Essays on Young

Introduction According to Erik Erikson’s theory, youth is a time of self discovery (Alice and Landale 2011). A young person attempts to seek individual identity which is separate from family. During this period, the youth tend to think in terms of establishing a life philosophy which is free from conflict. This is in contrast to the reality, which is laden with conflict. In this process of self discovery, the youth tend to be rash and ignorant and in a sense consider themselves ‘immortal gods’. This can be illustrated by the carefree attitude they adopt (Hunt et al., 2009). Many ...

With approximately 50% of adolescents sexually active by the time they are in Year 10, what skills and knowledge do they need to have to make, good decisions about their personal health? Discuss. Introduction “The development of a positive, healthy and responsible sexuality requires information, education and improved access to services. Increasing the available options enables young women and young men to exercise informed, self determined decisions”. (Youth Health Council – South Australia) There has been a drastic change in our life styles, family structures and social system in the last two decades; today’s youth is much more ...

Rüdiger von Kries, Berthold Koletzko, Thorsten Sauerwald, Dietmar Barnert, Veit Grunert, and Hubertus von Voss. Breast-feeding and obesity: cross sectional study. BMJ. 319 (147) 17 July 1999.

The article tries to evaluate the impact of breast feeding on the threats of obesity and vulnerability of being overweight in children at the stage when they are suppose to start their education. The authors took a cross sectional analysis of children below the age of six years. With the analysis, they attempt to give definition of the term overweight in relation to what they observe while carrying out their studies. ...

A country without a focused young generation has got a dark future. The youth plays an important role in the development of a society. The indicators of a possible prosperous state are measured, using the present young population. They are quite often associated with creativity, innovation, high work rates and a burning desire to achieve big personal and career targets. They mature into adulthood, to become role models to the young. Besides that, they also engage in many, social functions like partying with friends. It’s during such functions that, most of them would want to practice, what they see on screen and friends. ...

In Literature for Today’s Young Adults, Nilsen and Donelson write that one of the first things an author does is to “figure out how to get rid of the parents” so that the main character of the story can accomplish something alone (28). The most important moment in Cut arrives when Callie realizes she wants more than anything to get well. Though she arrives at this decision after an important talk with her father, Callie finds the strength within herself to remain at Sea Pines not just because it’s good for her, but because it’s in ...

Introduction

Recently, the Antiquities Chief of Egypt, Zahi Hawass, has been asking that several prominent museums return several of the biggest and most well-known artifacts of that country back to Egypt. Among them is the Zodiac of Dendera, which is located in the Louvre, as well as the Rosetta Stone, which has been displayed in the British Museum for two centuries. Already, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has promised to return nineteen items that were found in the excavation of King Tut, and were fixtures of the museum for tens of years. Hawass plans to use these ...

Driving a vehicle while intoxicated with alcohol is one of the most treacherous things a person could ever attempt. This is mainly because a drunk driver is not only a danger to himself/herself but also to other road users and pedestrians. Unfortunately, alcohol is the most widely abused drug among the youth. When adolescents begin drinking they face a number of potential risks. Alcohol as a depressant slows down the reactions of the body and working of the brain. Some of the risks involved with drinking include violence and alcohol related accidents. There are also legal consequences to drunk driving such as going to jail, ...

With the advent of communication technology, the way in which many activities are done has changed over time. Whether these activities are ethical or unethical, there has been a rapid development in the methodologies that people use to ensure that they achieve their objectives. The internet and communication technology are major developments that have changed the way people do their duties over the last two decades (Trestan 2). Bullying, itself a vice in any given community, has been changed from its previous mode where young people would bully others physically and at a given location, to a situation where bullies use the internet ...

Health Care in Russia vs Health Care in the U.S.

According to the Institute of Medicine of National Academy of Sciences, the United States of America is a single developed industrial country that does not have universal health care. Instead there is a powerful health insurance system, partially funded by government through national programs. As a result 45% of total health care expenditures are spent on these programs (Sultz and Young 154). Unlike the U.S., Russian Federation has free universal medicine, and state constitution guarantees each citizen free health care services. Numerous debates rise regarding both American and Russian health care systems, their availability, effectiveness and expenditures. Each of the systems has ...

