We believe Texas rightfully belongs to Mexico for many reasons‚ some of those reasons being Spanish colonization‚ Mexican Independence‚ and annexation of Texas. Texas was originally inhabited by indigenous people long before European colonization. In the 16th century‚ Spanish explorers arrived and claimed the land for Spain‚ establishing settlements and missions. However‚ it wasn’t until Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1821 that Texas became part of the newly formed nation. For a time‚ Texas
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dealing with civilians. What the dictionary does not state is that lives are lost‚ families are ripped apart‚ and innocent people are killed every year. Officers are made to enforce the law‚ and protect the citizens from harmful situations‚ not to use force indiscriminately in situations that could be managed in many other ways. The topic of police brutality needs to be brought up more as a situation that needs to be fixed and addressed by the public and government-like figures. Many of the police brutality
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There has been a significant interest in exploring the problems and potential solutions to policing in the 21st century. Community policing is a system that was enacted for the police to address problems and interact with the community to keep it safe and productive. In contrast‚ the police are behaving in contradictory ways. It is important to give awareness to people about the police brutality occurring in our present day and some of the effective ways to resolve these issues. Some of the solutions
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people‚ but also with the environment such as the animals‚ plants‚ waters‚ spirits‚ skies‚ weather and the land. “Like a human mother the land gives us protection‚ enjoyment‚ and provides for our needs economic‚ social and religious. We have a human relationship with the land.” (Coombs & Dodson‚ 1994). Each group of families lives in a specific area that they own in relation to its own ancestral law. For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people‚ sea‚ land and spirituality are the core structure on
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Abusive relationships should never be acceptable‚ but many women believe they contributed or deserve the abuse. Being in an abusive relationship is something no one individual should go through. So why do women and men accept this way of life? Though there are many reasons for the abuser to abuse his or her partners‚ abuse should never be accepted as a way of life. A common attribution battered women make about themselves is that they somehow provoked the violence or that they should have been
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knowledge. We need standardized testing to show us if a teacher is doing his or her job in the classroom. We have many needs for these standardized tests. Standardized testing has been a around longer than you might realize. The earliest record of standardized testing was in China. (Fletcher-"Standardized Testing"). They used the method of standardized testing to examine their knowledge of philosophy and poetry whenever they went to get prospected for a job. This is most likely not the reason why most people
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Forward this to all ! Ok so‚ no cheating you have to send this to 10 people boy or girl‚ even if your taken and see what they think 1 your cute 2 your hot 3 your gorgeous 4 we should talk more 5 we should hang out ☺ 6 we should talk on the phone 7 we should party 8 date? ❤ 9 just be friends 10 nudes? 11 I’d give you head 12 I want head from you 13 kiss me 14 I want you to eat me out 15 I wanna eat you out 16 fuckbuddies 17 we should just chill☺ 18 take me back?❤ 19 I
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Many people tend to think way too much when it comes to government policies. And when people begin to think too hard‚ then the thoughts floating around in their head make perfectly fine things turn into issues. One issue that is starting to arise is that of the Electoral College‚ which has been around since the Constitution was scripted. This may seem like a long time ago‚ and it may appear to some people that times have changed‚ so the Constitution should change with it. However‚ if something so
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Science is experienced in many of our everyday lives‚ whether it is at school‚ work‚ or even in our own homes. Many times we don’t even notice when we apply it‚ but we work with science everyday in small ways‚ or even in big ways. At this age we don’t find much importance on what science has to bring to us but as we grow older we will realize that it will play a much bigger role in our lives than what we can imagine right now. There are always times when we get asked‚ “What do you want to be when you
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Library censorship is not a new issue in the United States. For nearly two decades‚ parents‚ school boards‚ teachers‚ students‚ and different religious groups have worked to ban various books seen as inappropriate or offensive. According to the American Library Association‚ over 11‚300 books have been challenged since just 1989. Specific books and authors have been repeatedly targeted over the years such as Mark Twain‚ J.K. Rowling‚ John Green‚ and Judy Blume. The First Amendment grants protections
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