shocking death of 19-year-old Aman Kachroo sharply reminded the nation of our inability to curb the menace of ragging in institutions of learning‚ despite the recurrence of incidents that result in injuries‚ attempted suicides‚ and even death. To make indefensible suggestions that this habitual intimidation of junior students is a way of breaking the ice and fostering fellow feeling reflects utter insensitivity in the face of such tragic incidents. Ragging or hazing is no gentle rite of passage but a ritualized
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Anyone contemplating an occupation in correctional counseling‚ or is currently practicing should fully understand the multitude of legal and ethical issues required in order to be an effective counselor. Understanding legal and ethical issues is necessary for several reasons. First‚ individuals in correctional institutions use litigation indeed‚ and it is prudent for counselors to fully understand the legal parameters they have to work with to avoid consequences or manipulation by their clients
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otherwise move with the ball in an attempt to gain territorial advantage and score. Defending players prevent the attacking team from gaining a territorial advantage by touching the ball carrier. Either defending or attacking players may initiate the touch. 3 Start of the game: The team that wins the coin toss chooses the direction of play and must start with a ‘tap’ from the middle of the field. The defending
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intelligent‚ and responsible man. Atticus a brave man who seeks to protect a Tom Robinson a black male. During that era was wrong to do since the blacks were said to be the lowest class due to racism at the time was a problem. For example while defending Tom‚ Atticus was never discourage and acted strong for what he was doing because if he "didn’t [he] couldn’t have held his head in town"(Lee 100)... People at times gave looks and said why do you protect blacks Atticus replies because we are all
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begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win‚ but sometimes you do. Atticus fits his own description of what being courageous is. Atticus goes through a trial he knows he is bound to lose‚ his own town didn’t approve of him defending an African American‚ and Atticus knew his children may be at risk. The Trial of Tom Robinson. He is an African American man who was accused of raping 19 year old Mayella Ewell. Atticus knew he was going to lose. He said himself as his daughter Scout
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Karen Miller October 4‚ 2012 Daniel Ellsberg‚ was the person who released the Pentagon Papers to the public because the United States involvement of the Vietnam War and also there were many secrets that government officials were not allowing the public to know. Ellsberg’s career began when he entered the marines in 1954 and he started to deliver lectures at Harvard as a junior member board; during that particular time Henry Kissinger took notice to Ellsberg rational lectures. Ellsberg soon began
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would outlaw the procedure. The Senate narrowly rejected an amendment by Sen. Dianne Feinstein‚ D-Calif.‚ that would have imposed the same penalties on assailants without referring to the legal status of a fetus. "This law rights a blatant and indefensible wrong by establishing what everyone already knows that these children were here‚" House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (search)‚ R-Texas‚ said in a statement. "With the president’s signature‚ common sense and common decency are finally placed into
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The United States should have Universal Health Care Comp II The United States should have Universal Health Care Virtually 50 million Americans are presently without any health insurance‚ and a great number of them with health insurance are struggling to pay for their medical bills. Everybody concurs that healthcare must be accessible to all citizens‚ but the debate on whether the United States should adopt a universal health system still rages. According to the Institute
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Standardized Testing Doesn’t Measure Educational Quality Educators put relentless pressure on students to show that they themselves are effective. A student’s success is based upon their performances on standardized testing. A high score on a test shows the effectiveness of that particular schools staff success. Education is being measure by the wrong standard; therefore these evaluations are apt to be inaccurate. A standardized test is an examination that predicts how well a student is likely to
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explain and elaborate the fundamentals of each philosopher’s ethical views‚ compare and contrast their differences‚ and give my own opinion on the subject‚ supporting it with evidence and reasoning. Peter Singer’s main argument is that “It is indefensible for affluent people to spend money on luxuries
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