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Parents want what’s best for their child; however, sometimes, what’s best for their child is not always what the parents want. A strong example is shown in youth sports and how parents often want their son /daughter to be some kind of superstar like LeBron James or Lindsey Vonn. It’s clear that parents are becoming more and more involved in their children’s athletic events. Parents are even forcing their children into playing sports they might not have pictured themselves involved in otherwise.…

Africa is typically thought of as being a continent full of violence and revolution. This concept may have originated from the poor treatment of Africans by the rest of the world through colonization, forced labor in Africa, and the enslaving of Africans in other regions of the world. The danger and violence that stemmed from many countries gaining independence and experiencing political upheaval has been thwarted by peacekeeping efforts from outside agencies, like the United Nations. Africa…

A tall, inhuman being created by men who had the foolish ambition to alter what it means to be human all possible through genetic engineering if the science goes that far. If the first part of that sentence seems familiar, it is because it strikes many of the same chords of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein when Frankenstein created the monster in his lab. Technology, no matter if it can be used for good, can become monstrous if the technology goes down morally questionable roads. Genetic…

Tessa Hemmerlein Mrs. Luebbehusen AP English Language of Composition 24 January 2016 Working Mothers in the U.S.: An Annotated Bibliography Appelbaum, Eileen and Ruth Milkman. "Paid Family Leave Pays Off in California." Harvard Business Review. Harvard Business School Publishing, 19 January 2011. Web. 20 January 2016. . This web source gives information on California’s paid family leave program (PFL). It displays research on the effects the program has had, which have been generally positive. It…

Ella Norris English III AP Mrs.Vicknair 13 March 2017 Long-Distance Relationships are Worth Fighting For At the end of my sophomore year of high school my boyfriend graduated. One question weighed heavily on the both of us: should we stay together? It’s a difficult and complicated question that we didn’t want to consider. Since neither of us really wanted to face the issue we used the summer to put off our decision and instead enjoyed each other’s company. I couldn’t bear the idea of losing him…

In the morning, I didn't even bother talking to Vic. It was going to embarrassing for him in any manner, so before he could wake up I grabbed my clothes and hurried to the bathrooms. People moved back and out of my way like they had been ever since I had punched that guy in here. After I was dressed, I went down for breakfast and actually sat with Justin today. Vic didn't acknowledge me as he came into the lobby and into the kitchen, sitting with no food with the rest of his group. "So what…

The Dropout Rate is Our Problem The focus of high schools, communities and the government is becoming how to keep students from dropping out. First why the students are deciding to drop out needs to be examined and addressed. The student’s home life should be included when investigating why students leave high school before graduation. Economic status and race are very influential factors that can cause a student to leave school because lower economic status or minorities are more likely to…

Without debate, the tradition of mothers staying home and being the primary caretaker of the family dates back to the Tang dynasty during imperial China era. The role and place of the mother has evolved and been ever changing since the Tang dynasty. As time has progressed, over the last century, major debate has emerged both for and against mothers, woman, staying home to keep the tradition role or joining the workforce. As economies have developed, women have entered the workforce not only…

Society as a whole has faced many challenges when it comes to diversity, it hasn’t always been something that was accepted and looked at as good. Throughout the years there have been many movements to change this and to make it so everyone is treated equal and as a whole. In the past diversity may have been looked at as a bad thing, but over the years things have changed. Diversity has helped improve our society, even though there is still some problems that need to be worked through. People…

the guilty verdict as to why a murderer would be receiving the death penalty has less to do with the innocence of the offender and is solely being based upon the race, social, and economic class of the prisoner and victim. In Robert Levinson and Danielle Young’s Empirical Study of Implicit Bias on Jury-Eligible Citizens in Six Death Penalty States, it was found that African American individuals were stereotyped as being aggressive, lazy, and worthless, while Whites were seen as being virtuous,…