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Being Young
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 612.... by the group. This phenomen has a negative
side. What if a pupil can't afford to buy these clothes? Will he or she be
excluded from the gang? Some schools in various countries have tried to solve
this problem. They have introduced a rule that allows pupils to go at school
only if they are dressed in a specific school-uniform. But many students don't
like these uniforms. They want to decide for themselves how to dress.
During the last years it has become more usual for parents to divorce. Some
people think that this conflict may have a positiv effect on kids, because t .....
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Music Censorship
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 740.... rights. Many states have introduced a “harmful to minors law”, this is supposed to protect children from explicated lyrics and recordings with no artistic value. This law is for songs like Ice-T’s Cop Killer, which is supposed to be the reason kids kill cops. Although, the Arts Censorship Project says, “ no direct link between anti-social behavior and exposure to the contents of any form of artistic expression has ever been scientifically established”. Kids can learn about drugs, violence, sex, etc.… through many sources.
We have the first amendment to help protect c .....
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Affirmative Action: Will It Every Work Right?
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1526.... to undertake affirmative action to increase the number of minorities that they employ. He wanted to ensure that minorities are recruited to have real opportunities to be hared and then eventually get a promotion.
In 1969, the Department of Labor exposed widespread racial discrimination of the Construction Department so President Richard M. Nixon decided to incorporate a system of "goals and timetables" to evaluate federal construction companies according to affirmative action. This idea of "goals and timetables" provided guidelines for companies to follow and comply with aff .....
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Blind Conformity: Malcolm X
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 709.... black hair, though, is just one impulse that
is bought on by blind conformity. Changing one's self to look or behave like
another because it is more desired by the public is due to a disregarding of one'
s self-claimed morals and values, an over emphasis of the media and outside
opinions, and an insecurity which most of us unfortunately have.
In My First Conk, Malcolm X assured that black people were being
brainwashed to believe that they actually were inferior to white people, thus
they conked their hair. They were, essentially, giving up what they were
figh .....
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Prejudice
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1374.... and I? Since slavery, there have been all kinds of attempts to curve and abolish it; but as long as people are still here, it's impossible.
One way that America tried to stop was an act called Affirmative Action. Not only did it not work, but also it is a form of all by itself. Affirmative Action is a quota for job employment and also for school acceptance, especially the acceptance in to colleges. It states that a certain amount of people from each race can be allowed into a school. It also states that employers have to hire a certain number of people from different .....
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Gangs
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1526.... year old, who is not
yet a member) is shown that s/he could make $200 to $400 for small part time
gang jobs. Although these are important factors they are not strong enough to
make kids do things that are strongly against their morals.
One of the ways that kids morals are bent so that gang violence becomes
more acceptable is the influence of television and movies. The average child
spends more time at a TV than she/he spends in a classroom. Since nobody can
completely turn off their minds, kids must be learning something while watching
the TV. Very few hours of .....
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Homosexuals: A Suspect Class?
Number of pages: 10 | Number of words: 2624.... had contact with a
homosexual. In the middle of all this publicity, there lingers a pending
Supreme Court case in which the fate of the homosexual lies: Romer v. Evans, a
case that dominated Colorado that has come to "symbolize the controversy over
gay legal rights" throughout the nation. This paper will trace the elements
behind that case, and attempt to focus on the steps the Supreme Court will
follow to determine whether homosexuality must be legally considered a "suspect
class" for the purposes of "quota preferences, protected status or claim of
discrimination" as ou .....
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"Japan's Education System Is Successful"
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 315.... The teaches in Japan do not compare
children's accomplishments and what they have not done. This allows the
student to proceed with their peers at maximum rate.
The Japanese strive for equality. They recognized how hard a student
can work and how fast he can learn. The student can take entrance exams.
Bright, hard-working students that come from poor families have a better
chance of being admitted to elite schools than average students with rich
families.
The Japanese education system works in many ways. Even though it is
hard and long hours are put .....
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