History of Consumption An epidemic that has greatly taken over without us even knowing about it‚ is still affecting lives daily and has many interesting details that have created such a unappreciated‚ self centered society‚ that has lead to compulsive spending. How did we get to such a fast growing economy that portrays us like animals fighting for a bone‚ with new products that trump the ones from the year before‚ from products that are brought over from China‚ Mexico‚ Taiwan. Brands are compared
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In the summer of 1996‚ The Frontline Documentary The Lost Children of Rockdale County investigated what happens when teenagers did not have enough supervision from their parents at home. The documentary took a place in the town of Conyers that is located 15 miles East of Atlanta. In this town‚ the majority of these teenagers come from wealthy families of a middle class. They did not seem to suffer from economic problems because their parents spend most of their time away from home working. Since
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The documentary that I chose to do an analysis on is “Growing Up Trans”‚ a film that is showed on a T.V. a series called Frontline directed‚ by Martin Smith. In this documentary film it goes through the life of young kids that are planning to change there identity to a different gender. While the kids plan on taking hormone blockers they are being educated by doctors at Children’s Hospital in Chicago‚ Illinois on how the hormone blockers are processed. Some of the parents are nervous because
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In the PBS Frontline film A Class Divided a third-grade teacher‚ Jane Elliot‚ challenges her student’s perceived views on prejudice‚ racism‚ bigotry‚ and the act of discrimination. Originally conducted in the days following the assassination of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968‚ Elliott’s “blue eyes/brown eyes” exercise engaged the young children in her class to further explore the concepts of racism and prejudice by segregating the class into two distinct categories‚ one took the role
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The Great Seattle Windshield Epidemic reflects the collective delusion that can exist in society. In reality‚ approximately 4‚000 cars had their windshields pitted. The media influenced everyone to believe that it was an issue‚ by drawing their attention towards it. Pitting of windshields is common‚ therefore should be expected. The questions arises as to how one can know‚ without looking. By drawing attention to the already pitted windshields‚ people witnessed damages they’ve never seen before
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land of the obese. One of the most commonly discussed issues of America in the last few decades has been obesity. Obesity is an epidemic that plagues our nation. It remains one of the biggest problems in American society and requires a careful‚ systematic but also immediate solution. Americans are some of the least healthy people in the entire country. The obesity epidemic affects millions of people in the United States. Sadly‚ enough obesity is a problem that affects everybody‚ not just adults. Obesity
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eat more for an inexpensive cost. The unhealthy eating of many has really impacted a lot of lives. It made the health for many to be considered‚ a serious and deadly health condition. It has got so intense that the whole nations took note of this epidemic. To fix a problem you have to understand the problem and today’s problem is the high increased rate of obesity‚ that has taken a major climb in the population of people from the ages of 18-26. There has to be change‚ the obesity rate is high and
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Introduction Childhood obesity is rapidly becoming a global epidemic affecting over four million children alone in the United States. Obesity is the top healthcare priority in the United States at this time as described by the United States Surgeon General. And‚ although the obesity epidemic is receiving increased attention in recent years‚ an approach that is “consistent‚ integrated‚ and aggressive” has not yet been reached. Lifestyle changes are often difficult to implement and are not consistent
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☠ Deadly Diseases ☠ Yersinia Pestis: Black Death Epidemic The 13th Century was home to the Black Death epidemic‚ also known as Y. Pestis. The most common form of Y. Pestis is the Bubonic Plague‚ however‚ there are two other form of the virus. This form of Yersinia Pestis wasn’t very contagious‚ and can only be caught by pus being introduced to a person’s open wound. The second form of Y. Pestis was the septicemic plague‚ spread by the most well known outbreak‚ coming from rats’ blood‚ then consumed
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04/03/2013 Are Environmental Factors the Main Reasons for Obesity Epidemic? In her essay” What’s to Blame for the Surge in Super-Size Americans?” Tori DeAngelis discusses the various factors that lead to obesity. DeAngelis reminds us that obesity is getting worse and worse by the day. According to the current government estimate‚ about 65 percent of Americans are obese or overweight. DeAngelis states three factors that contribute to obesity. These are environmental factors‚ stress and gene factors
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