on the use of “forbidden words” in the media‚ the individual responsibility of using curse words has increased. In this research I have found that the use of curse words has heightened some people’s sensitivity to these words. Children are the most affected and the parents are not far behind. The use of curse words in our media has changed our perspective; children and teens use them sometimes on the daily basis‚ but is this change a good thing? The common curse words‚ some starting with S’s and
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Since the late 1800’s‚ the word ‘retard’ has been used - firstly as a clinical diagnosis to mean delay or hold back in term of progress‚ then later became a derogatory slang to mean stupid or dumb. While the word certainly was used to mean intellectually inhibited‚ many believe the everyday usage of the word “retard” is not directed toward people with disabilities‚ and therefore should be okay to incorporate into day to day conversation. Even though you might think the word is not offensive to friends
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The Change of football We are forced to accept that violence is no longer an acceptable reaction by anybody‚ that we must conjure the self-control to channel our anger into other more efficient ways. This has changed many views of interpretation on the world in which we live. You can especially see this change in the sports aspect of life. Sports are one of the biggest categories people are involved with‚ and something many people of the world share a passion for. As you can probably tell‚ this creates
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One way science is involved in football is the aerodynamics of the ball. The aerodynamics of the ball affects the flight and accuracy when it’s thrown in the air. If footballs weren’t made in a certain way it would wobble in the air instead of having a tight spiral. Footballs are made with two bullet-like ends. The two ends of the ball allow it to travel in a spiral motion in because it interacts less with the air which makes the air go around the tip instead of the entire ball. The two ends of
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The word nigga comes from the Latin word niger which simply means black. The word niger was then changed to negro and integrated into two other languages‚ Spanish which kept the pure meaning of the word as “black”‚ and English which perverted the meaning into “black person”. However‚ by about the 1800s most white Americans had adopted the word as a derogatory racial slur to describe black African American slaves and yet again changed it into a new form of the word. They transformed the word negro
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Words are powerless when looked at individually but they have the potential for good or evil‚ when someone who can properly use them to his or her advantage. That is what Nathaniel Hawthorne quote means‚ and I fully agree with him. An example of words being used for evil could be a dictator trying to convince his people that he is best for the country. An example of words being used for good could be a civil rights activist trying to persuade people to get along and to treat everyone with respect
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school boys have died due to football related injuries. Andre Smith was the most recent student to join the list. This year alone there have been seven football related deaths. These statistics often raise the question‚ “Why?” Despite the frequency of these unfortunate events‚ not many steps have been taken to avoid future accidents. The impact of these deaths are visible in the declining number of students enrolling to play football for the past 4 years. Although football has been one of the most popular
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Football Concussions you’re running the ball‚ 5 yards away from your 10th touchdown in 5 games. Boom‚ the defender takes you out‚ you go flying in the air with your helmet flying off‚ and you have no protection from the ground and your head. When you land‚ you twist your head and you hear a loud crack at the moment of impact‚ almost breaking your neck and smashing your head wide open. everyone in the crowd grows silent‚ You stay down for 10 minutes‚ feeling nothing but sharp‚stabbing‚ burning pain
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Football is a game that can captivate the attention of a population. My first time watching a football game I fell in love with it‚ the loud crowd cheering on their team‚ the satisfaction of your team winning‚ the thrill of watching a spectacular play. Watching the Super Bowl and seeing the kind of stage that it is put on. National television‚ seen by millions‚ all across the world in several different countries. Canada has their own football but they watch our Super Bowl. One of the first football
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captain‚ created the line of scrimmage and other modern football attributes to improve the game because it was too low scoring (Tuttle‚ 13). He also changed the scoring system to: safety-1 point‚ touchdown-2‚ Point after touchdown-4‚ and a field goal-3. He then changed the yards kneeded to gain a first down to 5 and used 3 downs(Tuttle‚ 16). Later coaches changed Camps’ rules to rules we use now. In 1919 the American Professional Football Association was made in Canton‚ Ohio(Treat‚ 23). It started
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