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Why We Need Uniforms

Have you ever woke up late and had to think about what you are going to wear because you did not lay your clothes the night before? There are several reasons why uniforms should be required in school but I only touch base on a few like bullying and unsuitable clothes and money. Schools should […]

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How The Holocaust Changed The World

The world that we know has not always been the way that it is today. The way that we live our daily lives has been impacted greatly by the Holocaust. First, the United Nations had to include events such as these in their patrols. Secondly, the Holocaust has transformed the way nations deal with genocide. […]

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Freedom of Speech and The First Amendment

Do you agree that freedom should have no limitations? Can you call it freedom if you are limited on what you can say or do? Boundaries, limitations, and violation of rights has been an issue when it comes to freedom of speech for quite some time now. People could be accused of hate speech if […]

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Shakespearean Jealousy

William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, widely agreed to be the greatest writer in the English language, and considered the world’s greatest dramatist. Shakespeare wrote many comedies and histories but his well enounce works stem in the genre of tragedies, with among them being Othello. Othello is a play that revolves around the Moor, […]

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Chasing Reputation in Othello

Gradually, the deceptive Iago must consistently be conscientious in his approach towards at last obtaining a unique eminence, and at last implementing the belief of anguished actions. He takes so much pride in protecting his individual identity as a method for pain that once a secondary character named Roderigo discovers the true purpose of the […]

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Othello: Wealth or Morals

The idea of Marxism came from a man named Karl Marx who essentially believed in an economic system where the government controlled all means of production and resources to ensure equality. In various ways, one may see Marxism as part of the foundation of communism as they share many similar qualities that would lead someone […]

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Analysis of Iago’S Emotions and Acts in Othello

In the story Othello, written by William Shakespeare, Iago holds security in his tranquility, allowing his true intentions to be masked. This allows Iago to copy and apply emotions from characters around him. The ability to counter his inner silence and replace it with a false personality grants him the upperhand to any situation, permitting […]

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Analysis of 12 Angry Men

One approach that this movie had was the laissez faire approach. This approach is defined as leading against the norm. When all twelve of the jurors come into the room, eleven of them decide quickly that the boy is guilty. They decided this because they wanted a quick and to the point process. This is […]

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The Pursuit of Happiness in American Beauty

“I have lost something. I’m not exactly sure what it is but I know I didn’t always feel like this…sedated. But you know what? It’s never too late to get it back.” (Mendes) In American Beauty, the life of Lester Burnham is cut short in the midst of his hunt to rediscover true joy in […]

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A Review of The Movie Pursuit of Happyness

The field of social psychology is a fast growing fields which possesses a very critical vital effect on how people think about the behavior of humans, websites, magazines, newspapers, films, as well as various other forms of media that tend to report the discoveries of social psychologists, as well as the results of social psychological […]

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Review of The Book “The Pursuit of Happyness”

Mark Kingwell is an award-winning social critic, essayist, and professor of the philosophy at the University of Toronto. Kingwell has written the book of In pursuit of Happiness; Better Living from Plato to Prozac (1998). The Author’s reputations Mark Kingwell is not a debatable one but simply a perfection of a competitive standards. He has […]

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Jackie Robinson – The Hero of Baseball 

The film 42 was released in 2013, it is a sports film written and directed by Brian Helgeland about the race segregation and the first African American baseball player Jackie Robinson. It is the PG-13 film. In the paper, I will analyse how film 42 depicts the racial difficulties Jackie Robinson faced during the baseball […]

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My Dream Job: Nurse

One of the most important decisions someone can make in their lifetime is what they are going to be when they grow up. From sun up to sun down, week after week, a job will consume a majority of the time a person spends in their lifetime. In some cases this might sound unpleasant, but […]

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Dream Job: The Army

I really didn’t know what I really wanted to do when I graduated and it never crossed my mind until my senior year. It wasn’t up until like October of 2018 when a Army recruiter and talked to us in Mr. Pierson’s economics class. And usually when a Army recruiter comes and talks to us […]

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The Effects of Standardized Testing on Students’ Mental Health

As stated by the BusinessDictionary, economic stability describes the financial system of a nation that only displays minor fluctuations in output growth and exhibits a consistently low inflation rate. Economic stability has been affecting students since their very first day of school. It slowly gets worse, though when the achievement gap between the two classes […]

