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feelings towards it and had this very “every one to its own” idea about breastfeeding. I don’t think I ever really took into consideration the damaging effects that could go with the stigma around public breastfeeding and mothers. By the…

Despite being the largest economy in Southeast Asia, Indonesia still incurs hindrances in bolstering its prospective economy due to a severe lack of revenue. As tax burden increases, many Indonesian tycoons shift their assets overseas to evade onerous income tax. Consequently, the Indonesian government proposes the implementation of tax amnesty to lure money back into the domestic market. Besides certain criticism, this approach is welcomed because of its expediency. Tax amnesty seems to be a…

Although book banning happens all over the world, the most common challenges occur in school libraries. Most of these battles are fought at the school board level, but on occasions, some do make it to the supreme court. In one of the most famous court cases, in 1982, the Supreme Court ruled in the Board of Education, Island Trees Union Free School District v. Pico. The case however has been regarded as one of the most important decisions concerning the First Amendment rights and school…

Speech 5 was no doubt the most difficult one. My topic was the importance of voting, in my speech I talked about how my oldest brother was into politics and how growing up he always emphasized the importance of voting to myself and my entire family as well. As my speech progressed I talked about how every vote matters and how, as crazy as it sounds Donald Trump could help draw a new audience to politics. I tried by best to show the audience just how important voting really was by giving them…

The rising cost of healthcare is primarily due to people not utilizing preventive health care, modern medical technology, and the over- prescription of medical treatments. Due to these causes, there has been an exceedingly high amount of health care expenditures. Because of this, there has been an intensive need to help lower the high cost of American health care. One solution is to introduce low-cost preventive health care options in poor communities. A possible solution to alleviate the…

Fiscal Policy can be considered an economic issue because any change in the government budget can have a significant impact on the economy on a whole as well as the people living in it. Fiscal Policy consists of changes in government expenditures and/or taxes to achieve economic goals, such as low unemployment, price stability, and economic growth. “Federal tax and spending policies can affect the economy because of the impact on federal borrowing, private demand for goods and service as well…

daughter next to her. This was not only a sign of PDD-NOS, but of an emerging competitive spirit. Around the same time that I was trying out team sports, my family was trying to find a suitable elementary school for me. They did not want me to go to public school just yet- I was still having trouble socializing with other kids. This led to the discovery of The Hillside School, a private school that helps kids in grades kindergarten to sixth grade who have learning disabilities. While…

New York (Gladwell 250). At KIPP, they have more structure than a regular private school, meaning more class time and less breaks. An average day is about ten hours, meaning the students are learning around fifty percent more time learning than at public school (261). Being only twelve, Marita has had to sacrifice a lot in her life. She describes in the book how she is at school for most of the day, when she comes home, she goes straight to homework, barely takes time to eat dinner, than gets…

What is social policy? According to text in Burger (2014) the Random House Dictionary (1978), stated “is a guiding principle or course of action adopted toward an objective or objectives.” The word social, according to the same dictionary, refers to “the life, welfare, and relations of human beings in a community.” Gil (1981) summed it up very well when he wrote that “social policies are a special type of policies, namely, policies which deliberately pertain to the quality of life and to…

When I was younger I loved writing. Poems, short stories, and nonfiction, I tried to write them all. From Romans to a galactic republic, my mind was a canvas of creativity until that day. The day of my social humiliation in front of all my peers, the day I thought I had written my best paper, the day I was changed. I was so amped to go to school that day, I rushed down stair grabbed my black and red backpack and ran for the bus stop. While I was running I heard my sister scream“Wait, Rocky, your…