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Another concerned parent, Jean-Pierre Bolat in Wallingford, Connecticut, stated that Perks should be banned because it is a “glorification of alcohol use and drugs. I don’t believe in censorship, but believe in appropriateness.” This raises another issue: who determines what age is appropriate content for this area. Of course the parents believe that they are first and foremost indicator on what educators should teach their children. In comparison, Julia Tomiak--a mother, blogger, and young…

were in Gatlinburg. We actually did not stop that much, for what I can remember we stopped at a gas station to fill up the cars, we stopped at like six rest stops for bathroom breaks, and we stopped at McDonald’s a couple of times for food. From Portage to Gatlinburg it took us roughly nine to get there since we took a couple…

Dress Code Moving from elementary school to middle school is a huge, scary change. From having seven classes a day to no recess it’s a very stressful adjustment. I wasn’t prepared, though, for the most stressful change to be my wardrobe. Every year the 90-degree days of August roll around, the masses of students in grade school groan about the inevitable end of our three months of freedom. As much as I dreaded being locked in a prison for seven hours a day five days a week, when August rolled…

Introduction I will present how the Supreme Court of Canada handles the competition between normative orders. This paper will consist of a brief summary of the case, the decisions of the judges and what drove them to this decision alongside a mixture of Brian Tamanaha’s (author of Understanding Legal Pluralism: Past to Present, Local to Global) point of view concerning this case in an indirect manner. I will also answer three complicated questions concerning this case. First of all, in order to…

The Atlantic World opened up tremendous ways of trading to different parts of the world. It not only gave Europeans a different outlook on the world and trading, but it gave the European powers like Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, France, and the English a new way of trade and exploration as well. With the Age of Exploration these European powers formed, and by their influences sculpted the new world as well as the old. However, some factors that these powers bring led this world to its demise and…

Today, I am a sophomore in Portage Northern High school achieving an exceptional academic profile. However, I have faced numerous challenges throughout the years. First and foremost, language became a problem. I could not speak coherent Korean, and I did not comprehend English. Therefore…

This historical study will define the impact of the fishing industry and ethnic diversity of immigrant populations in the early settlement of Newfoundland from 1500-1800. The settlement of Newfoundland was primarily based on the fishing industry due to a lack of other resources on the island. The settlements of early Newfoundland were primarily formed through the diverse array of ethnic cultures, such as the Portuguese, English, French, and Irish that eventually came to develop settlements in…

Room for a Truthful Story: Critiquing Toronto 's Reconciliation Methodology as Appropriation Canada 's existence as a colonized nation in a post-colonial environment requires its citizens and its institutions to have an understanding of decolonization and reconciliation methods. As a majour city within the established nation, Toronto has employed a simple method of acknowledging Canada 's history by naming streets after people that the nation believes to be worth honouring. Yet these surface…

The Milwaukee Cannibal or The Milwaukee Monster are names for the man who terrorized Milwaukee from 1978 to 1991. He was a serial killer that raped, murdered, and dismembered 17 men and boys. Who is this mad man you ask. This man was Jeffrey Dahmer, convicted serial killer from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He eventually turned into a cannibal, eating some of his victims. Dahmer is one of the most well known serial killers whos killing spree lasted several years Jeffrey Dahmer was born May 21, 1960 in…

A lot of people might wonder after hearing it on the news or somewhere else: What is Asperger’s Syndrome? Asperger’s Syndrome is the most mildest of the Autism Spectrum disorders, with the most mildest of symptoms (...Fact Sheet). It may seem otherwise, but Asperger’s, (or autism in general), is very common. It is estimated that one in eighty-eight children will be diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (or ASD) (...Fact Sheet). The Autism Spectrum is a range of symptoms one with autism can…