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    “Assault Weapons” For my recent controversial legal topic I have selected the failed proposed ban on “assault weapons” that appeared before congress this past spring. This proposed legislation was one that worried me greatly because being a responsible gun owner myself I was worried that by putting another ban upon the ownership of “assault weapons” or semi-automatic rifles such as AR-15’s or Ak-47’s would restrict my current rights as well as not even addressing the real issue of violence in our

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    Journal of Social Issues‚ Vol. 57‚ No. 4‚ 2001‚ pp. 657–674 Description and Prescription: How Gender Stereotypes Prevent Women’s Ascent Up the Organizational Ladder Madeline E. Heilman* New York University This review article posits that the scarcity of women at the upper levels of organizations is a consequence of gender bias in evaluations. It is proposed that gender stereotypes and the expectations they produce about both what women are like (descriptive) and how they should behave (prescriptive)

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    Terrorism is the weapon of powerless Terrorism is a phenomenon very present in the entire world. Terrorists’ acts invade our consciousness through the media. Brian Jenkins (2006) noted that « Terrorism is theatre »‚ and terrorist attacks attract the attention of the media. Indeed‚ terrorists use the media as a strategy to have more impact on the individual. It underlines the link between terrorism and the media. It shows that terrorism can be a weapon of powerful. Nevertheless‚ terrorism can be

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    Book Review In Violence against Queer People: Race‚ Class‚ Gender and the Persistence of Anti LGBT Discrimination‚ Doug Meyer‚ through 8 chapters describes his research of LGBT community members and the circumstances they are put in while living their daily lives. This book is written for readers hoping to learn about inequality based on race‚ class‚ gender‚ and sexuality. At the beginning of the book‚ Meyer introduces the idea that violent LGBT experiences are rooted in more than just homophobia

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    In the reading‚ Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Friere‚ eyes were opened about how much oppression is included within the education system. Immediately‚ I could identify with teachers that were given all the power making it seem like the students did not have any knowledge at all. The fact that the banking concept hinders so many students from their true potential is what shocks and disturbs me as a student. Friere stated “the more the oppressed can be led to adapt to a situation the more easily

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    PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD Thurday 12/03/09 1. I’m Bob Doughty. 2. And I’m Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about five individuals around the world who are making a difference. They are making the world a better place by helping people in special ways. 1. Our first individual who is making a difference is a refugee from Burma. Thousands of people flee Burma each year to escape poverty‚ oppression and civil war. Many of

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    iolence among young people in society is increasing dramatically. Perhaps what is most alarming is that these violent acts are not only occurring on the streets‚ but in the school systems as well. School violence is defined as any physical or verbal attack on a person while on school grounds or on school property. In earlier decades‚ school violence merely involved delinquency and the occasional fight. However‚ school violence has become a problem which has plagued the nation for the past several

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    Violence in our schools has always been a problem‚ now more than ever before. Each year many students are injured and some are even killed during so-called “school-yard brawls.” In fact‚ more than 1‚000 students are seriously injured per year during school violence in California alone. (http://www.geocities.com/area51/stats/7403.html) In most cases of serious injury‚ weapons were involved‚ including common school supplies such as pencils and pens. Historically‚ the school systems response

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    Assault Weapons Ban (AWB) A November 2012 Congressional Research Service report found that‚ as of 2009‚ there were approximately 310 million firearms in the United States‚ 110 million being rifles. (Peters) So what exactly makes a rifle an assault rifle or assault gun magazine? An Assault Weapon is most commonly defined as a semi automatic firearm possessing certain cosmetic features. Most assault rifles such as an AR-15 fires a 5.56mm round. The bullet tends not to penetrate walls in close quarters

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    Pedagogy of the Oppressed‚ falls into the political philosophy genre. After I read Chapter 2 of Pedagogy of the Oppressed‚ my first thought was about the reservation boarding school system. Indian schooling started with missionaries and teachers in missionary schools were at least as interested in salvation as in education. According to many observers‚ the discipline of the schools usually included getting Indians to dress‚ speak‚ and act like white people. Native Americans serve as perfect “containers”

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