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Binge Drinking Drink Responsibly
944 words
From one generation to the next, we have seemingly
continued this ridiculous practice of "binge
drinking." Sure, let's all see who can drink the
most, who passes out first, and let's not forget
throwing-up? Yes, you haven't experienced the true
effects of binge drinking until you " ve thrown-up
all over yourself. But why, why is it that today's
generation feels that this is fun? Risking your
life to fit in isn't fun. Fun is going to an
amusement park or even a baseball game.
Unfortunately, colle...
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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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Thousand Six Hundred Type Atomic Bomb
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I read the book A World Destroyed: Hiroshima and
the Origins of the Arms Race written by Martin J.
Sherwin. I thoroughly enjoyed reading on
Hiroshima. Throughout many history classes at
different schools I have learned a great deal on
Hiroshima, but have found many things in this book
that have struck my attention. I really overly
enjoyed reading this book, I have learned many new
things. I learned many things in this book that I
will explain. On the morning of August 6, 1945, a
B- 29 bomber nam...
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Billion Per Year War On Drugs
1,231 words
America is spending millions of dollars to run ad
campaigns with teenage waifs smashing up the
kitchen with frying pans, brain fried egg
commercials, and other inaccurate and misleading
ads put fear into our nations youth and adults
alike. One such ad showed a flat line brain scan
purportedly hooked up to a drug user. It was later
proven that it was hooked up to nothing and most
of our nations kids now know it. Seeing the "Land
of the Free" turn into a nation that imprisons
more of its citizens ...
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Juvenile Justice System Juvenile Offenders
1,042 words
Are we solving youth violence by sending minors to
jail in adult prisons? In the article Tough
Justice for Juveniles author Edward Humes
discusses the underlining problems with the
Juvenile Justice System. In this article Humes
claims in paragraph 2 that: Our national fixation
with meting out adult punishments to young
criminals has blinded us to the underling crisis
the juvenile systems shocking inability to impose
meaningful penalties, or even supervision, on
offenders before they become the p...
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Infidelity And The Science Of Cheating
908 words
This a Review from an article in Newsweek 12 - 30
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Science of Cheating" Through research
psychologists and other researchers have claimed
that sexual infidelity effects both men and women
differently. In addition, their beliefs on sexual
infidelity differ. There have been many theories
about the occurrence of infidelity, and most
researchers have different opinions about these
theories. Researchers from the article Infidelity
and the Science of Ch...
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Violence In Schools Acts Of Violence
1,526 words
There is excessive violence in society, and it is
escalating, as evidence by music, TV, movies,
videos, and in schools. How has music and society
made people more violent? Violence is everywhere,
and some people realize it. Teens are around
violence everyday. It's found in school, the music
they listen to and the movies they watch. After
kids come home from a school with violence in it,
then they go home and play video games with guys
chopping other peoples head off, which is very
violent. Paren...
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Abusive Relationship Homeless People
785 words
It is a month before the end of eleventh grade and
my English teacher drops a five to six page
research paper on the class. The topic of this
research paper needed to be on one of the problems
people face in America in todays society. At the
time, I wanted nothing more than to go to the
beach and be out of school for the summer.
Therefore, I was anything but enthusiastic about
this project. Each individual in the class was to
pick the topic of his or her research paper out of
a basket. Lucky for...
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African Americans And Crime
814 words
African-Americans and Crime The suggestions that
African-Americans suffer from law enforcement
agencies extra scrutiny, is nothing but a product
of mental illness, on the part of neo-Liberals in
governmental offices, who perceive the issue of
racism as a skin rush the more it is being
scratched, the more it itches. This is why they
never get tired of whining about inadequate
representation of Blacks if law enforcement
agencies, about evils of racial profiling and
about polices badness towards Bl...
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Seat Belt Safety Belt
937 words
Seat Belt Use Its click it or ticket! (Seat Belts
and Air Bags) Cars are one of the consequences or
side effects of technological progress. It was
designed to help people move around faster. It
saves our time, but certainly, does not save our
lives. Car crashes is one of the leading causes
for deaths in USA. To make cars safer, somebody
came up with idea of seat belts. It has been
proved that they decrease injury and death rate.
But it is up to you, whether to wear one or not!
It is not necessar...