Introduction

"This is a story of an upper class Indian family (Ashima and Ashoke ) who moves as relatively new immigrants into Cambridge, Massachusetts with an aspiration for better and perhaps encouraging opportunities, and the focus mainly on their only son, Gogol. The whole family though struggles to have themselves conformed to the way of life of the average American. The major theme of focus on the story portrayed as a struggle for identity goes about Gogol life. Born to immigrants in Boston, Gogol is brought-up in the suburbs of Boston though with a name he hates- Gogol. To this young man, what ...

Boudjeltia et al., in their study “Sleep restriction increases white blood cells, mainly neutrophil count, in young healthy men: A pilot study,” examined what would happen if sleep were restricted to around four hours a night. The title itself is extremely appropriate; it gets directly to the point, and even indicates the results of the study, thus intriguing the reader and making them want to know how this was determined. It focuses on the results moreso than the purpose of the study, which is interesting and intriguing – the big picture (atherosclerosis and/or cardiovascular events) is not elaborated upon, which could ...

Negative Impacts of Video Games on the Youth

Video games are a popular form of entertainment among the young generation. However, repeated exposure to video games with violent content has been identified as a cause of increasingly aggressive and antisocial behaviors among the youth. The addictive nature of these games causes young people to waste a lot of time playing their favorite games. This may lead to low performance in academics. Though video games are an effective tool of learning in schools, majority of the youth use it for entertainment purposes only. Given that these games enhance visual attention skills that promote learning, it is expected that the youth may ...

Influence of Media on Youths’ Thoughts and Behavior

Over the last century, the world has witnessed great innovations in media. Media can take many forms which include newspapers, magazines, radio and television networks (McManus, 2008). The last half century has particularly seen an unprecedented growth in one of the most popular forms of media today – the internet. Other forms of media include video games (McManus, 2008). These media outlets have undoubtedly changed every human society. They have brought about faster communication means and enhanced businesses through advertising. The media has also enabled openness in societies, which has helped expose corrupt activities by government officials and thus aided ...

According to survey carried out in 2009, just over half of American youths between the ages of 12 and 20 claimed that they regularly consumed alcohol (Edwin and Harald 10). Alcohol abuse is a major issue among today’s youth and a solution needs to be found to eradicate the growing problem.

Despite the introduction of tougher laws against underage drinking, the issue has actually worsened (binge). One of the key problems with underage drinking is that a teenage brain isn’t fully developed in terms of judgement. As a result of this, adolescents are well-known for making bad decisions and choosing to ...

1)How does your organization gather and apply customer input to its new product or service development efforts? Is this process effective? Why or why not? How might it be improved? (1page)(2 reference)

My organization uses customer interviews to evaluate the outcomes of a customer interaction. We take them through every step of the process and figure out how the customer feels about a particular step. Whatever steps we see need improvement, we take steps to shape them according to the customer’s wishes, bearing in mind their particular needs and requirements. We only interview customers, and not retailers and ...

Arguably, the food we eat in our entire life are imperative to long term stability, as well as health. The most important people who should give more focus nutrition and diet are children due to their continuous and active growth and development. In fact, losing weight and growing thinner is the global trend that media focuses on. This influence has tremendously been reflected on the eating habits of people. The argument in this case is that vegetarianism is a pathway of developing serious eating disorders, especially by focusing on vegetarians’ psychological and physiological health, as well as the reasons behind ...

Abstract

Abortion is a very controversial topic has been on many people’s minds and discussions. The abortion debate has spiked a lot of activism, with groups coming up to either support or oppose abortion. Those in favour of the practice refer to themselves as pro-choice, whereas those against it are known as pro-life. These opinions mainly stem from the influences of culture, religion, ethics, morality, and government laws. During debates, both private and public, the main focus is usually on the moral acceptability of induced abortions, or the rationalization of laws restricting or permitting abortion. Most women who undergo abortion are ...

