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    The Rights of Immigrants to have an Education Since the founding of the United States‚ more than 55 million immigrants from every continent have settled here. Every wave of immigration has faced fear and hostility from both ordinary citizens and government especially during times of economic hardship‚ political turmoil or war. Coming to the United States‚ Immigrants do not receive the same amount of rights that actual citizens do. One of the many things immigrants lack in the United States

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    HOW DOES ILL SEEN ILL SAID MEAN? In the eyes of a grade 12 student “Man is nothing else but what he makes himself.” A bold sentence spoken by none other than Jean-Paul Sartre‚ a man who some consider to be the father of existentialism. Existentialism is the belief that the world man makes around him is all that matters. Everything else is considered irrelevant. A human is rewarded and punished for his actions and there is no other force that chooses his or her destiny. Samuel Beckett‚ a poet

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    People from all walks of life‚ with different skin colors‚ and ethnic backgrounds should all be considered equal. This fundamental principle of equality‚ free from prejudices‚ is an undying issue when discussing such a topic as allowing everyone to govern. America was founded on the idea that all people regardless of religious beliefs deserve a right to choose for themselves. Denying people the right in government is going against not only what is morally just‚ but what the United States is all

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    the Jim Crow laws‚ along with the KKK‚ arose. This area has been known for its racism throughout the years‚ and is a prime example of discrimination in modern history. Discrimination “is the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things‚ especially on the grounds of race‚ age‚ or sex”‚ and throughout the history of the US‚ including in the Confederacy‚

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    Advocacy and the Mentally Ill Summer Fleming BSHS/442 January 13‚ 2014 Dr. Elizabeth Thompson Advocacy and the Mentally Ill The American mentally ill population faces numerous barriers to acquiring basic services that those without mental illness receive daily. Advocating for the mentally ill population gives a voice to those who cannot voice their problems or may not know how. Mental illness is often misdiagnosed or underdiagnosed. Individuals who are not properly diagnosed cannot receive

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    There is a famous quote‚ which states: "Guns don’t kill peoplepeople kill people." This quote is technically true. But if there are no guns‚ it will be a whole lot more difficult for people to kill people. Sure people could use different weapons such as knives and golf clubs to kill people. But the victim will have a significant better chance of defending him or herself from a weapon other than firearms. I was born in Tokyo‚ Japan and moved to the United States when I was six. I still go

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    our phone and we are not happy. Some people are going crazy and trying to danger. It is getting way out of hand now. The government should just let us keep our phones and everything would go back to normal. Do you think the people should keep their phones or should the government take them? We have had phones for over forty years.Why would you take them away from us? Most people in this time can only go on with the day without there phones. For example‚ people go to school and do their jobs on

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    name teacher English Feb 9 2014 Death penalty should be permitted. If a person is truly guilty of a crime worth the death penalty with solid proof then‚ should the punishment be executed right away with no appeals allowed. It is true that death penalty has some terrible risk like false accusations‚ where an innocent life is lost‚ however it should still be permitted because the guilty deserve a severe punishment. It saves us money‚ and makes society a safer place to live which gives peace

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    What more should be done to discourage people from damaging their own health? Health is a state of complete physical‚ mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Discouraging people from damaging their own health is important because it will help the people to live a healthy lifestyle and with a healthy lifestyle‚ the people can live longer without any health problems or diseases. There are many ways to discourage people from damaging their own health‚

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    Families -Who Should Have the Right to Make Major Medical Decisions? When it comes to a loved one being on life support‚ it is an emotional experience to go through. It is very heartbreaking to see them laying there in the hospital bed so helpless and lifeless as they are surrounded by doctors and nurses trying to save them from dying. On top of that you are having to prepare yourself and your family to say the possible forever goodbye to them. With keeping in mind that doctor will tell you have make one

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