Men in the Philippines

school and are forced to stay in their home shelters, being constantly worried about their families. Many refugees, mostly women, are at risk of being captured by Chinese businessman and sold for sex slavery or bribe trafficking while others, such as men, resort to crime such as robbery and stealing (Charny,…

or not enough. The media even change grammar when they talk about men and women. A man and a woman may say the same thing during an interview, yet it gets reported that the woman “complained” while the man “stated.” Even in films, femininity is portrayed in a poor way. Even though we have films that show strong and beautiful protagonists, we still see them dressed in revealing clothing or fighting in heels. We see them seduce men to get their way, or mask who they truly are, or even turn on each…

The Far East Side of American Classrooms American sitcoms often mock societal trends and highlight the best and worst stereotypes of American cultures. Aibel and Berger, writers of the animated sitcom King of the Hill, made a very poignant statement in the episode “Westie Side Story”, when a Laotian family moves into the small Texas community (1997). The main character Hank Hill innocently asks his neighbor, “So, are you Chinese or Japanese?” His neighbor, Kahn Souphanousinphone, replies, “I…

1.INTRODUCTION Climate change has become one of the leading factors that has damaged rural communities in the developing world. Rural areas in the developing world are mostly affected by climate change due to lack of education and funds to implement measures that can curb climate change. Climate change has damaged rural communities by affecting the livelihood of the rural people, health, agriculture, the economy just to mention a few. Natural disasters, sea level rises and global warming are…

How Roosevelt Influenced America “What’s are we going to do now?”, “I’m Scared”, “Is this the start of a war?”. These are some things that many American people must have been thinking after they heard of the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. Luckily President Roosevelt knew exactly how to calm the people and prepare them for war. Roosevelt, like many other war time leaders, expressed his ideas through a well thought out and influential speech. His Day of Infamy speech is…

When jealousy takes over Cain and leads him to murder his Brother, God questions his involvement. Cain replies, “I know not. Am I my Brother’s Keeper”(Genesis 4:1-8). The concept of social responsibility and looking after one another first addressed in the bible story of Cain and Abel, was also addressed by Mitch Albom in his novel The Five People You Meet In Heaven. The protagonist in the novel, an elderly maintenance worker at an amusement park, begins his journey of self discovery with his…

Basic ROTC is the only component required by a tertiary (college) level student to have completed as requirement for completion of the National Service Training Program. Military subjects are provided similar to how military instructions are conducted in the service academies and graduates are automatically enlisted in the reserve force of the particular service branch (Army) administering the training. Advance ROTC is purely voluntary in nature and that Advance ROTC Cadets are provided a…

become today. The Persian Gulf War has been just the beginning of a completely new epidemic in the world. In the United States military, every soldier has to be aware and learn about different cultures in the world. From Germany to Korea to the Philippines and Iraq, it is a wide spread of cultural awareness that a soldier has to understand and sometimes even follow. The war in Iraq is an important mission to win the hearts and minds of the people. To know and understand the culture there…

America’s decision to declare war on Germany in 1917 was not just decided by one factor. One of the factors was the German naval policy. Unrestricted submarine warfare had a major impact on war. This was announced by Germany on January 9th, 1917. Unrestricted submarine warfare was the practice of of using a submarine in the attack of any type of enemy shipping. The German government wanted to stop most of the shipping that came from Britain, and to do so they would of had to do it by what they…

for religious development while keeping politics free of religion. And that, apparently, had been the intention of the Founding Fathers......social side effect of the Revolution, so also was the assertion in the Declaration of Independence that “all men are created equal.”(Degler, 123). This quote describes, that the intentions of the founding fathers had a combination of a conservative, radical and liberal goal. Meaning how they had no intention to include religion for political reasons and…