The cell phone is undeniably a great technological innovation of the twenty first century. It started off as an expensive gadget used by security agencies, government agencies and members of the high society. Gradually, the cell phone became a very important tool of communication especially in business. For quite sometime, the cell phone remained a symbol of status and not many people talked about the possible hazards posed by its continued use. The few members of the society fortunate enough to own a cell phone continued to use the device oblivious of the dangers they got exposed to. As the cell phone grew ...

Abstract

Management has the power to select either hard or soft dimension in HRM. The management choice is based on that management purely depends on whether the management emphasis is placed on the employees or the firms resources. Soft dimension seeks to let workers grow over time through coaching them it is based on McGregor theory Y. On the other hand hard dimension is based on McGregor X. In reality management borrows from both dimension so as to make labor policies human and applicable. Flexibility in the work place is geared at making workers more productive. Several models of ...

Fostering Creativity in Children’s learning

Development of children both intellectually and psychologically is a systematic cycle that requires the collaboration between different social and environmental factors. Music is one such influence to the development of a child’s brain. By making an analysis of different academic materials, it will be easier to determine the true effects of music and arts to child’s development. The study will make it possible to understand the impacts of such approaches to a child’s academic and creativity and hence determine their effectiveness towards enhancing proper brain development.

According to Shore and Strasser (2006), music influences how children think during their ...

Thesis Statement

Credit card companies should not be on college campuses marketing to students. Credit card debt is already spiralling out of control in the U.S. and with their parents already embroiled in heavy credit card debt, the credit companies are now keen to capture the next generation of consumers. In the course of this essay, I will discuss why I hold this opinion and attempt to persuade the reader to my view through a presentation of statistics and facts concerning credit card debt and their crippling effects.

Why Credit Card Companies Should Not Be On Campus Marketing To Students

At eighteen, having worked hard and graduated from High School, the vast majority of ...

Introduction

The novel ‘Night’ covers the life of Weisel and his experience with his father Shlomo. The story is a personal experience and gives an insight of what Weisel went through with his father. He narrates how they suddered in the hands of the military personnel that even led to the death of his father. The setting of the story is in the Nazi German Concentration camps. This was towards the end of the Second World War. The writer is so much disgusted with humanity and believes that God is dead. He is left to take care of his aging father ...

Often, an author will write about what they know best. Which, invariably, is their own experience of life, love and everything in between. Authors do this for a number of reasons: because they know it so well that they can make an excellent story of it; because they usually have a message that they wish to convey to the world as a result of that experience. Tell Me a Riddle is a collection of short stories, written by Tillie Olsen, first published in 1961. It is a prime example of an author writing for the purpose of conveying a message: Olsen was a well-established feminist writer; her ...

The current demographic, economic, and career paths trends are changing the more traditional conceptualizations of midlife as defined by certain roles or a stage of parenthood or of marriage (David, 1998). Traditionally middle age has involved middle years of parenting and career peaking with the later phase of midlife being a time of relinquishing the employment and parenting of children. However, given economic recess, many middle age individuals are reconsidering and delaying the anticipated retirement age hence the age /cohort boundaries of midlife are not static and are likely to continue to evolve with further demographic, economic, and social/health policy changes ( ...

In Sarah Dessen’s 2009 novel Along for the Ride, we follow Auden, a young girl just graduating high school, who, rather than making friends and going out, spent an inordinate amount of time studying and maintaining her good grades. While this has allowed her to be accepted to a very reputable university, it did cut her off from the normal childhood experiences that most kids go through. What’s more, a very bitter divorce has left her two parents in separate places, with people that Auden can’t stand, and she’s torn between her distant father and her hyper-strict, feminist ...

History of the United States: to which is prefixed a brief historical … Published by Noah Webster is a book that begins by giving the creation account as well as men’s dispersion on their attempt in building Babel; gives a description of the ancestors , Japheth’s descendants as they were seen before the era of christianity. Saxon ancestors were briefly discussed since they conquered Britain hence improved their art life which eventually led to their reformation. The peopling of America and the aboriginals character was also put into account in this book. Puritan’s origin and cause of migrating to America was ...

