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- 1641: Personal Writing: Fickle Fisherman
- ... to weigh-on time so i had to get a better fish. Then the out of all the things that could happen, the old guy gets a fish on his line, and it was a big one! He fought the monster and got it to shore and as he was netting it he fell in the lake. Not in the deep part, only waist deep but I laughed so hard my ... stumbled out and had no excuses for it this time, he just packed up his pride and left(after mumbling what i thought to be obsenities but i wasnt sure). I weighed in and lost big time that day, but I had a real good tome thanks to that old man. There was nothing really special about him or unique but he was just a really interesting guy who probably dosen ...
- 1642: Overpopulation
- ... impossible to provide everyone on the earth a standard of living that is at a normal level. Most people don't think that a population growth of 1 or 2 percent a year is a big deal, well small percentages add up very quickly. The current population of the world today is 5.7 billion, with an annual growth rate of 1.5%. At this rate, 88 million people will be ... increases, so does the amount of resources needed. Even though they are not depleted, they are declining at a significant rate because they are divided by such a large number. Fertile cropland is also a big concern. The world's cropland per capita has been declining, the shortages of croplands combined with decreasing land productivity is a major reason why there is food shortages and human malnutrition. Fossil energy is another ...
- 1643: Creative Writing: One More Basket
- ... Friday night. She couldn't wait for tomorrow and that night she had great dreams. Jenny had thoughts going throughout her mind. Jenny was awakened by her mom. "all right," she said, "today is the big game!" Jenny got dressed in her uniform. Even though it was as big as an elephant on her, she did look like a player. (simile) When she was dressed, Jenny ate a breakfast of cereal because someone told her it was good mind food. When she was done ...
- 1644: America Is In The Heart
- ... reach America. He reached Seattle one June day. He felt a great relief from a long voyage and glad that felt he was home, but yet, he doesnt have a home on this new, big and strange land. Allos and a few other men rented a room in a hotel in Chinatown. One of the men, Marcelo, promised that he would telegraph his brother on California for money to pay ... daughters. He ran away, and decided to take a freight to California. Allos always hoped he could go to California to look for his brothers. He reached Stockton after several days. There, he saw a big Filipino community, but like in Seattle, they lived on the bad side of the city, which criminals, prostitutes and gambling houses were located. He tried to look for his job, but still cant find ...
- 1645: Drugs and High School Life
- Drugs and High School Life Drugs are a big part of high school life. The drugs that I am talking about are psychotropic drugs, which are drugs that alter your conscious experience. I chose this because in my high school, drugs are a big part. Different drugs react with your body in different ways for you to get a high or a trip. There are many sensations that psychotropic drugs may give you. I am just going to stick ...
- 1646: Bill Brady on Violence in America
- ... Dahmer seems to pop up every year. The bigger the story is now the bigger the news coverage. People flock to the TV to watch our country as is starts to appear to form one big dysfunctional family. We now see teenagers taking risks that in another time and place would be unthinkable. And nobody really seems to do anything about it. The muggings, the rapes, all these murders pass us ... rate more then doubled then that of LA. The rate of murder and crime in some of the poor, rural towns in Mississippi equals that of Newark. Poverty and loss of hope all play a big factor when dealing with towns with a high rate of crime. In Detroit nearly 80% of the kids are born with single parents. In 1991, 30 % of all children in the U.S. were born ...
- 1647: Personal Writing: My Favorite Vacation
- ... lots of fun. When we got tired we went back to the ship and got cleaned up for dinner. Our next island was St. Martinique. This island was were we got to go up a big mountain in a cab and at the top was a big cave that was filed with stalagtights. These stalatights hung from the ceiling of the cave. They varied in sizes from 2 inches to 8 feet. We got on a small train that took us all ...
- 1648: Hostile Takeover Of The New Wo
- ... out their grief over Sitting Bull's assassination. On December 17, 1890, troops arrived on the reservation to disarm the men and stop the frightening activities taking place there. The Indians, under the direction of Big Foot, were moved to Wounded Knee Creek. There were 120 men and 230 women and children. (Brown, 441) The teepees and clothing of the Indians were searched extensively for weapons. In the madness, Black Coyote ... racism through media work and cultural events. However, the Indian movement is still opposed by organizations like the Interstate Congress for Equal Rights and Responsibilities. This Anti-Indian Movement romanticizes Indians as noble savages resisting big government. (Thurman, 2) Many Indians sold and continue to sell their stories to book-writers and moviemakers. Their main goal is to make people aware that they exist and continue to survive, despite the apathy ...
- 1649: Analysis Of Clockwork Orange
- ... opportunities ahead of them, they just choose a different path. In jail, Alex was beaten by the guards. This often happens in our jails here in America. If you disrespect the guards, youre in big trouble. If you dont disrespect the guards, you could still be in big trouble. Alex was given a chance to get off with a lighter sentence if he was a participant in an experiment to rehabilitate him. This is a perfect example of differential association, which is the ...
- 1650: Racial Discrimination and its Effect on Our Society
- ... claim that some human races are superior to others whether it's based on language, religion, or manners. Causes of racism may be very complex and cannot be reduced to one reason. History plays a big role in the way some people feel today. Racism has commonly accompanied slavery, colonization, and other forms of exploitation and inequality. Proving the equality of all races was a long and difficult process. I believe ... teachers and earlier generations are now seen as means of excluding other cultures. School is not to learn about each student's personal culture, but to learn about America's history. I think that a big majority of the world has a problem with other races and cultures. Being racist does not mean that someone dislikes each member of a particular race. It could mean that the attitudes and actions of ...
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