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- 921: The Blackfoot Indians
- ... had fur-lined moccasins and fur caps with ear flaps. They also painted their bodies with bear grease to keep warm in the frigid temperatures. Myths and stories were an Indians only form of history teaching since it wasn't recorded in books, and therefore was vital to keep the past and it's mistakes alive. The myths and stories were about such things as the beginning of time, the sun ...
- 922: America's Zoos: Entertainment to Conservation
- ... the privilege of observing these species first-hand (Diamond, 1995). Perhaps one of the most important changes the zoos have made is their purpose. Rather than just providing entertainment, the goal is education through enjoyment. Teaching the public about these animals and their habitats can be extremely crucial in keeping these species afloat (Stevens, 1993). Zoos are making great strides in the education, showing people the creatures and the environments they ...
- 923: St. Thomas Aquinas: Natural Law Theory; Just War Theory
- ... fact, the way human beings usually act. Natural law is contrasted with positive law, the enactment's of civil society. Christians found the natural law ideology of the Stoics quite compatible with their beliefs. The teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas on the natural law is the most widely known. Aquinas called the rational guidance of creation by God the “Eternal Law." The Eternal Law gives all beings the tendency of these ...
- 924: The Drinking Age Should Be Lowered to Eighteen
- ... old. As they grow up, they are taught by their parents to drink responsibly. So far, this way of life appears to work for some countries. By returning the legal drinking age to eighteen and teaching young adults how to drinking responsibly, perhaps they would no longer see alcohol as a deviant action, but as a substance that is meant to be enjoyed mature young adults. Keeping the drinking age at ...
- 925: The Drug War in America
- The Drug War in America The drug war in America has many elements to it that ranges from education of the public not to use drug such, a teaching grade school children to “just say no” and the D. A.R.E. program, to intervention and treatment for drug users. Protecting United States borders from incoming drugs and trying to keep other countries from ...
- 926: The Seat Belt Law
- ... there will be no restrictions. At eighteen, the graduating license program ends. As a Michigan driver, I feel that the graduating program of obtaining a driver’s license is very useful. The way they are teaching young teens to drive makes me feel much safer on the road. When I was young, I did not have the training that is available now. I have had to learn how to be a ...
- 927: “To legalize or Not to Legalize”
- ... such a major problem if they are legalized? (Toward a Users’ Drug Rights Policy - pages 386-387) Drugs are also a way to provide personal insight and self-knowledge. They also are a way of teaching new modes of consciousness. One expert says that “Alcohol has been called a teacher of truth, Marijuana has been praised as an instructor on the realm of senses, bodily self-awareness, sexuality, music, and dancing ...
- 928: Corporal Punishment Is Physical Abuse
- ... have any correct action; on the contrary, past experience has shown that it will lead to a deeper feeling of hatred towards authority and society. I believe that discipline is necessary in the raising and teaching of children so they can become social, productive and responsible adults. Punishment is a method of disciplining and corporal punishment is only one aspect of punishment. Parents and teachers who lower themselves to physical violence ...
- 929: Reviving The Death Penalty
- ... on crime" (Draper,121). They do not deem it right for the government to execute it's own citizens, but by doing so the government is saving many innocent lives. Fourth, Americans who follow the teaching of Jesus Christ believe it is morally wrong to take the life of anyone at anytime. Some people invoke religious reasons why they will not support capital punishment. "Jesus forebode murder as a form of ...
- 930: Juvenile Justice
- ... here is where the controversy comes in; the fact weather its a deterrent or not is the issue. If we can't set an example to rest, then in all honesty, whats the point in teaching a lesson to that one individual. California Attorney General Dan Lungren says, “The question ought to be whether the death penalty is appropriate, not whether it is injustice; in some cases its the only appropriate ...
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