, but the case that most students

nowadays don’t want to worry about success; they would go for an easy way to

succeed for example, cheating and paying money to get your assignments done.


There is a story about a huge tree that fell and blocked the way, so all the

traffic was stopped, the people were complaining, shouting and all were in a hurry.

The police came and tried to deal with the situation but it was in vain. They stayed for

hours standing still, until only one boy took the action and went to move the tree.

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Everyone was wondering what he was doing, until other boys went with him to help.

They inspired other older people to go and help, till everyone left his car, and they all

went hand by hand and were able to carry the tree away from the road. Ethics are like

the huge tree blocking the street; whether you go and act accordingly or you’d rather

stand still till others do the difficult job and you pass by effortlessly. It is the same for

college students; either they act according to an ethical code or they do nothing and

depend on others to move the obstacles from their way. College students usually

compare between the code of ethics and the behavior exhibited in different aspects of

life around them; as in the political life that is currently in Egypt, students can detect

oppositions easily like Tantawy and the army behavior and whether they act

according to the code of ethics expected from the army in dealing with the

revolutionists and returning security to the country in a manner of using force and

exposing civilians to being shot, they have to be self controlled.

Argument of an Answer from the Extreme of Human/Personal

There lived a girl called Marie Chantal, she was so beautiful, well raised up

by her poor parents who knew the power of ethics to help her face life's evil side.

Marie Chantal finished high school with high grades which allowed her to study at the

college of her dreams and to become a pediatrician, but then came the real test of life

when she got married and her husband abandoned her, and she had to choose whether

to continue studying or find ways to support herself and her baby. She was being

tested for her power to keep her ethics and never have illegal money, cheat to pass her

exams but she rather sold her long hair, her kidney and even her teeth to get money

and support her baby, herself and her studies to follow her dream with fairness.

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perspective that students should make ethical choices according to situations, however

others in the same situation as Marie Chantal won't let themselves suffer that much;

they would rather drop college and either work to get money, or abandon their babies

to a family that can support them or get money through illegal ways or depend on

their college friends to cheat. It is an ethical test to pass through on our daily lives, but

sometimes it is the behavior that resulted from ethics. (Inspired by Victor Hugo’s les

Miserables).


Considering the premise topic of ethics and its relation to the higher

education is awkward, that either the student act according to the situation without an

ethical code to monitor him and set ethical choices on situations, relationships, and

key persons relevant to situations requiring ethical choices, or setting a code of ethics

for how college wants its students to become and set them as the men and women of

the future because a major role of the college is to prepare the students for the future

and how can they react and interact with others. So it would be best to set a college

code of ethics, but nevertheless, some situations should be left for the students to

decide how he wants to act either according to his ethics or act freely. The college

code of ethics would include basic ethics that are needed from students to act while

they are in college like respecting the college environment and its premises, and so

on.

Significance:

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The importance of arguing this premise topic of ethics on a college student

like myself is so beneficial to interpret several incidences which happens a lot in our

life and especially during college years. I think the college has to set specific rules in

order to create a professional and systematic environment where the students can

enjoy and in the same time respect the rules of others.

Work cited

Hugo, Victor. Les Miserables. New York: New American Library, 1987. Print.

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6Hi Dr. Gibson according to my little experience in life, everyone sees himself the best and

also sees that he is doing the right thing all the time, no one can judge or criticize him self; So

all what I am trying to say is that of course everybody and I needs an A without working hard,

however I think that I have red the topic so many times and I have gathered plenty of

information from outside sources or from class to answer the premise question as far as I can.

Finally, I hope that I have fulfilled the requirements on MWA1. So I cannot honestly and

justly judge my self, I will leave it to you .

Thank you

Ahmed Farrag

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7Separately on my

library (PDF) 7) MWA 2 Draft 1

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8Ahmed Farrag

Dr. Michael Gibson

RHET 102-25

Date: 26/3/2012

Major assignment 2

Draft 2

(Find a suitable and an eye-catching title)

(Definition of gender as a source) read the intro and try to stick it, using outside

source and cite in the work-sited paper and in text citation.

It is so strange that gender codes change over the years, and the perception of

what is expected from a woman to be and how a man should act, has been different by time.

If older people are asked to define gender codes, they would definitely draw a different

picture than the younger generations. However, there are gender codes that could be the

same and never changed by the years, and by every generation some characteristics are

added or removed from the perceived gender codes. Moreover, gender codes differ from

culture to another and from community to another. So, obviously the western description of

gender codes is so much different than this of the Arab region and Middle East. Also, some

gender codes are defined some how in the holy books so we would find people trying to

follow them and act accordingly. Therefore, gender codes are differently perceived from one

person to another due to the external factors that he could have been through it like the

culture and society influence, the education influence so we find illiterate and uneducated

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societies tend to degrade women somehow and empower the man. However, a woman has

some characteristics that she is expected to behave accordingly to them and some times, if

these characteristics are not shown in a woman, it would be very confusing and sometimes,

this would raise the others to criticize her and the same is applied to the man but it also has

to do with the external and the internal factors that would influence others opinions as well.

