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There are societal issues that surround us as a country and are prevalent in today’s world, issues that, as social workers, need to be brought to our awareness, and to the forefront of discussions so that changes can occur. The film selected to address a specific societal issue through the social workers lenses, is the movie, Good Will Hunting, directed by Gus Van Sant and produced by Lawrence Bender. While there are a number of societal issues discussed throughout the film, the specific issue…

How Does Kim Kardashian Stay in the Public Eye “People are recognizing that I am an entrepreneur and do more than be on a reality TV show.” - Kim Kardashian Kim Kardashian’s rise to fame has been a topic of the norm, and more often than not derives from the commonplace opinions of fans and critics who either appreciate her strategic opportunist partnerships that lead her to continuous money and fame or find her entire infamy to be based on a single, less-than-classy event gone viral that will…

Some may call it an accident and some may call it a surprise but an unexpected pregnancy is not something everyone plans for. After a few troubling years struggling as a single mother of one my mother would soon become the unexpected mother of two. Christine, my mother, was spending the holiday season alone without family. Her family had gone on a vacation and she stayed behind to watch over Dallas, my older sister. After hanging out with some friends playing pool and drinking a man spots my…

Currently, one of the world’s biggest prominent topics is ISIS; word of the decapitation quickly spread throughout the nation, creating rapid and blind fear. The fifteen year old terrorist group has currently been infiltrating our television screens and social media with threats and vulgar decapitation videos. ISIS power and territory grows at a very fast pace, alarming many nations to the point of fear, individual who have dealt with ISIS are in their mercy , often reduce to begging. ISIS have…

Additionally, America has one of the biggest gaps between the poor and the rich of any nation in the developed world. According to Allianz’s Global Wealth Report comparing 55 different countries America ranks the highest in wealth inequality in 2015. The study which compared countries using the Gini coefficient for wealth inequality, which is a measure of a nation’s wealth inequality where a low score of zero represents perfect equality and a score of 100 equals complete inequality, found that…

Breaking The Curse From it’s origination in 1901, the Boston Red Sox has always been one of the most iconic professional baseball teams, even winning the inaugural 1903 World Series (then as the Boston Americans). This fame would only grow in 1914 when they came across a strong left-handed pitcher with an even stronger bat known as George Herman “Babe” Ruth (Britannica 2014). With Ruth, the Red Sox won 515 games and lost 359. They also won 3 World Series in the 6 years in which Ruth played with…

brain doesn't tell her to swallow. For months, I pulled away from everyone. I was mad and my anger eventually turned to horrible sadness. I felt like the daughter I dreamed about and hoped for was dead. I was so depressed. My marriage to my husband, Damon, a high school teacher and football coach, suffered. I felt like I had done this somehow.” (4) When a parents has a child with special needs, not only does it…

The Purple Gang in Detroit History During the liquor prohibition in Detroit which happened from 1920-1933. As a result of Michigan passing a law and adopting the Damon Act that banned liquor from being sold and consumed in the town, organized crime began taking shape during this era as Jewish gangsters controlled the underworld of the American society (Kavieff, 20). The Purple Gang was led by one of four brothers by the name of Abe Bernstein and it was formed by young Jewish immigrants as a…

High School Football: Too Dangerous? Stacey Smart Brigham Young University Idaho Abstract This paper discusses the current High School Football program and the debate to either keep it alive, or ban the program. The two differing groups are Cognoscenti, and The MMQB. Cognoscenti consider High School Football to be a high risk to the student’s education and safety. This group wants to see the football program banned from High Schools. The MMQB supports the thought that High…

Rap music, also called hip hop music, is one of the biggest music genres there is. From different artists, songs, beats, and labels, also makes it have a lot of variety, and people like that. Rap is a song full of rhymes. It was originated in the united states in the 1970’s. It consisted of stylized rhythmic music. It commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming that is mostly chanted. Different people in the industry have their own style of rap music. The rap scene has come far since…