Why are so many young people turning to prescription drugs to get high? By survey‚ almost 50% of teens believe that taking prescription drugs is much safer than using illegal street drugs. Prescription drug abuse is a major issue that does not seem to be moving towards a solution. There’s a reason why prescription drugs are intended to be taken under a doctor’s direction if people don’t use them as they are to be taken‚ they can be extremely dangerous. Despite what many people think‚ abusing
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02/17/2008 CENSORSHIP IN SCHOOLS School is a unique place that shapes the personality of every individual. Besides the instruction given by teachers‚ books and study materials greatly contribute towards individual development. When books are banned‚ students can lose important resources for learning about society and themselves. It is important to be conscious of the reasons for censorship. Otherwise‚ censorship can cut down on the effectiveness of education. The ideals behind censorship are undeniably
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every citizens resources of information as well as communication such as the websites accessed‚ email content and social networking tools by blocking netizens from accessing specific websites and filtering the sensitive wording. According to R.K.‚ V.D.‚ K.C. (2013‚ p.2)‚ there are two types of censorship which are technical censorship and non-technical censorship. Technical censorship as the name suggests‚ the utilization of technical system such as different kind of filters and redirection are applied
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Case Study #41 Censorship or Parents Right 1. See case study #41 (Gorton pp.337-341) Censorship? or Parents’ Rights? Analyze the Case The only explanation I can provide for the principle not reading the book‚ he was not aware the department head approved it for an assignment…lack of communication. I believe the teacher intentions were good and academically the book was based on a learning tool for the students to apply their experience using problem base learning (PBL) style to understand‚
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By: Jezz E-mail: pissoffchuck@aol.com Censorship in radio For the past several years Freedom of speech in America has had it’s meaning changed many times. Although the changes have gone unnoticed by most Americans‚ In the radio business they are felt day in and day out. radio personalities‚ programmers‚ and owners have to deal with this everyday but they too have no real idea what the Federal Communications Commission’s idea of free speech is. You see the rule seems to change depending on
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Art Censorship in China: The Unknown Third Side 15/04/2013 English Composition Fatima Al-Mousawi Art Censorship in China: A Western Issue & the Chinese Opinion “Free societies... are societies in motion… Free people strike sparks‚ and those sparks are the best evidence of freedom ’s existence”. So are the words of Salman Rushdie on the topic of freedom of speech and its censorship (Rushdie). Those words bring attention to many of today’s societies that disallow these sparks in many of
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New Research: Internet Censorship To Stop Protests... Actually Increases Protests from the who-didn’t-see-that-coming? dept We’ve been arguing for a while that attempts by various governments to shut down forms of communication during protests and riots only serves to make protesters and rioters angrier. Some new (quite timely) research‚ pointed out by Mathew Ingram‚ seems to agree that internet censorship tends to make such problems worse. The research is a quick read‚ and certainly goes further
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Censorship of Literature on Students “The child who is taught nothing of his or her country’s cultural‚ political‚ and intellectual heritage must be pitied as much as the child who is compelled to conform on all respects to conventional wisdom” (Riechman 5). Throughout the centuries‚ literature has been censored because it has been accused of being inappropriate or promoting religious or racial ideals. Parents‚ school districts‚ and school board members believe that these subjects shouldn’t be taught
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Internet Censorship For centuries governments have tried to regular materials deemed inappropriate or offensive. The history of western censorship was said to have begun when Socrates was accused "firstly‚ of denying the gods recognized by the State and introducing new divinities‚ and secondly of corrupting the young." He was sentenced to death for these crimes. Many modern governments are attempting to control access to the Internet. They are passing regulations that restrict the freedom
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in his Social Contract Theory. However‚ that was the 17th century. Democracies have evolved in tandem with the rest of civilization in terms of culture‚ technology‚ international relations‚ and more. Even once-authoritarian states have practiced democratic elements- political theory is
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