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- 3451: Teen Alcoholism
- ... to purchase or consume alcohol, that law has never stopped those who wished to drink. What used to be a social activity has radically changed to an unsafe pass time that eating away at student’s money, school and health. A Harvard study showed that in 1993 only 38% of student’s who drank, drank to become drunk. That number jumped to 52% who drink to become drunk, when polled in 1997. Yet alcohol is addictive for only a minority - an estimated 10 percent in the United ... 5 billion dollars a year on beer and alcohol. That is over four billion cans a year and 430 million gallons annually. All that alcohol is enough for every college and university in the U.S. to feel an Olympic size swimming pool. Alcohol is an infinitely confusing substance. In small amounts it is an exhilarating stimulant. In larger amounts it acts as a sedative and as a toxic, or ...
- 3452: Creative Writing: Under The Spell - A travel tale by Danny O'brien
- ... had arranged for a rental car, to be picked upon arrival at the harbor. I thought perhaps we would be shown how to operate it. Instead the attendant said in his sweet Irish brogue, "It's the wee red one over there," and handed me the keys. Still dazed by the sudden entrance in to "The Spell" we sped off in our wee red Ford Fiesta. Every so many hundred yards ... open road it was no problem, however moments later in the congestion of Wexford I was near panic, yelling at Travis to help remind me what side of the street I was on. It didn't help that he often mixes left and right up in his mind, some sort of hereditary functional disorder. I almost broke out in sweat when I had to make my first right turn feeling as ... our wee red Ford Fiesta. There was barely a cow path in the whole of Ireland that did not exist on this map. Fortunately neither one of us are one of those people who can't fold up a map. Neither could we unfold it the car. The map became part of the adventure. Suddenly there seemed to be an infinite number of roads to take. Some roads we soon ...
- 3453: The Effects of Divorce
- ... manner that is more appropriate to their sex role, namely by being anxious, withdrawn or very well behaved, (Kaslow and Schwartz p. 164). In examining the data on the factor of age influencing a child's adjustment to divorce, it seems that older and younger children at the time of separation experience different short term effects, but share commonalities in the long term effects. Preschool children with their egocentric forms of reasoning, blame themselves for a parent leaving and take it as a personal rejection. This can be associated with a child's disturbed eating, sleeping, play and toileting, (Wallerstein & Blakeslee). School age children suffer from loyallty conflicts and fantasize about their parents getting back together. This is associated with the decline in academic performance or psychosomatic symptoms ... a diminished capacity to parent. They give less time, provide less discipline and are less sensitive to their children, since they themselves are caught up in its aftermath, Wallerstein p.21). According to the Skolnick's mothers become more coercive and fathers become more lax and indulgent. They make less demands for mature behaviors and communicate less effectively and provide less affection. As a result children may become less compliant ...
- 3454: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- ... to activities and things they enjoy. But focusing deliberate, conscious attention to organizing and completing a task or learning something new is difficult. People who are hyperactive always seem to be in motion. They can’t sit still. Sitting still through a lesson can be an impossible task. Hyperactivity children squirm in their seat or roam around the room. Or they might wiggle their feet, touch everything, or noisily tap their ... may grab a toy from another child or hit when they are upset. Not everyone who is overly hyperactive, inattentive, or impulsive has an attention disorder. Since most people sometimes blurt out things they didn’t mean to say, bounce from one task to another, or become disorganized and forgetful, how can specialists tell if the problem is ADHD? To assess whether a person has ADHD, specialists consider several critical questions ... age? Are they a continuous problem, not just a response to a temporary situation? Do the behaviors occur in several settings or only in one specific place like the playground or the office? The person’s pattern of behavior is compared against a set of criteria and characteristics of the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders). According to the DSM, signs of inattention include: - Becoming easily distracted by ...
