I was strolling on the streets of New York City on my way to work as a science teacher at New York City Schools. I glared at the homeless people on the streets pondering‚ how did they get there? When I was younger there were many people living on the streets. Now that it is 2052 and I’m forty-two years old‚ the number of homeless people increased rapidly. I’m hoping I never end up like them. Eventually‚ I got to school and I went to my class. Like every day‚ I take a glimpse from the door and all
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AP/SOSC 1801 / 1809 6.0 2012-13 Health Controversies: Issues of Health‚ Illness and Society Assignment #3: First Draft of the Final Essay Context The assignments for this course have been designed to guide students through the various steps of writing a social science research paper at the university level. Each assignment targets a specific set of skills that students will need to learn and use during the essay-writing process. Written course assignments will eventually culminate in the
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did the religious fervor of New England Puritans decline after 1660? How did the Salem witch episode reflect the tensions and changes in seventeenth-century New England life and thought? The Puritans were a group of people who grew discontent in the Church of England that had a profound influence on the social‚ political‚ ethical‚ and theological ideas of England and America. Puritans immigrated to the New World‚ where they sought to found a holy commonwealth in New England. Although the Puritans
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Korean Population in New York City New York City is the haven for so many poor‚ hopeful‚ confused people who have gathered up the courage to leave their homes in their native countries and try to start anew. America has been named the "land of the free" because immigrants from all times and all places have the opportunity‚ optimistically‚ to be able to create a new life for themselves and their families‚ to make money‚ to live free from dictatorship‚ and to practice any type of religion they
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Freeman Hrabowski’s article in the New York Times explains why a person should attend college. Initially‚ Hrabowski establishes credibility on the topic purely through his title as the chair of the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans. Because he has been given this title by past president Barack Obama‚ the reader automatically identifies Hrabowski as a person who they will be able to trust. Secondly‚ Hrabowski starts his argument with a small personal
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the founders of New York State and approved the Dutch colonies to reclaim the area in 1609. In 1664 England bought the island of Manhattan and altered it into a foremost trading port for the 13 original colonies. New York City then turned out to be an area of prodigious population and diversity. The New York harbor was first discovered by an Italian man in 1524. His name was Giovanni De Verrazano. There is now a bridge named after this man. After Verrazano discovered the New York harbor‚ the Dutch
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History class when I received a project to write an essay on what I liked about New York City. How was I to answer this without even seeing the city? I was a
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New York Vs. Los Angeles Did you know according to the US Census and Suburbanstats.org that almost half of Los Angeles is hispanic while only 17% of New York is hispanic? Why is that so? And how would that affect these cities and their peoples’ views? New York is the largest city in the United States and the world while Los Angeles is the second largest in the United States and third in the world. However‚ they are on the opposite ends of the United States. Also‚ Los Angeles is a much younger city
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Corruption in the Gangs of New York The Gilded Age‚ or as it is commonly referred to as‚ the era of corruption‚ took place in 1877 to 1900. This time period was most effectively portrayed in the novel and movie‚ The Gangs of New York‚ which was written by Herbert Asbury. The Gangs of New York focused on a time of political corruption during a period of massive increase in immigration in New York. In this essay I will discuss three themes: immigration‚ Political machines‚ and bad situations‚ that
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The Portman Hotel Company was a relatively small hotel with only 348 rooms and 21 floors located in San Francisco’s booming hotel district. It was influenced with Asian philosophy of services‚ to provide high quality hospitality to its guest at affordable rates. On paper‚ the hotel sounded like a great success‚ one that would definitely flourish amongst the competition. However‚ even with this philosophy‚ there were numerous problems that plagued the Portman Hotel. A few examples of these problems
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