Papers on Social Issues
Celebrities And Frantic Fans
Words: 602 - Pages: 3.... that will go all out for the
celebrity. Celebrities today are being stalked, mobbed by desperate crowds,
who each want to get that last glimpse of his or her face. Many
celebrities tend to get stressed out by the media and frantic fans, soon
to be finding themselves committing suicide do to overdose of drugs and
liquor. To that end we the fans must understand that celebrities are just
like us, normal everyday citizens.
We should all realize that celebrities are actually normal people,
trying to earn an honest day’s living, and therefore deserve their privacy
rights. Privacy means a lot to them due to the publicity they tend to get,
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Teenagers Of The Sixties And Today
Words: 687 - Pages: 3.... of today seem to be less rebellious than they were in the sixties. Their dress and their attitudes seem to be more in line with the norm. Most teenagers seem to be more concerned with where the next party will be than with what social issues are confronting society today. David Gelman refereed to this generation in his article as the "me" generation. He quotes University of Michigan social psychologist Lloyd Johnston as saying "It's fair to say that young people are more career-oriented than before, more concerned about making money and prestige." (Gelman 195). This is because life itself changes. There are no more unjustified .....
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Teen Pregnancy
Words: 833 - Pages: 4.... of those making the argument. To some teens it would be impossible to tell their parents they were pregnant let alone that they want an abortion. On the other hand teens sometimes act on imulse rather than giving such an emotional issue a lot of thought. If the parent were forced to give consent it would assure thet the decision had been given much thought. Though it could also rip a family apart. People react to unexpected situations in life very differently. Some teens think that if they were forced to get their parents consent to have an abortion they would go crazy and never forgive them. The question is not however what the pa .....
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Psychological And Biological Slavery
Words: 1659 - Pages: 7.... as a kind of bondage induced by one's own mind, or as control shown over someone's mind by another person. This form of slavery digs deep into a person's psyche and changes them, for the better or the worse. In Huckleberry Finn, Huck is psychologically held by his drunken, abusive father, Pap. Pap is illiterate and oppressive and threatens to Huck that he will "take some of these frills out o' you before I'm done with you" (20) because he suspects Huck of putting on airs and thinking he's better then his father. Pap treats Huck very badly, but since he is Huck's father, Huck figures there is nothing he can do. This is evident when Pap fi .....
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Arranged Marriages Vs Marriages From Romance
Words: 984 - Pages: 4.... freedom of choosing their own partner with no forced of family or peers. Acknowledging thus, marriage as a result of love is not just a more popular type of marriage but also is a much more rewarding experience that an arranged marriage.
Dealing with the ideal marriage, the last thing a person should be rationalized is the issue about money. We are all aware that marriage should always accompany of financial issue but we also have to remember that this is not just about financial stability, but also about emotional security. More often than not, have movie stars and the rich and famous, been on the television screen with news about their .....
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Answer America's Call
Words: 644 - Pages: 3.... longer do we need to send most
of our country's men off to fight. Rather we can just sit some of them down on
a computer and do just as much damage. With computers and the viruses that go
with them, people can destroy the economies of whole countries without wasting a
single American life. Countries can crumble with the push of a few simple
buttons on a keyboard.
But to understand all of this new technology requires a great deal of
knowledge. Not just anyone can sit at a computer and make a country crumble.
It takes an intelligent person to even turn on a computer. No longer can
America turn to just anyone off the street to help the .....
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Man's Attitude Towards Nature As Being Superior
Words: 664 - Pages: 3.... knowledge is power and therefore
science is mastery. The continued advancement of science created what is
known as the industrial revolution. This is where our over consumption
began. We were now able to drill into the earth and extract unrenewable
resources and make them into many new products. This attitude of power and
control over the resources of the earth has lead us to think of ourselves
as the most important part of nature. We took what the earth had to offer,
and there was no one to stop us.
Speciesism is the exploitation of plants and animals. At first, we
feared animals but once we domesticated animals we gained a sense .....
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Anti-Affirmative Action
Words: 594 - Pages: 3.... and schools to choose the best
workers and less privileged students of the minority, in all, regardless of
their potential lack basic skills. As remarked by Maarten de Wit, an
author who's article I found on the World Wide Web, affirmative action
beneficiaries are "not the best pick, but only the best pick from a limited
group." Another article I found, "Affirmative action: A Counter-
Productive Policy" by Ernest Pasour also on the W.W.W., is one example
which reveals that Duke, a very famous and prestigious university, adopted
a resolution requiring each of it's department to hire at least one new
African-American for a faculty positi .....
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Day Of The Dead
Words: 240 - Pages: 1.... other things that the specific person
liked.
The day of the dead is not a day grief nor does it have to do with
anything tragic for the Spanish speaking world, actually it is a day of joy and
happiness. It is celebrated all over. People wear bright colors and masks as
well as elaborate clothing. People can even make a business by selling things
associated with death, some of these things can include candy skulls and paper-
mache masks which later were made out of plastic.
There is actually two days that are celebrated with death. There is one
for children and one for all the rest of the people. The day for children is
celebrated for all .....
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Racism In Colleges
Words: 2697 - Pages: 10.... A small percentage of them taught themselves to read and write
and they began to teach others.
Some blacks even fought in the Civil War. The most educated were
selected and several black units were formed. Once the North had defeated the
South in the war, the slaves were freed from bondage, however, that did not mean
that they would be free from the terrible prejudice that still permeated the
country.
Schools sprang up in all black areas but were not given the public
funding that they needed and deserved. They were usually only one room and very
dirty. They were given the oldest and most worn out books and equipment that
were available. .....
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