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- 3641: Homeless Youth
- ... transition through either home or school. Unfortunately, there are some teens today that do not fully develop these two tasks before deciding to leave home. These teens are the teens that we see out on American streets today. Leaving home at an early age can be devastating to the teenager, the cities they live in, and our society, in general. Teens are often victimized and exploited fairly easily while they are ... ages of 10 to 17 years are living on the streets, in abandoned buildings, or in "welfare" hotels. This means that there is anywhere from 1/2 million to 3 million uneducated, homeless youth on American streets today. Due to lack of education, homeless teens are being exploited by adults. This means that the youth is likely to become involved in criminal activity. The length of time a young person has ...
- 3642: Harry Potter And Censorship
- ... the religious groups who support the censoring of children's literature. Words such as "good god, crap, hell, and Christ" are examples of the type which might face censorship. In actuality a child in an American society hears words such as these more frequently than they read them. At places like school lunchrooms and playgrounds the dialogue is often very hurtful and directed at one's peers. Is all of this ... however might be some devout born again Christians. Groups such as the Christian Coalition, and The Committee for Excellence in Education often recommend that books be banned. Other groups include Concerned Women for America, the American Family Association, and The Family Research Council (Miner, 4). These groups object to Harry Potter and other books for mainly religious reasons. A spokesperson for another religious group, Focus on the Family, said that Harry ...
- 3643: Hate Crimes
- Racism & Hate Crimes in America Blacks were introduced to American soil during the 17th and 18th centuries via the triangular trade route, and were welcomed by whips, chains, shackles, and all the horrors of slavery. Slavery was legitimized by our government and continued for a ... right to use force in self-defense, in retaliation, and in preemptive strikes against those who openly threaten our freedom.” Many white supremacists believe that their violence toward blacks is defensive, aimed at protecting their American way of life or God-given Aryan advantage. Hate crimes represent one extreme on the continuum of prejudice and bigotry (Levin 97). Whether it is for economic or psychological reasons, there are countless individuals who ...
- 3644: Homosexuality
- ... in Scripture. (3) Its acceptance would ruin society. The most interesting thing about these three arguments is that they have been used in the past to defend what is now universally regarded as evil. In American history, slavery, segregation, and the denial of the vote to women all illustrate the point. In each of these instances nature and God were said to authorize a practice vital to the good of society ... When the analogies of the present controversy over homosexuality with the past are called to mind, the response is predictable. This issue is different. It is sad that General Colin Powell, himself a distinguished African American of great ability, associated himself with the view that overcoming the segregation of the races in the military was different from removing the ban against gays. Homosexuality is not the same as either of these ...
- 3645: Bilingual Education In Miami
- ... students. Miami’s trades with Latin America amount to billions of dollars a year. Top business leaders say that Miami can not afford to do with out bilingual education. James F. Partridge, chief of Latin American and Caribbean operations for Visa International said, “I don’t give a hoot about the political aspects of it. To me, that’s a lot of garbage. I am interested in the financial well being ... hours in Spanish in another classroom. There are no distinctions made among the newcomer from Nicaragua who has limited English ability, the young Haitian who speaks mainly English and Creole and the third-generation Cuban American who knows a bit of Spanish and a lot of English. About a third of the school’s student’s start with limited English skills, but nearly all are close to fluency by the third ...
- 3646: Brown Vs. Board Of Education
- Brown v. Board of Education was a landmark case in the history of American education. There were several events and issues which led up to this critical event. From the 1892 Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court Case, the precedent of "separate but equal" was set. This doctrine effected the ... the Major League of Baseball, and in literature, with many black authors getting published, including Ralph Ellison with his novel The Invisible Man which depicted the feelings of African-Americans as not being seen in American socity. The era that followed the 1950s consisted of many educational controversies which had their roots in the past. Brown v. Board of Education was the foundation for the integration of the educational system which ...
- 3647: Basic Principles Of Democracy
- ... will is an example of how America has failed to secure the one of most important foundation of democracy. People should have the right to choose whether or not they wear their seat belt. The American government and the North Carolina government specifically passed a law which makes all passengers in the front seat, no matter what age, wear their safety belts. In some states when a passenger is seated in ... States government has failed to follow a sound basis. There is of course the possibility of choosing the right sentence in giving the grandparents visitation rights which would show a glimmer of hope of the American government lasting.
- 3648: The Potential For A U.N. Peace
- ... air strikes (PG).The first several days of the air war held reports of further Serb atrocities while Milosevic continued to affirm his stance (PG). Russia demanded a halt to the air strikes and an American stealth fighter went down (PG). It is important to remember that at the time the mission had begun no one was certain of the extent that Yugoslavia was prepared. They did believe that they would ... be (PG)? No one knows for sure at this point. All of that is negotiable (PG). One thing that is thought to be the case is that the NATO component of the force must include American troops, and it further must have its own independent command and defensible bases ("Hope" PG). It is further believed that it must be potent enough to thwart another Serb attack, at least until NATO reinforcements ...
- 3649: The Alien And Sedition Acts
- ... people would also have a share in government, and would "infuse into that spirit, warp and bias its directions, and render it a heterogeneous, incoherent, distracted mass." Yet perhaps the person who best displayed the American attitude toward immigrants was John Adams. In 1797, during a speech to a special session of Congress, Adams implied that people from foreign countries were enemies of the nation as their leaders had taught them ... of the whole community." Hamilton continued to attack Jefferson's favor of France, wrote in 1797 that "The man who...shall be the apologist of France, and who attacks his own government, is not an American. The choice for him lies in being deemed a fool, a madman, or a traitor." The attacks kept going back and forth between the two groups, and they continually became more viscous as the years ...
- 3650: Donald Trump
- ... to the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania from which he graduated in 1968 with a degree in economics. Donald Trump is one of the most respected and most accomplished entrepreneurs in American history. Trump knew that he did not want to work with his father, he wanted to build his own empire. His formula for success was to “buy when the property and owner is in distress ... times. Trump definitely has the characteristics and skills of an entrepreneur and he proved this in this with his enormous success. Donald John Trump is without a doubt one of the most successful entrepreneurs in American history and has built one of the most valuable empires in the world today. He has overcome many obstacles that would have ruined most entrepreneurs and thrived on the challenges put before him. He followed ...
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