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Dylan Klebold Eric Harris
570 words
It happened April of 1999. It was the single worst
tragedy ever to occur within a high school. Two
high school students, Eric Harris and Dylan
Klebold, marched right into their school armed
head to toe with weapons, and opened fire on their
peers. Who is to blame for this senseless act of
slaughter? Should the parents have discovered
their childrens plot before it happened, should we
consider their peers part of the problem, or
should we find the media at fault with placing
violent thoughts into...
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Traumatic Stress Disorder World War Ii
2,009 words
It was not until World War I that specific
clinical syndromes came to be associated with
combat duty. In prior wars, it was assumed that
such casualties were merely manifestations of poor
discipline and cowardice. However, with the
protracted artillery barrages commonplace during
"The Great War, " the concept evolved that the
high air pressure of the exploding shells caused
actual physiological damage, precipitating the
numerous symptoms that were subsequently labeled
"shell shock. " By the end ...
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Billion Dollars Teenage Girls
2,195 words
As the sun shines a little bit too brilliantly
through the window and your silver-plated designer
alarm clock blares, you roll out of bed. Being the
troubled, sassy, and tired genius teenager that
you are, you reach for your Sony laptop and
hurriedly cram it into your North Face backpack.
You smile at the originality of its buttons and
patches that don street smart sayings whose
purpose are to differentiate your black bag from
all of the other clones that are seen in your
schools hallways. As yo...
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People Who Suffer Downs Syndrome
2,784 words
All children that are born with Downs Syndrome
(previously called mongolism) have a common
characteristic appearance and may also share
similar congenital birth defects. Dr John Downs,
of whom the condition is so named after, found
that children who were born with these similar
characteristics and that after testing were
complete. It was found that there was a common
chromosome abnormality, which is known as Trisomy
21 (Cunningham, 1996). Every pregnant woman is at
risk of having a Downs Syndrom...
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Obsessive Compulsive Emotional Intelligence
2,192 words
... emissions of affect are, however, fixated at a
childhood level and are therefore relatively
undifferentiated, so that they are not readily
available for thought about oneself. [Theaters of
the Mind] Graeme Taylor provides a example of this
behaviour in Disorders of Affect Regulation:
During the early months of therapy it became
evident that James struggled with a great deal of
anger and rage, but usually he was unaware of such
feelings until he lost control. On one occasion,
he impulsively p...
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Runnin' Down Some Lines Book Review
1,387 words
Deprived of opportunities for advancement in
mainstream society, [black ghetto] teenagers
elevate their personal style into a philosophy of
life. Their exemplars are pimps and gangsters...
Gangs develop to bolster self-identity through
psychological control of the streets; hip
"threads" and "freaked out" cars also serve as
outward signs of inner creativity. Both sexes
consider coitus ("doin' the do") a natural and
desirable part of adolescence; soft drugs,
primarily marijuana ("tea"), also offer...
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Little Things School Shootings And Teasing
1,538 words
Introduction - Examples of shootings related to
teasing and solutions to problem I. Change
Atmosphere A. Assailants generally rejected B.
Psychological damage C. Led to kill tormentors D.
Quotes from others 1) Re: Columbine and its
shooters- at least took a stand 2) it did take
guts 3) Maybe itll make people think next time II.
Students responsibility A. Intentions always told
to peers 1) Usually detailed 2) Rarely taken
seriously or reported B. Bethel, Alaska story C.
Is it worth risking the li...
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Nobel Prize Creative Thought
2,227 words
... that thinking process disease known as
"hardening of the categories. " This becomes a
special problem when the knowledge is focused in a
small specialty area, because the breadth of
alternative information that could be used in
creative synthesis is missing. Creative Leaders
Are Original Thinkers Original thinking is not the
same as creativity but is obviously prerequisite
for creative thought. Originality requires an
active search for the different. This may involve
deliberate attempts to c...
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Are Gender Rolls Rightfully Accepted By Society
1,172 words
Most people understand that there are strict
behavioral rolls that guide individuals how to act
appropriately as males and females. These gender
rolls dictating appropriate gender behavior seem
to be predicting in how society sees the relation
between sex and gender. Males and females have
very different statuses. Often times ones gender
is inconsistent with what society deems
appropriate. In the book, The Last Time I Wore a
Dress, by Steve Ottero and in the movie, Boys
Don't Cry, by Janis Thoma...
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Effects Of Maternal On Infant Development
1,639 words
The topic of this paper is the debate of whether
or not maternal employment has any effect on
infant development. Research on this described
topic has recently become popular due to the rise
of working mothers over the past several decades.
Their increasing numbers in the workplace and
decreasing numbers as stay at home moms are
creating a number of different issues to be
studied. The effects of maternal employment are
determined by a number of factors that include,
the mother's job satisfaction...