Tyler, K., Hoyt, D., and Whitbeck. The Effects of Early Sexual Abuse on Later Sexual Victimization among Female Homeless and Runaway Adolescents. Journal of international violence 15 (3) March 2000 235-250.

The authors Tyler, Hoyt, and Whitbeck wrote this article focused on the risks magnification and victimization approaches. They used path analysis to examine the influence of child and youth sexual abuse. The study involved investigating behaviors and background information on some homeless females and adolescents in different Midwest states. The authors found out that the child and youth sexual abuse have an affirmative direct influence on sexual persecution ...

It is not a surprise to hear people talk of early child hood in the current world and society. The amount of people conversing on childhood development is enormous and greatly increasing since the historical times. Various people have come up with various thoughts and definitions of the same word and several others theorized on what really it involves when someone talks of early child hood. The age at which early childhood starts has sparked a lot of debate and controversies such that up to now it is not clearly visualized when early child hood starts.

The agreement put forward though ...

The Lost Generation, Bloomsberg Businessweek, October 8, 2009, Your Name Peter Coy in his article “The Lost Generation” analyzes high unemployment among young people, starting their career during or right after the economic crisis. This trend does not only refer to high school drop outs, but also to college graduates, and MBAs. However, it’s not the unemployment itself that is frightening but its consequences both for businesses, not hiring young talented employees, and for the whole generation of people, forced to work in positions below their abilities and. The author stresses, that actions should be taken both ...

INTRODUCTION

In the article “Music for their Minds,” Shore and Strasser (2006) offer the primary point that music should be incorporated into early childhood education, with several supporting points to back up this assertion. In this paper, we will examine those points, reflect on their validity, and hear perspectives from other authorities in the realm of childhood education. Shore’s and Strasser’s suggestion is completely sound; the integration of music (particularly complex music) into the education of young children helps their cognitive abilities and their aptitude at mathematics and music.

MUSIC FOR THEIR MINDS

“Music helps young children synthesize experiences and improve academic ...

Marcia Lorry, a young civil liberties attorney in the year 1973, challenged the operations of the foster care systems in New York by filing a very controversial law suit against the system. The case later became known as the Wilder case. The young attorney based the law suit on the argument that the foster care was not protecting the children under its care as it was supposed to because the system used a categorization procedure based on convenience and not on the needs of the children. The plaintiff of this controversial case was a thirteen year girl named Shirley Wilder. She was a runaway ...

The Pokot is a tribe in Africa living in both Kenya and Uganda. However, most Pokots live in the Northern part of Kenyan Rift-Valley which lies along the Kenya /Uganda border. An interview with Daniel Lotodo, a 78 year old man from the community revealed a lot about the ethnography of the community The Pokot for a long time are predominantly pastoralists’. Their occupations of cattle keeping has been necessitated by environment factors. The area is semi arid and agricultural produce can hardly do well. However, through barter trade with neighboring communities such as the Samburu and the Marakwet, the society would ...

In tragedies, characters tend to become isolated. In Romeo and Juliet, this is especially true for Juliet who is abandoned by her parents, her Nurse and the Friar, Analyze how these characters force Juliet into isolation. Be sure to use specific examples to support your answer. Finally, in your conclusion, discuss how even Romeo abandons Juliet in the end. It is not uncommon for tragic characters to become isolated through circumstances, through their own actions or through the actions or attitudes of other characters. Romeo and Juliet, it could be argued, are isolated from the moment they fall ...

Why people abuse prescription medication

Introduction There are several prescription drugs that are abused mostly in the United States. These are opiods, narcotics, pain relievers, depressants and stimulants. People of all ages abuse prescription drugs. The highest rate of abuse however is found in teenagers and young people. In 2008, 1.9 Million teenagers between the ages of 12 and 17 abused prescription drugs ( Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2009) The abuse of the drugs increases among the youth as they grow older being very high in the late teens. It begins to reduce past age twenty and declines in the next ...

