school. High school is greatly engaging to students in many ways rather than not doing the fourth year of high school and going directly to college or do work. In the essay Walter Kirn says “... the senior year of public high school is less a climatic academic experience than an occasion for oafish goofing off, chronic truancy, random bullying, sloppy dancing in rented formal wear and … about the looming bummer of adulthood (1).” Really! that’s not all the seniors do during their senior year. Senior
illustrates the idea that homelessness does not have to be a final destination. The idea of taking initiative for yourself, is also presented in Liz Murray’s essay Homeless to Harvard when she states, “I became a straight-A student, completing a four-year high school programme in just two years.” (Murray) Realizing that her previous truancy had caused her to fall behind in school, Murray took accountability for her actions and persevered to finish high school with an acceptance into Harvard. Both
become difficult to analyze and/or regulate it. In fact, the transfer of personal data has increased so much that surveillance touches innumerable parts of everyday life, which leads many to wonder if society has reached the end of privacy. This essay will discuss the ways in which surveillance has become incorporated into social life. This includes a look at the history of surveillance and the different social spheres in which we experience surveillance. It will also discuss the different control