Feeding children in Mogadishu was very difficult‚ ‘’ Fatia and Halima are fighting to protect their children from malnutrition”. The parents don’t want the children to be malnourished‚ “ don’t want babies to become weak and malnourished”. They rely on the world food programme‚ “ the clinic gives out monthly rations of plumpy sup a peanut butter based ready to easy paste packet vitamins‚ minerals‚ and‚ other nutrients”. The food comes all ready made as they don’t have the resources to cook
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Can you believe that from 1973 to 2013 there has been nearly 53 million legal abortions reported? It is crazy to think that many women in the world come to think that abortion is the answer to everything. Yes‚ there is many reasons why someone would come to a decision that abortion is what they really need to do but why…? Why do we really abort? Do you ever think abortion will affect your ability to get pregnant in the future? How do you think you will feel after the abortion? Why does the mother
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OUR AMERICA Our America is a first hand account of the struggles faced by youth growing up in a crime infested and economically challenged neighborhood. The book details the daily lives of LeAlan and Lloyd as they struggle to survive in the projects of Chicago. In the book they explore the dangers of being a child raised in a housing project‚ the consequences of negative behavior‚ and even murder. A crucial point in the book takes place when a brutal crime erupted from an abandoned apartment in
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Postman ends the chapter by saying: “Our languages are our media. Our media are our metaphors. Our metaphors create the content of our culture.” Postman describes the change in media culture by describing the changes that have taken place since the transition between reading and television. Basically‚ he says that by watching the news on television people are becoming more ignorant and the reports are becoming absurd. To conclude the chapter Postman writes‚ “Our intelligence
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Evil people‚ you might call them‚ who do not deserve to be remembered. How is it that a countless number of people were involved in the holocaust and barely any people attempted to put a stop to it? Can an entire society be anti-Semitic? Can an entire society coincidentally be that ignorant? But really‚ it is these people that we must remember so that a massive destructive event like the Holocaust does not occur ever again in history. Susan Griffin’s essay Our Secret looks at the minds of various
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Our identity is the thing that defines us as people. It allows people to see what kind of image we present towards others whether that image is positive or negative. While some philosophers do believe that we have one identity‚ I believe that we have multiple identities that make up our self. These multiple identities allow us to adapt to different situations that life presents to us such as social events‚ being at school‚ and being alone. As I was watching the TV show known as Mr. Robot‚ I saw
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among children is not a new phenomonom‚ having featured frequently in fictional stories for centuries. Many adults can recall incidents of bullying in their schooldays. Indeed‚ it is not uncommon for people to regard bullying as a natural process‚ part of the inevitible process of growing up. The common perception of enduring it and perhaps fighting back‚ boys and girls are toughened up‚ and then better prepared for life. Bullying is an epidemic that is widespread in our schools‚ many children and
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WHY DO WE LAUGH OR CRY? (For Discussion Only‚ Not For Publication and Not for Quotation) To be read before the UP Labyrinth on January 19‚ 2005‚ during the Philosophy Week As Heidegger expressed it‚ and sometimes also attributable to Gabriel Marcel‚ man has been “cast” or “thrown” into the world without his knowledge‚ will‚ or consent‚ and is removed from it again without his will or consent. Between these two events man has to go through much suffering. In order to explain the mysteries
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Why Do We Make Decisions The decisions we make decide who we are. Most people believe this is true‚ but could who we are determine what decisions we make? Can I really make a decision‚ or do I make it subconsciously then rationalize with logic and reasoning? Is it possible to overthink a decision? Research and studies have shown that it can. Some decisions are harder to make than others‚ is it because the more it could affect us the less we want to make it? Through researching decision making and
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Our Challenges-(poem) When all we see‚ is darkness and gloom. We feel totally helpless‚ while running from doom. We eventually confront‚ our inner brick wall. Our choice is to break it‚ or give up and fall. We may search for our strengths‚ waiting patiently deep inside. From life’s obstacles‚ there’s no reason to hide. All our challenges‚ we must embrace and defeat. As we open our eyes‚ our true purpose we’ll greet. Let’s take a step outside‚ our routine comfort zone. This will
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