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One of the most difficult challenges of life in society is finding the strength to break out of the mold which has been set by the values of previous generations. From infancy onward, everyone's heart and mind are struck by a deluge of ideas which declare what is "right" and "proper" and "appropriate"; most defer to these pronouncements, for the re...
We as human beings have brought ourselves into the future, being able to modify our food, our lives and even our own bodies. We have paved the road leading us into the future of being able to take life in our own hands and be able to create it ourselves. Our technological advancements in the last ten years have created an i...
Haley Varvel Mrs. Poteet AP English Lang All around the world, people fall in love. They find their soulmates, get married and live a happy life together, and even having kids at some point! That sounds like almost everyone's dream, but for some people, it seems impossible. For those people in the LGBT community, even dating could cost them the...
Many people have ideas on how to reclaim the virtue and morality that made America a great nation. However, the only sure way that everyone can achieve this goal is if parents start teaching and demonstrating respect to their kids. The dictionary defines respect as- 'to have regard for the quality of a person' or 'to refrain from obtruding upon or...
Homosexuals should be allowed to marry because the disallowance of it violates their constitutional rights. Marriage is an institution long recognized by our government under the right to pursue happiness, and denying that right to any couple, regardless of gender, is unconstitutional. This argument, though, is not disputed. In f...
Our behavior usually is controlled and decided by us, but that is not always the case. As we saw in the play Marty's behavior was not always his own decision. The behavior of any person can be greatly manipulated by society. There are a few points in the play and in normal life that can prove this statement is true. Marty's actions were greatly inf...
There are many symbols that are present on a college campus, some are frequently thought about, while others are taken for granted. First it is necessary to define the term symbol, a symbol is an act or object that have come to be socially accepted as standing for something else. This can often be described as language or something as simple as tha...
Perhaps Americans take what they have for granted and forget that there are other countries with problems. Why does America care about what is happening in other countries like Columbia, when they have their own problems with drugs? The Untied States of America has a rather large drug trafficking problem but compared to Colum...
Remember doing something mischievous or wrong when you were a kid and getting the label "delinquent" slapped on you ? Did you ever wonder what it meant ? That is what my topic for today is . . . . In this report I will: define , give the extent of , give some suggestions on what causes juvenile delinquency, and what is being done in various comm...
Society is flawed. There are critical imbalances in it that are causing much of humanity to suffer. In The Communist Manifesto Karl Marx is reacting to this fact by describing his vision of a perfectly balanced society, a communist society. Simply put, a communist society is one where all property is held in common. No one person has more than the...
Gun and Children Ways to keep them Safe in the House Bang! There is a shot and you rush to see what the hell just happened, but it is to late your child is no the ground with their brains all over the wall and is dead in less than a heart beat. After the statement you give the police they arrest you for the death of your child. You think to yoursel...
Everyday 3,000 children start smoking, most them between the ages of 10 and 18. These kids account for 90 percent of all new smokers. In fact, 90 percent of all adult smokers said that they first lit up as teenagers (Roberts). These statistics clearly show that young people are the prime target in the tobacco wars. The cigarette manufacturers may d...
Each day, the statistics on get more and more horrifying. A woman is beaten every 15 seconds, 22 to 35 percent of emergency room visits from women are because of ongoing partner abuse, 1 in 4 pregnant women have a history of partner violence, and 63 percent of young men between the ages of 11 and 20 are in jail for murdering their mothers abuser....
is a concept that became popular during the second World War in France, and just after it. French playrights have often used the stage to express their views, and these views came to surface even during a Nazi occupation. Bernard Shaw got his play "Saint Joan" past the German censors because it appeared to be very Anti-British. French audiences...
