... to achieve through normal means. A young man in his twenties he is sure that he is invincible and nothing can hurt him. As he is hanging out with his buddies on hot a hot summer night unbeknownst to him, his out look on life is about to be changed by a drive-by shootings. Although drive-by shooting have occurred in the city they didn’t happen in Ace’s park. They were just something that he had seen in the news and on television. For this reason no one in Ace's group was alarmed by the car before the shooting took place. When the shot rang out no one was more surprised than Ace. He didn't have a clue to what has happened until he sees the blood running from his ...
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... is displaying the human body in a perverse, sexual way. It can be found in film, magazine, television, on CD-ROM, and even the internet, and can range from "soft-core", depicting natural poses and action, to "hard-core", or depicting sex combined with violence, that any reasonable, decent, well-adjusted human being would recognize as horrible and disgusting. Much pornography is socially acceptable, with few people actively speaking out against it. Pornography can be bought at many "adult" or "adult novelty" shops. One only has to listen to any popular local radio station after 8 P.M. to hear strings of advertisements for local pornographic outlets. Televis ...
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... If I was in some tribe in Africa or something I would not want anyone bothering me by putting a camera in my face. I would want the money to buy food, but if someone over in America just needed my story for filler, I wouldn't be too happy. It should be the tribe's leader that should have to get the tribe out of trouble in any way that he could. It is not our business to send them our money to get food for the people that got themselves into trouble, but I think it makes people feel good to donate things to needy people. I just think that the media isn't telling people the whole story. Maybe the starving people spent all their money on drugs? I doubt that man ...
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... Then they can stop trying to change their partner and simply enjoy them as they are. Unfortunately, both people need to learn from their loneliness-so they can grow into people who want each other instead of people who think they need each other. It is often very hard to end a love relationship even when you know it is bad for you. A "bad" relationship is not the kind that is going through the usual periods of disagreement and disenchantment that are inevitable when two separate people come together. A bad relationship is one that involves continual frustration; the relationship seems to have potential but that potential is always just out of reach. In fac ...
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... part of a gang by making it all sound glamorous. Money is also an crucial factor. A kid (a 6-10 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 tel ...
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... known as the middle class. The middle class Americans income can range from $20,000 to $50,000 putting them into two different groups: white collar workers and professional managers. The upper middle class includes professionals, managers, and administrators. They are known as the elite for the middle class. Out of all the classes studied, the upper middle class holds the greatest power. Finally, the upper class in which is made up of two groups. The first group involves families who have inherited great wealth; the second group involves top level administrators and professionals.” (Gollnick and Chinn, 1998, p.45-53) In our society, we are labeled as a speci ...
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... of materials in which a person does not agree, portrays a false atmosphere of society. When the Congress feels that people do not have the ability to form decisions for themselves, this is where the censorship begins. The issue of censorship is currently being debated concerning the violence on television programming. Censorship is defined as "the supervision and control of the information and ideas that are circulated among the people within a society.(Konvitz 1)" Censorship is a form of controlling the members of society. Government leaders and public officials, who believe that literary, artistic, or educational materials are not suitable for the publi ...
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... with what we want, dream or hope for. No one wants to be unhappy, lead a boring life or look back over the years with remorse and regret. Yet, so often rather than expecting the best life has to offer, people expect much the opposite. They expect problems and get problems; expect disappointments and are disappointed; expect to fail and then, rather than experience the desired success, they fail. If attitudes are the mental expectations about jobs, relationships, financial status and so on, then these very powerful thoughts must be the elements which set the course for our lives and destiny. It isn't life's circumstances which create the attitudes; it's the attitude ...
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... push to the Russian move toward capitalism. The next aspect of effective leadership is the ability to make decisions to change, and not always stick to the status quo. What good is a leader who is afraid of change? Despite economic setbacks, President Reagan reduced government spending tremendously, and cut back on business regulations to strengthen the business sector of the economy. By making this change, the inflation rate fell 13% to 2%, and created thousands of jobs for Americans. When Reagan entered office, the unemployment rate was 10.8%, when he left it was 5.3%. This economic growth would have never come if Reagan did not have the will to c ...
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... type of person is the kind of person that is sort of laid back. They do not say things on a regular bases. One can tell a reserved person because in an unfamiliar surrounding they will not say much, just look around. Another example of a reserved person is one who doesn’ t talk to people that he or she doesn’ t know. They also do alot of observing in different situations. The last type of person that is very noticeable in todays society is the sociable person. This type of person is the one that is always agreeable and just about always very easy to get along with. Another example of a sociable person is one that is almost always trying to help another person in a ...
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