According to Middle East and the Arab region, men are expected to have some

physical characteristics that would make much to the masculinity that helps in defining the

gender code in men. These physical characteristics would add to what others expect from a

man to be, like physical strength, as it is related to how the society favors men and

empowers them over women in this region, the loud voice, which gives the man his high self

esteem characteristic and moreover, a man always shows his presence and participation in

discussions using his voice, as well as the hairy look so men usually have beards and

moustaches by which they feel that they are men, hence usually in the Arab region, men

who aren’t hairy enough, the society would create some negative perception about them as

this is not considered as a masculine look. However, men are usually described in this

culture, as courageous, and sometimes they beat women, as well as never like a woman to

raise her voice on them and also, never like a woman to work and spend her earnings on

them as the society rejects the same, though if compared to other Western societies, the

man and the woman are equal and they both share in the expenses of living. Generally, men

usually have special interests that differentiate them from women, like being interested in

cars, football matches, and some sports that even the community has determined somehow

that it is related to men only like karate, cong foe, and other more. Also, Colors are used to

distinguish between the two genders types, so if any stuff is in red, purple and pink colors, so

they definitely point to women stuff and any dark and blank colors usually pointing to men

stuff. Moreover, according to the Arab region, women have special characteristics as well,

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like being weak, so any physical strength shown by a woman in this society, is always

referred to masculine characteristics, long hair, low voice, and also being taller than men, is

usually disliked, as well as women are disliked to hold high positions, as from these

characteristics and attributes, shows that there is inequity between men and women, and

how this community always favor to give birth to boys than girls, Nevertheless, there are so

many proverbs that favors men than women . also, women in the Arab region are expected

to get married before the age of 25 years, as any delay after this age, would put many

speculations and criticism which draws an attention to that a woman is always favored to be

married, have a family and raise her kids, mindless if she has a career path that many men

would dream of. Women are also seen as an emotional symbol, compared to men, so men

are hardly seen to be crying in any situation but women are always showing their emotions

without any criticism from the society.

Furthermore, the above mentioned attributes, are the general expectations from

how men and women are perceived to be in the Arab region, and usually men and women

abide this criteria and this criteria is also used in judging on how perfectly a man and a

woman are acting according to what it is expected from them as usually this gender codes

are being reinforced by the culture norms and traditions, regardless of what the situation

might be. In the Arab region society, the woman is expected to act according to her gender

code, so she is expected to obey her man and never complain from any mistreatment and/or

violence being subjected to her, as this is the logical extreme that it is perceived by the

society, however if the woman started to take an action towards this, she would be highly

criticized in the society, also if a man found out that his woman is cheating on him, the

society doesn’t judge him but actually defend him in case he killed her and moreover, the

society calls it as an honor case, however, if it was vise versa, women are subjected to death

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penalties. Therefore, this shows how the gender code that is defined by the society, actually

is used to judge on any behavior by the logical extreme.

However, many men and women in this society are trying to fight this gender codes

being applied on them. Women would be seen nowadays, staying up late at night, in public

places where usually men go, and also a lot of women are heavy smokers and smoking

sheesha, also now we would find that women are trying to break the rules by going after

their dreams, and choosing to be child free after marriage, or stay unmarried seeking a belief

or a career path. So by being an emotional to achieving something and doing their desired

actions, actually is considered to breaking free of the gender codes that the society has

applied on them. Nowadays, many movements are made calling for equity between men

and women and in protecting women rights find an outside source that will support this idea

(women rights) and cite it at the end in a work cited paper and in text citation, but this is

actually against the cultural norms and traditions which have put restrictions and rules upon

which both genders should abide.

Accordingly, both the logic extreme and the emotional extreme are actually present

but they should be not to a high level, but some situations should be acted upon the logic

extreme while others acted upon the emotional extreme. So no violence against women

should be applied and no gender code would embrace the woman to be weak and never

speak for her rights and take an action against any violence against her by her husband, as

well as women should have the right to pursue a career path and not to be deprived from it

just to get married, also no woman is accepted to consider herself as a man as there are

differences between the two genders. Therefore, men should act according to the gender

role and women as well but to an extent and depending on the situation.

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No matter how men and women are different by nature, but they both have the right to act

upon the situation they are being put into. There should be no preference for any of them

based on culture and traditions, and yet culture norms should be respected in some cases

but not to be followed blindly. Also judgments on any of the two genders should not be

without taking quite a deep investigation in the situation without considering any gender

code obligations.

Include in the conclusion, how to do something to change the culture tradition in order to free women and how could I help women challenge these codes and be free? And how to apply this in my life and how to support women? (This is so important )

Look up the grammar

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9Ahmed Farrag

Dr. Michael Gibson

RHET 102-25

Date: 26/3/2012

Major assignment 2

Draft 3

(Find a suitable and an eye-catching title)

Gender is widely known by the sex of the person – female or male – however,

its sociological definition goes beyond the biological characteristics that differs men

and women. Gender refers to the different tasks internalized by men and woman; it

refers to how men could control a specific task different from women. These

characteristics usually shaped by the cultural, social, occupation and class. (“WHAT

IS GENDER?”) Even though opposite sex act differently they tend to have partial

similarities due to having the same cultural backgrounds. It is so strange that gender

codes change over the years and has in fact changed as women started to have

different needs and interests, and men as well started to percept things differently. If

older people were asked to define gender codes, they would definitely draw a

different picture than adolescents. However, there are gender codes that could be the

same and passed on to the future generations. These codes that pass on will vary as

different generations have different needs, interests and perspectives. Moreover,

gender codes differ from culture to another and from one community to another. So,

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obviously the western description of gender codes is much different than this of the

Arab region and Middle East. Also, some gender codes are defined some how in the

holy books so we would find people trying to follow them and act accordingly.

