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Inclusion
Number of Words: 760 / Number of Pages: 3
... and be insensitive to the disabled children. By ignoring the disabled children or treating them badly, the children will lose self-esteem and may disrupt the class in order to show their unhappiness. Some teachers are not familiar with teaching disabled children, so the education is lacking for the children. Teachers may continue to teach their classes at an accelerated level, forgetting about the slower students. The students will then fall behind and get frustrated with the situation. All these factors hurt disabled children’s education and will hurt their chances at succeeding in life. Being in ...
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School Violence
Number of Words: 1535 / Number of Pages: 6
... They propose Safe, Disciplined, and Drug-free Schools by the year 2000. (Perlstein B. 02) Despite heightened public attention following a surge in multiple homicides in schools, overall school crime rates are declining, according to the new 1999 Annual Report on School Safety. (Journal of American Medical Association 34) “Although America can be glad that school crime is decreasing,” said President Clinton; “we must take firm steps to ensure the safety of all our young people in their communities and in their schools. Congress should finish its work on the juvenile justice conference and finally pa ...
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To Be Governed
Number of Words: 192 / Number of Pages: 1
... nor the wisdom nor the virtue to do so. To be
GOVERNED is to be at every operation, at every transaction noted,
registered, counted, taxed, stamped, measured, numbered, assessed, licensed,
authorized, admonished, prevented, forbidden, reformed, corrected, punished.
It is, under pretext of public utility, and in the name of the general
interest, to be placed under contribution, drilled, fleeced, exploited,
monopolized, extorted from, squeezed, hoaxed, robbed; then, at the
slightest resistance, the first word of complaint, to be repressed, fined,
vilified, harassed, hunted down, abused, clubbed, disarm ...
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The Future Of Participatory Democracy In America
Number of Words: 372 / Number of Pages: 2
... A limit of money spent would have many benefits, and some disadvantages.
The major benefit would be that more people be financially able to participate in the electoral process. By limiting the amount of money that could be spent on a campaign, the issues that affect people would be more important than raising more money than your competitor. Therefore, people would turn out in greater numbers to vote on all levels, from local, to national elections.
A disadvantage of this proposal is that if not enough money is made available, a candidate may not be able to convey political agenda to the general po ...
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ClockWork Orange
Number of Words: 827 / Number of Pages: 4
... dear and builds him up with a new artificial conscience. This part of the novel "presents the reader with a new, reformed Alex, an Alex without free will or freedom of choice, an Alex who has become a victim". Burgess considers this lack of freedom to be spiritually murderous and terribly wrong. Burgess knows that it is better to choose to be evil, than to be forced to be good. Alex is tormented by his new state of oppression. He is incapable of making any choice; he must always do what is good. Alex is then taken under the wing of a writer who is fighting the oppressive government. The writer gre ...
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Abuse Of The Innocent
Number of Words: 790 / Number of Pages: 3
... bobcats, lynx,
coyotes, muskrats, nutria, and other animals are trapped each year in the
United States for fur".2 They suffer from unbearable pain for several
hours before their lives are ended by the trapper's club. Is the price of
live worth the price of fur? Psalm 104, 27-30. All creatures depend on you
to feed them throughout the year: you provide the food they eat, with
generous hands you satisfy their hunger. You turn your face away, they
suffer. You stop their breath, they die and revert to dust. You give
breath, fresh life begins, you keep renewing the world. Disections have
been practiced in b ...
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Legislative Proposal For New Indecency Language In Telecom Bill
Number of Words: 2818 / Number of Pages: 11
... Senate bill that would define a clear standard of
care, it might hold systems liable for actions that don't reach even a “
knowingly” standard of liability. As a result, access providers, system
managers and operators, and employers may potentially be liable for actions of
users over which they have no specific knowledge, intent, or control.
For any company that communicates by computer, the proposal:
1) Creates liability for, but never defines, “indecent” speech, a dangerously
vague standard that could leave companies criminally liable for use of mere
profanity;
2) Establishes vague and contrad ...
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Housing Discrimination And Hou
Number of Words: 2176 / Number of Pages: 8
... a position of authority segregate minorities and subsequently segregate themselves, altogether eliminating contact between the two groups despite their relative proximity to one another. These segregated areas are the poverty stricken inner cities inhabited by minorities, and the wealthy suburbs, inhabited by whites. Because of the lack of interaction between the two groups, white American attitudes toward minorities have changed from one of inferiority, to one of fear and misunderstanding. These attitudes take the form of what is now know as housing discrimination. Housing discrimination refers to the ...
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Facism
Number of Words: 2314 / Number of Pages: 9
... Hitler.
The philosophy of Fascism can be traced to the philosophers who
argue that the will is prior to and superior to the intellect or reason.
George Sorel, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Georg Hegal are main philosophers
who's beliefs and ideologies greatly influenced the shaping of Fascist
theory. Sorel (1847-1922) was a French social philosopher who had a major
influence on Mussolini. Sorel believed that societies naturally became
decadent and disorganized. This decay could only be slowed by the
leadership of idealists who were willing to use violence to obtain power.
Nietzsche (1844-1900) theor ...
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The Canadian Justice System V.s. Aboriginal People
Number of Words: 559 / Number of Pages: 3
... clearly have been victims of the openly hostile bigot and they have also
been victims of discrimination that is unintended, but is rooted in police and
law.
Two specific incidents in late 1987 and early 1988 clearly illustrate
this unacceptable discrimination. The first of these was the November 1987
trial of two men for the 1971 murder of Helen Betty Osborne in The Pas Manitoba.
While the trial established that four men were present when the young aboriginal
woman was killed, only one of them was ultimately convicted of any crime.
Following the trial, allegations were made that the identity of ...
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