point in time. There is so much media and stimuli immediately available‚ so many distractions to make opinions for us. Celebrities seem like new Gods who are idolized and emulated without a second thought. It can be very easy to forget that we should make up our own minds in everything‚ as well as about such lofty topics. In considering bigger pictures for yourself and not through a media filter‚ I feel that you gain perspective. With perspective‚ hopefully there is some sort of enlightenment
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Different types of body modification and why people do them. It is so obvious that we as humans crave to stand out in any instance we can‚ no way are we going to let anyone out shine us. So we modify things about ourselves daily‚ drastic or not to show others that we are different and worth being noticed. Body modification has become a norm of today’s world; reasons for body modification vary from a rite of passage‚ to religious beliefs and even cultural practices. We often see body modification as
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the president came on T.V. and announced that there were no more rules‚ if it became legal to do whatever you want‚ would you break those rules? What if the general opinion was that you should follow the old rule? Would you still break those rules? Opinions can make all the difference when it comes to how well a society runs. I feel that rules don’t determine a society’s actions and lifestyle‚ opinions do. “‘—and then‚ the beast might try to come in. You remember how he crawled—’ The semicircle
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MS 13‚ Area boys‚ and so on. It’s not only societies‚ communities‚ and neighbourhoods that have gangs‚ even high schools have gangs. Why do we have gangs? Why do we need gangs? Generally‚ a gang is a group of people who claim territory and use it to make money through illegal activities. However‚ the reasons for gangs has something to do with young people issues. We have gangs because of economic issues. Gangs are mostly made up of young people. According to a blogger in ’The Guardian’‚ who is also
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Change can be intimidating‚ and though humans evolve‚ we can see ourselves in the past and the future. People enjoy being different. Everyone believes they stand out from their peers‚ but we can find ourselves in our pasts‚ and more broadly‚ in the history of humanity. This urge to understand and explore one’s soul is what led to humans standing on the moon‚ sailing across oceans‚ and writing thousands of years worth of life down. The confused‚ write to comprehend; the unable‚ attentively watch.
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Rehabilitation is the act of restoring something to its original state. Everyone makes mistakes and everyone needs a chance to change from the mistakes they’ve made. Legally if you are over the age of eighteen you are recognized as an adult but scientifically our brains are not fully developed until age twenty-five. So how can a judge hold a fifteen year old fully accountable for his or her actions when he or she can’t even fully understand the consequences? The United States government has set up two different
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Caries prevention is extremely important for not only kids‚ but adults as well. There are different ways that people can do this‚ but one of the easier methods is by using fluoride. Fluoride is commonly known for preventing dental caries and also helping with strengthening bone. There has always been a controversy that fluoride is extremely bad for the body and that it should not be allowed to be in public water. Besides water‚ fluoride is also found in food and beverages‚ known as a form of systemic
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The person we are is a complicated mixture of how we look‚ behave and think. As people we are constantly changing‚ influenced by our surroundings. It is my belief that most people in modern society believe that the person they have become is a direct consequence of the decisions that they have made during their life. What most people don?t realise is that a great deal of decisions which have affected the course of their life were made before they were even born. In most cases‚ these decisions will
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Introduction It is not always clear why a criminal justice system is needed or indeed what it contributes to the functioning of a society. In the discussion that will follow‚ it will be argued that there are essentially four reasons why we do need to have a criminal justice system. First‚ it upholds the freedoms of individuals and maintenance of public order. Second‚ a criminal justice system instils fear in people and thus deterring illegal activities. Third‚ a good justice system provides
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Recreational drugs affect the players‚ not the game‚ while performance enhancing drugs affect the players and the game. This means that when an athlete is taking drugs that do not have any enhancing effects to it‚ it may affect the rest of the players‚ but mostly the person taking the drugs. (Travis 1) Colleges and universities’ drug testing only extends to athletes‚ while many of them have athletic scholarships. There is
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