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    I chose two texts and a video to help me discuss their different opinions on accepting differences. I chose the text “American Flag Stands for Tolerance”‚ “The Wife’s Story”‚ and I chose the video My So Called Enemy. In these next few paragraphs I will discuss the diverse thoughts of the authors. In the story “American Flag Stands for Tolerance” the author is accepting of the differences from both

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    The main fault that I see with a plea bargain is that it violates the six amendment. The reason why the sixth amendment is in violation is that plea bargaining goes against what it stands for. The sixth amendment states that everyone has the right to a fair trial; however‚ most cases are not even analyzed in front of a judge or jury because of a plea bargain. The main reason a plea bargain is put into play is to push a case through the system faster and resolve it quicker. Furthermore‚ everyone knows

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    Drugs -Tolerance‚Dependence‚Addiction and Treatment. There can be a great deal of confusion surrounding the words addiction‚ physical dependence‚ and tolerance. People will use these words as if they are referring to the exact thing‚ but there is a significant difference between them . Misunderstandings about these terms can not only be confusing for the general public but also many in the medical profession. One of the main culprits blamed for this confusion is the fact that the Diagnostic and

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    High School Problems In the past few years American high school students have a significant amount of struggling. Young people’s struggles come from various sources such as school‚ social class‚ race‚ and gender. The article “Teaching Tolerance in America” by Dudley Erskine Devlin mentions multiple issues about high schools‚ and how students tend to divide up into groups. These divisions among adolescents can either cause social‚ race‚ or gender problem. Likewise‚ Michael Quintanilla the

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    2(c) Prove or disprove the following statements by finding appropriate evidence from Stuart Little Stuart Little is a film that promotes tolerance of difference. Evidence may be a quotation (spoken)‚ it may entail a discussion of the narrative events or strategies of presentation‚ or something else that you feel is applicable. In films‚ for example‚ voices and accents can be used as evidence‚ as can costumes and choices of particular actors who are famous for other roles. Make sure you give

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    The war on drugs and this new wave of dangerous youth gave momentum for Zero Tolerance policies. The adoption of Zero Tolerance policies was an attitude that school officials thought was necessary to keep their schools safe. School officials adopted the Broken Windows theory of crime to fix the problems within schools. This theory analogizes the spread of crime to a few broken windows in a building that go unrepaired and consequently attract criminals who break more windows and soon become squatters

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    Voltaire was a philosopher during the 18th century who used his writings to effectively change the way people thought and inspire behavior that would best fulfill the requirements for a peaceful society. In his work‚ Treatise on Toleration‚ he engaged in the topic of religious intolerance in France mainly between the Roman Catholics and Protestants‚ in response to the miscarriage of justice Jean Calas‚ who was wrongfully executed for the murder of his son. If the purpose of Voltaire’s writing‚ Treatise

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    Even though people might not agree they still need to learn to accept anything even though they believe in anything different. In the stories “American flag Stands for Tolerance”‚ “What‚ of This goldfish‚ would you wish?”‚ and “Without Title” in which they all have to do with acceptance in some way. “American flag Stands for Tolerance” Has done to do with acceptance because not everyone will have the same opinion on everything. In “What‚ of This Goldfish‚ Would you Wish?” Has to do with Acceptance

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    Tolerance Tolerance is something that you are told on a daily basis but do you truly understand the meaning of the word? You probably don’t and the reason being that in the time since the enlightenment period the definition of tolerance has been warped. The official definition of tolerance is “willingness to accept feelings‚ habits‚ or beliefs that are different from your own” (Merriam Webster). However the modern unofficial definition of tolerance requires a person to not only accept someone’s idea

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    Process Plea bargaining is the essence of the criminal justice system‚ and it is the process in which a defendant pleads guilty to a criminal charge in order to receive some consideration from the state. There are various types of plea bargaining deals that defendants may accept‚ which include charge bargaining‚ count bargaining‚ and sentence bargaining. Charge bargaining requires the defendant to plead guilty to a less serious crime than the one originally charged with. Count bargaining requires

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