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U S Census Bureau Families With Dependent Children
1,443 wordsPoverty in America The US is the richest country in the world, and ironically poverty can be considered tobe its most serious social problem. According to the March 2000 Current Population Survey, over 32 million Americans, which constitutes 11. 8 percent of the population were poor (U. S. Census Bureau, 2000). A family, and every individual in it, is considered poor if its total income is below the poverty threshold, which was $ 17, 029 for a family of four in 1999 (U. S. Census Bureau, 1999). ...
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Time With Their Children Single Mothers
1,454 wordsSingle mothers in the US More mothers in the United States are working today than ever before. In 1993, 58 % of mothers with children under the age of six, and nearly 75 % of those with children between the ages of six and eighteen were part of the paid labor force. The rapid influx of women into the labor force that began in the 1970 s was marked by the confidence of many women in their ability to successfully maintain both a career and a family. Throughout the 1970 s and 1980 s the dominant im...
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Scarlet Letter Prison Door
1,242 wordsSomething much more than an A When I was about five or six years old, I had my first haircut (the one I remember). I was short back then, about 3 or 4 feet, so I had a booster seat. Sitting on top of the chair with my special boost, I would stare at my reflection in the mirror. Snip, snip, snip went the barber+s scissors, and my hair would fall, fall, fall. I didn+t have a problem with the scissors part; it was the razor I loathed. But I had no choice. The razor scraped at the side of my head an...
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Girl Quot Twenty Five
2,685 wordsAt first, after reading Saturday Climbing, I found it just to be a simple plain story. A story about Barry climbing a cliff and having flashed back about his daughter. But when I went over the story a several more times, I notice the cliff is actually representing the relationship between Barry and his daughter, Moira. It was a story that shows a single father perspective towards his daughter. W. D. Valgardson uses much symbolism in his story, Saturday Climbing, to help reader gain a greater und...
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Side By Side Caged Bird
2,576 wordsSaturday Climbing The Controlling Image The story starts off with Barry 60 feet up the cliff, while Moira is safely put on the ground below. Moira is belaying her father. Barry is scared and finds himself about to fall off the edge. Moira in the meantime, is safe and secure. Barry is protecting Moira from any dangers she may encounter in the world. Barry is wary of drugs and parties, but most of all the boys Moira dates. The cliff had proven to be deceptive. Raising a child is harder than it loo...
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