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Omar Khadr : Child Soldier Have you ever considered how many times you have heard the name Omar Khadr on the news this year? Most people will agree that his actions as a youngster have created tons of debate, sadness and grief for his family and others. When Omar was fifteen years old he murdered Christopher Speer, an American soldier, by throwing a grenade. Despite being a minor, the United States military captured Omar and sent him to prison in Guantanamo Bay for ten years.This created a lot…

Chapter five of The View from Saturday starts off with Mrs. Laurencin, the principal of Epiphany Middle School, calling Mrs. Olinski up to her office. Mrs. Laurencin warns Mrs. Olinski that she must have an answer ready for any parents of high honor roll students that didn’t make the Academic Bowl team. After this conversation with Mrs. Laurencin, Mrs. Olinski makes efforts to think about how she should pick her Academic Bowl Team. Then, on a Saturday in late October, while grading social…

As defined by the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS), comprehensive sex education programs start in kindergarten and continue through 12th grade. While abstinence-only supporters believe that sex education programs expose the children to sex too early, which in turn leads to more sexually active youths, this is not true. These programs provide the youth with “complete, accurate, age-appropriate sex education that helps them reduce their risk of HIV/AIDs,…

whether children and teenagers should be taught sex education or abstinence-only classes. On the one hand, some argue that sex education should be taught to children and teenagers. On the other hand, however, others argue that Abstinence-only classes are a better teaching method. In sum, then, the issue is what form of sex-education is more beneficial to the lives of young people. While some may believe that abstinence-only lessons are a suitable learning method, kids need to be taught sex…

two main ways to teach sex education, comprehensively or abstinence only. Comprehensive sex education focuses more on the idea of protecting yourself during sex. Abstinence-only education focuses on the idea of abstinence, and waiting until marriage to have sex. Teens need to be taught because of the high teen pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) rates. Comprehensive sex education is more effective than abstinence-only education. In the U.S. the teen pregnancy and STD rates need to…

Its Monday July 25, 2020, on a normal day. Andres Vasquez was doing normal things like being happy, helping people, and being with people. Adam Orlando was doing his normal things like bullying, taking kids ice cream, and listening to his evil father Dr. Evil. In his hometown “Rome, Italy”, Andres always experience the nice warm day and the nice breeze in the evening from the beautiful beaches. Outside his house there was always a nice expensive car by house with tinted windows. In that car was…

The True Colors of the Revolution The Underdogs is a fascinating story of the Mexican Revolution and its effects on some of the people. It was a perfect blend of fiction in the form of characters and personalities, and history in the form of events and occurrences. Mariano Azuela, a medic during the Revolution definitely infused his personal experiences into the story to make it full and real. Azuela did not clean up the revolution for the reader and make it look completely heroic. He displayed…

Throughout history revolutions have emerged amidst the chaos of many different societies. It has been contemplated over and over, about what the recipe for a revolution truly is. All that a revolution needs to begin is a majority of people that all want to fight for the same thing; as well as a spark to ignite the enormous flames to follow. Once a revolution has started, there is seldom a way to stop it. As a leader emerges, people become more and more encouraged to fight for what they want and…

In the End, it is Always Family Regardless of how many differences we all have with our family, they’re the ones who will always be there for us. They will lift us up when we are down and they’ll straighten our path when our road becomes a little curvy. They will love us unconditionally, no matter how many times you mess up. And that’s the one really good thing about family. You can scream, rip each other’s head off, and mistreat each other, but deep down, nothing can change the love we have in…

My mom sternly told me these rules and I promised I would be able to follow them. A few months later, I began to become addicted to my phone. The only thing I wanted to do was text. I was never in the moment with my family and the situations around me. It became a real problem. My mom warned me several times that I needed to cut back on the amount of time I was spending on my phone, but I did not…