Therefore, gender codes are differently perceived from one person to another due to

the external factors for example; culture and society have tremendous influence. Also

education has a noticeable influence; so we find illiterate and uneducated societies

tend to degrade women somehow and empower the man and vice versa. However, a

woman has some characteristics that she is expected to abide behave accordingly to

them and sometimes, if these characteristics are not found in a woman, it would be

very disappointing. If the woman lacked these desirable characteristics (what

characteristics) they are usually criticized by others and looked upon. There are also

some standards that women look for in men and they are usually rejected by women if

they lacked these characteristics. How people criticize and value the opposite sex is

influenced by internal factors such as financial and social standards and external

factors such as cultural backgrounds. and sometimes, this would raise the others to

criticize her and the same is applied to the man but it also has to do with the external

and the internal factors that would influence others opinions as well.


physical characteristics that would make much to the masculinity that helps in defining the





discussions using his voice, as well as the hairy look so men usually have beards and


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them as the society rejects the same, though if compared to other Western societies, the

man and the woman are equal and they both share in(at) the expenses of living. Generally,

men usually have special interests that differentiate them from women, like being interested

in cars, football matches, and some sports that even the community has determined

somehow that it is related to men only(,forexample) like karate, cong foe, and other more.

Also, Colors are used to distinguish between the two genders types, so if any stuff is in red,

purple and pink colors, so they definitely point to women stuff and any dark and blank colors

usually pointing to men stuff. Moreover, according to the Arab region, women have special

characteristics as well, like being weak, so any physical strength shown by a woman in this

society, is always referred to masculine characteristics, long hair, low voice, and also being

taller than men, is usually disliked, as well as women are disliked to hold high positions, as

from these characteristics and attributes, shows that there is inequity between men and

women, and how this community always favor to give birth to boys than girls. Nevertheless,

there are so many proverbs that favor men than women. Also, women in the Arab region are

expected to get married before the age of 25 years, as any delay after this age, would put

many speculations and criticism which draws an attention to that a woman is always favored

to be married, have a family and raise her kids, mindless if she has a career path that many

men would dream of. Women are also seen as an emotional symbol, compared to men, so

men are hardly seen to be crying in any situation but women are always showing their

emotions without any criticism from the society.

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abide this criteria and this criteria is also used in judging on how perfectly a man and a



might be. In the Arab region society, the woman is expected to act according to her gender

code, so she is expected to obey her man and never complain from any mistreatment and/or

violence being subjected to her, as this is the logical extreme that it is perceived by the

society,(;) however, if the woman started to take an action towards this, she would be highly

criticized in the society, also if a man found out that his woman is cheating on him, the

society doesn’t judge him but actually defend him in case he killed her and moreover, the

society calls it as an honor case, however, if it was vise versa, women are subjected to death

penalties. Therefore, this shows how the gender code that is defined by the society, actually

is used to judge on any behavior by the logical extreme.( dah kan pargraph lewa7doo leh

laz2tihom)

However, many men and women in this society are trying to fight this(these) gender

codes being applied on them. Women would be seen nowadays, staying up late at

night, in public places where usually men go, and also a lot of women are heavy

smokers and smoking sheesha. Moreover, also now we would find that women are

trying to break the rules by going after their dreams, and choosing to be child free

after marriage, or stay unmarried seeking a belief or a career path. Women or rather

modern women seek freedom of speech, they are more achieved now to go after their

wants due to several factors; two major factors are the attention given to them by the

media and women having same interests and perspectives encouraging each other to

make a different in the society. So by being an emotional to achieving something and

doing their desired actions, actually is considered to breaking free of the gender codes

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that the society has applied on them. Nowadays, many movements are made calling

for equity between men and women and in protecting women rights find an outside

source that will support this idea (women rights) and cite it at the end in a work cited

paper and in text citation, but this is actually against the cultural norms and traditions

which have put restrictions and rules upon which both genders should abide.(law

2olna upon women should abide) One latest significant event that empowered women

their involvement in the 25th January Egyptian revolution; women were encouraged to

go to Tahrir Sq. and participate in the revolution and say their opinion. Moreover,

there is a woman called “Bothaina Kamel”, who was encouraged to the extent that she

wanted to elect herself to the presidency (“Egypt’s First Female Presidential

Candidate”) (“Protests raise hope for women's rights in Egypt”).