In this paper this paper will examine very closely four stories by Flannery O’Connor and justify the use of the phrase ‘the pain of the past’ in the title. O’Connor’s life and background will be briefly examined, as will the historical context in which she wrote her stories. I will also examine other common features that are characteristic of her stories. The use of symbolism in her stories will be considered. The four stories I have chosen are ‘Geranium’, ‘The Barber’, ‘Greenleaf’ and ‘Everything that Rises Must Converge’ Each of the four stories will then be ...

Introduction

As part of his presidency bid campaigns, president Barrack Obama had promised people of the United States that he will do changes in the countries systems for the advantages of the people. Iin addition he made several promises for the purpose of making better the life of the American people. Due to his successful win over his opponent, he succeeded to become the president of the United States. He had the roles therefore to fulfill the promises he had promised his people.

One of the major changes that he had promised was reforming the health care sector. His main ...

Introduction:

The Voss Foundation is a public charity 501(c) (3) based in the New York City. Its major goal is providing clean drinking water to African communities. The Voss Foundation was formed by the directors of Voss Water in 2008, as a non-profit foundation. Voss Chief Executive Officer Knut Brundtland together with his wife Cecile Brundtland formed the organization after taking a trip to Africa where and as a result, faced the magnitude of water crisis. After returning to their home country Norway, they went to Voss headquarters in New York and launched the process of the foundation. The Headquarters of the Voss ...

Essay one

America has been a land of people from varying cultures for centuries. Native Red Indians, Europeans, Asians and other many people from different cultures have been and are still represented in America. This expansive region was opened up by the Europeans but major constructions were by immigrants from different regions of the world including Chinese and Irish immigrants. Chinese immigrants were in high demand for many hard jobs on the American continent. They were hardworking people and worked in many places on arriving in America. Chinese laborers are credited for the construction of the continental railroads, bridges and frontier ...

The short story by William Falkner ‘A Rose for Emily’ is a tale that tells a story about an old lady. Her name is Emily ad she lives in the town of Jefferson. The story represents the classic Faulkner’s technique of a stream of consciousness. It is a story that illustrates the struggle between traditions and radical widespread change. Jefferson is a town that appeared to be at the very crossroads of modern commercial future and the faded glory of the past. This past is represented by the old town cemetery where the soldiers of the Civil War lay anonymous. Emily is a woman ...

Crossing the border has metaphorically demonstrated the determination one can develop for a better future. Ann Jaramillo uses her ground-breaking novel, La Linea to talk about the life of a boy named Miguel who lived in San Jacinto, Mexico with his grandmother and thirteen year old sister Elena. At a young age, Miguel’s parents left Mexico to cross the US border for a brighter future for their children. Ever since his parents left Mexico it has been Miguel’s dream to cross the border and unify with them. Addendum to this dream, he also sees himself as a rich man playing soccer for ...

The elegy “Barbie Doll,” by Marge Piercy is an allegoric portrait of the negative traditions in which females have been forced into accepted wisdom of their bodies and manners in relation to a patriarchal idyllic. This principle is a slender hitherto curved body structure, with proportioned, ideal facial quality. The protagonist in Marge’s “Barbie Doll” gives up her own self image to accomplish the societal expectations of an ideal woman, a structure of community society dominated by the male species with their expectations on the ultimate ladies. The literature gives the illustration of a girl child’s life who due to ...

Abstract:

This paper analyzes the quality of early childhood educators, the importance of early childhood education, the difference between the children who have attended early childhood education and those who have not. In this paper, we are also going to observe the challenges that are faced by early childhood educators as well as what to be done to improve their well being so as to see them through successfully in their career as they take care of the minors. Introduction: Early childhood education is of paramount importance in minors since, it nurtures and empowers young minds with crucial ...

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Warfare has for centuries been the sole province of men, providing a rite of passage for male-dominated societies the world over. The notion that women can function as soldiers – and that fighting units can function with women – is a new one, but there is ample evidence to show that women belong in combat and that the team concept that is so important to a fighting unit is not threatened by gender integration.