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Jury Of Her Peers Men And Women
759 words
A Jury of Her Peers A short story A Jury of Her
Peers" by Susan Glaspell is a masterpiece of a
short story genre. A woman named Minnie Wright is
accused of the murder of her husband. The plot of
the story is simple. There are three men to
investigate the case. An author uses the symbolism
to justify the murder. The symbolism as the
authors method is used throughout a story. It
begins with the name of suspected Wright that
sounds like right, i. e. either innocent or right
in her deed. Lots of thi...
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Correlation Between Child Abuse And Schizophrenia
2,275 words
Correlation Between Child Abuse and Schizophrenia
The purpose of this research is to see whether
there is a correlation between schizophrenia and
child abuse. There were numerous studies and
researches on that very subject, therefore it is
not that hard to consolidate all the findings and
come up with the justified conclusion. Based on
all the research material available, it is evident
that there is a direct correlation between child
abuse and schizophrenia. Between 1992 and 1996, 27
adolescents...
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Abuse Or Neglect Commit A Crime
2,421 words
A person would be considered to be acting
defiantly in society if they are violating what
the significant social norm in that particular
culture is. What causes humans to act certain ways
is a disputed topic among researchers for some
time now. There are three types of researchers
that have tried to answer this question. There is
the psychological answer, biological answer, and
the sociological answer. With all of the studies
that have been performed, no one group has come up
with an exact reaso...
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Abuse Or Neglect Commit A Crime
2,257 words
A person would be considered to be acting
defiantly in society if they are violating what
the significant social norm in that particular
culture is. What causes humans to act certain ways
is a disputed topic among researchers for some
time now. There are three types of researchers
that have tried to answer this question. There is
the psychological answer, biological answer, and
the sociological answer. With all of the studies
that have been performed, no one group has come up
with an exact reaso...
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Teenage Suicide Suicide Prevention
663 words
The teenage suicide rate has risen to crisis
proportions over the past 20 years. Between 1957
and 1975, the rate of suicide among 15 to 24 year
olds tripled; and Native American adolescents, the
suicide rate increased 1000 % (TEENAGERS IN
CRISIS, 1983). It is estimated that 5, 000 to 6,
000 teenagers kill themselves each year, and at
least ten times that many attempt to do so.
Because many suicide attempts go unreported or are
reported as accidents, the estimated number may be
as high as 500, 00...
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Baton Rouge Lincoln
1,020 words
Henry Wager Halleck Dissension Among Generals by
Glen R. Hee Henry Wager Halleck, or Old Brains as
he was called, served as general in chief of the
Union armies in the Civil war. His nickname
referred to his theoretical brilliance although
there were severe doubts as to his field skills.
General Halleck was the source of many other
General? s difficulties and his actions portrayed
a man obsessed with self service. His indecision
and lack of tactical competence would lead strife
among the very tr...
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Hearing Loss Child
1,291 words
The nature, causality, assessment, prevention,
accommodation, and my personal reflection of the
hearing loss will be discussed in my paper. I.
Nature of the Exceptionally: According to
Gallaudet University, approximately 1 of every 1,
000 infants is born deaf while 6 of every 1, 000
are born with some degree of hearing loss.
Permanent hearing loss at birth annually affects
24, 000 infants in the USA. In other words, 6
infants per 1, 000 will have a hearing loss in a
least one ear that will affec...
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Titus Andronicus Othello
2,023 words
Cynthia I. Quintana Racial Background Effect in
Othello During the Elizabethan times it was
uncommon for black people to act out roles in
plays. Shakespeare introduces this to his audience
in two plays, the first Titus Andronicus and the
second Othello. The first black character, Aaron,
is portrayed as a secondary villain. Othello on
the other hand is of higher status than many of
his peers in the play. This was different for
Shakespeare to present a minority person with such
authority as a main...
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Mother Or Father Love And Acceptance
1,243 words
Lifetime Parental Support Love for Life [Another
WR 122 paper]-RJ Love for life Raised with strict
family values, I cringe to phrases like, I can? t
wait to get my children out of the house, or As
soon as my children reach 18, they are on their
own. I become shocked to discover that age defines
the release date in which children are no longer
supported by parents. Children are the offspring
to which parents give birth to in life. Regardless
of the age, an individual will always be a child
to one...
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People Don T Commits Suicide
1,601 words
? Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary
problem. ? I feel that it isn? t the right
solution, that there are other options. This is
one reason why I chose teen suicide as my I-search
topic. I have had personal experience with teen
suicide involving my friends, and the next time
that one of my friends comes to me saying, ? I
want to die. ? I want to be able to understand
where they are coming from and how I can help
them. I also chose this topic because I want to
educate others on how ser...
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