“Workplace Health Promotion Programs”

Every year, my best friends go on strike. As a student in a country where walkouts are only now becoming more frequent (and no less controversial), I can’t really fathom that strikes are expected in Italian schools at least once a year. When I ask my friends why, their responses are varied. Elena tells me there doesn’t have to be a reason, Marta insists that striking reminds the administration that students are watching, and it gives young people a way to participate in their education. Even asking my family members and other adults yields the same range of responses.

My hometown of Fanwood, NJ is a microscopic blip on the map of a state better known for its proximity to New York than for any of its own offerings. Only a square mile in diameter, my tiny little suburb might be the most uninteresting, uneventful town in existence. That’s what I’d believed, anyways, until 2017, when a little-known resident of Fanwood named Paras Jha pleaded guilty to developing the infamous Mirai computer virus. His creation made its debut on October 26, 2016, when it was used to take down Internet service across the entire East Coast (Graff).

The term “stay-at-home mother” has become widely known in society over the past few decades but it is only recently that the phrase has acquired almost exclusively negative connotations. The reason for that stigma is the same reason proponents have fought for that right: the choice of the mother or, more specifically, how that choice is regarded by others.

The audience of this paper are college students and administrations throughout the United States. This paper was sent directly to the office of Lee C. Bollinger, the President of Columbia University, because of the particular relevance the topics discussed have to the current, politically correct climate of the university. The paper discusses matters that pertain to college students on a general level and delves into specific actions taken and statements made by universities or their administrators.