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Education In Public Schools
Number of Words: 1172 / Number of Pages: 5
... the main factors effecting are schools today. Rape is a growing problem among juveniles. A juvenile commits one out of every five rapes that occur in the United States. There is also a higher use of drugs and alcohol among kids in public schools. Over 80 percent of public high school students drink alcohol and 45.7 percent have used marijuana. Drugs and alcohol make most people extremely violent. That is also on of the reasons why our violence and crime rates are so high.
Over hundreds of millions of dollars are spend on the security of our nation’s public schools. The Seattle Times once said, "In Wa ...
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Gender Roles: The Discrimination Against Men
Number of Words: 1137 / Number of Pages: 5
... debilitating
pressures of the economy and men's unequal responsibility to succeed in the
workplace, to prove their worth by making money; and men's confusion over
what it means to be a man today.
There are many stereotypes about men and women that are heard every
day. The most common, however, is how men are considered jerks. That is one
of the most popular ideas in our society today. Women have come to accept
this idea as an excuse or answer to their problems with the opposite sex.
How do they get this idea? It is unknowingly slipped into women's
subconscious by a variety of forces. One of the stro ...
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Gangs
Number of Words: 4266 / Number of Pages: 16
... but from the beginning of the European settlement in America there was gang-like activity, especially when class distinctions came into being. Gang members tended to be from the poorer classes and tended to be from the same race or ethnic background. They banded together for protection, recreation or financial gain.
The 20th Century Gangs
In the early 1900s the U.S. economy worsened, the population grew at a rapid pace, and the gap between the rich and poor widened. All across the nation gangs appeared where poor, hopeless people lived. The dawning of the 20th century also brought with it a wides ...
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Status Quo And Change In The Late 1800’s To Early 1900’s
Number of Words: 673 / Number of Pages: 3
... farms, America became an industrial colossus, with ship-building, rails, steel mills and factories, with a rate of growth that began to attract laborers from around the world. This industrial miracle created huge fortunes, and the relatively equal wealth of the early 1800’s gave way to the fabulous wealth of the Rockefellers, Carnegies, and Vanderbilts. It fueled massive immigration, and changed the demography of the country from a predominately English to a mixed population, that changed the culture and values of the country.
At the same time, most people who had “arrived” economically attempte ...
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Cultural Diversity & Intergroup Relations: A Glimpse Into The World Of The Disabled
Number of Words: 616 / Number of Pages: 3
... kind enough, however, to open the doors for my partner and I.
As we entered the cafeteria, I noticed people looking at us sympathetically and some very arrogantly. One person in particular couldn’t stop starring at me. The way he was looking at me upset me and made me a bit annoyed. In my mind I felt like hitting him with my walker, but my good sense told me it is not a good idea. By the time I got to the cafeteria, I was really tired and worn out. I saw my fellow handicapped classmates and we decided to take a little rest. We did not realize how much energy and strength it took to use crutche ...
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Relations Between Women In The 18th And 19yh Centuries
Number of Words: 767 / Number of Pages: 3
... Based on the diaries of women from 35 families
from 1760s to 1880s
1.Represents brood range of women
2.Middle class
III. Sensual and platonic
A. Sarah Butler Wister and Jeannie Field Musgrove
1. Met while families vacationed; spent 2 years
together at boarding school
2. throughout life wrote to eachother talking of
their deep affection and their anguish when apart
3. Marriage brought physical separation but nor
emotional.
4. Made references that may imply a relationship
that is not necessarily platonic
5. Friendship lasted their entire lives
B. Molly and Helena ...
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Effects
Number of Words: 1202 / Number of Pages: 5
... an unnatural environment.
If a person is used to viewing TV in their own home, on their own beaten up
couch, their response level will be very different than it would be in an
empty room with a two way mirror. Not only will their awareness level be
raised, they may be more concerned in the changed viewing environment and
less on the television programs. In a person's home they may watch TV with
a high or low awareness level for the program. Some people choose to watch
TV just as a background noise while others may be quite into the program.
Due to these different levels of awareness it is hard to see ...
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Impact Of Television On Society
Number of Words: 1791 / Number of Pages: 7
... creative. Tremendous amounts of time and talent and resources are devoted to producing such images which are typically more expensive than programs. One of the gigantic swindles carried out on the public today is that commercial television is free. In fact consumers pay for the programming through higher prices for the goods they purchase. Many television series are themselves advertisments for wealth, luxury,fashion, and high consumption lifestyles. It is often stated that commercial television has two purposes-to entertain a mindless audience, and to create a marketing channel through advertisments ...
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United States Of American: Personal Freedom
Number of Words: 2614 / Number of Pages: 10
... that he knows are rightfully his. He reflects the American desire
for freedom now when he says, "I do not need my freedom when I'm dead. I cannot
live on tomorrow's bread." He recognizes the need for freedom in its entirety
without compromise or fear.
I think Langston Hughes captures the essence of the American immigrants'
quest for freedom in his poem, "Freedom's Plow." He accurately describes
American's as arriving with nothing but dreams and building America with the
hopes of finding greater freedom or freedom for the first time. He depicts how
people of all backgrounds worked together fo ...
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The War On...Dress Codes
Number of Words: 535 / Number of Pages: 2
... due to someone stealing someone else’s expensive clothes, such as Tommy Hilfiger, which we are allowed to wear.
Numerous students would also like to wear shirts and other clothing related to Satan. Worshipping Satan is just another form of religion, just like worshipping God. Yet students are not allowed to wear clothing involving Satan, Hell, or death. That is an unconstitutional rule though as the freedom of religion is guaranteed by our U.S. Constitution. People are allowed to wear clothes referring to God, Jesus, and the Holy Bible. Why not Satan and other things related to Satanism?
The conte ...
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