Accordingly, both the logic extreme and the emotional extreme are actually present

but they should be not to a high level, however, there are some cases where it is essential to

act some (fee 7aga)situations should be acted upon the logic extreme while others acted

upon the emotional extreme. So no violence against women should be applied and no

gender code would embrace the woman to be weak and never speak for her rights and take

an action against any violence against her by her husband, as well as women should have

the right to pursue a career path and not to be deprived from it just to get married, also no

woman is accepted to consider herself as a man as there are differences between the two

genders. Therefore, men should act according to the gender role and women as well but to

an extent and depending on the situation.

No matter how men and women are different by nature, but they both have the right

to act upon the situation they are being put into. There should be no preference for any of

them based on culture and traditions, and yet culture norms should be respected in some

cases but not to be followed blindly. Also judgments on any of the two genders should not

be without taking quite a deep investigation in the situation without considering any gender

30

code obligations. In ancient Egypt women were expected to stay at home and be under the

power of their men, however, women are aware that they’ve been deprived from their

rights and that they should ask for them and that their role should be acknowledged by the

society. The main issue that should be modified is the cultural perspective of women; men

should allow their women to work and have their private live; also they should give them

freedom of speech and to take their opinion into consideration in their decisions whether

privately or in their job. Most important issue that should be resolved is how women are

normally rejected to work if they are married or have children as some women are capable

of working efficiently while being married or having children. From my point of view, these

changes will not occur in a blank of an eye thus, I will start to give women more freedom and

respect which will increase others to follow this strategy. For example; I will accept the idea

that women could be successful in political and engineering fields. I will give them more

space to share their opinion and give them suggestions on how they could gain men’s

respect. Nevertheless, I could establish a group that their goal is to capture value for women

and their rights and this group will include both men and women.

Include in the conclusion, how to do something to change the culture tradition in order to

free women and how could I help women challenge these codes and be free? And how to

apply this in my life and how to support women? (This is so important)

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Work cited

"Egyptâs First Female Presidential Candidate." Egyptâs First Female Presidential Candidate.

Web. 16 Apr. 2012. <http://www.care2.com/greenliving/egypts-first-female-presidential-

candidate.html>.

King, Laura. "Protests Raise Hope for Women's Rights in Egypt." Los Angeles Times. Los

Angeles Times, 02 Feb. 2011. Web. 16 Apr. 2012.

<http://articles.latimes.com/2011/feb/02/world/la-fg-egypt-women-20110203>.

"WHAT ISGENDER?" What Is Gender? Web. 16 Apr. 2012.

<http://www.fao.org/docrep/007/y5608e/y5608e01.htm>.

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10Ahmed Farrag

Dr. Michael Gibson

RHET 102-25

Date: 17/4/2012

Major assignment 2

Final draft

Gender revolution through generations



and women. Gender refers to the different tasks internalized by men and woman; it

refers to how men could control a specific task different from women. These

characteristics usually shaped by the cultural, social, occupation and class (“What is

Gender?”). Even though opposite sex act differently, they tend to have partial


codes change over the years and have in fact changed as women started to have

different needs and interests, and men as well started to percept things differently. If





gender codes differ from culture to another and from one community to another. So,

33

obviously the western description of gender codes is much different than this of the

Arab region and Middle East. Also, some gender codes are defined some how in the


Therefore, gender codes are differently perceived from one person to another due to

the external factors for example; culture and society have tremendous influence. Also

education has a noticeable influence; so we find illiterate and uneducated societies

tend to degrade women somehow and empower the man. However, a woman has

some characteristics that she is expected to abide to them and sometimes, if these

characteristics are not found in a woman, it would be very disappointing. If the

woman lacked these desirable characteristics, which are loyalty, staying home and

raising children, they will be rejected by the men. They are also expected to respect

their husband and do what they are asked. They are usually criticized by others and

looked upon. There are also some standards that women look for in men and they are

usually rejected by women if they lacked these characteristics. How people criticize

and value the opposite sex is influenced by internal factors such as financial and

social standards and external factors such as cultural backgrounds.


physical characteristics which would appeal to the masculinity that helps in defining the





discussions using his voice, as well as the hairy look; so men usually have beards and



34




them as the society rejects this idea. Though if compared to other Western societies, the

man and the woman are equal and they both share in the expenses of living. Generally, men

usually have special interests that differentiate them from women, like being interested in

cars, football matches, and some sports that even the community has determined somehow

that it is related to men only like karate, cong foe, and other more. Also, Colors are used to

distinguish between the two genders types, so if any stuff is in red, purple and pink colors, so

they definitely point to women stuff and any dark and black colors are usually pointing to

men stuff. Moreover, according to the Arab region, women have special characteristics as

well, like being weak, so any physical strength shown by a woman in this society, is always

referred to masculine characteristics, long hair, low voice, and also being taller than men, is

usually disliked, as well as women are disliked to hold high positions, as from these

characteristics and attributes, shows that there is inequality between men and women, and

how this community always favor to give birth to boys than girls. Nevertheless, there are so

many proverbs that favor men than women. Also, women in the Arab region are expected to

get married before the age of 25 years, as any delay after this age, would put many

speculations and criticism which draws an attention to that a woman is always favored to be

married, have a family and raise her kids, mindless if she has a career path that many men

would dream of. Women are also seen as an emotional symbol, compared to men, so men

are hardly seen to be crying in any situation but women are always showing their emotions

without any criticism from the society.



abide to this criteria and this criteria is also used in judging on how perfectly a man and a

35



might be. In the Arab society, the woman is expected to act according to her gender code, so

she is expected to obey her man and never complain from any mistreatment and/or violence

being subjected to her, as this is the logical extreme that it is perceived by the society.

