forcibly abducted from your home to be a soldier‚ and all you got in return was about $5? This is one of the biggest fears for families in third world countries. Children are being used for soldiers‚ servants‚ and slaves against their will. Major place in which this takes place is Uganda‚ Congo‚ Central African Republic‚ and Sudan. There are hundreds of kids being abducted and killed. As of March 26‚ 2012 there are 1068 civilian deaths and 2328 abductions. Child soldiers have become a highly debated
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Soldiers: The Unsung Heroes Good morning/Good afternoon everyone‚ Well I have always believed in the notion of praising those who stopped wars and not those who fought them‚ but even that non-violent‚ humanitarian self in me cannot overlook the reason as to why we go to bed every night under the safe blanket of security and freedom. It is provided by none other than our own countrymen‚ toiling day in and day out sleeplessly‚ standing posts. Thanks to the power-hungry‚ we are unfortunately forced
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When wars start soldiers are needed. Some people consider soldiers to be criminals because they kill people‚ but what if that soldier was a child? In many countries when wars start not only the adults are affected‚ but also the children. In many situations the child’s family is killed by soldiers on the other side. Children often volunteer to join the fighting and become child soldiers. Would that make them criminals or victims? I think that child soldiers are victims of war not war criminals they
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Campaign Website reveals that "Americans possess nearly 200 million firearms‚ including 65 million handguns. Approximately one-third of families with children (representing more than 22 million children in 11 million homes) keep at least one gun in the home. Gun owners keep firearms in the home for hunting and recreation (60 percent) or for protection and crime prevention (40 percent)". Although 40 percent seems to be on the minority‚ households with guns are at higher risk of homicide‚ and there are few
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Coming Home The Renaissance period was defined by the plethora of work that paid homage to antiquity‚ or the classics. These Renaissance writers‚ artists‚ and thinkers recognized the virtues‚ themes‚ and ideas of the classics and they were able to harness those virtues‚ themes‚ and ideas in order to influence their society. Today‚ the same thing is exhibited in many contemporary works. There is evidence of the importance of classical ideas in various modern works of today‚ ranging from but not limited
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Child Soldiers Child soldiers should be identified as victims not predators. Young children play a huge part in life and death situations around the world.The children face injury and death many are sexually abused. Those who do survive are traumatized emotionally from their experience. Child soldiers should not be prosecuted because many do not choose to volunteer so the outcome is death or abduction. Children can be easily manipulated and intimidated‚ child soldiers are often not given a say
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On November 11‚ 1921‚ the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was established in order to remember the men and women and at least give credit to the people who fought for our country but couldn’t identify them. I should be chosen for the wreath laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier because I want to show them my absolute sincerest gratitude towards them. There are no words to explain how much obligation I have for all the soldiers who have fought for my freedom. This is important to me because I would
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Have you ever ran from someone who was trying to kill you while running through the jungle to escape and get freedom. This is the life of a child soldier. “Nearly 20000 of Uganda’s abducted children” (Hope for Uganda’s Child soldiers). The issue of child soldiers came to worldwide attention when a 14 year old child soldier was executed in 1999. Child soldiers is a very big debate now. The two sides are they are victims and they are perpetrators. I think that they are victims. They are victims for these
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of peace and music. The people that went to Woodstock would probably describe themselves as hippies‚ flower children‚ and aquarians. The event although did not exactly speak on behalf of the young American’s musical or political views during the 1960’s‚ it did‚ however‚ represent them in the sense of freedom and idealism. Critics do say that although it does speak for the young Americans well‚ it shows what was wrong with the 60s. With the excessive use of drugs‚ decrease of sexual morals‚ and a widespread
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be an AGR Soldier entrusted with the readiness and welfare of the Soldiers in this unit. I believe it’s an honor to hold this position and that it comes with a great deal of responsibility. I am sharing my leadership philosophy and vision so you can better understand my values and expectations. My intent is for our full time staff to work together as a cohesive team in order to achieve amazing results. For any leadership philosophy to work it must be lived daily.The TPU Soldiers see us
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