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The Incident At Columbine And The Media's Effect On Children
Number of words: 773 - Number of pages: 3.... and grandparent, I am as troubled as anyone over the senseless tragedies that have occurred in schools over the past two years, and I fully understand the gravity and attention these scenes deserve. However, it does little but instill unwarranted fear in parents and students when such graphic stories are repeated over and over despite the telling fact that schools remain one of the safest places for our children to be.
I encourage and respectfully ask the media to allow the young people who will go back to school at Columbine High and across America to do so with the hope of a new school year .....
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Censorship Of Rap Music
Number of words: 797 - Number of pages: 3.... from high school,
he landed in jail for possession of cocaine. Recently Snoop was arrested
for murder. On August twenty- fifth Snoop was driving his late model Jeep
in Palms, California. He met up with Philip Woldemar iam, who according to
Snoop's attorney, had a long history of threatening Snoop. Snoop's
bodyguard shot Woldermariam twice in the back, killing him. On December
eighth, Snoop was arraigned for murder, but later found innocent. Many of
the lyrics in Snoop's songs degrade women, encourage the use of marijuana
and glorify violence against authority.
Another publici .....
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Homeless: What Has Been Done To Decrease The Problem?
Number of words: 806 - Number of pages: 3.... adequate for the
health and well being of himself and of his family, including food,
clothing, housing, and medical care and necessary social services, and to
the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability,
widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his
control.
This is a step in the right direction. However, this is not enough.
These rights are subject to the discretion of the government of the
country who decides to obey these universal rights. How much is
"adequate"?
The government, both at the federal and munic .....
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Loyalty
Number of words: 1521 - Number of pages: 6.... or nudge from the leader also keeps the males behaving . With infants , even the firmest leader is often easygoing . He allows them to pull his hair , punch him , and crawl all over him . Once when a little gorilla leaned against a huge silverback , the male grabbed a long-stemmed flower and tickled the infant with it . Babies are in fact , popular with the entire group . Male and female gorillas hug and play with them much the way we do with human babies .
Females move up in rank when they become mothers . If one wants a better place to sit , a childless female will move over for her . Or .....
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A Discussion On Animal Rights
Number of words: 1262 - Number of pages: 5.... are not suited for human speech. Since
chimpanzees are far superior to humans in manual dexterity, the Garners decided
to try to teach chimpanzees American Sign Language or Ameslan. The Gardners and
others studied these chimpanzees, Washoe, Lucy, and Lana. These three
chimpanzees learned to use and could display a working vocabulary of 100 to 200
words. They also distinguished between different grammatical patterns and
syntaxes (Sagan 615). Besides distinguishing, the chimpanzees also inventively
constructed new words and phrases. For example, when Washoe first saw a duck
land on water .....
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Homeless In America
Number of words: 774 - Number of pages: 3.... because their families will not
help them. The fathers are not there and that forces them to live on the
streets. So they must resort to prostitution to pay for the food that
their young ones need to stay alive. There are many other people that
become homeless for many different reasons. Some of these people can not
help becoming homeless. Some of these people are the illegal immigrants
that come here from other places to get a better life but end up not
having enough money to make it in this hard world that we live in.
Teenage runaways have different reasons for leaving home but all .....
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Love One Another
Number of words: 362 - Number of pages: 2.... society. Just do not have doubt and end up using
assumption. Be critical, be open, ask questions, and get to know how peers.
Okay, but what if I am a shy person? There is wrong being shy. Everybody is
shy of something, but shyness can always be reverse. I used to be shy of
something, but then I gave it some thought when I was thinking when life was
getting boring. I thought that if I were more open and sought friendship, my
life would be much happier.
So loving one another. Is it possible? In my words it is possible, but
it is a long process that cannot happen overnight. It takes a .....
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Savage Inequalities
Number of words: 488 - Number of pages: 2.... safety of the children. The classrooms are too full, and most of the time the teachers don't care enough to teach the children the basic rules of life. In 1989, the average amount spent on Chicago schools in the lower income cities only topped $9,000.
In contrast, New Trier High, located on the outskirts of Chicago, offers state-of-the-art technology and resource material. New Trier is equipped with three separate gymnasiums, several art, music, and drama courses are also offered. The students can choose from six foreign languages, and before graduation they even have a choice to major .....
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Ethical Values And The Classroom
Number of words: 1242 - Number of pages: 5.... on the system, the teachers, the parents, or the student will not correct the matter. The issue must be evaluated holistically. All students leaving high school should be proficient at a college entry level; able to read, express themselves eloquently in written and oral form, think critically, compute mathematics, have some first hand appreciation of the arts and a strong sense of values. The inadequate education California's students are presently receiving can be amended by personalized teaching, the teaching of ethical values, and a hands-on, inquiry based teaching of the basics.
To r .....
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Pride
Number of words: 596 - Number of pages: 3.... own high-standards to achieve, but also because all involved with the team, provide the drive of excitement throughout the atmosphere. The feeling of is unexplainable, especially when felt through competition. But the feeling that is felt is absolutely unmistakable; one will never forget its’ ability to empower an individual.
The photo shows an uplifting football program, which is used to both entertain and inform the visual reader. Possibly, this picture can be used as propaganda to inform as well as to entertain. For instance, in a collegiate pamphlet for interested students wan .....
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