Riot control

Nick Johnson Mrs. Susan Stackhouse English 8 3 December 2014 Sandra Slutz, a staff scientist at Ohio University, found out that if a person is crossed hand eye dominant then they will shoot better because their dominant eye is not blocked by the basketball she also writes, “coaches need to coach from the eyes down”, since the eyes play a very important part in basketball shooting. Although, crossed hand eye dominance provides the best basketball shooting percentages, dominance-altering…

A Brave New World Since the beginning of humanity population control has played a large part in every society, whether it be natural or forced. In A Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, the D.N.C. controls the population by using advanced technology such as contraceptives, cutting out female ovaries, and using hypnopaedic conditioning. The human population is growing at an exponential rate and due to that population control methods such as contraception, sterilization, and family planning are such…

In “Why French Kids Don’t Have ADHD?” the Author Dr.Wedge states that more american kids have ADHD than french kids do. She also claims why the reason is. Her primary argument is claiming why there is a 9.5% difference in results and her secondary argument is the different lifestyles we live and how different the parenting is practiced. The main point is how the way americans live vs how the french live and how that impacts why we have more kids with ADHD that are being treated with drugs in…

There are 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…

Human Trafficking in America alone is a 32 billion dollar a year industry. This evil yet lucrative business catches more and more into a cycle every day. In America, we like to believe people all over the world, regardless of country or government have rights, both moral and state provided. Human Trafficking in America alone is a 32 billion dollar a year industry. This evil yet lucrative business catches more and more into a cycle every day. Unfortunately, this is not the case. People around the…

For my child observation project, wanted to observe my cousin who is three years old. She has recently migrated here in San Jose, California. Her name is June(This is not her real name). June was born and raised in Eritrea (The country resides in Africa(west from the red sea)). Since she has recently migrated here to America she does not have a lot of friends unless if it is through family members who are around the age of 6-12 years old. Her first language is not English, but Tigrinya (the…

The music industry is one of the largest money making industries in the world. Music is a universal human practice, like talking or tool making. (Frith, Straw & Street, 2001) In an age where music has become one of the most dominant and influential form of entertainment in our society there are many ways in which listeners and music creators become emotionally, physically, and mentally attached. Music is a compelling element in a young person's life, mainly during the adolescent years. Many will…

One question that people ask when it comes to abortion is should a teenager be given the right to decide for herself to get an abortion. Under the law a majority of states require their be parental consent by one parent for an abortion usually 24 to 48 hours but some states require both. In replacement of the parents some states allow grandparents or other adult relatives. Then because the Supreme Court has ruled that the parents can’t be an absolute veto over their daughter’s decision to have…

childbearing is viewed as a deviant act solely because it is a minority population that represents teenage childbirth, also called statistical deviance. As the issue of teenage childbearing began to rise, alongside it came the public concern of having a child out of wedlock. As stated earlier, no one cared what age you had a child, as long as it was in wedlock. However, when individuals began to weigh the consequences of raising a child on their own and having the stigma of having a child out…

Thankfully the techniques of breast augmentation have advanced considerably since the days at the end of World War II when Japanese prostitutes used to inject silicone directly into the breasts to add to their 'appeal' to US servicemen. During the 1950s, the process advanced in as much as polyvinyl sponges were then used as primitive implants but, as they tended to both harden and shrink within a year, as well as frequently result in infection, it was not until the late 1980s that the procedure…