Samoa

Ever since 1975, when Samoas were introduced as the new addition to the Girl Scout Cookies, they have grown to have a special place in customers' hearts (Girl Scout Cookie Timeline and Trivia). The cookies have the perfect combination of chocolate, coconut, and caramel, all mixed together to form one delicious, as well as nutritional, cookie. Because of this, they are an American favorite, helping boost the sales Girl Scouts make every season. Samoas may have not been one of the original cookies…

Rights has a freedom that many in other countries don’t know of and can only wish for. In the Constitution, whoever is born on American soil is automatically an American citizen. However, the citizen of present-day colonies/ territories like American Samoa and Guam don’t get the same right as American citizens, even though they are born on American soil. I believe that citizens of their colonies should have the same rights and privileges. Article 4 of the constitution, Section 3 Clause 2:…

Although Mead’s research in Samoa came with a lot of controversy and criticism, it did shed some light into why American adolescent face great emotional and psychological stress. Margaret Mead, an American anthropologist, wrote the book Coming of Age in Samoa. It outlines her research of the sexual lives of the youth on the island of Ta’u in Samoan Islands. Mead believes that adolescents in America face many problems in society and sought to find if all cultures experienced this. She set out to…

explore the tradition of Samoa and Tonga, looking further into the traditional history of pacific politics comparing it with post colonialism looking at how the settlers shaped pacific views into the institutions that they are currently using. Secondly, it will look at a more modern view of politics looking further into whether western culture has or has not influenced Pacific world views and politics. Thirdly, it will not only refer back to the traditional aspects of Samoa and Tonga where those…

purposes, or different uses of creativity. Creativity in for adolescents in Las Hurdes might be survival techniques. Whereas creativity for adolescents in the U.S. could be creating a new type of game. In Samoa; youth culture seems to be less complicated amongst women than in the United States. Samoa adolescent women can identify their life purpose a lot easier then American adolescents. Finally, Giroux could successfully portray how youth culture effects self-growth with neoliberalism and our…

generations. Our ancestors have had dance moves that were created and soon shown and danced today. The siva samoa is a cultural dance performed by female and men.It is a way of dancing…

some that are married within their same sex. They have struggled with it for many years while growing up. It has become more of a fairy tale as the generations change drastically. People do not wake up and just become “gay.” In some cultures, like Samoa and Guam, their cultures are uniquely different from the American dream and there is no prejudice for sexual orientation. “On June 2015, a federal judge in Guam ruled their ban to be unconstitutional, making Guam the first territory to allow…

the natural and biological performance. Her ethnography , Coming of Age in Samoa, argued that it was cultural factors rather than biological forces that caused adolescents to experience psychological and emotional stress, anxiety, and behavioral…

Urban development in Apia Introduction Apia is the capital city of Samoa and the largest city in the Pacific. In Apia, there is a trend that 40% of population are looking forward to live in urban area. And the rate of urban growth will be continued to increase (Pacific island populations in Jones article, 2001). Urban population, density of house and waste from industries are all rise continually. Due to the increasing of pressure of urbanization and the lack of effective management solutions,…

Many people know what obesity is, however not many know what it entails. Obesity is often judged by the public based on how much space an individual occupies or how much fat they have on their body. People see an obese individual as someone with no self-control who will not stop eating. Unfortunately, not many people see what goes on in the background. Prose’s examination of Gluttony is much like Dolnick’s discussion of the “obesity-hunger paradox in which they both argue that the people at…