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- 2091: Eating Disorders
- ... percentage of Americans. Anorexia Nervosa and bulimia are the two most common eating disorders. Eating disorders have become a serious and important issue in the last 5-10 years or so. When I was in high school my girlfriends and I constantly obsessed about our weight, and about dieting. It became so serious that two friends of mine had to be hospitalized for damage that the disorder was doing to them, both ... until my friend was hospitalized, and possibly even saved my life. My friend was a serious bulimic who had been doing it for a lot longer then any of us had realized. I came to school one day and she wasn't there, we found out that she was in the hospital. Out of fear, my friends and I skipped school and took a bus to the hospital, to see ...
- 2092: Analysis of the Red Scare
- ... and the hatred and persecution of "subversives" and conscientious objectors during that period of time. It is this hysteria which would find itself repeated several decades later in history when Senator Joeseph R. Macarthy accused high government officials and high standing military officers of being communist. Undoubtedly the most important topic of an investigation into a historical occurrence is its inception. What caused the Red Scare? At the heart of the Red Scare was the ... problem remained as what to do with those radicals were citizens of the United States. This was not to go unanswered for long, however. In June of 1919, New York state officials raided the Rand School of Social Science in New York, as well as the headquarters of the I.W.W. and the Socialists. These raids were a product of a New York legislature action that created the Lusk ...
- 2093: The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kr
- ... by Mordecai Richler is a novel about the life of a young man named Duddy Kravitz growing up on Montreal's St. Urbain street. The novel chronicles his life from when he was a troublesome school boy up until he was a young man of nineteen desperately trying to make something of himself and own his very own piece of land. Along the way to becoming a success Duddy has to ... lose a few friends along the way. Firstly Richler shows us in his novel how Duddy's character developed from a young age. The book starts out with Duddy as a fifteen year old attending high school. At the beginning of the book we find Duddy in a bitter conflict with a teacher at the school, Mr. MacPherson. As is seen in this dialogue: -"I know you're responsible for the ...
- 2094: Building Blocks of a Family
- ... the light" (Schwiebert 286). Times changed, and so did Donny. "As he grew older, his hair grew darker, and he wore it longer - past his collar even" (Schwiebert 286). Danny is having some problems at school. It seems that he does not concentrate, or put forth the right amount of effort. Daisy learns from Donny's principal that"… Donny was noisy, lazy, and disruptive…" (Schwiebert 287). Daisy explains to the principal that her and her husband, Matt, have tried what they can. "We don't let him watch TV on school nights. We don't let him talk on the phone till he's finished his homework. But he tells us that he doesn't have any homework or he did it all in study hall ... way, really, to convey how exhausting all this was." (Schwiebert 287) The lines of communication were broken. People were frustrated, and couldn't express themselves the way they should have. Especially Donny. "In December, the school called again. This time they wanted Matt to come as well." (Schwiebert 287) Donny had run into more trouble. "He had cut classes on at least three occasions. Smoked in the furnace room. Helped ...
- 2095: Affirmative Action
- ... five points lower than the average SAT for white students whose parents earn less than $20,000 a year." (Rosen, p.3) In effect, the solution by supporters of affirmative action is to lower the school's standards so that they can accept a more diverse group of students. This solution is ridiculous, simply because everyone has a chance to do good. It is just a matter of effort. If a ... should raise their own standards in order to improve our society. For example, the University of California in Berkeley has a diverse student body with a majority of Asians. An Asian student coming out of high school with a 4.0 GPA, and a list of extra curricular activities would not be accepted simply because of his ethnicity. Instead the school would rather accept a Mexican student with a 3.0 ...
- 2096: The Outsiders
- ... it was sold, and still being sold, in many copies as a young adults novel. There was a movie made about it, and today there are still many schools that use this book in junior high and high schools for English classes. There were plays made about the book too. The Outsiders is about a gang. They live in a city in Oklahoma. Ponyboy Curtis, a 14 year old greaser, tells the story ... an example for a description of Ponyboy: “Steve Randle was seventeen, tall and lean, with thick greasy hair he kept combed in complicated swirls. He was cocky, smart, and Soda’s best buddy since grade school. Steve’s specialty was cars...” (page 17). The reader can find this kind of descriptions almost everywhere in the story, but especially in the beginning. I think the author put them there because the ...
- 2097: The Outsiders By SE Hinton
- ... it was sold, and still being sold, in many copies as a young adults novel. There was a movie made about it, and today there are still many schools that use this book in junior high and high schools for English classes. There were plays made about the book too. The Outsiders is about a gang. They live in a city in Oklahoma. Ponyboy Curtis, a 14 year old greaser, tells the story ... an example for a description of Ponyboy: “Steve Randle was seventeen, tall and lean, with thick greasy hair he kept combed in complicated swirls. He was cocky, smart, and Soda’s best buddy since grade school. Steve’s specialty was cars...” (page 17). The reader can find this kind of descriptions almost everywhere in the story, but especially in the beginning. I think the author put them there because the ...
- 2098: Violence In Our Academic Insit
- ... break the law. Young offenders who commit violent crimes should be tried as adult. Many young offenders feel that they can get away with a slap on the wrist for violent crimes. One in 12 high schoolers is threatened or injured with a weapon each year. If you're between the ages of 12 and 24, you face the highest risk of being the victim of violence. Statistics show that by ... incidence of violence caused by young people reached unparalleled levels. There is no single explanation for the overall rise in youth violence. Self-esteem and Morale values should be taught at home and reinforced at school, by rewarding children who show positive attitudes. Rational persuasion is thus the foundation of peaceful coexistence. Early education about violence should be also taught in our educational institutes. Schools need to encourage individual, independent judgment and to provide the factual knowledge and reasoning skills. Effective strategies include school based curricula that emphasize the development of problem solving skills, anger management, and other strategies that help kids develop social skills. In addition, parenting programs that promote strong bonding between parents and children and ...
- 2099: Tobacco In Malaysia
- ... tobacco smoke pass through the placenta to the fetus. It can result low birth weight babies who are more likely to have health and behavioral problems in children such as attention disorder during preschool or school age and they often need medical attention. In fact, maternal smoking is not the only problem; non-smoking mothers living in a house where someone smokes are also at increased risk for having low birth ... are several different ways of curing tobacco, but the one that causes the most environmental damages is flue curing. Special stocks are built to flue cure tobacco. They heat and keep the tobacco leaf at high temperatures. This process takes about a week. Various fuels can be used, but in developing countries (where deforestation has become a major problems) wood is the main fuel used. For example, tobacco related deforestation is ... worker who becomes ill or dies from tobacco use leaves his or her family without an income, and the government rarely offers social assistance to ease their financial burden. As for Malaysia government, it implements high taxes in tobacco products in order to pay for health care, also help to lower smoking rates. Moreover, the individual cost to a smoker's health and well being is enormous, but financial costs ...
- 2100: Newly Independent Nation Seeks Advice From Other Nations
- ... area in which the nation is seeking advise is in the area of education. They are seeking advise from Japan. Japan puts much stress on its education. In Japan there are 240 days/year of school at six days per week (Mon.-Sat.). This is part of the reason Japan has a 99% literecy rate. In Japan if a person wants to get a good job then they usually need to have a college degree. The newly independent nation should not choose this system because it puts to much stress and pressure on the students. For example to get into a good high school or college you must pass a difficult exam. Many students who do not get into a good school often turn to suicide, Japan is second in the world behind the U.S. in teen ...
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