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Foster Care Effects 

The subject of foster care has become an increasingly more popular topic of discussion in recent years. Youth who are placed into the foster care system are primarily victims of physical abuse, sexual abuse, and/or neglect. Recently, more studies have been conducted to understand the effects that being placed into the foster care system has […]

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Foster Youth: The Aging Out of The System

“In 2015, more than 20,000 young people — whom states failed to reunite with their families or place in permanent homes (“51 Useful Aging Out of Foster Care Statistics ”). It is evident that in the U.S. there is a shocking amount of young adults who age out of the child welfare system without a […]

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The Flaws Within The Foster Care System

Not everyone has the opportunity to live in house filled with joy and laughter, nor are they able to live with a forever family. Countless of kids weren’t fortunate to be able to have parents to care for them, so they were forced to either find relatives or be put into Foster Care homes. These […]

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Foster Care: Should Same-Sex Couple Be Allowed to Adop

There are nearly 438,000 children navigating the turbulent waters that is the foster care system in the United States. The same system which can be argued is a broken system. These children are typically bounced from foster home to foster home, for years at a time, suffering countless traumas both physically and emotionally while waiting […]

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Foster Care: “Instant Family” Movie Review

I loved the Instant Family movie! It reminded me of my family’s fostering process, which has been one of the most emotional and rewarding experiences of our lives. I liked how the movie portrayed the difficulties of fostering in a positive and humorous way. I want all my friends and family to watch Instant Family […]

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What Adult Foster Children Face

Aging out is a term used to describe foster youth who turns the age of 18, the child goes from being a part of the foster system to being on their own (Munson et al., 2013, p. 921). Foster youth aging out of the system must accomplish tasks that other children do not face. Most […]

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Medical Marijuana: What It Is and Why It’S Used

The topic of medical marijuana can appear to be nothing more than a smokescreen. Some people believe there is no medicinal benefits from it. Some believe it was their miracle. Which one is correct? As we look at a couple pros and cons behind it, keep an open mind. We will be unable to discuss […]

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Marijuana Legalization

Cannabis was first discovered in 2727 B.C. by the Chinese Emperor Shen Nung. Ancient Greeks and Romans were also familiar with cannabis. In the Middle East, the use of cannabis spread through the Islamic empire to North Africa. Later, cannabis spread to the western hemisphere. Majority of the ancient cultures grew the plant for medical […]

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The Impact of Marijuana and Its “Therapeutic Effects”

With the ever-growing opioid epidemic, largely stemming from prescription opioids, researchers have chosen to look elsewhere for relief of pain. One such method is medical marijuana. The use of marijuana for medicinal purposes has been proven to help treat pain and fight diseases that traditional western medicine cannot. However, marijuana used for recreation has more […]

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The Appropriation of The Gilded Age Title

Imagine talking to a very attractive person on social media, just to meet up with them in person and realize their appearance is nothing like their profile. This has become commonly known as a “catfish,” and relates to the Gilded Age (1860-1890) because this era introduced supposed “improvements” which came up short of their expectations. […]

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The American Dream and The Gilded Age

This research paper addresses the influences of the profound discoveries made during the Industrial Revolution on the American Dream, mainly the railroads. It uses a variety of sources. My goal is to comprehend the changes on people’s goals when America’s population, jobs, and opportunities spiked. This research paper is important because it addresses the time […]

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The Title of The Novel Catcher in The Rye As a Metaphor

The Catcher in The Rye (1951) is a novel by J.D Salinger in which a young man by the name of Holden Caulfield takes the reader on the journey of his life and his mind in his late teen years. The novel explores many themes including the theme of youth and the innocence of it. […]

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Analysis of Holden Caulfield’S Character in The Novel Catcher in The Rye

Of the many characters that we have studied this year, without a doubt Holden Caulfield is the most unique and interesting one. A number of comparisons between Holden from the Catcher in the Rye and Hamlet from Hamlet. There are many similarities and differences that have been noticed between the two and it is interesting […]

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The Roaring 20’S: Fashion

The 1920’s were a time of extravagance, invention and rebellion, into that wild chaotic party came changes in fashion that had a great impact on the culture. Fashion in the 1920’s varied throughout the decade but one could see the noticeable change from the previous fashion statements and eras. At the start of the decade, […]

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How The Roaring Twenties Affected

The 1920s was one of the golden decades of history in America. Many aspects of American life were making changes, advancements, or simply getting more and more popular. All these changes and increases of popularity were happening so fast that the 1920s came to be known as the “Roaring Twenties.” One of the aspects of […]

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