worried my parents to see that I was losing interest in school‚ so they moved me to Chino Hills after I finished 7th grade to live with my sisters‚ hoping that the environment would be a better place for me. The different atmosphere I was in changed my perspective on education. The students in Chino Hills are very competitive in their academic pursuits which motivated me to try harder and work up to my potential. The realization that a different environment can make a huge difference brought much confidence
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Children Raised by Alcoholic Parents While reading “Who Are the Real Victims of Alcoholism” in my college textbook‚ I could not help but thinking of my own experiences as a child growing up with an alcoholic father. This essay was written by a student named Meredith Newmon Blanco. In her essay‚ she makes several strong claims on how children who are raised by alcoholic parents will grow up facing many troubling obstacles. Some of her examples are physical and emotional abuse‚ lack of structure
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Facts that are kept from legalizing marijuana A cording to the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime‚ “Cannabis continues to be‚ by far the most widely used drug in the world.” More then 100 million Americans aged twelve or older- or 40.2 percent of the population-have tried marijuana at least once in their lifetimes. More than 3.2 million Americans use it on a daily basis.1. Thus why does marijuana continue to be illegal? After researching the topic‚ I was amazed on how much exaggerated
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Addicted Parents and Their Children Sheila Yzaguirre Kaplan University CM107-47: College Composition 1 Addicted Parents and Their Children INTRO: Did you know that in the last generation scientists come to understand the ways of an addicted brain? “There are nearly 2 million heroin and cocaine addicts‚ perhaps 15 million alcoholics‚ and 10’s of millions of cigarette smokers in the United States alone.” (Harvard Mental Health Letter‚ July 2004) Children of addicted parents are the
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Should parents be obliged to immunise their children against childhood diseases? Or do individuals have the right to choose not to immunise their children? http://just-ielts.blogspot.com Some people argue that the state does not have the right to make parents immunise their children. However‚ I feel the question is not whether they should immunise but whether‚ as members of society‚ they have the right not to. Preventative medicine has proved to be the most effective way of reducing the
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Childhood Obesity: The Responsibility of Parents Although obesity is a very sensitive topic‚ it is a pressing issue in modern culture‚ and it is something we cannot ignore. Who is responsible for the health of America? Is it parents‚ teachers‚ or is it the responsibility of fast food marketers to properly inform their audience? Often the blame is shifted to other people and to other influences like billboards and commercials‚ but rarely is the individual held responsible for their health. Lawsuits
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Many poets use poetry to express their feelings on their relationships with their parents or children. ‘Poem at Thirty-Nine’ by Alice Walker is about a girl who has grown into an adult and is thinking back to when she was younger. In the poem she talks about how much she misses her father because he has passed away. ‘Piano’ by D.H. Lawrence is about a man that is reminded of his mother who always played the piano for him because of a woman that he hears singing. ‘A Mother in a Refugee Camp’ by Chinua
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Children with working parents In the past‚ a typical family consisted of a father who went out to work and a mother who stayed at home and looked after the children. Nowadays‚ it is the norm for both parents to work. This situation can affect children both positively and negatively. Some people think that the children of working parents are in an advantages position were their parents are able to afford more luxuries such as new clothes‚ video games or mobile phones. Proponents of this view argue
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the number of American children from the ages of six to eleven has tripled in the last forty-years‚ with one in every seven of these children meeting the criteria for obesity (Better Nutrition 28). Children‚ like the rest of Americans‚ are living more and more sedentary life styles. Childhood obesity in school-aged children is rising‚ and it’s the responsibility of the parents to prevent this from happening to their own children. Much more than an aesthetic issue‚ childhood obesity is a major health
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Child Obesity: How Society Supersizes Kids By Linda Lents Celeste Brown English 102: #28440 November 10‚ 2012 Linda Lents Celeste Brown English 102: #28440 November 10‚ 2012 Childhood Obesity: How Society Super Sizes Kids Most Americans learn about nutrition from the media. Because food is a very large business and because everyone eats every day‚ the public is fascinated by stories about diet and health. Newspapers‚ magazines and television produce and distribute
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