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Juvenile Delinquency Delinquent Acts
999 words
Remember doing something mischievous or wrong when
you were a kid and getting the label "delinquent"
slapped on you? Did you ever wonder what it meant?
That is what my topic for today is... juvenile
delinquency. In this report I will: define
juvenile delinquency, give the extent of juvenile
delinquency, give some suggestions on what causes
juvenile delinquency, and what is being done in
various communities to deal with this growing
problem. The legal term juvenile delinquent was
established so t...
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Black Man White Man
1,121 words
In the book Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin
the reader can experience life on the other side
of the color line through his words. John Griffin
was an author who became another person so he
could tell the story of being a black man in the
1950 s south. He went to a dermatologist and took
pills to darken his skin tone; he used a sun lamp
to darken it more. With these methods he became
black. He then traveled down to the south to live
as an unemployed writer and experience first hand
what the ...
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African American Literature Harlem Renaissance
497 words
The neighborhood of Harlem was the place to be in
the 20 's. It was the jazz age and in New York
City, Harlem was the site of an explosion of
African-American literature, art, music, and
culture. This would become known as the "Harlem
Renaissance" or "The New Negro Movement." This was
a joyous time but it only lasted for a few years.
Part of the reason the Harlem Renaissance began
was due to the migration of African-Americans to
the northern cities. After World War I many
factory jobs opened up ...
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Watching Her Deal Learned From Watching Her Deal Life
671 words
Have you ever had someone in your life who helped
you figure out who who you were? Someone who
showed you the right path. Someone who was there
right next you even if you did not take that path.
Someone who always seemed to be right, but never
held it against you when you were not. Someone
whom without your life would most likely be
entirely different. I have. Her name was Melissa
was more than my neighbor. She was more than my
mentor. She was my best friend. Melissa lived
three houses down from...
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Aaron Copland Jazz Musicians
643 words
Not only was Aaron Copland a great American
composer, he was a great composer worldwide. He
grew up in Brooklyn, New York in a very drab
neighborhood. He was influenced by jazz musicians
and French composers. He made many remarkable
contributions to the world of music and worked to
make music more enjoyable to the everyday
listener. His major works are not only world
famous, but world-appreciated. Aaron Copland was
born in 1900 in Brooklyn, New York. He was the
youngest of all of the children in...
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Middle Class Society Gap Between The Rich
1,250 words
"The world we live in appears to be falling apart
at the seams. The problems facing humanity seem
overwhelming. " Never in history has a generation
differed as greatly from those of the past. The
gap between the rich and the poor is widening,
thus, their are more people living in poverty and
more "middle class" society being forced to live
in poverty. Our world is full of hate for one and
other, mostly caused by a pre-conditioned belief
of each other. We would be lead to believe that we
live in ...
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Year Old Boy Acts Of Violence
1,791 words
Moses Lake, Wash. 2 students and 1 teacher Bethel,
Alaska Principal and 1 student killed, 2 killed, 1
other wounded when 14 -year-old Barry others
wounded by Evan Ramsey, 16, at his high Loukaitis
opened fire on his algebra class. school. Pearl,
Miss. 2 students killed and 7 wounded by West
Paducah, Ky. 3 students killed, 5 wounded a 16
-year-old who was also accused of killing his by a
14 -year-old boy as they participated in a prayer
mother. He and several friends thought to be in on
circle at...
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John Wayne Gacy Father In Law
1,778 words
John Wayne Gacy, Jr. was the second of three
children. His older sister Joanne was born two
years before him and two years later came his
youngest sister Karen. All of the Gacy children
were raised Catholic and all three attended
Catholic schools where they lived on the northern
side of Chicago. When Gacy was eleven years old he
was playing by a swing set when he was hit in the
head by one of the swings. The accident caused a
blood clot in the brain. However, the blood clot
was not discovered un...
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Ku Klux Klan Martin Luther King Jr
1,080 words
Martin Luther King Jr. and the Ku Klux Klan have
been major parts of prejudice in the 1900 s.
Martin Luther King Jr. had one of the most
powerful speeches ever. He helped many people in
the United States in the movement against
prejudice. The Ku Klux Klan has, however, has
contributed to prejudice in the United States.
Although the Ku Klux Klan has diminished, even
disbanded at a time, it exists now and is
spreading strong hate. People come out to protest
against the Ku Klux Klan when the have a...
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Black And White Speak Spanish
525 words
The experience to be around different cultures
influenced me in many ways. For five years of my
developing life (12 - 16) I lived on the Northwest
Side of Chicago, which is called Humboldt Park.
Humboldt Park is a multicultural neighborhood,
mostly dominated by Latinos. Where I resided was
3240 West Evergreen Avenue in the heart and soul
of Humboldt Park. My first week there in Humboldt
was a worst, I hated it. This was my first time
ever living in a place where I saw more than Black
and White p...
