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What Are Values?
<view this essay>.... and acts of violence more
than ever. News stories of kids killing kids and students carrying guns to
school are common throughout America. Since 1985, more than 28,500 of
America's youth have died from gunshot wounds and today, every 90 minutes a
child is killed from a firearm( ). Before people used to try to solve
their problems with their fists, but now kids use guns as a solution to
their problems. Guns are more easily accessible today. Kids can get a gun
off the street just as easy as buying candy from a store. " Each year, as
many as 225,000 guns are stolen from homes, businesses and vehicles" ( ).
Kids carries guns around because they believe that .....
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Effects Of Gambling
<view this essay>.... it might cause them to not do their schoolwork, which might lead to a drop in their grades. Also a student might drop out of school and go to work making minimum wage just so that they can go to the casino because they are addicted. Also if someone tries stealing things and selling them away for the money they might get caught stealing and have to go to jail.
A person might become addicted to gambling from going to the casino too often. I consider going to the casino more than three times a week being addicted. Also a person might become addicted to gambling if when one of the first couple times that they go they win money. So that might lead in to them t .....
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Sartre And Homosexuality
<view this essay>.... of sincerity, " who wants his homosexual friend to be what he is and declare his homosexuality. In Sartre’s logic, the homosexual is correct, as no person is a homosexual in the way that a "table is a table." Sartre’s argument lies within this framework. He believes that the homosexual cannot acknowledge that he is a homosexual. If the homosexual becomes "sincere", and expresses that he is a homosexual, he would be in bad faith. He would essentially agree that he is a homosexual in the same way that a book is a book. He wold be "affirming that he is a homosexual in the sense of being-in-itself, yet at the same time he would be aware that this was not, in .....
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Animal Testing
<view this essay>.... The nervous system, blood and brain chemistry, gland and organ secretions, and immunological responses are all interrelated. It is impossible to explore, explain or predict the course of many diseases or the effects of many treatments without observing and testing the entire living system. For example, scientists use prairie dogs to study gallstone disease, and polar bears to study Alzheimer’s disease because they have the same aging patterns as humans with the disease. Also, the physicians and physicians-in-training who perform today's delicate cardiac, ear, eye, pulmonary and brain surgeries must develop the necessary skills before patients' lives are en .....
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Gang Violence
<view this essay>.... a game. They would pose as gang members to be cool.
Then police arrested him and other gang members for stealing cars. G-Ball never
wanted to be a gang member he wanted to act and dress like one.
Another former gang member, Alonzo, age 17 wanted to join a gang because
he had nothing to do after school. Both he and G-Ball joined a gang by choice.
Keith, age 17 was forced into a gang. If he didn't join, he'd be hunted down
and killed by the gang members. When older family member already in a gang,
younger siblings are often forced in.
Many gangs use graffiti to show their power and to mark their turf.
"Everywhere you go you see graffiti." Professor A .....
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Social Class Action Research
<view this essay>.... They include the hardcore unemployed-those whom seldom work, if ever, and they lack the skills to find and maintain a job. The working class are those who require manual work for which income can vary widely. These people do not give orders; they generally take orders from a higher authority known as the middle class. The middle class Americans income can range from $20,000 to $50,000 putting them into two different groups: white collar workers and professional managers. The upper middle class includes professionals, managers, and administrators. They are known as the elite for the middle class. Out of all the classes studied, the upper middle class .....
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The Need For An Official Language
<view this essay>.... different languages costs our
government lots of money, in addition, it makes the operation of the
government inefficient. Everyone have to suffer from it because all this
money come from the tax.
Using different languages also breaks the unity of our society. People
are separated by what kind of language they speak; for example, people who
speak only Chinese will live in China Town. Those people also tend to hang
around with the same kind of people, those who speak Chinese. There is no
communiaction between them and the outside. Later on, different kinds of
small groups will be formed. Different gruops will have conflict since they
don't share the same c .....
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Creativity
<view this essay>.... and
both men suffered from some kind of depression .
Dr. Arnold M. Ludwig informs us that ". . . creativity must go
beyond the bounds of what already is known or deductible by reason . . .
"(American Journal of Psychotherapy). It is creativity that is the soul of the
inventor, painter or poet. Creativity is not equal among most people and in fact
is hindered by " . . . self censorship, that inner voice of judgment that
confines our creative spirit within the boundaries of what we deem
acceptable."(Psych Today).
Dr. Torrence, in his studies, concluded that intelligence does
not have any effect on creativity and it is the thinking style that actually
stimu .....
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