Many people start smoking for several reasons when they are younger, and then by the time they’re adults they’re already addicted. Young teens start smoking for some key reasons. One cause is to try to look ‘cool.’. Many believe they would look mature and older if they did and don’t realize the harm by smoking even once because it is so addictive. Peer pressure is also a relevant reason. Many give in and smoke to be ‘accepted’ by fellow classmates so they wouldn’t be looked at differently. Many…
Methamphetamine- History and Global Policy Amphetamine drugs are the second mostly used drugs in the world (Gunter, 2007). Amphetamine was first made in Germany in 1887 and was initially used to treat asthma and colds. In 1919, a Japanese, Nagayoshi Nagai made Methamphetamine (Meth) from ephedrine. During the first world war, to keep pilots awake in Germany, USA, Japan and Britannia, they were given methamphetamine. In the 1950s, meth was largely abused by students, athletes, and drivers as an…
Not without my daughter, written by Betty Mahmoody with William Hoffer is a book based on real events about a woman who fights with bravery for her and her daughter’s freedom. It’s about the true struggle she faced in the patriarchal society of Iran, with courage and determination. The story revolves around a Michigan housewife who accompanied her Muslim husband with their daughter to Iran for two week trip. But to her horror and shock it becomes a permanent stay. She found herself and her…
birth, boys typically wear blue and girls typically wear pink. As they grow older the clothes that a boy might wear is something with a football, basketball, baseball or anything sports related. Girls might typically wear skirts, dresses, wear nail polish or even carry around a…
another woman was there in her stuff. Clemencia says “And while he was banging pots, I went around the house and left a trail of them in places I was sure she would find them. One in her lucite makeup organizer. One stuffed inside each bottle of nail polish. I untwisted the expensive lipsticks to their full length and smushed a bear on the top before recapping them” (81). It left Clemencia satisfied that she was able to disrupt a woman’s entire life, thinking her marriage was wonderful and…
Cells are the basic building block of life, it plays a vital role in transferring human language called DNA from generation to generation. DNA stands for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acids, it contains genetic information for our cells. It contains all the essential elements of the universe, in such precise quantity, that it sustains life. Our DNA, is able to instruct the cell in terms of which protein they have to make.Following the instructions, the protein created determines the cell…
Auguste Rodin once stated, “What is commonly called ugliness in nature, can in art become full beauty”. In Rodin’s sculpture The Kiss, made from 1901 to 1904, he applies his own philosophy to showcase the relationship of Paolo Malatesta and Francesca da Ramini from Dante’s Inferno, in the impressionism period. The marble sculpture depicts the two nude, sensually embracing in a corkscrew with their hands all over each other, sitting upon a rough rock-like structure. The sculpture is carved in the…
We as humans are almost trained to identify, and determine our gender by our biological sex. The words “gender” and “sex” are commonly used interchangeably. The definition of the word “sex” is the classification of people based on genitalia, commonly known as male and female. Gender refers to social norms, and stereotypical, behavioral, and cultural traits. This is usually dictated by society. Society tends to ostracize people whose gender do not go hand-in-hand with their biological sex.…
Date rape is sexual activity which is forced on a date by someone the victim knows and most commonly occurs at parties. Rape is when you are forced to have sexual activity by someone you may not know. The number of people being raped by they met online increased. In most cases of date rape, date rape drugs were used. Date rape drugs can cause you to pass out or be paralyzed. Date rape drugs are found most commonly at parties in the punch or alcoholic beverages. Nothing should be drinking from…
actions. When meeting Curley’s wife for the first time, George and Lennie were astounded. She entered the barn dressed in a cotton house dress and red mules decorated on the instep with little bouquets of red ostrich feathers. She also displayed red nail polish, heavily made-up eye makeup, full, reddened lips, and hair rolled up in tight curls. George immediately identified the trouble that would come from her and told Lennie to stay away from her. In this section of the novella, all the men on…