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In this book, I want to give a synopsis of my personal experience during the Great Recession in the United States from 2008 to 2011. This time was extremely hard financially for millions of Americans and I was part of that wave of people that lost their jobs during this time.
In the United States, your job is what defines you, and it is the first topic of conversation with someone at the coffee shop or at the bar. The writing was in the wall with the collapse of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, and no one knew the severity of the situation that the country was going to face.
In the blink of a few months, millions of people lost their jobs and their business, and poverty started to become a part of Americans’ lives. Little did I know that I would be a part of this group of people, desperately looking for work and a meaningful form of existence that would not be possible without a good paying job. In April 2009, my luck came to a crashing end and I faced long unemployment lines and no hope in sight.
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In 2009, amid the global financial crisis, 21-year-old Shannon Young graduated from college with a degree in English and more than $80,000 in student debt. Less than five years later, she was completely debt-free. This is her story - a cautionary tale with a surprisingly hopeful outcome.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Completely Unremarkable.
- De Drew en 03-15-15
De: Shannon Young
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Excellent Sheep
- The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life
- De: William Deresiewicz
- Narrado por: Mel Foster
- Duración: 8 h y 34 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 462
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Excellent Sheep takes a sharp look at the high-pressure conveyor belt that begins with parents and counselors who demand perfect grades and culminates in the skewed applications Deresiewicz saw firsthand as a member of Yale's admissions committee. As schools shift focus from the humanities to "practical" subjects like economics and computer science, students are losing the ability to think in innovative ways.
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2 out of 5 stars
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skip the book read the essay
- De Amazon Customer en 05-07-15
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Weapons of Mass Instruction
- A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling
- De: John Taylor Gatto
- Narrado por: Michael Puttonen
- Duración: 8 h y 32 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 751
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John Taylor Gatto's Weapons of Mass Instruction focuses on mechanisms of traditional education which cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning as a byproduct of rote-memorization drills. Gatto's earlier book, Dumbing Us Down, introduced the now-famous expression of the title into the common vernacular. Weapons of Mass Instruction adds another chilling metaphor to the brief against conventional schooling.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I will never see school the same
- De Nicole en 05-21-15
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How We Can Win
- Race, History and Changing the Money Game That’s Rigged
- De: Kimberly Jones
- Narrado por: Kimberly Jones
- Duración: 6 h y 9 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 125
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 111
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In How We Can Win, Jones delves into the impacts of systemic racism and reveals how her formative years in Chicago gave birth to a lifelong devotion to justice. Here, in a vital expansion of her declaration, she calls for Reconstruction 2.0, a multilayered plan to reclaim economic and social restitutions - those restitutions promised with emancipation but blocked, again and again, for more than 150 years. And, most of all, Jones delivers strategies for how we can effect change as citizens and allies while nurturing ourselves in the fight against a system that is still rigged.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Valid points made, but contradictory as well...
- De Julian C. Young en 01-28-22
De: Kimberly Jones
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It Was All a Dream
- A New Generation Confronts the Broken Promise to Black America
- De: Reniqua Allen
- Narrado por: Shayna Small
- Duración: 12 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 28
Reniqua Allen tells the stories of Black millennials searching for a better future in spite of racist policies that have closed off traditional versions of success. Many watched their parents and grandparents play by the rules, only to sink deeper and deeper into debt. They witnessed their elders fight to escape cycles of oppression for more promising prospects, largely to no avail. Today, in this post-Obama era, they face a critical turning point. Interweaving her own experience, Allen shares surprising stories of hope and ingenuity.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Great statistics and facts
- De Eve en 05-18-19
De: Reniqua Allen
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American Dreams
- Restoring Economic Opportunity for Everyone
- De: Marco Rubio
- Narrado por: Ricardo Suri
- Duración: 6 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 59
Marco Rubio's parents came to the United States in 1956. The country they found was truly a land of opportunity, where hardworking people with grade school educations could afford a home, a car, and college for their kids. A country where maids and bartenders could raise doctors, lawyers, small-business owners, and maybe even a US senator. That was the American Dream - our country's central promise to its people.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Comprehensive and compelling path for renewal.
- De gary en 06-03-15
De: Marco Rubio
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What Is Life Worth?
- The Unprecedented Effort to Compensate the Victims of 9/11
- De: Kenneth R. Feinberg
- Narrado por: James Lurie
- Duración: 5 h y 29 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Just days after September 11, 2001, Kenneth Feinberg was appointed to administer the federal 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, a unique, unprecedented fund established by Congress to compensate families who lost a loved one on 9/11 and survivors who were physically injured in the attacks. Over the course of the next three years, Feinberg spent almost all of his time meeting with the families and learned about the enduring power of grief, love, fear, faith, frustration, and courage. Most importantly, he learned that no check could make the families and victims of 9/11 whole again.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Short and to the point. Worth the time.
- De Victor en 06-02-23
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Coming Apart
- The State of White America, 1960–2010
- De: Charles Murray
- Narrado por: Traber Burns
- Duración: 12 h y 24 m
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In Coming Apart, Charles Murray explores the formation of American classes that are different in kind from anything we have ever known, focusing on whites as a way of driving home the fact that the trends he describes do not break along lines of race or ethnicity.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant & Flawed
- De Douglas C. Bates en 05-15-12
De: Charles Murray
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This Noble Land
- My Vision For America
- De: James A. Michener
- Narrado por: Arthur Addison
- Duración: 7 h y 40 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 42
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 39
This Noble Land is Michener's most personal statement about America, an examination of the issues that threaten to fragment and undermine the nation - racial conflict, the widening gulf between rich and poor, the decline of education, the inadequacies of our health care system - as well as a thought-provoking prescription for sustaining our "outstanding success". First published shortly before Michener's death, This Noble Land stands as a wake-up call for a troubled era, infused with the wisdom and passion of a lifetime.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A startling realization
- De Amazon Customer en 08-15-15
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The Art of Non-Conformity
- Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want, and Change the World
- De: Chris Guillebeau
- Narrado por: Dan John Miller
- Duración: 5 h y 30 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 398
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If you've ever thought, "There must be more to life than this," The Art of Non-Conformity is for you. Based on Chris Guillebeau's popular online manifesto "A Brief Guide to World Domination," The Art of Non-Conformity defies common assumptions about life and work while arming you with the tools to live differently. You'll discover how to live on your own terms by exploring creative self-employment, radical goal-setting, contrarian travel, and embracing life as a constant adventure.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Redundant
- De Louis en 03-11-11
De: Chris Guillebeau