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Succeed In Life Basic Education
1,108 wordsStudents from impoverished neighborhoods and students from economically secure neighborhoods; who deserves the best education? Better yet who deserves an education? In the opinions of both Mike Walzer and Mike Johnson everyone who desires an education deserves one regardless of their social or economic background. This is democracy at work, yet here is where the two men have their first difference of opinion. To Walzer, the goal of a basic education is to provide all students with the tools they...
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Public School System Middle Classes
686 wordsI wish it were true that "trillions of dollars" have been spent on the War on Poverty. Indeed, I would settle for a small fraction of the trillions of dollars we spent on the military in the 1980 s. In fact, the money we spend per-capita on programs for the poor in America is trivial in comparison with per-capita expenditures for the poor in western Europe. As I pointed out in When Work Disappears, the most rapid growth in expenditures for U. S. welfare programs has been in universal entitlement...
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Open Mind West Side
416 wordsGrowing up in CT allowed me to be a part of many memorable academic experiences. The experience I encountered during my journey through the public school system, have been unforgettable. My school had the privileged to take the students on many field trips so the students could experience life outside our sheltered town. When I was a junior in highschool one of the elective classes I enrolled myself in was Humanities. In Humanities class you learn about different neighborhoods in both Connecticu...
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Police Departments Medical Marijuana
1,451 words... criminal-defense lawyer who advocates drug-policy reform. "But the real word is 'confiscation. ' Current law goes way too far. " In 1992, for instance, state troopers grabbed $ 38, 000 from the briefcase of Tom Russo (not his real name) after stopping him and then charging him with drunk driving, among other violations. Although a state judge ordered the cash returned because of an illegal search, police had already transferred it to the federal government, essentially leaving the money -- p...
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Writing This Paper Aggravated Assault
1,088 words... e FBI serves as the main source of information about crime and violence in the United States. The FBI has maintained national crime statistics for nearly 70 years. the FBI receives monthly and annual crime reports from the law enforcement agencies throughout the country which is later summarized and published in semiannual and annual Uniform Crime Reports for the United States. The seven most popular crimes reported to the police according to the FBI are aggravated assault, forcible rape, mu...
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Ice Cube Main Characters
1,454 wordsI have elected to take a closer look at movies that deal with the ghetto social institution. There have been several movies that attempt to depict the harshness of growing up in predominantly black urban neighborhoods. The three films that I have selected are what I believe to be the top three films in this genre. They are Boyz N Da Hood, Menace to Society, and Juice. All of these films try to send a message about what it is like to live in da hood. The first film, "Boyz N Da Hood" marked the di...
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War On Drugs Substance Abuse
1,388 wordsSince the end of World War II, almost every president has declared a war on illegal drug use. The efforts against drugs that are currently used, got their start from a series of laws passed during the Nixon administrations War on Drugs. Many programs have been established including Nancy Regans Just Say No campaign which was started in 1983. George Bush, later provided the DEA with its largest federal funding increase ever, raising the DEAs budget to more than $ 18 billion. The War on Drugs has ...
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Boys And Girls Girls And Boys
1,529 wordsYou cant play with He-man, hes not for girls! This phrase still echoes in my mind as I reminisce about my childhood playtime. As I reached for a He-man action figure from the toy box, I was handed a Barbie doll or a My Little Pony figurine. At that time, I was too young to realize the great chasm that gender had created for such a simple task as playing with toys. However, looking back, it becomes clear that gender, itself, plays a key role in the everyday lives of boys and girls. In Barrie Thor...
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Role Models Dinner Party
1,364 wordsThe film "White Man's Burden is a deliberate attempt by the director, Desmond Nakano, to show what the effects of race and social status are on a person's beliefs, attitudes and behavior. The setting for the film is modern day America with a twist. In the film, blacks dominate economically, politically, and culturally, while whites represent the underclass. Touching upon issues that are prevalent in society today, the film gives the viewer a glimpse of what it's like to be a minority living in a...
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Real Estate Agents Percent Earned
588 wordsBuying or selling a house or an apartment is one of the biggest decisions of a person's life. And when selling or establishing a price for real estate, people seek out real estate agents to do the dirty work. A real estate agent has to convince a prospective homeowner that he or she is trustworthy and knowledgeable. In many ways, the agent acts as a counselor to individuals and families about to embark on a huge commitment. Real estate agents have a thorough knowledge or real estate market in th...
