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Term Papers on Social Issues
More Freedom Or Safety -- What Would You Choose?
Number of words: 589 - Number of pages: 3.... do think that
individual freedom in the United States means the freedom to pursuit and
attain one’s individual potential and that the possession of firearms or
weapons by a student in a school is in no way in keeping with that idea.
Additionally, many students probably are incapable of properly using a gun
and that makes it even more dangerous for them to have one. Even though
Bishop Eustace does not have metal detectors nor are the students searched
when they enter a building, I think that if this is what would be necessary
to ensure the safety of the communit .....
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Existentialism
Number of words: 545 - Number of pages: 2.... to social
and/or political action.
On of the major playwrights during this period was Jean-Paul Sartre.
Sartre had been imprisoned in Germany in 1940 but managed to escape, and
become one of the leaders of the Existential movement. Other popular
playwrights were Albert Camus, and Jean Anouilh. Just like Anouilh, Camus
accidentally became the spokesman for the French Underground when he wrote
his famous essay, "Le Mythe de Sisyphe" or "The Myth of Sisyphus". Sisyphus
was the man condemned by the gods to roll a rock to the top of a mountain,
only to .....
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Transition From Adolescence To Young Adulthood
Number of words: 653 - Number of pages: 3.... to attend college and graduate from a major university. A common transition for many when becoming an adult is the completion of one’s education (296).
For many students, attending college immediately after high school permits them to grow and develop intellectually and personally. I feel that attending college plays a very important role in gaining experience for the real world, acquiring knowledge beyond my career field, and growing cognitively by thinking in new ways. College is the perfect time to learning to think cognitively because although learning co .....
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Freedom
Number of words: 556 - Number of pages: 3.... want when they want it. This is mostly often used when people decide to spend the extra to buy a sports car or a luxury item. Unfortunately this also has its limitations, because certain people don’t have the money to buy whatever they want. For example a person making $30,000 cannot buy a million-dollar house just because that is not realistic. Their income does not allow this type of purchase. People put some of these limitations on themselves by not making the amount necessary to buy what they want. In reality everyone cannot always get way they wan .....
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Animal Rights
Number of words: 575 - Number of pages: 3.... demand for animals to perform
experiments. Experiments which have already been proven are still being
experimented with.
However, animal research is an integral part of today's society when
thinking of how much progress we have gained in human health with the use
of animal experimentation. To date some forty-one Nobel prizes have been
awarded to scientists whose achievements depended on laboratory animals.
Vaccines against polio, diphtheria, mumps, measles, rubella, and smallpox
would not have been possible without such experiments. There also woul .....
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The Importance Of Tradition In Belizean Society
Number of words: 411 - Number of pages: 2.... all the good Western Civilization brought with it . . . . .LOSS OF CULTURE.
During this period we lost our identity almost entirely. We became like the characters of the novel "Animal Farm" who hated the humans and all they that they did but after they chased them out and became their own masters they adapted all the same customs that the humans had had. We rejected Europe's influence because we gained independence but we welcomed it from the US.
Most, if not all, of the ethnic groups in Belize abandoned their customs, traditions and blindly followed anything .....
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Friendship
Number of words: 770 - Number of pages: 3.... Now on the other hand, if harm means to upset the stability of my country through peaceful means I would not intervene in the least bit. Even if I don’t believe in his intents. I believe every man has the right to "harm" his country peacefully. That is what democracy is based on a country for the people and by the people. These people have the right to try and change things in a peaceful manner. That is how far I would go to stop a friend from harming my country.
How far would I go to obtain revenge on someone or some group who destroyed my best friend? .....
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The Effects Of Television Violence On Children
Number of words: 942 - Number of pages: 4.... within it. Research shows that it is definitely a major source of violent behavior in children. The research proves time and time again that aggression and television viewing do go hand in hand.
The television violence can cause actual violence in a number of ways. After viewing television violence the world becomes flat in comparison. The child needs to create violence to keep himself satisfied. Also the children find the violent characters on television fun to imitate. Children do imitate the behavior of models such as those portrayed in television, movies, .....
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