However, if the woman started to take an action towards this, she would be highly criticized

by the society, also if a man found out that his woman is cheating on him, the society

doesn’t judge him but actually defend him in case he killed her. Moreover, the society calls it

as an honor case; however, if it was vise versa, women are subjected to death penalties.

Therefore, this shows how the gender code that is defined by the society, actually is used to

judge on any behavior by the logical extreme.

However, many men and women in this society are trying to fight these gender



smokers and smoking sheesha. Moreover, now we would find that women are trying

to break the rules by going after their dreams, and choosing to be child free after

marriage, or staying unmarried seeking a belief or a career path. Women or rather

modern women seek freedom of speech, they are more achieved now to go after their

wants due to several factors; two major factors are the attention given to them by the

media and women having same interests and perspectives encouraging each other to

make a difference in the society. Nowadays, many movements are made calling for

equality between men and women and in protecting women rights, but this is actually

against the cultural norms and traditions which have put restrictions and rules which

both genders should respect. One latest significant event that empowered women was

their involvement in the 25th January Egyptian revolution; women were encouraged to

go to Tahrir Sq. and participate in the revolution and say their opinion. Moreover,

36

there is a woman called “Bothaina Kamel”, who was encouraged to the extent that she

wanted to elect herself to the presidency (“Egypt’s First Female Presidential

Candidate”, “Protests raise hope for women's rights in Egypt”).

Accordingly, both the logic extreme and the emotional extreme are actually

present but they should be not to a high level, however, there are some cases where it is

essential to act upon the logic extreme while others acted upon the emotional extreme. So

no violence against women should be applied and no gender code would embrace the

woman to be weak and never speak for her rights and take an action against any violence

that she is subjected to, as well as women should have the right to pursue a career path and

not to be deprived from it just to get married. Furthermore, no woman is accepted to

project herself as a man as there are differences between the two genders. Therefore, men

should act according to the gender role and women as well but to an extent and depending

on the situation.

No matter how men and women are different by nature, but they both have

the right to act upon the situation they are being put into. There should be no preference for

any of them based on culture and traditions, and yet culture norms should be respected in

some cases but not to be followed blindly. Also judgments on any of the two genders should

not be considered without taking a quite deep investigation in the situation. In ancient

Egypt women were expected to stay at home and be under the power of their men,

however, women became aware that they’ve been deprived from their rights and that they

should ask for them and that their role should be acknowledged by the society. The main

issue that should be modified is the cultural perspective of women; men should allow their

women to work and have their private live; also they should give them freedom of speech

and to take their opinion into consideration in their decisions whether privately or in their

37

job. Most important issue that should be resolved is how women are normally rejected to

work if they are married or have children as some women are capable of working efficiently

while being married or having children. From my point of view, these changes will not occur

in a blank of an eye thus, I will start to give women more freedom and respect, which will

increase others to follow this strategy. For example; I will accept the idea that women could

be successful in political and engineering fields. I will give them more space to share their

opinion and give them suggestions on how they could gain men’s respect. Nevertheless, I

could establish a group that its goal is to capture values for women and their rights and this

group will include both men and women.

Work cited

"Egyptâs First Female Presidential Candidate." Egyptâs First Female Presidential

Candidate. Web. 16 Apr. 2012. <http://www.care2.com/greenliving/egypts-first-female-

presidential-candidate.html>.

King, Laura. "Protests Raise Hope for Women's Rights in Egypt." Los Angeles Times.

Los Angeles Times, 02 Feb. 2011. Web. 16 Apr. 2012.

<http://articles.latimes.com/2011/feb/02/world/la-fg-egypt-women-20110203>.



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11Ahmed Farrag

Dr. Michael Gibson

RHET 102-25

Date: 25/4/2012

Major assignment 2

Final draft revision

Gender revolution through generations



and women. Gender refers to the different tasks internalized by men and women; it

refers to how men able to control a specific task different from women. These

characteristics had usually shaped by the cultural, social, occupation and class (“What

is Gender?”). Even though opposite sexes act differently, they tend to have partial


codes change over the years and have in fact changed as women started to have

different needs and interests, and men as well started to perceive things differently. If




39


gender codes differ from one culture to another and from one community to another.

So, obviously the Western description of gender codes is much different than that of

the Arab region and Middle East. Also, some gender codes are defined somehow in


Moreover, gender codes are differently perceived from one person to another due to

the external factors, for example, culture and society have tremendous influence. Also

education has a noticeable influence, so we find illiterate and uneducated societies

tend to degrade women somehow and empower men.

