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on the stage, or on television or radio. “They impersonate, or portray, characters by speech, gesture, song , and dance. There are approximately 56,500 actors working in the United states”.…

Networking: Single Mothers within a Poor Neighborhood A major stigma in today’s society is the prevalence of single mothers in poor neighborhoods and its correlation to education of both the mothers and children. Not only is this affecting public school systems, but it is also affecting the role of women in society. Although single women in poverty is present in all parts of the country and world, an example of Highland Park of Des Moines, Iowa, is used to present specific data and ideas…

The effects of bullying can be physically, mentally, and emotionally devastating. The stress it causes in the victims of bullying can even last into their adult lives. There is definitive proof that the damages of being bullied throughout a person’s school years can carry well on into their adulthood, and sometimes, end in tragedy before the victim has a chance to reach adulthood.…

survey by the Sports and Fitness Industry Association. Sports have become a very common activity amongst kids of various ages over the years. It is not uncommon for a young child, a girl for example, to prefer to go outside and swing a plastic bat against a soft ball than sit inside and play with barbies. There are many factors out there that motivate kids to play sports, a big one being scholarships for college. The idea that a student athlete’s college could be entirely paid for just by…

soft-tile layers Union which gave them a middle-class life. They were raised with education being the main priority. Charles was raise in an irrational neighborhood. He was raised during the racial segregation era. The Jim Crow laws were still enforced until 1965, which made Drew have many challenges throughout his life and his career. African American were not allowed to seat in front of the bus. In order, to receive an education, they had to have different schools therefore higher education…

A wise American poet, Roger Zelazny, once said “The power to hurt has evolved in a direct relationship to technological advancement.” It is 2016: advancements are endless, especially when it comes to horror films. Think of the famous 1897 horror film Dracula; the blood that looked like blobs of ketchup, the large amounts of makeup on the actors, it all seems so fake now. With advancements in technology producers are able to create horror films with undeniable visual effects. Better visual…

accept, wanting to keep her husband and her teenage daughter’s mental health conditions out of the media (The Kansas City Library, 2013) and aware that there would be pushback to becoming the first woman to serve as a cabinet member in the United States. Additionally, by becoming secretary of labor the administration would be breaking the tradition of appointing a trade union member to the position, causing anger from the unions that she had attempted to empower (Allitt, 1999). A month before…

friends if any at all. This could cause criticism or more punishment at home for doing poor in school. “For example, a study of adolescents in San Francisco Bay Area found that the authoritarian parenting style was linked to lower grades for all ethnic groups (Dornbusch et al 1987).” (Dewar). Not have many friends or any at all also may be a cause for low grades and their overall performance in school. As a child gets older they are able to start thinking of moral reasoning and able to…

Hillary Rodham Clinton is the Democratic Candidate running for the position of the President of the United States. The former first lady born on October 26, 1947 in Chicago Illinois, has always been an active advocate of the party. As a young woman she campaigned for the then Republican candidate nominee Barry Goldwater in 1964 and after listening to a powerful speech by Reverend Martin Luther Ling Jr she entered into public service and became a Democrat in 1968. Hilary graduated from Yale…

laxatives, diet pills, and/or diuretics, excessive exercising; or fasting"( Teen Health and Wellness 2015). All over the world studies have been conducted and have shown that bulimia currently affects 1 to 3 percent of middle and high school girls and 1 to 4 percent of the women enrolled in college. Although people may think bulimia just affects females, an average of 10 percent of the people who are diagnosed with bulimia are males. While most cases and diagnoses have been given to people in…