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- 3601: “Images of Law Enforcement in the Toilet”
- “Images of Law Enforcement in the Toilet” The media have made Law Enforcement Officers out to be the bad guys. Although we have an incredibly high crime rate in Clark County, and in the United States for that matter, the police are the ones being put in the spotlight with constant accusations of unjustified shootings. The media, by needing to please ... whether the officer was justified. The news reports did not emphasize Perrin’s criminal past or the fact that he was under the influence of methamphetamine at the time of the shooting and probably too high to make sense of the officers commands. They also failed to make a point of how the officer gave him several chances to put his hands in plain view to insure his safety. They do ... taking any chances or waiting to be positive that he’s not going to be killed first. By that time it could be too late. Police officers need to be recognized for the life-threatening, high-stress job they perform daily. Many heroic and noble feats are still being accomplished consistently; Missing and runaway children are being found, drunk drivers arrested and domestic disturbances settled (which is the number one ...
- 3602: Why is Being Able to Rebel Important?
- ... colleges I had no ambition to do so, I wanted to take a year off and find myself, being the person I am I felt the pressure to continue with my schooling right out of high school. I knew somewhat what I wanted to do in life so when I got accepted part time at WPU, it was not a tragedy-at least for me. I see my sister now get ready ...
- 3603: Edgar Allan Poe - Life And Works
- ... given to the care of John and Francis Allen in Baltimore. Poe was a bright and very intelligent young boy who impressed his teachers and made John Allen a proud foster father. He went to school in Richmond where he received praises from his master. His parents spoiled him and this is what supposedly ruined him. His parents allowed him to carry extravagant amounts of money, which enabled him to get ... according to his masters. John Allan took his family and moved to Great Britain to set up business in 1815. The Allan family stayed in Britain for five years where Poe did not excel in school but his performance did not drop either. The stay in Britain was a complete failure, not surprisingly considering the lack of happiness in the family, in almost every way. Francis became very sick and never ... Spanish, Italian, and Latin. He had an excellent scholastic record but he faced financial problems, and accumulated a gambling debt of over $2000. John Allan would not pay for Poe's gambling debts or his school either. The months at the university marked the beginning of the long feud between Poe and his foster father. The battles were between money and behavior. Poe was spending money extravagantly, and John Allan ...
- 3604: Communism
- ... the unmotivated work force and the crime rate, all of these reasons led to the fall of the Russian Government. The Communist government in Russia was a very corrupt government. Some government officials gave themselves high salaries and large houses. They kept things for themselves that were meant for others. Thus, everyone else payed the consequences. Then, the government started to send more and more of its resources to the military ... Presentation and Analysis of Data During my research, I interviewed a few people from my community. I interviewed a teacher and a parent. One, is called "Sudo" he is a history teacher from my current school. The parent is a person named "Anne." She is from my very neighborhood. She has lived though most of the cold war. I asked the people I interviewed what their opinion of communism was. Sudo ...
- 3605: Juvenile Crime
- ... t be bullied anymore. So, the next day, having borrowed his mothers "Saturday Night Special" a .22 caliber pistol about the size of an index card and waited for the bully to approach him before school, and when the bully came, he leveled the .22 pistol at his chest and fired three times. The bully, now the victim, was DOA, dead on arrival. The victim, now the murderer, was being held ... that held only the most violent of juveniles, many of which had been tried as adults. Where they would stay until they reach their eighteenth birthday, and what would they get? A ticket to a high security prison, full of rapists, pedaphiles and others of their kin, ready to further pervert them and make them more efficient and darken their souls, or rape, sodomise and kill them for being the new ...
- 3606: "The Typical Abnormal Teen"
- ... and completely unlikable. He also gives the impression that he does not care. Holden Caulfield, the protagonist in J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, is every teenager caught between the juvenility of high school and the fear of adulthood. The inability to be understood is one of the trademark characteristics of the typical teenager. Throughout the novel, Holden acts the way he does because no one seems to share ...
- 3607: Constructivism
- Constructivism Life is characterized by unpredictable situations and limitless possibilities both vast and widespread, so ultimately students should be able to apply what they learn in school to any circumstances, whether it be life in general or specifically, their workplace. Traditionally the transmissive approach to teaching and learning involving the transfer of information from teacher to student and commonly referred to as ... and Constructivism; national Chiao Tung University; James Nicholas Publications. Cobb, P. (1988) The tension between Theories of Learning and Instruction in Mathematics Education; Education Psychologist; vol 23 Dawson,C.(1998) Science Teaching in the Secondary School; Addison Wesley Longman Australia Pty Ltd; Melbourne; Australia Driver, R. (1988) Theory into practice II: A constructivist Approach to Curriculum Development; Falmer Press, London. Fraser, B. and Walberg,H. (1995) Improving Science Education; University of ... in Science Education; Open University Press; Great Britain. Starver, J. (1998) Constructivism : Sound Theory For Explicating the Practice of Science Teaching; National Association for science teaching (NARST); San Diego, CA. Trowbridge, L. (1996) Teaching Secondary School Science: strategies for developing scientific literacy; Prestige Hall, USA. Vygotsky, L. (1978) Mind in Society : The development of higher psychological processes; Harvard University Press; Cambridge MA. Zevenbergen (1996) Constructivism in the Classroom; Dekin University; ...
- 3608: Teenagers and Sex
- ... anger (like the author of this piece clearly did) won’t help the situation in the long run. Education is the key. 90% of parents want their children to receive comprehensive sexual health information in school to support their efforts at home. Now all we have to do is make this happen, because believe it or not, 98% of parents say they need help in talking to their children about sex ... because you were too f*cking lazy to use birth control correctly and consistently,” I’d just like to bring up one point. Rape. Some studies of adolescent mothers and pregnant teens have documented a high level of sexual abuse, ranging from 43% to 62%. About 2/3 of teen mothers were impregnated by a man over 20 years old. If a teen is raped, but her religion strictly looks down ...
- 3609: Roles For Women In The Military
- ... the full training cycle. RECRUITING There were several much heralded recommendations, but none of them battled directly with the gender issue as much as the idea of increasing the number of female recruiters. As a high school student, I was recruited into the Army Reserves to earn money for college, as well as doing my part for my country’s defense. The moment I walked into the doors of the dank office ...
- 3610: Edgar Allan Poe
- ... enlisted in West Point on July 1, l830 (Asselineau 410). While at West Point, Mr. Allan, who had remarried, continued in not providing Poe with enough money. Poe decided to have himself kicked out of school. Cutting classes and disregarding orders were his solutions. He was court-martialed for neglect of duties in January, 1831, and left West Point the following month (Asselineau 411). "Poe was great in three different fields , and in each one he made a reputation that would give any man a high place in literary history. Poe wrote great short stories, famous not only in his own country, but all over the world (Robinson V)." "Hawthorne, Irving, Balzac, Bierce, Crane, Hemingway and other writers have given us ...
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