November 2014 Drug Abuse in Inner Cities Inner-city areas have become the primary location for minorities‚ and the easiest place to find illegal drugs. Evidence shows that there is a link between the increase of illegal drug use‚ and the increase of minorities living in inner-city communities that are unemployed or collect welfare. Bruce D. Johnson states “Drug Abuse in the Inner City: Impact on Hard-Drug Users and the Community” and “Illicit drug use in the inner city expanded rapidly in the 1960s
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Tom had always loved plants. He loved the way they would begin their lives as tiny seeds buried in their cosy little nests‚ and then‚ with all the essential ingredients a sprinkle of water‚ a cup of sunlight and a dash of time they would blossom into sharp Italian ballet dancers‚ their lively radiance beating against the cream-white window pane. Toms mother would grow these plants by the dozen‚ and‚ once a month‚ after harvest week‚ she would take all the plants away‚ replacing them with seemingly
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This case begins with teachers of an elementary school being concerned with two young girls who are sisters. The teachers are concerned due to their sadness and comments such as “must not talk about dirty things.” The school’s nurse visits the home of the girls and meets the mother‚ Mrs. Jarvis‚ who states that the behavior may be a result of their father’s possible unemployment and his strictness within the household. The school nurse contacts an agency‚ who has the girls meet with a psychologist
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Cited: Baym‚ Nina. "Thwarted Nature: Nathaniel Hawthorne as Feminist." In Fritz Fleischmann‚ ed.‚ American Novelists Revisited: Essays in Feminist Criticism. Boston: G.K. Hall‚ 1982. 110-111. Hawthorne‚ Nathaniel. Rappaccini’s Daughter. Photcopy handout. (16-20) Mailloux‚ Steven. Interpretive Conventions: The Reader In The Study Of American Fiction. Cornell University Press‚ 1982
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The covenant narrative is the basis of information describing how to find inner orientation and discover a relationship with God. It describes and elaborates on the humans alliance with God by showing things such as respect for respect‚ intelligence for intelligence‚ and love for love. The narrative also puts this main idea into different scenarios to establish the importance of it. The covenant narrative expresses the human need for orientation by showing how God is here for the people‚ if the people
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Characters in 1984 and The Circle are affected by their perception of what is normal in many ways. In 1984‚ the people of Oceania are constantly being analyzed by the Party through telescreens and the way they act in front of other people. The fact that they are constantly in the presence of somebody else causes them to not be their true selves. This physiological tactic is also referred to in Sherry Turkle’s Alone Together‚ “all turn their eyes on themselves...someone might always be watching
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There is also a major difference between these inner-city public schools and regular public schools. With that being that suburb public schools that are not in a rough part of town‚ do not have the violence and lack of discipline that are found in suburb schools. (Lippman 4). The majority of the students attending these non-violent public schools are coming from families that have both parents that value their child’s education (U.S Census Bureau). The impact of having both parents has a major impact
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Bullying can drive a person to behave outside of their character. The short story‚ “The White Circle” by John Bell Clayton‚ supports this claim. For example‚ Anvil bullies Tucker and other children. This had caused them to act out of their own character. At school Anvil had shoves smaller boys down. Anvil does this to see the boys crash into the ground with fright on their faces. This became the foundation of how Tucker feels about Anvil. He didn’t despise him at the time after seeing those incidents
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Lord of the Flies‚ by William Golding‚ "The Lottery"‚ by Shirley Jackson‚ "The White Circle"‚ by John Bell Clayton and "The Vigilante" by John Steinbeck all share the theme of mans inherent evil. Lord of the Flies takes place on an island in the Pacific ocean during an atomic war‚ and there is no adult supervision. "The Lottery" takes place in a small farming community in the present day. "The White Circle" is set in the turn of the century Virginia on a Large farm. "The Vigilante" takes place
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Summary: The essay “The Drowning Child and the Expanding Circle” by Peter Singer is about global responsibility‚ absurd conception of success and circle of ethics. The essay begins by asking students the questions about what they do if there was a drowning child. The essay later goes into detail that we shouldn’t limited ourselves to problems within a local area and that we must be focus on problems affecting the global community. Towards the end‚ it talks about society’s want for material thing
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