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- 2421: Multiculturalism
- ... is argued that trying to push the subject of multiculturalism too far would actually be a hindrance. Over emphasis of multiculturalism may interfere with a student’s participation in other groups, or worse, hold a child back from expressing his or her individuality. (Ryan 137) In other words, an education system that is equal is equal for all that use it. An all-encompassing education system provides the same level of ... the demands placed on it by the area in which it is located. If it is not then it will risk failure. Parents will move their children to another school if they feel that their child is not being provided with an acceptable education. A centralized school system would be unable to respond to local needs due to broad general policies made by distant bureaucrats. These schools however will be partially ...
- 2422: Catcher In the Rye: Alcohol, Sex, and Violence
- ... Catcher in the Rye. Alcholic beverages are a readily available, and relatively inexpensive for minors to get. Over the past couple of years, teenage consumption of alcohol has risen dramatically. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism states that more than 1.3 million teenagers have a drinking problem. The National Institute also reports that the reason for underage teenage drinking is they believe in a mixture of rebellion towards ... alcohol, and the kid doesn't want his friends to think he is a coward so he does. Then the rest of them follow." In the book, Between Parent and Teenager, it states the substance abuse is the number one cause of death amongst teenagers. Studies show that among high school students age 14 - 17, 60% of the students use alcohol once a week, 75% use it at least once a ...
- 2423: Anorexia
- ... bones, making them brittle and prone to breakage. Scientists from the National Institute of Mental Health ( NIMH ), have also found that patients suffer from other psychiatric illnesses. They may suffer from anxiety, personality or substance abuse disorders, and many are at a risk for suicide. Obsessive compulsive disorder, an illness characterized by repetitive thoughts and behaviors, can also accompany anorexia. Bulimia nervosa patients- even those of normal weight- can severly damage ... esophagus becomes inflamed and glands near the cheeks become swollen. As in anorexia, bulimia may lead to irregular menstual periods and interest in sex may also diminish. Some individuals with bulimia struggle with addictions, including abuse if drugs and alcohol, and compulsive stealing. Like individuals with anorexia, many people with bulimia suffer from clinical depression, anxiety obsessive compulsive disorder, and other psychiatric illnesses. These problems place them at high risk for ...
- 2424: Breast Cancer
- ... take this disease more seriously. The people who we look up to have gone through the fight against cancer and survived. One public figure who has gone through the pain of breast cancer is Julia Child, world renowned master chef, who found a lump in her breast in 1968. Back then, Breast Cancer awareness was not widespread. “Breast Cancer was barely mentioned”, says Child, now 86. Two weeks after finding the lump, she went to the hospital and told her doctor that is the lump was malignant to just “lop the breast off”. There were no real options other ...
- 2425: Pornography: Sex or Subordination?
- ... executive director of Emerge, a Boston counseling center for male batterers, states, “that only a minority of his clients (perhaps 10 to 20 percent) use hard-core pornography. He estimates that half my have substance abuse problems, and adds that alcohol seems more directly involved in abuse the pornography” (Kaminer 115). The statement made by Adams and the view that pornography does not contribute to the act of sex crimes is heavily outweighed, however, by the various studies connecting violence and pornography ...
- 2426: Violence: Children Who Own The Streets
- ... causes. One of them is watching too much violence on television by children and adults is certainly suspected as a major contributor. In a study by American psychological Association, they estimated that the average American child, by the seventh grade, he has watched 8,000 murders and 100,000 acts of violence on TV. (Baron, 154). In American cartoons, a violent act occurs on average 90 seconds. That is 10 percent ... And this is what causes their juveniles to have easy access to guns. They see the guns and their curiosity makes them grab a hold of them and get hostile. That's why in most child homocides firearms the number is 1,500, hands and feet 400, k 0.nives 180, blunt object 50, and other forms are 250. Deaths by firearms per 100,000 in the 15-19 age group ...
- 2427: Dangerous Driving and The Effects on Youth
- ... juvenile delinquency is fun. This person who has been convicted, Ralph Parker is not a juvenile, but his reckless behaviour might lead a power control theorist to believe that he was also reckless as a child. Family class structure is not mentioned in this article, it is not apparent whether Mr. Parker comes from a lower, middle or upper class family. To a power control theorist, this is a big problem ... makes analysis difficult. It is possible that a power control theorist would assume this young person came from a wealthy back ground and this would imply that this man may have been deviant as a child. In his teen years, he might have also had a car and nice clothes, as well as the ability to talk his way around his parents and teachers because he had a wealthy background. If ...
- 2428: Cloudstreet, Tim Winton
- ... the ability to communicate to others, in his near drowning experience, gave way for his unimaginable bond with water and his abilities as a visionary. As Oriel Lamb said after Fish was rescued, “To the child who had hovered on the brink of drowning and who returned to life, though not all of Fish Lamb had come back,” (found on Page 32) that other part of Fish Lamb it seems is ... of Wax Harry. Creating harmony within the two families and symbolically meaning that in the death of one loved one – Fish, we see rebirth, harmony and the chance of a new life in both the child, Cloudstreet and between the two families. As a novel, Cloudstreet is tightly structured, opening and ending with a shared family picnic near water. This is a joyous occasion which, ironically is also the scene in ...
- 2429: The Watergate Scandal
- ... of those involved, John Mitchell. (Gold, 246-247) The next witness scheduled to appear was John Dean. In Dean's testimony he exposed that the Watergate burglary had been only a part of a greater abuse of power. He said that for four years the White House had used the powers of the presidency to attack political enemies. They spied on and harassed anyone who did not agree with Nixon's ... subpoenaed tapes. (Westerfled 51-54) "On July 27-30, the House Judiciary Committee, whose public hearings had disclosed evidence of illegal White house activities, recommended that Nixon be impeached on three charges: obstruction of Justice, abuse of presidential power, and trying to impede the impeachment process by defying committee subpoenas." (Watergate) Millions of people watched the committee vote on television. There were twenty-seven votes for the impeachment and only eleven ...
- 2430: Comparison: Journey To The Center of The Earth & The Time Machine
- ... come the dangers of the journey. They have to face the elements, starvation, thirst, and fatigue. The Time Machine uses Man Vs Society. The Time Traveler has traveled into the future where there is a child-like race called the Eloi. They were beautiful and graceful creatures. They were frail, had no hair, and were only about four feet tall. Morlocks also lived there. They were gruesome, pale, and chinless creatures ... white sphinx off to the side. He had encountered beautiful and graceful creatures. They were frail, had no hair, and were only four feet tall. They had the intellectual equivalent to a five-year- old child. He saw one of the Eloi reach for the lever on the time machine that operated it. He shooed him away and removed the lever. The diet of the Eloi was fruit. He could see ...
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