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Peter the Great or Odysseus: Two Leaders of Great Superiority Only One can be on Top An effective leader is someone who has a large impact on someone else, they can have good qualities such as being inspiring or they can have bad qualities such as being self-centered. There are two leaders, Peter the Great, a leader of Russia in the 1600s, and Odysseus from the epic poem, The Odyssey, about Odysseus and his journeys across the pacific ocean with his crew during 1200 B.C. It was important that…

Before the advent of compulsory education laws in the United States from 1852-1918 a majority of children were educated by their families or communities. This early type of home education was the norm worldwide until the turn of the century, and is still widely practiced in developing countries. However, in developed countries since the universal adoption of such compulsory education laws home education has been driven into a more deviant subcategory. As a result, the homeschooling community as…

The brain is a strange organ in the body. It is our greatest evolutionary adaptation and sets us apart from the rest of the animals on this planet. Researchers are constantly trying to unlock the mysteries of the mind in an effort to understand humans better and diseases that impact the mind. The study of the adolescent mind has only recently received the attention it deserves. Studies show the brain continues to growth throughout life, but it makes huge changes during adolescence. Many…

Law is a system of rules that are enforced through social institutions to govern behaviour. Its main purpose is to protect the rights of individuals. Philosophers play a key role in law because they represent ancient, historical, and contemporary attitudes, and influenced jurisprudence and contemporary legal thought worldwide. Four of the many philosophers who influenced law are Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jeremy Bentham, and John Stuart Mill. This paper will discuss the similarities and…

When the founding fathers of the United States wrote the Constitution, they added the Bill of Rights which is a set of the first the ten amendments of to the Constitution. The second of these amendments, states that "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." (U.S Const. Amend II). Particularly, this amendment is interpreted in many ways; some pro gun-control groups say only militias are…

Indira Gandhi: A Controversial Woman in Power A fascinating paradox of modern India was the rise to power and the turbulent rule of Indira Gandhi. She was one of the most politically powerful women in the world, and definitely the most powerful in India's history. But she ruled in a country where women lived in poverty, were neglected, and heavily discriminated against. How is that Indira Gandhi was India's prime minister for four terms while most other women in India were unaware they…

Physician assisted suicide is a relatively new topic that is causing a lot of discussion about the ethics and legal right for a person to choose to end their life. This continues to be a controversial topic in the healthcare field because research and medicine are evolving constantly, bringing about changes in societies view on death. As a member in the healthcare field it is important to explore alternatives for ones end of life care and understand the perspectives that society comprises about…

Rushing. Rushing. Rushing. My mom and I, we were always rushing. Late every time. Everytime. We couldn’t be late. We just couldn’t. It was too much. It was too rude. “Too bad,” she told me, “At least we’re coming.” It’s a shame we live so far away from Warren, the central hub of all things Haddican, but every year we come back for Margaret. Back toward the memories, back toward the chain that strangles us and forces us to think, and to cry. ☆☆☆ As we sped through the winding mountain road,…

Imagine that you get a phone call at seven one morning from the nursing home saying that your great grandmother, grandma, or mom, was going to be passing away within a few hours. You sit there with her and see how much pain she looks like she is in. Three hours pass, and nothing has changed except that her breathing starts to stop every now and then. The staff gives her morphine periodically to help ease the pain, but you can tell that she is still in pain. The thought crosses your mind that if…

As a whole, in our society we have a set list of views, values, and morals in our minds and even written into law or documented in some way that are generally accepted among the people. When we begin to tamper with these aspects of society, it is likely to bring a significant impact into play that we may or may not like the outcome of. With this being said, the idea of making euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide legal, especially when we do already have accepted ways of dealing with and…