Suzy Schwartz is 7 years old and hates to go to school. Every weekday morning, Suzy wakes up with a stomach ache and complains that she can’t get up. She has on occasion thrown up and been unable to eat anything for breakfast. Her mother is not sure what to do about Suzy. If Mrs Schwartz takes Suzy to school, Mrs Schwartz often gets called by the nurse because Suzy has become physically ill. While Suzy is in class, she sits by herself or hides in the coat closet, refusing to speak to talk to anyone.…
Once, there was a dog called Fluffy. Fluffy is a really cute and smart dog and has a rich owner, who is very arrogant, called Cholè. One day, Cholè moved house and got a new dog much more clever than Fluffy by her noble friend as a moving present, and named him Luke. She looked after Luke more and loved him more than Fluffy, and forgot Fluffy’s existence. Fluffy became lonely and was soon abandoned by her arrogant owner, Chloè. Fluffy became a stray dog and was really hungry walking on the street with no food and water. She waited every day night until the most rejoice moment of everyday is to eat the kitchen waste of the apartment or restaurant, when the staff went to the landfill to dump the kitchen…
The facts in Amazing Grace written in 1995 startled me. There are literally hundreds of thousands of people living in broken, crowded, and rundown apartment buildings, “That,” says Kozol, “most people would not even kennel their dogs in.” The first fact that jumped out at me was in 1991 the median income for the area was $7,600 for a family of three or four. The neighborhood is full of rat infested buildings where faulty electrical wiring, bad elevator doors, and broken staircases are a norm. The absurdity of it all is that if we were to kennel our pets in conditions like that , we would have all kinds of rights activists protesting for being inhumane, yet we house people there to little fan fair or protests. The local hospitals are not much better. Kozol writes of several instances where the elderly have to wait in the halls to be seen. Another health statistic that causes me great alarm is with the percentage of people that have asthma. Individuals suffering from severe cases asthma have reached epidemic proportions. Hospital Admissions have reached six or more for one thousand people in the South Bronx neighborhood and only 1.8 per thousand for the rest in statewide New York.…
Molly is a three-year-old miniature Pomeranian that has been rescued from a puppy mill. She lived her whole life in a wire cage with others stacked on top of her. When she was rescued, she weighed four pounds and was covered in feces from the dogs that lived above her. Her hair was matted, her teeth were rotten, and her nails were over grown. She had never felt grass on her feet or experienced the feeling of running free. Her feet were split from walking on the wire floor, and the only human contact she ever experienced was bad, which made her scared to death of people. Molly now weighs six and a half pounds, has a beautiful coat, clean teeth, and trimmed nails. She comes when called instead of running from people and loves playing in the snow. She was one of the lucky ones, rescued in time. Thousands of dogs of all types and ages live in these horrible conditions their whole lives, being abused, neglected, and even killed in puppy mills each day.…
The poem “Dog’s Death” written by John Updike and the theme of this story is about a couple getting a new puppy. We are led to assume it is a puppy instead of an adult dog because they have not named her, they just refer to her as she and the narrator says that the puppy is “Too young to know much” (Clugston, 2010). They were also still trying to train her to use the newspaper to wet on, they mention in line three saying “To use the newspapers spread on the kitchen floor” (Clugston, 2010). They noticed that she was not feeling well and thought that playing with her would liven her up it did not, she was dying and you can tell that because the narrator says “And her heart was learning to lie down forever” (Clugston, 2010). So they take her to the vet and she is in the narrators lap on the way there and she tried to bite him right before she passes away. When they get back home they see that she was learning to use the newspaper because as the narrator says that she “had endured the shame Of diarrhea and had dragged across the floor To a newspaper carelessly left there. Good dog” (Clugston, 2010). So even though she was sick and hurting she still tried to…
Most shelters are filled to capacity and cannot accept new animals or rotate them quickly. To make room for new intakes, older cases need to be euthanized. Sometimes, this happens in a matter of days. Consider that just one hoarding case can bring in an excess of 50 animals. For smaller shelters, that may be the maximum amount they can hold at one time. While rescues, other shelters, and adopters take in some of these animals, many are left to die. Lana was taken back to the shelter by her new family. She immediately shut down and would not come out of the corner. The humane society determined that she needed to be in a foster home and they were correct. The transformation was instant. She went back to being a sweet and wonderful dog and has since been adopted. Available foster homes could help take in the overpopulation temporarily until new arrangements can be made; thus saving…
The general public is greatly uninformed about how to find a healthy puppy to bring into their families. Too often they head to a local pet store. That cute little ball of fluff jumping around in the pet store window with a red bow around its neck is the picture of health, or is it? So Joe Q. Public confidently slaps down a credit card and gathers little Fluffy in his arms and takes him home to see his happy kids play with adorable Fluffy. Sadly, Fluffy’s wet nose turns into a deep wheeze, a cough, and a fever. In less than a week’s time, Fluffy dies. What Joe did not know was the dismal beginning of this little mill bred puppy (USA Today, 2007). Experts estimate that puppy mills provide some 90% of total puppies available from pet stores (Lamb, Rachel, Prisoners for Profit, 1999).…