The Right to Fight: Achieving Gender Equality on the Battlefield

Warfare has always been, with only very limited exceptions, the work of men. No modern society relies, and virtually no premodern society relied, on women as combat soldiers. – Kingsley Browne.

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Thucydides wrote about the desire for power by the human beings as one of the human natures that has existed among the Greeks. This human nature existed even in the ancient Greek especially among the Athens. His arguments have however supported in Plato’s argument has they appear in the Plato’s Apology (Farrar, 1988). Some of the other aspects of human nature that have formed the backbone of Thucydides’ quest to give an explanation as well as interpretation about human desire for power include judgment, passion, chance and desire for security (Connor, 1984). The Athenians appeal to these ...

Introduction Video games are some of the most important forms of entertainment of entertainment ad relaxation in modern world. It’s actually argued that video games are the life’s greatest forms of comfort .Video games have gained a lot of popularity in the recent past as a result of affordability of computers due to improvements in technology. The history of video games dates back to the mid 20th century. In 1949, Ralph Baer, a young engineer tasked with the responsibility of building a television set decided to go beyond the original assignment and build a video game but due to disagreements ...

Introduction

This is a social structure which is made up of individuals connected together by some interdependency like friendship, common interest or any kind of relationship that can make the individuals share something in common. A typical social network is composed of individuals called nodes and the connections called ties. The ties involve the interconnections between the individuals. In our study we are going to carry out a research on social network and how it has impacted the society. We are also going to look at its benefits and analysis of various social networking sites with an evaluation of their statistics ...

1.0 Introduction to underage drinking

Alcohol usage among the youth is becoming a drug of choice and this has resulted in the emergence of dire consequences to the society. The result of drinking at the tender age has also crated serious problems in the public health domain. This is because of the fact that the problem appears to be induced to occur rather than being spontaneous. When anybody below twenty-one years begins to consume alcohol there are potential risks right from altering the working of the brain. The depressant nature of alcohol tends to make the consumer irrational, alters body coordination, and makes one to ...

Setting is a vital part of any story; it helps establish context for the character’s actions, showcases the period in which the story is set, and allows a mood to be set. What’s more, a setting can reveal the passions or the conflicts the characters possess, becoming symbols themselves for the characters. The protagonists of many important literary works are inexorably tied to their surroundings, and the following three works are no exception. In this paper, the settings of Shakespeare’s Othello¸ Bronte’s Wuthering Heights, and Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby will all be examined in terms of their ...

Based on your reading of The General Prologue, what do you believe are some of the predominant aspects of English society that Chaucer intends to write about in The Canterbury Tales? Chaucer’s opening 12 lines are a celebration of spring and new life, so we might expect the Tales which follow to show the variety and sheer vitality of different human experiences.

Am important aspect of English society at the time was the class system and this is shown in The General Prologue. Chaucer begins his descriptions of his fellow pilgrims with a description of the Knight (becauae he ...

According to article, “Early sexual experience and prostitution” by James and Meyerding (1977), Prostitution is defined as the process of providing sexual services with an overall aim of obtaining a compensation for these services provided. The forms of compensations usually take a monetary form but may be modified to suit the prostitute’s needs. For example in modern societies people have been engaging in prostitution in order to acquire a certain favor such as job promotion, employment, protection in term of security and academic issues to mention but a few. The act of prostitution can be adopted by either gender in the society. ...

Introduction

The current business world is undergoing major transformation as a result of several factors related to the globalization of the economy, increased scrutiny by regulatory authorities and the critical role being played by talented workforce. All these are having a huge impact on the human resource profession. HR has transformed immensely over the past decades from doing functions that are mainly maintenance to position itself as a strategic department paying a key role in promoting an organization’s competitive advantage. Management has started to realize the critical role the HR department plays when it comes to the success of an organization. The changing ...

