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Diversity On Campus
<view this essay>.... on everyone.
The differences on a college campus vary greatly. And some differences are easier to accept, and others are more challenging. These differences are a great source for learning, but should not be the only primary focus. Between some people the differences may be infinite, but the similarities are still present among every human. To go a step further you can say all animals have similarities as well as differences. So the skills and values acquired by college students is imperative to the world's survival.
The attitudes and values are well defined concepts that are appropriate for college students to acquire have been described as: "1. Appreciat .....
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Concerns Facing The United States In The 1990s: Crime, Education, And Employment
<view this essay>.... all being
paid for by the taxpayer's money. Fortunately, a law was passed in 1994 which
has put more police on the streets, increased drug enforcement, border patrols,
and crime prevention programs.
Another concern we deal with as Americans is education. Many students
drop out of school early. Many of the rest graduate knowing less math, science,
and history than other industrialized nations. Illiteracy rates are high, and
more and more students are graduating from school even if they have been absent
more days than allowed. To improve this, committees have been organized will
develop voluntary national and state standards for education and authorize
gr .....
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Chivalry
<view this essay>.... Most of all, he was loyal to God, as all Christian
knights were. A Christian knight had virtues of fidelity, piety, loyalty and
devotion to God. However, some knights did not live this ideal lifestyle.
(Duby)
A young boy in training to be a knight spent the first few years of his
life in care of the women in his family. At the age of 7 years old, a child of
noble birth would be placed in the castle of a lord or govenor. This is where
the training for knighthood began. As a page, the boy would be tutored in
Latin and French, but he devoted most of his time to physical exersice, and
duties. A page was educated in wrestling, tilting with spears, and m .....
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Determination Of One's Behavior
<view this essay>.... Style of these two particular stories have significant similarities. Both stories are told from the first person point of view using I as pronoun to narrate the events of the story. The first person point of view in each story is effective because the reader is able to fully understand the emotions and experiences of the main characters as they happen. "I had grown up in a Caucasian society in which I was a minority member." "I was Known Angela to the outside world, and as Sun-Kyung at home". The use of I helps the reader to know defiantly who is the speaker and of whom they are prevalent within both underlying the entire story. It is ironic that .....
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Violence In Schools
<view this essay>.... a matter of public policy. It is a matter of strengthening basic values, of teaching children right from wrong, of instilling in them respect for others. We each have a responsibility to work to end youth violence and to keep schools safe for children and for those who teach them. Youth violence in many schools has reached universal proportions. It is not only happening in our high schools, it has also made its way into our elementary and middle schools. Everyone seems to have a different perspective on why there is such a problem with school safety. Some say it is the parents’ fault, some say it is the media, and others blame the schools. Yet, the question sti .....
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Segregation And The Civil Rights Movement
<view this essay>.... political opportunities for blacks. By 1877 the
Democratic Party had gained control of government in the Southern states, and
these Southern Democrats wanted to reverse black advances made during
Reconstruction. To that end, they began to pass local and state laws that
specified certain places "For Whites Only" and others for "Colored." Blacks had
separate schools, transportation, restaurants, and parks, many of which were
poorly funded and inferior to those of whites. Over the next 75 years, Jim Crow
signs went up to separate the races in every possible place. The system of
segregation also included the denial of voting rights, known as disfranchisement.
Bet .....
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Effects Of Youth Crime
<view this essay>.... tearing through the first's body. He falls
to the ground, dead. Things like this happen every day. Kids hurting other
kids, it's not something that should be happening. Because of things like this,
there are many rules and regulations at schools and other places that there
wasn't before. Youth violence happens every day and it is tearing society apart.
A lot of crimes now days are committed by kids, people under the age of
21. They do all sorts of crime, they murder one another, they steal things,
they paint graffiti on the wall. Crime is worse than it ever has been. It used
to be the mob that people were scared of, now it's the gangs. If you cross .....
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An Explanation Of Terrorism
<view this essay>.... is an attack of some sort against a person or
place that involves violence and/or destruction of property and is usually
politically motivated. (Terrorism 3)
Our fight against terrorism became something the terrorists might fear in 1970,
at the Hague Convention. This United Nations convention basically defined .
..hijacking as a crime and required contracting states either to allow the
extradition of hijackers to their country of origin, or to prosecute them in the
state where they were arrested. (The Terrorists 146) Atkins states that one of
the reasons it took so long to do anything about terrorism is that it is so hard
to define, and therefore just as h .....
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