My passed dog Bellz, began to act unusual. She would not be able to wait to be taken out to use the bathroom and she began to get extra lazy. Bellz was friendly so whenever someone opened the front door she would run to greet them but once she began to get sick, that all stopped. She would just lay in the same spot either in the living room or in my dads room and put no effort into getting up for anything other then the bathroom and food once in a while. Out of nowhere, she started to get very skinny, where you could see all her bones. The next day, she looked full from her stomach only but you could still see her bones they way you could see them in a cow. My dad was unable to take her to the vet because of work, so my grandpa took her while…
Fluffy, the three-headed dog, is terrifying. At first glance, he may not seem so intimidating. In fact, with the exception of his abnormally joint trio of heads and necks, his features make him look like he could be a friendly family pet with his small ears and relaxed face. Once aggravated, Fluffy stands tall and sturdy. Each pair of his leering, hazel eyes could pierce through bedrock. His sharp and uneven incisors paired with his large, moulding canines, could serve as a guillotine. Drool is constantly dripping out of his mouth. His breath reeks of aged, rotting meat. His stomach regularly growls, awaiting his next meal. His heavy, sharp breaths are warm and moist. The dark, thin fur that is coated on him is cold prickly. As he growls,…
What is the best solution to a more successful future? This question is in the minds of many students and parents. In my opinion, I think that attending a public school is a better solution than attending a private school. This choice is affected greatly by the overall performance, capabilities of the student and the financial budget of the parent. There are advantages and disadvantages of both private and public schools.…
As of November 20, 2014, same –sex marriage has been legalized in 35 out of 50 U.S. states. Same-sex marriage is a hot topic which the Supreme Court is considering to legalize. Many people say a homosexual person is a sinner. The question is do homosexual people choose his or her gender? They were born that way and they are happy with their lives. Homosexual people are nothing unlike heterosexual people. They are living, they are working, and they contribute to society. Proponents state that same-sex couples should have access to the same marriage benefits and public acknowledgment enjoyed by heterosexual couples and that prohibiting gay marriage is unconstitutional discrimination. On the other side, opponents argue that altering the traditional definition of marriage as between a man and a woman will further weaken a threatened institution and that legalizing gay marriage is a slippery downhill way that may lead to polygamous and interspecies marriages (gaymarriage.procon.org). All people in the world should understand the meaning of marriage, whether a same-sex marriage or a traditional marriage. For that reason, same-sex marriage should be considered as a legal marriage because it is an equal right for humankind and beneficial for society as well as preventing youth suicide.…
The prices of college tuition have increased yearly, and not much of an effort is put forth to try to lower the costs. For example, colleges in the state of Pennsylvania have a high tuition. Moravian College’s tuition is about $32,931, and after receipt of grants and scholarships for one year it will be $22,900. East Stroudsburg University’s tuition is about $6,240, and after receipt of grants and scholarships for one year it will be $12,500. I can barely afford Community College, and I know for a fact I wouldn’t be able to afford any of these colleges or universities either. In this essay, I will explain through facts and opinions, why the cost of college tuition should be lowered.…
R+J True Love? In William Shakespeare's ¨Romeo and Juliet¨ they lay their scene in fair Verona with young Romeo in love with a woman named Rosaline. He substantially fantasizes about her. So obsessed, Romeo decides to crash a Capulet party that Rosaline is attending.…
In America there are so many people who live without healthcare. President Obama has tried hard to change that known fact by introducing and passing his new Obama Care Act. It is very important for people to have proper healthcare coverage, medical care, affordable medications, and for all healthcare services to be available to everyone, whether they are poor, middle class or rich. For most Americans, high quality care generally is readily accessible without long waits but at high cost. However, the uninsured and, increasingly, the underinsured, the poor, and members of underserved minorities often have poor access to health care and poor health outcomes. The health workforce is well trained, yet the United States faces a severe shortage of primary care physicians. Approximately 45% of the U.S. population has a chronic medical condition, and about 60 million people, half of these, have multiple chronic conditions; the CDC estimated these numbers during a recent survey.…
The issue of whether or not college athletes should be paid for play has been a heated debate across the nation for years. Most would say that college athletes are already paid to play by the scholorships that they are given such as free tuition, meals, books, room and board. However, some would say that college athletes are being taken advantage of by the coaches, universities they attend and the NCAA because of the career ending injuries, lack of being able to support themselves off of campus and the lack of a complete education. There are many pros and cons to this heated debate and as we have seen in various reports and statements from the NCAA on why college athletes should or shouldn’t be paid to play.…