However, a woman has some characteristics that she is expected to abide by

and sometimes, if these characteristics are not found in a woman, it would be very

disappointing to the men who are interested in marrying them. If the woman lacked

these desirable characteristics, which are loyalty, staying home and raising children,

they will be rejected by the men, criticized by others and looked upon. They are also

expected to respect their husbands and do what they are asked. There are also some

standards that women look for in men and they are usually reject the men, who lack

these characteristics, such as being physically able to protect the family and capable

financially to afford the family’s everyday expenditure. From my point of view,

women should choose their husbands depending on other criteria, other than financial

position and how they choose their husbands depend on how they are brought up thus,

there should be programs that raise awareness on how people should bring up their

children. Moreover, the schools offer home etiquette classes to teach girls how to

cook and clean, but they also should offer classes on how girls could be both

successful wife and working woman. How people criticize and value the opposite sex

is influenced by internal factors such as financial and social standards, for example,

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the man’s occupation, income and which social class does he belong to, and external

factors such as cultural backgrounds.

Gender code doesn’t only affect people when they are mature, it also affects

them as they grow up and the students shape their personality through their interaction

with the opposite sex in school and university. It is believed that girls are more

intelligent than boys in art, theatre, mass communication and marketing; however,

boys are more intellectual in engineering and finance field. Recently girls have proven

this belief wrong and showed that they could be as much intelligent in engineering

and finance as any boy could. Moreover, girls also started to demand an adequate

learning and to go to school as in the past it was not accepted by the society for a girl

to go to a school with boys and learn. Women should have the total right to learn and

take engineering degree or any other degree that is believed to be men’s and

considered for the job just as any other man applying for the job.

According to the Middle East and the Arab region, men are expected to have some

physical characteristics, which would appeal to the masculinity that helps in following the

gender code in men. These physical characteristics would add to what others expect a man

to be, like physical strength, as it is related to how the society favors men and empowers

them over women in this region, the loud voice, which builds up the man’s self esteem

characteristic. Moreover, a man always shows his presence and participation in discussions

using his voice. Men are usually described in this culture as courageous, and sometimes they

beat up women so they could feel that they have full control over their women and it is

totally rejected by the society for a woman to raise her voice. Also, never like a woman to

work and spend her earnings on the family; instead the man should work and take care of

his family financially wise. Though if compared to other Western societies, the man and the

woman are equal and they both share in the expenses of living. According to the Arab

41

region, women have special characteristics as well, like being weak, so if a woman had any

characteristics that doesn’t fit traditional perception of how women should be, they are

degraded by men as they prefer the woman to be housewife and to take care of the

children, clean the house and by the time he arrives home the food should be ready. This

concept should be modified, as women are far more important than to take care of the

house. Women had proven themselves to be successful and independent. They are also

sometimes considered to be more successful than men in specific jobs such as, decorations,

banking and secretaries because they tend to give more attention to little details that is

usually neglected by men, and modernized women also proved that they could work in the

political field. To sum up, previous facts show that there was a huge gap between men and

women that have been amended to some extent. Men should accept the women presence

in work field and value their suggestions, they should not let their ego control them as their

aim should be building a successful society and business not to degrade women and neglect

them.

Also, women in the Arab region are expected to get married before the age of 25

years, however, if a woman stayed unmarried, the Arab society tend to jump into

conclusions, make speculations and criticize her without hearing her reasons for staying

single. The society should stop looking at women as if they are just other objects. women

should be taken more seriously and the community should raise awareness to the whole

community about the importance of having equality between men and women. People in

rural areas have a propensity to degrade women more than people in urban areas due to

mostly being illiterate and believing that men are the only ones who are able of earning

money. Rural residents also favor to have sons than daughters so they could take care of the

family when the father dies. Nevertheless, there are some situations where daughters urge

to learn and move to urban areas and work, and afford the family’s expenses.

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Furthermore, the above-mentioned attributes are the general expectations from

how men and women are perceived to be in the Arab region, and how it had changed. In the

Arab society, the woman is expected to act according to her gender code, so she is expected

to obey her man and never complain from any mistreatment and/or violence that she was

subjected to, as this is the logical extreme that it is perceived by the society. However, if the

woman started to take an action towards this, she would be highly criticized by the society,

also if a man found out that his woman is cheating on him, the society doesn’t judge him but

actually defend him in case he killed her. Moreover, the society calls it as an honor case;

however, if it was vise versa, women are subjected to death penalties. Therefore, this shows

how the gender code that is defined by the society, actually is used to judge on any behavior

by the logical extreme.

However, many men and women in this society are trying to fight these gender



smokers and smoking sheesha. Moreover, now we would find that women are trying

to not to follow the stereotyped woman by going after their dreams, and choosing to

be child free after marriage, or staying unmarried seeking a belief or a career path.

Currently, women or rather modern women seek freedom of speech, are more

optimistic to go after their wants due to several factors; two major factors are the

attention given to them by the media and women having same interests and

perspectives encouraging each other to make a difference in the society. Furthermore,

in modern society and urban areas, there have been changes that proved that men are

more likely to stay as they are the traditional man – masculine, adventurous,

controlling and powerful – while women less likely to be stereotype. They tend to

change how the globe perceives them. Even in education girls started to participate in

projects, sports such as football and basketball and activities. This development made

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the society realize that girls could be responsible and independent. Nowadays, many

movements are made calling for equality between men and women and in protecting

women rights, but this is actually against the cultural norms and traditions which have

put restrictions and rules which both genders should respect. One latest significant

event that empowered women was their involvement in the 25th January Egyptian

revolution; women were encouraged to go to Tahrir Sq. and participate in the

revolution and say their opinion. Moreover, there is a woman called “Bothaina

Kamel”, who was encouraged to the extent that she wanted to elect herself to the

presidency (“Egypt’s First Female Presidential Candidate”, “Protests raise hope for

women's rights in Egypt”).

