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    Former British Prime Minister wrote down this quote.“Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.” It feels like the bullying is something bad thing and It is true. In recent years, there has been a significant increase in research on bullying and the prevalence of bullying started to become a huge social problem (박진규). According to the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, the number of bullying at the school occurrence was in 2006 1,348 times, in 2007 1,608 times, in 2008 1,860 times, in 2009…

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    forcing a partner to perform any sex act without consent includes consent that is forced through manipulation or limiting the partner to the access of any birth control (Eagle, 2012). In a survey done in 2006 by the Liz Claiborne Inc indicated prevalence of teen dating violence they include 1 in 2 teens who have been in a serious relationship say they’ve gone against their beliefs in order to please their partner; 23 percent of girls who have been in a relationship reported going further…

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    1. It is observed that Menen in The Prevalence of Witches blatantly displays the nature of both evil and good and exposes the superstitious beliefs and false mysticism that were customary in Limbo. It is substantiated with the juxtaposition of multiple ideologies of different religions by bringing together the various characters like Catallus (British Officer), Cuff Small (American misguided missionary who has converted only one person over the years being a missionary), the local village…

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    “The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is significantly increased in the pediatric population which is affected by obesity worldwide” (Adamo, 2011). Diabetes is a disease that results in too much sugar in the blood or high blood glucose. Diabetes is qualified as either an inadequate production of insulin (type 2) or the complete lack of insulin being produced in the body (type 1). A diet high in calories, which causes people to become overweight/obese, raises the risk of developing type 2 diabetes…

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    The Prevalence of Prejudice In To Kill A Mockingbird Prevalent means most frequent or commonly widespread. Prejudice is a strong unreasonable feeling of disliking or not trusting someone. The novel: To Kill A Mocking Bird, by Harper Lee, is a story in the setting of a fictional sleepy town called Maycomb in 1930's Alabama. The novel is about a young, intelligent daughter of a lawyer, called Jean Louise Finch, (known as Scout) and her adventures in a world of injustice and racism. Prejudice is a…

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    not being to wear their own clothes She idleness that does not allow them to use up the surge of energy that occurs during adolescents of energy that occurs during adolescence, the boredom (to which teens are especially susceptible), I suppose the prevalence of tattooing in inmates (although I do not know how they obtain them) gives them a sense of identification with a group yet distinctiveness at the same time. It also might satisfy the need for self-injury due to shame or remorse.…

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    Prevalence of College Education: The Sixties to Now. Over the past seventy years the United States of America has increasingly become more and more industrialized with its markets shifting from the production industry to the consumer service industry (Short). The history of this shift has direct correlation to the more accessible college education to the well Middle Class and competition from other countries in the form of inexpensive labor. In the Sixties you could get a moderately high income…

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    Shame and Its Prevalence Throughout “The Apology” There is this philosophical endeavor to investigate emotions and how they are applicable to a person’s identity, shame being one of the emotions (“Emotion: Philosophical Definition”). In the chapter “Apology” from 4 Texts on Socrates by Plato, Plato focuses on how Socrates proves to be Athen’s highly intelligent educator, so that Socrates can overcome the shame that he has for the city. Similarly, shame also occurs in this chapter because it…

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    Prevalence of Stigma and Shame The psychological characteristics of a battered woman are similar to that of a hostage. The effects of the abuse are the result, not the reason, of a life-threatening relationship. The characteristics that a battered woman develops in reaction to her abuse may include low self-esteem, guilt, acceptance of blame, feelings of helplessness (Wilson, 2014). Low self-esteem. It takes effort daily for many women to preserve an optimistic sense of self. Women…

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    According to the article, ADHD Prevalence Still Rising, by Gupta, S. (2016), “Rates of parent reporting diagnosed attention deficient hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) continued their upward trend through 2011” (para. 1). However, ADHD is considered an over diagnosed disorder. “ADHD, is a disorder that is complexly determined, both over and underdiagnosed, and often inadequately treated” (Parritz & Troy, 2014, pg. 140). Parents should be observant to the behavior of their child to distinguished…

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