POVERTY: THE PHILIPPINES MOST COMMON PROBLEM Jonalyn Aoigan Jonathan Val Pagdilao In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in English 2 (Writing in the Disciplines) Submitted to: Mark Lawrence A. Fernandez March 18‚ 2013 Topic: Poverty: The Philippines Most Common Problem Thesis Statement: Poverty is the most common problem in the Philippines. This is caused by the rapid population growth‚ unemployment‚ and economic crises
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What is Poverty and why is it a social problem? Poverty is a standard of living below the minimum needed for maintenance of adequate diet‚ health and shelter (Eitzen187). Thirty seven million Americans were reported poor in 2005 (Eitzen 187). The key word is reported because about another 30 million Americans are unreported since many are homeless or illegal immigrants. These millions of people are discriminated in schools‚ courts‚ job market‚ and marketplace. This discrimination has trapped many
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understand. The short film “Mankind Is No Island“ adresses a common taboo topic of our modern society – those who are not a part of that society. It puts across the topic homelessness and the fact that one has failed at managing his life resulting in ending up on the street. The pictures the director and writer Jason van Genderen creates are not simulating to be made professionally.
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Not much over a hundred years ago‚ electricity‚ except in the form of lightning‚ was an unknown force. Its discovery was due to Michael Faraday‚ the great English scientist. On one occasion‚ about 1830‚ he was showing one of his early experiments to a distinguished company at the Royal Institution in London. He showed that when a magnet was brought suddenly near a coil of wire‚ a slight current of electricity was produced in the wire. Afterwards a lady said to him‚ "But‚ Professor Faraday‚ even if
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The Inborn Evil of Mankind In the novel Lord of the Flies‚ Golding’s pessimistic view that evil is an inborn trait of mankind is valid. Firstly‚ what seems like a little vacation for the boys is quickly erased by the brutal savage-like behavior that many of the boys on the island possess. Secondly‚ the death of Simon or goodness on the island shows that evil has completely taken over the boys’ minds. Lastly‚ the fact that the beast lies within mankind symbolizes the evil that is present
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Anthoney Tracey Mr. Foesenek English 10 4/11/2013 Mankind is Inherently Good Many people would say that men are inherently evil‚ but the truth is‚ people are good‚ this is quite easy to prove‚ if someone does a good deed for someone‚ it will feel good on that person’s part perhaps more than on the receiver’s part. Mankind is good for many reasons‚ one of which being how people strive to persevere for one another. People also for some reason all feel the need of something to follow and/or
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Hailey Vaughan College Writing Barrett Swanson November 1‚ 12 For the Good of All Mankind It’s all around us‚ on our televisions‚ on our computers‚ in the palm of our hands‚ and constantly nipping at our brains. We refer to it when we wake up‚ when we are bored‚ when we are waiting‚ and before we go to bed. We continuously upload pictures‚ update our statuses‚ compose a tweet‚ scale our timelines and feeds‚ and snoop into the lives of our so-called “friends”. Social Media has engulfed our
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nerds! My dad in particular never wasted an opportunity to geek out- and my obsessive childhood crush on Luke Skywalker and years spent doing math worksheets proved how much of an influence he had on me. In order to maintain his status as The World’s Biggest Dork (which I say with all the affection in the world)‚ my dad needs a place to get all his geeky paraphernalia from- and his primary source for the ever-growing stream of miscellaneous nerdy objects has always been the internet. It is commonplace
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report is based on an interview of Pramodeya Ananta Toer which explains the background thought processes of his four book series the “Buru Quartet” however the references taken shall be based solely on the first book of the quartet “This Earth of Mankind”. Pramodeya says that the idea for Minke the male protagonist of the quartet was based mostly on “Willem Wertheim” a Dutch scholar‚ this seems mostly ironic as one of the main antagonists in the novel happens to be the Dutch government and it is
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-The iphone has many features in one‚ I can use as a phone‚ iPod‚ games‚ stocks‚ camera. -Laptop‚ I can bring it anywhere and is good to bring work home or access the internet anywhere. After finishing this survey I concluded that some of the biggest innovations regardless of age or sex are computers and cell phones. All six respondents identified cell phones as a key innovation‚ and Three out of six (50%) identified laptops or computers (while the other three chose the internet‚ taking the laptop
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