reported that “75% had witnessed a robbery‚ stabbing‚ shooting‚ and/or killing. 45% had witnessed more than one violent incident.” With this chronic violence in these communities coupled with the fear of gang members‚ it is no wonder why the youth join gangs. With gang membership‚ individuals are apart of a group that protects one another. Therefore‚ gangs are a natural adaptation to the environment they are surrounded by and garner power from the ability to recruit members. Their own terrifying
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March 24‚ 2012 William M. Welch USA TODAY 7950 Jones Branch Drive McLean‚ VA 22108-0605 Dear Editor: Thank you for taking your time to read this letter. I have recently read your article November 30‚ 2006‚ “Some Say Cop Videos Misleading.” I totally agree with you that some cops are being aggressive‚ mistreating and physically abusive toward some people that are misbehaving or breaking the laws. As you can imagine most people grew up believing that cops are meant to capture the
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John Adams: Join or Die The title of the show I watched was Join or Die‚ a part of the John Adams series shown on HBO in 2008. The director of this series was Tom Hooper‚ who won an Emmy Award in 2006 for his directing of another miniseries. The major stars of Join or Die in the John Adams series were: Paul Giamatti (playing John Adams)‚ Laura Linney (playing Abigail Adams)‚ and Danny Huston (playing Samuel Adams). This series gives insight into John Adams’ life in a modern perspective. In the
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Winona‚ Minnesota. Charley seen all of the girls faint over meetings about the war. Charley thought it would be better than a circus or what he thought a circus might be like. Charley was happy. Charley was 15 and you had to be 18 to join the Army. Charley wanted to join the war mainly because he wanted to experience a shooting war that would only once in a man’s life and he didn’t want to miss it. Charley knew that Minnesota was forming a volunteer regiment. Nearly a thousand men were there. Charley
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Some kids join gangs because they need to feel "acceptance‚ excitement‚ to earn money‚ peer pressure‚ protection‚ to socialize and etc. " (S.A.P.D) If kids have nothing better to do or don’t feel like they mean anything at home they are going to find mischief to
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Kent Hurlburt decided to make and interesting and exciting military life when he chose to join the Army. He was a 19 year old Connecticut boy looking for an opportunity. Luckily after his life in the military‚ Kent was able to earn a job after college as a principal at a small school named Buttonball lane elementary in Glastonbury‚ Connecticut where he still lives. Everyday my mom and Kent work together to make the school they work in great. Kent was an average teenage boy who wanted to go into the
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story the Curtis brothers parents died in a car crash. They could’ve been Socs before it happened or maybe they were Greasers. Why’d they have to join a gang of Greasers? Could they have joined the Socs instead? This is why Pony and his brothers joined the Greasers. They had to join the gang after their parents had died. When their parents were alive‚ why join a gang? They didn’t need to at the time while having nice parents to provide and be a family so they didn’t need a gang family. When their parents
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We have been friends for quite a while now‚ and I just want to say thank you for being there when times got tough. I know you more than I know anybody and I’m so glad that we started hanging out together. Lately I’ve been thinking about the way that we always compete with each other and it’s really starting to get to me. I know that it’s not always intentional‚ but it just seems like you enjoy getting into those little arguements that we seem to almost always come across. You and I have alot of the
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Should Mothers be allowed to go outside their homes or stay inside and work inside? Nowadays‚ it is very common for mothers to work outside the home. Whether‚ a woman should stay at home or work to support the family is widely debated by many people. Some argue that the family especially a small child may be neglected. However‚ many women need to work because of economic reasons or want to work to continue a career. I believe that every mother has the right to work and the decision should be one
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Why enter the helping field Tiffany Reinzan Introduction to Human Services 09/22/2014 University of Phoenix Those working in human service have specialized training‚ whether earned through school or on the job‚ as a helping professional. You could hold a variety of positions‚ whether in residential care‚ correctional facilities‚ homeless shelters and food banks‚ substance abuse programs‚ organizations dedicated to children and families‚ poverty and employment services‚ child and elder care operations
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