Name: Nastassia Sabah Student number: 4348-296-1 Course code: HRPYC81 Assignment: 50 Unique number: 809283 Due date: 15 July 2013 Topic one – Problem in our community: Bullying With Child Protection Week held last last week‚ from 27th May to 2nd June‚ it is concerning to hear that 57% of school-going children in South Africa say they have been bullied at school. This is according to a recent survey conducted with 3079 teens and family members between the ages of 13 and 21.The survey carried
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millennials are being coined the Me Me Me Generation. That’s two more Me’s than the last. Which begs the question: is our generation significantly more selfish than those before us? If so‚ what does that mean for the future? One theory is that although the majority of our generation is self interested we are not selfish; our ideology is to the world’s advantage because thinking about our core identity will be what makes us able to tackle the future. A different viewpoint agrees that it’s not millennials
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does not remain affected by our actions. Our actions are now threatening the health of our planet‚ the land we live and work on‚ the water supply‚ the ozone layer‚ the animal species as well as the health of our species. With this it is easy to say "The problem is too great and what can we do now?" Well‚ we can first remember and believe that we can make a difference. We can start with making a commitment to do a few things to save our environment. We can work with our community and raise awareness
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“Our Culture and the Media” Benjamin Joseph Lentine ENGL 101-B09 02/15/2013 Television has become a major influence in our culture today. There are some who claim that it is perfectly harmless‚ and that it is no better or worse than any other recreational pursuits. There are others who say that though television certainly has its problems‚ it is a necessary evil. I believe that there are a few positive things that television provides‚ but as a whole its use should be limited
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most self-centered generation in American history. This generation can be defined by the people who use social media to constantly share the importance of themselves with others. Dean Obeidallah‚ a former attorney‚ uses social media‚ logical reasoning‚ history‚ & current events to defend his argument that being self-centered can be used to create positive outcomes. This year‚ more of us realized what our generation is becoming when the word “selfie” was added to the Oxford dictionary. Selfies play
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Our Town is a play that takes place near the turn of the century in the small rural town of Grover’s Corners‚ New Hampshire. The playwright‚ Thornton Wilder is trying to convey the importance of the little‚ often unnoticed things in life. Throughout the first two acts he builds a scenario‚ which allows the third act to show that we as humans often run through life oblivious to what is actually happening. Wilder attempts to show life as something that we take for granted. We do not realize
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THE PARADOX OF OUR TIMES Is that we have taller buildings‚ but shorter tempers. Wider freeways‚ but narrower viewpoints We spend more‚ but we have less. We have bigger houses‚ but smaller families More conveniences‚ but less time. We have more degrees‚ but less sense More knowledge‚ but less judgement More experts‚ but more problems More medicines‚ but less wellness. We have multiplied our possessions‚ but reduced our values. We talk too much‚ love too seldom‚ and hate too often We have
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Both Within Our Gates and The Birth of a Nation discussed the racism in the United States in the early twenty centuries. However‚ two movies used two different aspects to develop the issue. In the movie Within Our Gates Within Our Gates is a silent film made by director Oscar Micheaux in 1919. It described How African Americans like Sylvia Landry tries to fit in the local white people. people like Jacobs was trying to provide education to the African Americans‚ and force government to provide resources
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“The fault‚ dear Brutus‚ is not in our stars‚ / But in ourselves‚ that we are underlings.” (Act 1. Scene 2. Julius Caesar.) This pensive line was the inspiration behind the title of John Green’s work of fiction‚ The Fault in Our Stars. The novel follows young Hazel Grace Lancaster‚ a stage 4 thyroid cancer patient‚ who makes the acquaintance of Augustus Waters one fateful day at Support Group. Throughout the novel‚ Hazel Grace takes not only a physical journey but an emotional one. The ups and downs
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everywhere you look in the world‚ both in and out of school and class‚ at work‚ even with friend‚ and family. There also so many different types of stereotypes like gender and race. Even being a tenager or an athlete can be stereotyped. What we normally don’t see is how people deal with these stereotypes on a day to day basis‚ and how much they can impact the way a person thinks and even views themselves. People can either take these stereotypes as compliments and use them to bring themselves up
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