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Percent Of The Population Birth Rate
705 words
Introduction Thailand is a large country in
Southeastern Asia. This predominantly Buddhist
country is twice as long (North to South) as it is
wide (East to West). Nearly one fourth of the
country s 61 million people live in urban areas
and one tenth of the country s population live in
Bangkok, the capital city. In this essay I will
discuss population trends in Thailand in relation
to those of the United States and how they affect
the countries as a whole. Data Analysis According
to statistics pr...
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Distribution Of Condoms Sexual Activity
587 words
Has sexual activity grown as casual to high school
students as kissing? According to Zandile By, who
writes for Sex, etc. it has. Even in grammar
school, she heard about students having oral sex
by the time they got to high school, its really
not such a big deal, she says (Florio). Some
experts feel that our public schools should step
in, and provide sexually active students with
contraceptives, or condoms, which would aid in the
fight against growing rates of teen pregnancies,
and prevent the s...
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Domestic Violence Sexual Abuse
760 words
Domestic violence is a serious issue in today? s
society that is often overlooked. It affects
people of all ages, races, and sexes, yet still
not many people know anything about it. There are
many different types of Domestic violence in
families. They include: child abuse, sexual abuse,
emotional abuse, and physical abuse. All of which
are very traumatic for the victims involved. Child
abuse is one of the top types of violence that is
often left unknown. The reason it is never
reported is becaus...
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Age Of 18 L A Times
912 words
Lets say your daughter is walking down the street
at 10: 00 P. M. to get some eggs and milk for
breakfast tomorrow morning. But while she is
walking back, a cop stops her for a curfew
violation. The officer arrests her, searches her,
and brings her into the station. Finally after
three hours later, after you are worried sick, the
police call you and say, your daughter has been
arrested for violating curfew. You need to come
pick her up so we can release her into your
custody. After you finally g...
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Anti Gun Control Gun Control Laws
936 words
Regulation of guns is a necessary action that
needs to be taken in order to save lives. A good
definition of gun control is needed to understand
the sides and issues. Gun control is an effort to
soothe rise in violent crime by strengthening laws
on the ownership of firearms. Persons in the group
against gun control believe that gun control is
wrong, and that it is a violation of
constitutional rights. Those in favor of gun
control believe that gun control is good, that the
Second Amendment does ...
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Josiah Bounderby Thomas Gradgrind
778 words
Hard Times by Charles Dickens Irony Hard Times, by
Charles Dickens, was a representation of his time.
Times were hard for children and adults alike.
People who questioned what they were taught, often
went through struggles and hard times. Eventually,
the people who were looked down were the ones who
really helped those in need. Throughout the book,
there are many ironic instances. Thomas Gradgrind
was a man built on the idea that facts and
statistics were the only truth in life and all
that was ...
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Age Of 21 Age Of 18
843 words
The DRINKING Age Why cant the legal drinking age
be lowered to 18? This is a question asked by
thousands of kids and adults under the age of 21
years. Over all if you think about it is sort of
ignorant how the government made the required
drinking age 21, were they thinking that when you
reach 21 yrs of age you are more responsible and
more privileged than any one else? I guess no one
really knows. But, really why did the law mandate
all states to raise the drinking age to 21 in
1987. I mean com...
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Teen Suicide Year Olds
339 words
Every year thousands of teens die in the United
States, not from cancer or car accidents, but by
their own hand; they make the choice that they
want to die, and they take their own life.
Statistics conducted in 1996 reveal that every 42
seconds a teenager attempts suicide and every 16.
9 minutes a teenager completes it. Many people
think that the matter is not factual, and they try
to sweep teen suicide under the carpet. Yet it is
all true. Suicide is the fastest growing killer of
youth in Ameri...
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Romeo And Juliet Death Instinct
832 words
Suicide refers to intentional self-inflicted acts
that end in death. Derived from the Latin
suicidium, which combines the pronoun for self and
the verb for to kill, the word suicide was first
used in 1651, but self-initiated deaths have
occurred throughout history. History tells us many
stories of people destroying each other in war.
Warriors are heroes of legends. We try to imagine
the courage, strength, and wisdom it must take to
become a hero, but history also describes how
people have died b...
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Teen Suicide Year Olds
344 words
Every year Suicide Teen Suicide Every year
thousands of teens die in the United States, not
from cancer or car accidents, but by their own
hand; they make the choice that they want to die,
and they take their own life. Statistics conducted
in 1996 reveal that every 42 seconds a teenager
attempts suicide and every 16. 9 minutes a
teenager completes it. Many people think that the
matter is not factual, and they try to sweep teen
suicide under the carpet. Yet it is all true.
Suicide is the fastest ...
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