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Public Property Graffiti Gang
526 wordsGraffiti, the tagging of property without the permission of property owners, is a crime. Tagging has been the most common form graffiti for the last decade. While the label is often applied generically, those are involved in graffiti scene of city identity. A number of different names of various style of graffiti currently in use. Research evidence strongly supports that the urban decay graffiti encourages if left unchecked... Because it fosters impressions that the crime is rift, the seemingly ...
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Make Good Neighbors False Sense Of Security
825 wordsWalls and Borders Do "good fences really make good neighbors?" (666) Robert Frost's poem Mending Wall examines this as a local issue. It can also be interpreted as a global issue. Frost writes about two neighbor farmers and how a wall between their property effects the relationship between the two. Taking a more global look at the issue, the conflict in the former Yugoslavia relates to Mending Wall. Perhaps "good fences" give people a false sense of security. Robert Frost's poem, Mending Wall, i...
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City Schools School Systems
974 wordsOne of the most significant issues raised in public education in recent years is the radical difference that exists in funding levels between wealth and poor school districts. "Many states have allotted educational funding related to tax revenues, and this has determined a higher level of educational spending in wealthy neighborhoods and a much lower level of spending for inner-city poor and rural poor communities" (Friday 15). A number of states have considered and implemented plans for the equ...
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Socio Political Reality Racial Tension
2,044 wordsCultural Diversity Assignment 1 Even though that the racial hostility is commonly assumed to be irrational in its essence, this is far from being truth. One of the most important principles of logic states that there is always a corresponding cause to every consequence. Therefore, the essence of racial tension cannot be analyzed out of practical context. Many psychologists explain ethnic hostility as such that derives of peoples irrational mistrust towards each other. Racial tension is being dis...
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Play Is Set Act 1 Scene 1
1,158 wordsRising of Spirit in Lorraine Hansberry's play A Raisin in the Sun Lorraine Hansberry in her play A Raisin in the Sun, written in 1959 raises the questions of racism and racial segregation in the contemporary society. The theme of physical, social and moral confinement is one of the major topics arisen by the play A Raisin in the Sun. The action of the play is set in the small apartment in the poor South side of Chicago owned by the Younger's family. "Weariness has, in fact, won in this room. Eve...
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Ice Cube Main Characters
1,457 wordsI have elected to take a closer look at movies that deal with the? ghetto? social institution. There have been several movies that attempt to depict the harshness of growing up in predominantly black urban neighborhoods. The three films that I have selected are what I believe to be the top three films in this genre. They are? Boyz N Da Hood, ? ? Menace to Society, ? and? Juice. ? All of these films try to send a message about what it is like to live in? da hood. ? The first film, Boyz N Da Hood ...
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Individual Or Group Development Of An Individual
1,273 wordsEveryday, seven-year-old Juan Santiago leaves his small, dirty apartment for his walk to school. On the way through his predominantly African-American and Hispanic neighborhood he passes a toxic waste site and later, a landfill. On the other side of town, young Kelly Johnson leaves her large, comfortable house on her way to her bus stop. On her way through her predominantly White neighborhood she passes a few oak trees and some shrubbery. What is wrong with this picture? Environmentalism is defi...
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One Can Easily Factors That Affect
1,360 wordsSocial Factors Affecting Inner City Poverty Poverty has stricken the country with thousands of inner city families facing dilemmas that contribute to their inability to reach a higher economic social status. Each year, the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services issues updates for the U. S. Federal Poverty Measure. These updates report thresholds that determine eligibility for particular federal programs, and also is used to set an income measure which allows the National Census Bureau to ...
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Role Models Dinner Party
1,362 wordsThe film White Mans Burden is a deliberate attempt by the director, Desmond Nakano, to show what the effects of race and social status are on a persons beliefs, attitudes and behavior. The setting for the film is modern day America with a twist. In the film, blacks dominate economically, politically, and culturally, while whites represent the underclass. Touching upon issues that are prevalent in society today, the film gives the viewer a glimpse of what its like to be a minority living in a soc...
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases Illegal Prostitution
1,034 wordsGovernment Regulation of Prostitution is Key The question of whether prostitution should be legalized has been an extremely controversial issue over the past few years. Many people who oppose government regulation of prostitution claim that America? s morality is at stake. However, I disagree. Government regulation will only help solve this on going social problem that exists in society today. If prostitution is legalized, these sex workers will be less likely to spread sexually transmitted dise...
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