Introduction

Correctional program is a planned undertaking which addresses factors connected/related to offender’s criminal behavior. It helps in assisting in the rehabilitation of offenders and their reintegration into the community as responsible citizens who are law are abiding. This can be achieved by making them provide programs in the prison and in the community. (Bonta 2007) Some of the correctional programs are community based. They are supervised to deal with convicted people and does not base its operation in cases of confinement of the prisoners. Some of the commonly used methods of community correction include Parole and probation. There ...

Question One

Jenkins’ discussion of global convergence and pop cosmopolitanism, focuses on the idea of the world’s youth seeking to be a part of a wider, global community. He first discusses the concept of internet phenomena by introducing the ‘Bert Is Evil’ franchise, created by a Filipino high school student: “[he] created a Photoshop collage of Sesame Street’s Bert interacting with terrorist leader, Osama Bin Laden.” (Jenkins 114) As a result of posting this image and various other similar ones to his homepage, the student found his work being utilised by terrorist, anti-American forces. Undoubtedly, the student did not intend to assist the terrorist ...

Asch’s Study of Conformity

In 1955, Solomon Eliot Asch carried out an investigation into human conformity as a social psychology study. Asch was interested in discovering under which circumstances people would be most inclined to conform. This study was pivotal in our developing understanding of social psychology as the better our knowledge of this, the less chance we have of being manipulated by others for their own ends.

The study itself focused on a group of several, male college students; they were told they would be examining line lengths in a study of ‘visual judgement.’ The men were shown one white card with one dark line ...

When I was young, I was not the most socially active child one could come across. Being an only child, I mostly kept to myself, and was very shy. I was incredibly reticent to talk to my other classmates, and did not invest much in making friends with my peers, especially during my formative years. As time went by, I was able to make a few friends, but lacking transportation and living slightly further out of town than everyone else, I did not have the means to socialize as often as the rest of my classmates outside of school. Cooped ...

There has been a lot of debate on welfare in that it is prone to abuse. However, there are many benefits of welfare to the country. The government should use taxes to support the provision of services to the public because this will ensure that every one has access to basic services and also help in reducing inequalities. If a cost-benefit analysis is done the benefits outweigh the costs. One key important area where welfare helps is when it comes to poverty alleviation. The government support to poor families helps a lot. Under the welfare programs, for the poor to receive ...

Lewis, Jone Johnson. The life of Alice Walker. 2007.

<http://womenshistory.about.com/od/alicewalker/a/alice_walker.htm>

This website contains a variety of information about the author’s social views as expressed in the novel. Reflecting on her early political interests being a civil rights worker, this was during the 1960’s. The civil rights movement helped shape the authors thinking regarding social issues at home, it also helped and motivated her and made her start being interested to find her roots back in Africa. The life of Alice Walker is juxtaposed to the main character of her novel the color purple making the story of the novel relatively the same as her personal life when ...

Abstract

This personal statement identifies some of the key obstacles in my life, and outlines my hopes and aspirations for the future. My intention is to discuss what I have learned in life and explain how the pursuit of my education and the fulfillment of my dreams are, in truth, an extension of the lessons I have learned during my life.

Life and Career

My interest in nursing can be traced to my educational experiences in high school, where I excelled at science and mathematics. Encouraged by my success in these classes, I began to follow a curriculum that would position me for a career ...

Abstract

This Paper illustrates the physiological effects of puberty during adolescence. It gives definitions of puberty and adolescents and tries to correlate the two in checking for the effects on each other. The paper gives the psychological changes brought about by the outward changes of an individual during the growth stage of adolescent. Every person has experienced this occasion of ambiguity known as puberty. It conveys instances of perplexity as adolescents are often trying to comprehend who they are and try to discover an identity. Santos (2007) describes puberty as “a period of quick bodily maturation involving hormonal and physical transformations ...

As of 2010, the current U.S. population is around 310 million people. According to Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Bureau, approximately 45 % of American households, which are represented by over 65 million people, who own a total of more than 200 million firearms. Every year the amount of arms in private hands continuously increases by 4.5 million unit (Kleck, 1997, p. 45). The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution of 1791guarantees Americans the right to keep and bear firearms. There are a number of federal laws, regulating ownership and use of firearms, however, every American state establishes the majority of gun ...