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If given the chance to follow your curiosity, would you leave everything behind? The answer for a young Marmaduke Van Swearingen was yes. Born on January 2, 1753 in Fayette County Pennsylvania, the young man grew up on a thousand acre farm. His parents, John and Katherine Stoll Swearingen, had 14 children; Marmaduke was the fourth. The Swearingen children had a first hand account with the biased attitudes and expiernces possessed by the white settlers in North America, but Marmaduke seemed…

Working Conditions Through the stories Lyddie and Spilled Water, both protagonists were faced with poor health and safety while working and unacceptable treatment of individual workers with compensation. Spilled water by Sally Grindley, and lyddie by Katherine Paterson. Through this essay, I will be explaining the protagonist’s difficult working conditions, and comparing and contrasting both accounts. Lyddie’s work place was situated in the U.S, 1800’s, and Spilled water just a few years ago…

I'm not suicidal, I don't wanna fuckin' die just wanna be able to close my eyes and feel alright, but every day I feel like dyin' every day I feel like dyin' Why do I even try, why do I even write lyrics about how I'm livin' the life when I'm battlin' pain and my demons at night trying to find a new outlet the devil pounced in I hear him howlin' my vision cloudin' man I tried to escape but there ain't no way try to be strong when I deal with the pain yah, but I'm ditchin' the coffin so my…

minimum wage, and an increase in nonstandard temporary and part time employment” as factors that can lead to poverty and homelessness (Williams 86). Children can be an economic hardship on a family also even with two working parents, and even more so to single mothers. One study showed that “Children raised by never married mothers are seven times more likely to be poor (Williams 135). In 2014, 15.5 million children under the age of 18 were in poverty (“Hunger and Poverty Facts and Statistics”…

Accessible Design Codes are Adequate American’s with Disabilities Act of 1990 was put into place to allow users of a space to adequately maneuver a space. There are numerous laws and codes put into place to allow most individuals to enter and maneuver a space. While some individuals might have to go out of their way or move to another area of the interior to utilize a space, it is not often enough to redesign and implement laws that are not necessary. Universal design is too expensive, not…

In 1990, congress passes the American Disabilities Act. This not only required public places to be handicap accessible, but forced businesses to not discriminate based off of disability status. The first part of this, handicap accessibility, is extremely…

Aerwyna looked like she was about to explode. As the crowd cleared, she turned to Quinn with red, hot eyes. "Why couldn't Art just bring me with? I mean I haven't done anything wrong, have I? Are you even listening, Quinn?" Quinn looked up from her thought. "Huh? Yeah, sure." Aerwyna groaned, "I don't get it." "Don't worry. At least Artemis is giving you responsibility over camp." "Yeah, but is it wrong to want more?" Was it? Quinn was immortal, daughter of a god, yet didn't remember…

Friday finally came and it was my fourth day of Kindergarten and I was loving it. I walked into the classroom expecting thing to be no different than they had been the past days. I sat in my seat and patiently waited for Taylor to arrive so that I could tell her about my plans for the weekend. Still waiting and she never showed up. I began to feel and very empty feeling in my stomach like I just had been punched. Taylor wasn’t coming to school and I didn’t know how I was going to get through the…

“Persons with disabilities are stared at, whispered about, even laughed at. People shout at them, talk down to them, or - what is even worse - ignore them” (Gilda Berger 5). People with physical disabilities are looked at differently than the rest of the population. For example, sometimes when a person with a physical disability is slow due to the issue they’re dealing with, employers or employees get upset with them because the person with the disability isn’t moving quick enough for their…

Minor the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968, which focused on accessibility to and within federal buildings (2014 Chapter 1, p.8). The American with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Revised ADA regulations Implementing Title II and Title III Retrieved states that The American with Disabilities Act was officially signed into law in 1990;the ADA prohibits discrimination and ensures equal opportunity for persons with disabilities in employment,…