- 3455: Sir Gawain And The Wife Of Bath
- Sir Gawain And The Wife Of Bath Chaucer's Tale of the Wife of Bath, the lead tale of the so-called "marriage group", is a Gawain story standing amongst the latter versions of a group of analogues which in the main incorporate two chief motifs, viz., that of the Transformed Hag (Loathly Lady) and that of the hero's fate depending upon his answer to a baffling problem. There is perhaps a third motif common to all, that of the hero's being tested for some quality of which he himself is unaware. I call it a Gawain story because of its close parallels with the well-known Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell and ...
- 3456: Huckleberry Finn: On the Surface…
- Huckleberry Finn: On the Surface… I don’t know anything that mars literature so much as too much truth- Mark Twain An honest and realistic view of southern life was what Mark Twain had in mind when writing The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ... suffers yet another attack. It has been called racist trash, derogatory for its use of the word nigger and its stereotypical portrayal of blacks. Helen Steele, a member of 100 Black United claimed, “Anything that's going to harm any kid - white, black, Hispanic, anything - needs to be removed from required reading… We try to teach them every day not to be racists”(Simmons 1). This means then, that books that discuss racism to its fullest (fullest including the language of the period) are inappropriate for students to read. Honestly, though, how many high school students haven’t heard the word nigger? And it’s not like Twain’s usage was meant to be derogative- he was merely showing how bad racism was back then. The fact that it remains an issue ...
- 3457: The Video Game Wars
- ... are a big market these days. Within the past few years, the industry has boomed into a very large business. Within this business, there are three big companies are fighting to be the best. Nintendo's N64, Sega's Saturn, and Sony's Playstation are the three main systems in this huge market. Because there are so many games for these systems, and because it is such a big business, stores specializing in only these games are ...
- 3458: Samson Agonistes Dealing With
- In John Milton's works, specifically Samson Agonistes, we get an idea of how Milton shows people coping with defeat. The most evident way these people to choose to deal with their defeat is by questioning why this has ... exposed and so easy to be destroyed. Samson considers death a privilege because he would be buried and relieved of all his pains and wrongs. We see the same kind of questioning why in Milton's, Lycidas. In Lycidas, however the person suffering defeat is one that is mourning a friend. Just like in Samson Agonistes the speaker can't believe this has have to his friend. The speaker wants to know, "Where were ye nymphs when the remorseless deep/, Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas?" (50-51 Lycidas). We see ...
- 3459: Animal Farm Compare And Contra
- ... writer by the name of George Orwell published a book in 1943, called Animal Farm. In the eyes of Mr. Orwell, the sole purpose of the book was to expose the Soviet myth of Russia s acclaimed socialist utopia in a way that almost anyone can comprehend. The simplicity of language in the book and the usage of animals to convey the message made it a prime candidate for a cartoon version and thus one was created. This essay will look at the differences between the book Animal Farm and it s cartoon adaptation. The three criteria which will be used as a basis of comparison are: characterization, exposition and theme. The book Animal Farm, is an allegory of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the events ... all the characters in the book could easily be identified with their Russian revolution counterpart. While reading the book, one should easily be able tell the parallel personality for each character because of George Orwell s very accurate descriptions of the characters. As a result, a great deal of characterization is visible in most parts of the book, as he is constantly building upon the characters. The movie Animal Farm ...
- 3460: Computer Crimes: Laws Must Be Pass To Address The Increase In Computer Crimes
- ... Laws must be passed to address the increase in the number and types of computer crimes. Over the last twenty years, a technological revolution has occurred as computers are now an essential element of today's society. Large computers are used to track reservations for the airline industry, process billions of dollars for banks, manufacture products for industry, and conduct major transactions for businesses because more and more people now have computers at home and at the office. People commit computer crimes because of society's declining ethical standards more than any economic need. According to experts, gender is the only bias. The profile of today's non-professional thieves crosses all races, age groups and economic strata. Computer criminals tend to be relatively honest and in a position of trust: few would do anything to harm another human, and most ...
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