Essays on Sooner

Teen drug addiction is a major problem present in the society, and delinquent youth often end up relapsing into their addiction after they have been undergoing treatment and have stayed in a correctional facility. It is true to the extent that many youths who have been admitted to juvenile correctional facilities have faced educational, financial and family issues which have made them delinquent and residing to drugs. Amongst those in the facility and under judicial orders were those, who were regular drug abusers and were found guilty on multiple occasions. Relapsing into a former condition will have various factors ...

There’s a loud, ringing sound. It’s jarring, waking me from the otherwise cozy warmth that is my bed. I am forced to stick my hand, then my entire arm out from under the safety of my bedclothes in order to turn it off. To snooze or not to snooze? It will just go off in another seven minutes. I may as well get up now. The sooner I do, the sooner I get to see my best friend. Groggy, bleary eyes, rubbing sleep from my face and half stumbling I wander into the kitchen, hearing the relations ...

Payment methods and technologies have shifted a great deal over the years. Gone are the days where cash and check transactions make up the bulk of the give and take that occurs when people engage in commerce, travel and otherwise spend their money. Credit and debit cards have ruled the roost for a while but some new contenders are starting to emerge. The first major alternative to the conventional credit cards and other more traditional methods was PayPal (PayPal, 2017). However, smartphone-enabled technologies such as Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Android Pay are starting to dominate the commerce and ...

It is mostly the communities which have a scarcity of resources on their hands who have to worry most about the cost of healthcare because they are mostly the ones who live in conditions which encourage that adversity in health. So if we say that the poor take on the responsibility of introducing bad health in the society, it is like saying that it is their fault for being poor when in fact it is not. The responsibility for maintaining that optimal health equally amongst all of the members of the society falls equally on all of us for ...

Given the strategic nature of the situation, it is undoubtedly a hard decision to make. Firstly, in order to make an informed decision, it is important to identify and understand the ethical dilemma. Secondly, it is essential to consider the dilemma in the light of various ethical lenses, in order to decide the best approach. The following sections include an explanation of the ethical dilemma and application of three ethical models to the situation.

Ethical Dilemma

On the other hand, if I were honest with the employee, I would be foregoing my professional obligation. As a result, the employee will be ...

The First World War was a global war that originated from the European countries and involved approximately seventy million military soldiers. The war lasted for a period of four years as it started on 28th July 1914 and ended on 11th November 1918 leading to the death of over seven million civilians and nine million combatants, making it one of the deadliest wars in history. During this period, more than thirty countries declared war against each other with the main participants being two European central powers. One party consisted of Russia, Serbia, Britain, France, United States and Italy. The ...

Admittedly, one of the world’s greatest public health leaders was Dr. Lee Jong-Wook. He was the first South Korean to be elected as the head of a United Nations agency, the World Health Organization where he served for eight years as a leader. Dr. Lee had taken over as the director of the World Health Organization at a time when the agency was undergoing revival that had been initiated by his predecessor Gro Harlem. Despite this being a major challenge, his fifteen years’ experience working with the organization prior to his appointment proved significant, as he was able ...

A Military Sniper Trying to make it Back Home

Christopher White, a navy seal sniper, had spent three months on a reconnaissance mission in a remote desert region in Iraq. On this mission, White had been grouped with his childhood friend, Jonas, who was the commander of their unit. The duo had a lifetime friendship, which could be seen in the way they protected each other on the battlefield and the time they spent on vacations. Accompanying them was four other Navy seals each with their specialty. Being the last mission in the region, Jonas had contemplated it was going to get dirty or deadly at some point, ...

Proposal Recommendation

Executive Summary Over the last decade, our school district has done an excellent job in keeping up with the latest in all of technological trends, accelerating the knowledge and computer skills of our students. Such knowledge and computer skills have afforded many of our schools with high rankings, as is compared to our closest counterparts. We have been known to set a trend that is not always the most popular. Yet in spite of such lack of popularity, we are able to account in a compensatory manner. For example, our choices have always tended to prove to be the ...

Nowadays, Internet has firmly established in the life of the society as a global information system. Being present in practically every home, Internet has considerably expanded the opportunities in the process of information search and exchange, communication between people, especially the so-called social networking sites or social media, which are very popular among people of all ages, especially among children and teenagers (Boyd & Ellison 19). Social media has both good and bad effects on the lives of teenagers. Because of this, parents need to monitor their children and enforce rules regarding the use of social media. Communication plays an ...

In short, not everyone who experiences traumatic episodes is diagnosed with PTSD. It is really a situation that depends upon the individual. Some individuals, for example, can go through a traumatic episode and never experience symptoms of PTSD. At the same time, some individuals can experience what many would consider to minor stress related issues in life, yet encounter PTSD with a vengeance. When many people encounter a traumatic experience, they will feel sad, frightened, disconnected, or possibly anxious. These feelings are quite normal within the span of human emotions. For many people, these feelings will be short lived ...

The poems “I Too” by Langston Hughes and “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost are two poems that are written by different author. However, if to look closely both of the poems look at the problem of choice. It is important to analyze both of the poems separately in order to trace the common theme. The exacting importance of this ballad by Robert Frost is really self-evident. A voyager goes to a crossroads and necessities to choose which approach to go to proceed with his trip. After much mental open deliberation, the explorer picks the street "less went ...

Feminism is defined as a particular movement that is organized to achieve the rights of women. The use of it is etched throughout literature. Two works where feminism is heavily illustrated are Henrik Ibsen's play, A Doll's House and Kate Chopin's The Awakening. Both works present prime examples of feminism in their display of breaking away from the traditional roles, and the consequences of moving away from masculine conventions. These works from the perspective of the writer, highlight the importance of women in society, and their respective roles and functions being different from the conventional viewpoints by the masculine ...

Sooner or later some situation that causes stress happens with any person. It affects not only the emotional state, but even physical health. I want to talk about ways how to overcome stress and how important is positive thinking for a human.

Strategies of Overcoming the Stress

Here are three main strategies of stress management: • Escaping from the problem • Changing the problem • Changing the attitude to the problem An illustrative example will help us to understand the differences between these strategies. So, imagine the situation: you come to the cinema in order to watch an interesting film. The film has already begun, but some ...

The accounting scandal Toshiba faces spanned over seven years, involved millions of dollars, and resulted in resignation of several top level management officers. The CEOs appeared to be directly related to scandal. While they did not implicitly instruct anyone in accounting to “cook the books” they placed pressure on the accounting unit and subordinate staff to produce the desired numbers (Carpenter, 2015). The corporate culture of obedience to high level management played a large factor in the subordinate staff to obey the directives regardless of the incorrect nature of the reporting. The scandal was a result of over-inflated profits ...

In the beginning of his first topic of discussion Inner Values in an Age of Science, he is expressing how you do not solely need to rely on the blessings of something there is also the action that is needed to be taken. Although he does still value blessings and prayers, they are just psychological benefits for everyone religious or not. He continues to compare prayer to modern science. Prayer does not come close to the success stories from modern medicine, for instance, he explains how you can pray for all kinds of things but medicine advances are what ...

The rise in popularity and usage of social media has changed the way people interact with each other. More specifically on the usage of social networking sites, individuals can now communicate freely at any time of the day through the use of virtual space. This has an advantageous effect especially when trying to reconnect with people we have lost contact with or has immigrated to another place. The ease of access for communication brought about by social networking sites has complicated matters surrounding interpersonal skills when it comes to personal interactions. Social networking sites have given people a false ...