Essays on Outskirts

Flagstaff is a city that is situate in the northern part of the State of Arizona within the Southwest region of the United States. My initial experience in Flagstaff having come from Kuwait is one to behold. The city has various features that are rare to come across and which I have never experienced before in my native country of Kuwait. Some of the features present in Flagstaff include a pine forest that to the West of the city, significantly different weather from that of Kuwait, the attitude of the Flagstaff community, the seemingly superior resources and economic trends. ...

Indisputably, mental illnesses are almost in every society and can affect any person irrespective of age, gender, or income group. These diseases have profound impacts on social, economic, and cultural life, and are highly prevalent throughout the world (Vanderplasschen et al., 2013). According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness statistics, the population of adults in Americans with mental illness approximates to 61.5 million in any given year (Reserved, 2016). Mental illness disrupts the normal feelings and thinking, resulting in reduced individual capacity to cope with normal life. Some of the fatal mental illnesses are post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), ...

Introduction

Oftentimes, people find themselves asking why the society is stratified. Of course the society is stratifies by age or sex, but there are many other variables that remain which results to a stratification. The society is stratified in a sense where there is a divide among the people in the society that in turn influences many life processes and economic values. There are people who rise in power and become more influential in many aspects. They are the ones whose activities matter more. They are the ones whose decisions impact the society in greater intensity despite their small number. ...