DARE By: Ryan Addison Did you know that more than 400‚000 people die each year because of tobacco? That is why the 6th graders have DARE. DARE stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education. DARE is a program that teaches the 6th graders about drugs and violence and how to stop it. The three things that stood out to me in DARE were Tobacco‚ Bullying‚ and Peer Pressure. Tobacco is bad because it has nicotine that makes you addicted to it. It hurts you by giving you lung cancer and
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opinion on youth gangs is the same as I view planting a seed. If you plant a seed in bad soil most likely you’ll grow a defected or bad plant. I say that to say this “if a child is raised in an unstructured household most of the time that child will take his home training outside the home. Then we also have our young kids joining gangs that come from good homes‚ but can’t escape their negative environments once they walk outside their front door. Also some of the youths get involved in gangs looking for
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Gangs Inclusive Community Practices- CJS304 Written Reflection Assignment Submitted by: Vanessa B. Smithers Submitted to: Professor Treisha Hylton Date Submitted: Friday‚ November 30‚ 2012 Inclusive Community Practices- CJS304 Written Reflection Assignment Vanessa B. Smithers Gangs/Youth Gangs The Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (Montreal Police) have defined a youth gang as “An organized group of adolescents and/or young adults who rely on group intimidation and violence
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planned and supervised training intervention based on stated and specific learning and career objectives‚ and geared towards developing the occupational competencies of the participants. It is a programme required to be undertaken by all students of tertiary institutions in Nigeria pursuing courses in “specialized engineering‚ technical‚ business‚ applied sciences and applied arts” (ITF‚ 2004a). The Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) is a Skills Training Programme designed to expose
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Award in Education and Training (City and Guilds 6502) Level 3 ‘RESOURCE PACK B’ Assignment construction kit This belongs to: ‘Andragogic Education’ - Aned Ltd. 11 Church Road‚ Great Bookham. KT233PB Contents Page Constructing your Award in Education and Training portfolio 3 Guide to writing Award in Education and Training answers 3 & 4 Assessment record form 6 A) Unit 301 – requirements and assessment criteria 9 B) Unit 302 – requirements and assessment criteria 18
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Drug Abuse Resistance Education program is the most widely used drug education program targeted towards elementary school children in the United States. Since 1980’s over a million children across the United States have been introduced to the DARE program. The program began implementing their curriculum into school systems with the goal of educating children about the negatives aspects of drugs and gangs. The principal goal for this program is to deter students from the hard life of using drugs and
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Enforced Against Gang Crimes? Should stiffer penalties be enforced against gang crimes? Yes‚ Gangs are groups of three or more people who band together for protection and socialization gain. By joining‚ members take on the common identity of the gang. Street gangs have existed in the U.S. since the time of the American Revolution. The presence of street gangs in the U.S. has since increased exponentially‚ affecting as many as 3‚550 jurisdictions in 2007. The growing presence of street gangs in the U.S
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the picture about the media perception of gangs in our society. According to the author the term gang is usually associated with crime and violence by the media which has made not only youth male‚ but also working class individuals victims of media stereotyping. He is trying to point out the fact that the media is actually painting a bad picture and only covers the bad side of the gangs. He is also trying to attack the press and convince the reader that gangs are not all that bad and they are necessary
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Skipping – 5min Completed Completed Completed Training session No. ONE Date: 1.8.12 (Wednesday) Time: 6-7am (1 hour) Venue: Aquarena Aquatic Centre Weight: 64kg Session Goal: To increase fitness and LME Warm-Up Description Continuous swimming 400m – choice – 40% Continuous swimming 200m – freestyle Continuous swimming 200m – breaststroke Training Method(s) CONTINUOUS Warm-Down Description Adult
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The article entitled‚ “Bahamas tackles gang problem” was taken from the Daily Express dated Wednesday 26th September 2012. The article highlights the area of crime and violence. The article addresses participants at a workshop held at the police headquarters on the issue of gang violence in the Bahamas as the pool ideas to alleviate the problem. The Minister of National Security of Bahamas‚ Dr Bernard J Nottage speaks out against the increasing rate of gang violence. The National Security Minister
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