Papers on Miscellaneous Topics
Bulimia
Words: 1123 - Pages: 5.... families. There are two subtype of nervosa: purging and nonpurging, it occurs in 0.5 percent to 2.0 percent of adolescents and young adult women. Purging type: this subtype describes presentations in which the person has regulatory engaged in self-induced vomiting or the misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas during the current episode. Nonpurging type: this subtype describes presentation in which the person has used other inappropriate compensatory behaviors, such as fasting or excessive exercise, but has not regularly engaged in self-induced vomiting or the misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas during the current episode. .....
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Ebonics In Schools
Words: 1084 - Pages: 4.... a policy affirming
Standard American English language development for all students. This policy
covers the effectiveness of the strategies that must be utilized to ensure that
every child will achieve English language Proficiency (Hawkins, p.1). This
policy is based on the work of a broad-based Task-Force, convened six months ago
to review the district-wide achievement data and to make recommendations
regarding the effective practices that will enhance the opportunity for all
students to successfully achieve the standards of all students. The data shows
the low levels of the student performance and lack of students in the Advanced
Placem .....
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Why Murder
Words: 841 - Pages: 4.... would not let them take the body for three days, now that’s pretty strange. The people in town at the time didn’t think she was crazy, they explained her actions like this, “We remembered all the young men her father had driven away, and we knew that with nothing left, she would have to cling to that which had robbed her, as people will.” (75) Here is the first indicator that her motives for killing her only love Homer Baron are founded on an emotional type of basis. Her father believed that no one was ever good enough for his daughter, and because she never got close to anyone she didn’t know how to let g .....
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Mark Mcgwire Vs Sammy Sosa
Words: 1022 - Pages: 4.... when he retires. Their slugging percent right now as it stands. McGwire has a better slugging percent then Sosa. McGwire has a .575 as Sosa has .497 averages. Lately I noticed that McGwire's slugging percent in the past couple of years has only gotten better so at the rate he is going his slugging percent will probably be over .650 when he retires. However, for Sosa he has pretty much stayed the same in the past few years. If he keeps it up his slugging percent will probably stay pretty much the same.
The number of hits that McGwire and Sosa have been pretty close to the number they should have in this point of there careers. McGwire has .....
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Why Do I Want To Attend College
Words: 187 - Pages: 1.... had no clue what direction my life was heading or even
what I wanted to become. So after graduation I decided to explore my options at
the University of Pittsburgh. Wow, was this a mistake. Not only was the
college to big for my own well being, but the big University provided too many
distractions. This is why I feel I have finally taken the right and first step
in securing my future.
Currently, I am attending Waynesburg college in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania,
majoring in computer science and minoring in business. I have always had a
fascination when it comes to computers and I think that this is a very good
career move. Hopefully I .....
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Utilitarianism
Words: 1080 - Pages: 4.... we can make some rough judgments about when a person's quality of
life has increased or decreased. Utilitarianism about future generations says
that people should weigh these increases impartially with respect to times. And,
in particular, should not prefer a smaller increase in the present well-being to
larger increases in the future. We should try to maximize the sum of increases
in well-being across times counting future lives equally against those in the
present. Our moral goal should always be to produce the greatest total of such
gains, no matter by whom they are enjoyed.
Utilitarianism has been extensively discussed by philosop .....
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American And Nigerian Culture
Words: 614 - Pages: 3.... example, the Akpei people (neighbors to the nearby Igbuno
village) have found that someone has fished and trampled in their stream.
( This is a very bad thing because the vegetation and fish are now no
longer available) The blame immediately lands upon the Uma aya Biafra, or
teenagers of Igbuno. There is no question, it is just assumed that
teenagers were involved. (Unfortunately, Uche, a teenager from Igbuno, has
committed this heinous crime). Also, when the people of Akpei find that
someone is stealing from their huts, again without any evidence, they
surmise that teenagers are to blame. Lastly, Okei's ( Okei is a teen who
liv .....
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How Television Affects Childre
Words: 555 - Pages: 3.... them. Consequently , when it comes time to do a book report your child may have a hard time understanding what they are reading due to lack of creativity from watching too much TV.
While losing creativity , your child can also gain laziness. While some kids are actively involved in sports after school , a majority of them just come home and plop themselves in front of the TV. What is happening when they are watching TV? Absolutely nothing , they are sitting on a couch not moving and not thinking , and sometimes eating to. And we all know what happens when you eat and are not active. If a child keeps up with this scenario , as they grow .....
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Koreans: When And Why Did They Come?
Words: 422 - Pages: 2.... needed more workers than the native population could
supply. (Moynihan 45) At this time, rumors spread among the plantation owners
that Koreans were more industrious then either the Chinese or the Japanese.
After consulting with the US ambassador to Korea, recruiters became journeying
to the peninsulas. (Moynihan 45)
The Hawaii Sugar Planters Association struck a deal with David Declare,
who was paid five dollars for every laborer he lured to the Hawaiian Islands.
(Moynihan 45) Deshler even offered unsuspecting Koreans loans of $100 so they
could travel to Hawaii and get settled. (Moynihan 45)
Despite their distrust of Western ways .....
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Abortion
Words: 760 - Pages: 3.... code for one specific time
period, or group of people, so one must decide what they believe on the issue of abortion,
by examining there own code of ethics.
I attended Catholic Schools for most of my life, and had Catholic beliefs and ideas
rammed down my throat for so long, that for a while I decided what ever The Church
believes, I am going to believe the exact opposite. So for many years I believed in
abortion, and thought of it as no big deal, and thought that if I was ever placed in a
situation that abortion was an option, that I would just go ahead and do it, but now that
has changed. I took a morality class my junior year of hig .....
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