Deforestation is simply the means of removing trees and forests‚ generally through burning or cutting. In this paper I will cover South America where deforestation mainly takes place as needs in agriculture rise requiring more land. In the tropical regions there are mainly three types of deforestation that take place. Firstly‚ in poor economy countries such as South America‚ poor citizens turn to agriculture for feeding their families. Farmers use agricultural settlements and then cut down acres of land
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A major problem in the United States is the high unemployment rate. Many Americans are unemployed which in turn is hurting our economy. There are a few ways we could lower the rate of unemployment‚ education in modern technological jobs‚ offering tax incentives to company’s to hire Americans instead of going over seas‚ and with job creation. By allowing the small business to thrive‚ they will produce the most jobs for the dollar invested. First‚ education in modern technological jobs could prepare
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My choice of topic for this paper is a very important one; it is the purpose of education in America. This is one of the most important issues in our country right now. I am going to discuss what I believe should be being taught in our educational institutions and why I believe it is not being done. One major reason I chose this topic is because I am a product of American education and I am one of the lucky people who was intelligent enough to learn beyond what was being provided to me in school
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Pauline Roberson Social Problems 24/Aug/2014 Loyd Ganey Crime in America Crime in America has decrease opposed to the crime rate in the 1990’s. However it still purposes a serious problem here in the United States. Rapes were down 2.5 percent‚ robbery was down 4 percent‚ and murder was down 0.7 percent (Friedan‚ 2012). Reason for this decline is due to the aging population‚ increase in the amount of people in jail and the changing
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America and Homicide The United States has been a world leader in homicide for centuries. Indeed‚ “since the early 19th century ...[America has been] the most homicidal country in the Western world” and holds that title today (Kelley‚ 2009). In a 2007-2008 list of 31 nations‚ only two nations‚ Mexico and Chile‚ had higher homicide rates (Comparison‚ 2010). Nations with higher populations‚ such as India and China have fewer homicides (Comparison‚ 2010). Further‚ a nation such as Japan‚ which has
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Murder in America Shamika Woumnm COMM/215 March 9‚ 2015 Amanda McClure Police Brutality and Murder in America Most commonly people have a bitter hatred for the police. This is because beside the news tending to hype things up‚ they continue to make the young African American youth the Michael Brown’s and Shawn Bell’s in their communities. With that kind of corruption‚ the officers that continue to commit these haneous crimes and get away with them make all police officers look bad. When in fact
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Jaden Braunwarth Deserving Equality According to the ideology of the American Dream‚ America is the land of limitless opportunity in which individuals can go as far as there own merit takes them. Americans believe in meritocracy‚ a level playing field‚ where people succeed based on talent and ability rather than wealth. Even though it’s ideal to believe that everyone is equally able to succeed‚ society has developed the concept of social class to categorize people into different groups based
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Assessment 02.02 Letter: Dear Patrick‚ I hope this letter reaches you well and in time. It’s Robert writing to like I promised when I reached the great lands of the United States of America. Patrick I’ll tell you one thing and that would be how difficult the ride was to the great land. There was a lady that got sick on the boat and in order to keep us all safe from her the captain had to let her off in the middle of the sea! It was very unexpected but I stayed tough with my lucky Irish
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Deaf in America: Voices From A Culture By Carol Padden & Tom L. Humphries Copyright 1988 This book was mainly focused on looking at Deaf culture of today and comparing it to the culture of the past‚ and what kinds of struggles deaf people had to endure to get where they are today. The two authors of this book are deaf; one was deaf her whole life and the other became deaf as a child. In my opinion‚ that was a major contributing factor to why it was so interesting. The reader gets a chance to
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Healthcare in America Abstract Healthcare has become one of the largest social problems in the United States. Healthcare costs are rising and at the same time preventative care is spiraling downward. Healthcare has become unattainable for those who are financially disadvantaged or those with chronic illnesses and unaffordable by those that are already insured. The United States is fast becoming one of the worst health care systems in the world. Not only are they the only industrialized
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