Accordingly, both the logic extreme and the emotional extreme are actually

present but they should be not to a high level, however, there are some cases where it

is essential to act upon the logic extreme while others acted upon the emotional

extreme. So no violence against women should be applied and no gender code would

embrace the woman to be weak and never speak for her rights and take an action

against any violence that she is subjected to, as well as women should have the right

to pursue a career path and not to be deprived from it just to get married. Furthermore,

no woman is accepted to project herself as a man as there are differences between the

two genders. Therefore, men should act according to the gender role and women as

well but to an extent and depending on the situation.

No matter how men and women are different by nature, but they both have

the right to act upon the situation they are facing. There should be no preference for any of

them based on culture and traditions, and yet culture norms should be respected in some

cases but not to be followed blindly. Also judgments on any of the two genders should not

be considered without taking a quite deep investigation in the situation. In ancient Egypt

women were expected to stay at home and be under the power of their men, however,

44

women became aware that they’ve been deprived from their rights and that they should ask

for them and that their role should be acknowledged by the society. The main approach is

that the society should modify their perception of women; men should allow their women to

work and have their private live; also they should give them freedom of speech and to take

their opinion into consideration in their decisions whether privately or in their job. Most

important issue that should be resolved is how women are normally rejected to work if they

are married or have children, as some women are capable of working efficiently while being

married or having children. From my point of view, these changes will not occur in a blank of

an eye thus, I will start to give women more freedom and respect, which will increase others

to follow this strategy. For example, I will accept the idea that women could be successful in

political and engineering fields. I will give them more space to share their opinion and give

them suggestions on how they could gain men’s respect. Nevertheless, I could establish a

group that its goal is to capture values for women and their rights and this group will include

both men and women.

Work cited

"Egyptâs First Female Presidential Candidate." Egyptâs First Female Presidential

Candidate. Web. 16 Apr. 2012. <http://www.care2.com/greenliving/egypts-first-female-

presidential-candidate.html>.

King, Laura. "Protests Raise Hope for Women's Rights in Egypt." Los Angeles Times.

02 Feb. 2011. Web. 16 Apr. 2012. <http://articles.latimes.com/2011/feb/02/world/la-fg-

egypt-women-20110203>.



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12 AND 13 are separately at the library (PDF)

12) MWA 3 Draft 113) MWA 3 Draft 2

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14Ahmed Farrag

900102125

Dr. Michael Gibson

RHET 102-25

May 9, 2012

MWA 3 Final Draft

What does it mean for me to be a college student from the perspective of

economic/social class?

One of the major drawbacks that are observed in every society is the classification of

the societies into several economic/social classes. This paper tries to answer the premise

question: what does it mean for me to be a college student from the perspective of

economic/social class? The purpose of the essay is to try to influence other students to think

about when to conform to a code of the social class and when to resist it. Social/economic

class is actually the classification of the society into different classes; socialists and

economists have classified it into three main levels: the worker class, the middle and the

high/rich class. It is a kind of classifying the society according to the social status,

backgrounds and financial status. According to the author of Social Class and Stratification,

she mentioned that there is another form of classification, which is stratifying the social class

depending on skills, educational level, occupation and financial standards. Obviously, similar

people are grouped into one social class and economic status. Thus, in every society we find

these three classifications present in every aspect of our life and, it is there as well in college

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life (Levine). Generally, students try to belong to their social class or some try to be open to

other students from other classes .

Since college, students are subjected to an open society where students meet

different people of different social classifications and economic status that differentiates

them from one another, people who support sticking to the social class consider that it is the

best thing for students to stick to the class that he/she is familiar with. So by sticking to their

code of social/ economic class their sense of belongingness to the college actually increases

and, their familiarization to college increases through meeting and dealing with people of

the same social and economic class, as usually students who do not meet others like them,

might feel rejected and ignored. As a result, this decreases their persistence to succeed and

study, as they should be. Conversely, group paradigm between students in college usually

indicates that there is a direct sense of belongingness to college and contributes to their

success factors. According to the social identity theory and research on intergroup relations,

in colleges many groups of students are composed of similar students of similar

backgrounds, social and economic class. Since this study shows that people who belong to

the same class usually have common interests and goals, and may seek the same

educational path and join similar colleges (Robinson, Peter & Tajfel).