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Mag Lite Pretty Good Dog
659 words
1. Hello, Captain OFlanerty here. I work with a
lot of dogs, German Shepard's, labs golden
retrievers. I also work with rottweilers. We use
these dogs for many tasks. We use them for drug
sniffing, scent tracking, and for perpetrator
apprehension. Some say a rottweiler is a mean dog
and scare people. They have sort of a bad Rapp.
Well, I tell you what, I have met some of the
nicest dogs in the world. And some of them have
been rottweilers. 2. My neighbor owns a
rottweiler. I hate that damn dog i...
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Small Children One Person
759 words
My Contrasting Feelings about Poverty. Though we
deal with poverty everyday, this worldwide dilemma
has failed to be recognized as the critical and
longstanding killer that it is. Being such a
widespread problem, it exists in all countries
around the world. It is so immense of a problem
that people suffering from poverty in countries
like Nigeria, India, and even the United States
survive by drinking and bathing with contaminated
water and searching for leftover food in
neighborhood trash cans t...
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Super Bowl Running Back
700 words
There are billions of people on our earth, every
once and a while great people are born. For these
people to become great it means they have to stand
out from the crowd, do something extraordinary. In
1972 a great one was born his name was Terrell
Davis. Many great people have to face adversity,
ill give u some background on Terrell, and Ill
also tell you about what made Terrell so great.
The memories of Terrell are very interesting and I
want to share some things that really stood out in
his li...
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Aunt Aggie Frank Mccourt People
1,248 words
Frank McCourt was a little Irish Catholic boy,
born in Brooklyn and lived in Ireland until he was
nineteen. Angela's Ashes is the story of growing
up in Ireland. His family was extremely poor. His
father never had a steady job and if he worked a
little, he spent most of the wages in the pubs.
His mother stayed home with the children. The
Irish Catholics do not believe in birth control,
so they had seven children, although three died.
Since there were so many mouths to feed and
Malachy, Franks fa...
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Education Really Affect Affected My Life Friends
723 words
How has my personality been shaped by the five
major instructions? Firstly, my family is one of
the most influential parts of my life. My family
has taught me all the values that I think that I
would need in life. I was not raised in an abusive
family, which shapes my personality by making me
less aggressive towards my peers, and teaching me
that you can^t get your way through force, but by
patience. I think that my family has positively
affected my life through treating me like I^m a
person, so...
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African American Literature African American Experience
640 words
An African American cultural movement of the 1920
s and early 1930 s that was centered in the Harlem
neighborhood of New York City. Variously known as
the New Negro movement, the New Negro Renaissance,
and the Negro Renaissance, the movement emerged
toward the end of World War I in 1918, blossomed
in the mid- to late 1920 s, and then faded in the
mid- 1930 s. The Harlem Renaissance marked the
first time that mainstream publishers and critics
took African American literature seriously and
that Af...
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Gang Violence Crimes Committed
1,127 words
I dont think I was even conscious that gangs
existed and were a problem until 1991. That was
the year that my friend Steph and I went to see
the movie Boyz in the Hood, directed by John
Singleton. When we chose to see that movie, we
really had no idea what it was about. We chose is
for two reasons, one because nothing that was
playing at the time except for Boyz looked
remotely interesting, and two, Cuba Gooding Jr.
had a role in it, and we both thought he was kind
of cute. It ended up being one...
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Part Of Town San Jose
1,141 words
Everyone is put in this world without a choice. We
dont have a choice of parents. We dont have a
choice of what we are going to look like. We also
cant choose the location we want to grow up in. We
dont have any choice at all when we are born.
People have to just take what they get and try to
live with what they have. I personally didnt like
the place I was raised but did I have any choice?
I had to adapt to the environment in which I was
raised. My first house I ever lived in wasnt a
good one. ...
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Hope In Action Preferential Option For The Poor Students
970 words
STAND AND DELIVER In the Gospel of Matthew it
states, Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for
one of these least brothers of mine, you did for
me. (Matt. 25: 40). This relates to Moltmanns
guideline of the preferential option for the poor.
In todays society we are faced with the poor
everywhere we go. Whether it be in the largest
cities in the world such as London, New York, or
Los Angeles; or in the smallest towns in middle
America, or third world countries the poor are
suffering all around us...
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Lao Tzu The Moderation Of Rule
850 words
Ruling a country effectively is executed through a
variety of methods. Lao-Tzu, a follower of Taoism,
expresses his belief on the most efficient way to
govern. "The more prohibitions you have, the less
virtuous people will be. The more weapons you
have, the less secure people will be. The more
subsidies you have, the less self-reliant people
will be" (25). This quote from Lao-Tzu can be
interpreted many different ways. The author
discusses what he feels the role of a leader
should be, the restri...
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