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What Are Values?
Number of Words: 474 / Number of Pages: 2
... buying candy from a store. " Each year, as
many as 225,000 guns are stolen from homes, businesses and vehicles" ( ).
Kids carries guns around because they believe that it commands respect from
their peers and that no one would try to mess with them. Many crimes
committed involves guns. Teenagers commit crimes towards each other and
well as adults. Teenagers commit crimes for reasons ranging from needing
money for drugs to needing money to buy a new pair of shoes. Teenagers
wearing expensive jewelry or shoes are targets of other young offenders .
What could cause teenagers to commit more crimes a ...
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Being Young
Number of Words: 612 / Number of Pages: 3
... Will he or she be excluded from the gang? Some schools in various
countries have tried to solve this problem. They have introduced a rule
that allows pupils to go at school only if they are dressed in a specific
school-uniform. But many students don't like these uniforms. They want to
decide for themselves how to dress.
During the last years it has become more usual for parents to divorce.
Some people think that this conflict may have a positiv effect on kids,
because the children get a bigger family to hold on to. Others think the
opposite. But it is obvious that parental separation can harm ...
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Feminists
Number of Words: 569 / Number of Pages: 3
... my
disappointment it seems the later is becoming more prevalent within society.
After reading the article I scrolled down the page to where it
listed "more feminist links", the five that were given consisted of; three
lesbian rights pages, and two "neo-feminist pages". Thinking this must be
only a small percentage of feminist pages which were given by this specific
author, I went back and searched many of the feminist pages on the web
myself. To my unpleasant surprise it turned out that almost all were
expressive of the same extreme theme.
So what does the current view of feminists as a whole mean ...
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Psychology: Women And Territory
Number of Words: 378 / Number of Pages: 2
... bubble around them. This is considered their personal space.
Some people are allowed into the bubble while strangers usually must stay
outside. The bubble varies from culture to culture. A person in Europe will
stand closer to a friend than an American would. The odd feeling that Americans
experience in foreign countries when talking to local people is a common
misunderstood concept.
Naomi Weisstein's article Psychology Constructs the Female, explains the
various misunderstanding that male psychologist have towards females. One the
prominent psychologists of the sixties, Erik Erikson, exp ...
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Traffic Jams And The World's Patience
Number of Words: 1398 / Number of Pages: 6
... needs aside, I tried to judge others and see what kind of patience they have in store for themselves.
I happen to glance over at a cowboy and his father in the truck next to me. I glance over as they watch the lane to their left move. They seem to wish that it is the trailer they are pulling that is moving instead of the one with the jet-skis on it. Their trailer has a bulldozer on it, which makes me wonder if they are simply trying to move from yesterday's job, to tomorrow's duty. If this is indeed the case, then their patience is one of grace. They seem to be enjoying the radio, and each other' ...
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Creating A Fun Workplace Environment
Number of Words: 953 / Number of Pages: 4
... a fair and consistent environment for all employees. They should make sure that everyone is treated equally, because the littlest bit of bias or favoritism toward that person or group could cause internal employee morale and possible legal cases. Developing policies and procedures is the easiest way for companies to minimize their problems with discrimination.
Whenever possible, managers should try to challenge their employees. Employees who feel challenged are encouraged to learn more skills and apply the ones they already have. People liked to be challenged, but they don’t want to be surpr ...
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Social Effects Of The Vietnam War On The United States
Number of Words: 1686 / Number of Pages: 7
... During World War II the Japanese took over the French rule of Vietnam. Since America was fighting the Japanese as well they shared information with Vietnam to defeat Japan. After World War II had ended Vietnam, for a short time, became independent. However, President Trueman decided to support the French to regain Vietnam because of concern over the spread of communism. As a result the Vietnimh went back to prepare for another war against their oppressors. After their defeat at Dienbienphu in 1954 the French withdrew from Vietnam.
Instead of Ho Chi Minh taking over all of Vietnam after his vict ...
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Violence Between Blacks And Whites
Number of Words: 768 / Number of Pages: 3
... segregist beliefs. Despite the end of the war on the battlefield, the war at home witihin society still raged.
"Black Codes" replaced "Slave Codes". Blacks could not vote, hold office or speak to a White person. Riots in Memphis, Tennessee and New Orleans became "victories for white people" in the spring of 1866. A local newspaper even said, "Thank heaven the White race are once more rulers of Memphis."
In 1867 white fears became realized as blacks became enfranchised for the upcoming political convention. Supremeacy groups such as the Ku Klux Klan used violence to intimidate and influence pote ...
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Stereotype: Speaking Mandarin
Number of Words: 433 / Number of Pages: 2
... their face dramatically changed into a frown and a bit of disgust. The Manger overheard the conversation and said, "You can't speak Mandarin? Oh, that will be a problem here," with a slight tone of disappointment, I felt offended and was determined to keep the job to prove to them that even though I could not speak my mother tongue I would learn the ways around the kitchen. That task was a little more difficult than I had thought. Everything inside the kitchen were labelled in Chinese and the person trying to show me around knew very little about English and had a very strong Chinese accent, I ...
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Gangs In America
Number of Words: 831 / Number of Pages: 4
... there also comes a bad side. The bad side is everything we don’t see. The life of crime, violence, and prison. Nobody really can understand that until they live it, and once they had lived it, it can sometimes be to late.
Now of course there are situations where kids join gangs because there is no other way. Often it happens that a teenager is forced to join a gang because he/she has no family. The gangs show these kids a sense of loyalty and belonging. Sooner or later these gangs become their family and they no nothing or want anything else.
Another reason I feel kids join gangs is the wh ...
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