In fact, sticking to students’ own social and economic class which is highly observed

in colleges, could actually be a discrimination form, as discrimination is belonging to a

certain group of people and rejecting any member who might belong to another group in

the society. Therefore, insensitive actions could actually result from this discrimination, like

any abusive words or actions. Therefore, this could be considered inhumane by many,

because it could negatively influence the students’ self-confidence. Since students are the

creators of the future and if they exhibit this while they are being prepared to face real life,

then definitely, they won’t become effective politicians, responsible men and women of the

future. Concerning what students are exposed to in college, is an intergroup discrimination

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(Archer & Hutchings, 2000). The formation of groups of common social and economic

similarities actually is a sign that usually social and economic class, genders, race and religion

might be the way that shapes them, and thus, this cannot be encouraged as this might form

further negative implications on the society, because discrimination divisions, conflicts and

disputes may result later on after college (Hesketh). On the other hand, from a different

perspective, some students are open to all classes of the society and treat all people equally,

however this can affect them negatively because some may harm each other, and as a result

there must be some limits in order not to be negatively influenced.

There must be a sense of differentiation between when to exhibit the sense of

belongingness to a certain social and economic class, and when to resist this concept and be

open to the community of different classes and different backgrounds. No one could deny

that there are social differences and that every student feels comfortable by having friends

at college that he/she feels familiar with and thus, aids in their feeling of membership to the

college and contribute to their persistence to succeed in college. Nevertheless, this should

not be the rule of coping to college life as students who feel that others do not welcome

them are affected negatively and it affects their self-esteem. Thus, they exhibit a reaction of

avoidance in the society; these students lack sense of belongingness thus they prefer to be

unsociable and feel discriminated against. Consequently, students should be encouraged to

deal with everyone from different social/economic classes; however, one should form strong

friendships to similar social/economic class, as they could understand his/her interest and

issues more than others; in contrast, it is not necessarily to form close friendships with

different classes.

Life is an open field where students will join work after college and they will

certainly not choose the people at work, but they will deal with them whether they like or

hate them. In addition, in order to be successful afterwards and be effective managers and

leaders, they should know the differences in the society and accept them as well as dealing

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with everyone equally. Students should allow themselves to be open to everyone and accept

the presence of differences in the society according to their social and economic class. Now I

could strongly claim that I should not be biased to any kind of people and that I have to

accept similar and different people and to accept other points of view in order to be

successful in my life. Another learnt lesson from that argument is that I should put some

boundaries while interacting with people of different social/economic classes in order not be

affected adversely by their behavior.

Works Cited

Archer, Louise, and Merryn Hutchings. "'Bettering Yourself'? Discourses of Risk, Cost and

Benefit in Ethnically Diverse, Young Working-class Non-participants' Constructions of

Higher Education." British Journal of Sociology of Education 21.4 (2000): 555-74.

Print.

Hesketh, Anthony J. "Towards an Economic Sociology of the Student Financial Experience of

Higher Education." Journal of Education Policy 14.4 (1999): 385-410. Print.

Levine, Rhonda F. Social Class and Stratification: Classic Statements and Theoretical Debates.

Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 1998. Print.

Robinson, William Peter, and Henri Tajfel. Social Groups and Identities: Developing the

Legacy of Henri Tajfel. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1996. 1-23. Print.

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The presentation is on the library

16Good evening everyone my name is ahmed ihab and I will talk to you about what

does it mean for students to be judged depending on their social or economic class

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First of all, as u all may have noticed, students tend to judge each other depending on

the social class they belong to, which most of the time have a negative impact on the

students.

Before introducing the reasons for why students follow the social code and what its

effect on other students is I will first introduce the definition of Social/economic code,

it is the classification of the society into different classes, usually into 3 main levels:

the worker class, the middle and the high/rich class. In other words, it is

differentiating people according to their financial standards, occupation, skills and

education.

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In college, students are exposed to an environment full of students from various

social classes and due to the normal college life they have to deal with each other and

try to cope to the usual college environment.

However, there are some Students, who follow the social code, as from their point of

view it is for their own benefit to be friends with students from the same economic

standards because this will increase their sense of belongingness and self of esteem

due to dealing with students with the same concepts, background and beliefs.

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Sticking to students’ own social and economic class has been considered as a form of

intergroup discrimination.

Intergroup Discrimination is defined as belonging to a certain group of people and

rejecting any member who might belong to other groups in the society. In college

Students, who belongs to different class are often rejected by other groups and

neglected.

Sometimes insensitive actions could actually result from this discrimination, it could

be in the form of any abuse by words or actions, and so, following a certain group

may be considered by many as inhumane, especially in students as they are the

creators of the future and if they exhibit this while they are being prepared to face real

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life, then definitely, they won’t compose successful politicians, responsible men and

women of the future.

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Other than having long term effect, it will affect the students’ self esteem and it will

make them shy, introvert and might even have serious psychological effect.

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For example most of you know the popular series Gossip girl and as many of u

remember how Blair and her group treated Dan and his sister jenny just because they

belonged to different social class even though they were successful to join the rich

school. And many of you also remember what jenny did to gain the acceptance of

blair as she was the queen of the group. This proves that students, who are under peer

pressure, are ready to do anything to gain access to other groups and sometimes it

might end up badly like in jenny’s case.

Other than Gossip girl series there have been enormous number of movies, series and

even songs calling for equality between students regardless their social standards.

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mwa final draft

final draft revision

peer review draft

michael gibson draft

learnt ethics

organized argument

taught ethics

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