... film-makers were given unusual freedom to create personal projects dealing frankly with contemporary social problems. Five Easy Pieces is a prime example of a young film-maker creating a personal project that deals frankly with contemporary social problems (Lev, p.6). Five Easy Pieces, written by Adrien Joyce and directed by Bob Rafelson, fulfils ... road, the dream of living on unpolluted land, and the journey away from civilization as an experience containing the secret of life. But when the free-living heroes reached the end of the road, they came up against contemporary American civi...

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... of the largest media driven public awareness campaigns in history. The "Just Say No" information campaign was designed to educate teenagers and their parents. It was designed to make drug-free kids the norm in society. Drug use was no longer to be seen as a rite of passage for America's youth. Not only did "Just Say No" provide information to the public ... rise and drug prevention in schools is a joke. The only thing I can keep saying is that common sense has flown out of the window, only to be replaced by law-maker's political agendas. It seems we as Americans can not handle this issu...

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... this Gandhian thought one hundred percent. I feel that greedy people who's only interest is to make money exploit us from things that were given to us for free, like water. I could understand charging for fruit drinks and things of that nature, but pure water, bottled. I have seen bottled water ranging in price ... to three or four dollars, depending on the brand and where it claims the water is from. However, I have been to a place that actually has free drinking water, which I feel is just as good as the bottled water. This is in my grandmother's town in Portugal. There is a natural spr...

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... take at the university. He decides which car to buy, the number of kids to have, he makes the choice on what kind of property to make and what to tell his boss. Although the constitution allows making free choices and the freedom of speech allows expressing yourself straight, not absolutely all ... enjoy their job and don't mind working hard; family people try to find the spouse who would sacrifice everything for the sake of their family and their kids. The famous psychologist Peter Gray says that "it is not necessary to have a lot of money to make a happy family" (56-8). Different people...

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... schools. But that's not a very worthy goal. Let's talk a little bit about curriculum innovations?for instance, the idea of reaching at-risk kids in ways that are usually reserved for the gifted. Teaching algebra to remedial students, for instance. Dissolving the tracking system. What are your opinions ... we deny them the opportunity to learn something about decency and unselfishness. We deny them the opportunity to learn the virtues of helping other kids. All the wonderful possibilities of peer teaching are swept away when we track our schools as severely as we are doing today. The ......

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... acts that had already occurred in schools. So then we must ask how any sane person could let this child back into his parent's custody and free to roam the streets after he had brought a gun to school the day before. Not to mention the fact Kinkel was able to walk through the ... this time the shootings were very prevalent it was obvious prevention was not. At this point it seemed that almost every time you turned on the TV more kids had been shot and the students of America lived in fear. I myself was in high school when these shootings started. During my freshmen year I remember ... S...

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... silent Our Gang shorts, a group of nameless Negro children romped and ran about while being referred to as snowballs, cherubs, coons, bad children, inky kids, smoky kids, black lambs, and chubbie ebonies. In all versions of Harriet Beecher Stowe`s novel Uncle Tom`s Cabin Topsy, the little slave child, was shown as ... by the blackface maid. In another nameless movie a vender, who has shortly before refused to serve "two smartly dressed black men" , is blackened by kids while she takes a nap outside, and "learns the viciousness of racism by becoming black and experiencing it firsthand" b...

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... disaster for nearby restaurants. In Atlantic City, from 1977-1987, 101 out of 243 restaurants closed with the arrival of casinos. These nearby casinos offer free food to draw customers in. This very expensive proposition from the owners can be written off of their annual income tax. In 1991 alone, 234 ... million dollars were written off casino's taxes.25 Why should the consumer pay for food when he can get it free at the casino? Gambling also spurs a huge increase in crime. According to United States Attorney General Kelley, Between 1977, when the first casino opened ... Treasure Island...

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... and BIG's death effect rap? I would like to address the problem of crude rap lyrics on today's youth. Is profanity in rap lyrics effecting our kids? I would like to investigate how and why Will Smith achieved musical fame through his clean lyrics. I would also like to look at the impact that ... at the time. After the Columbine tragedy in April of 1999 things grew even more complicated for movie makers and musicians alike. Suddenly the words "free speech" didn't mean anything. Things that were said in jest or in context of a particular scenario were singled out and attacked. Ironically, ...

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... compared to children of never-divorced families, researchers have agreed that children and adolescents from divorced families show poorer adjustment in numerous aspects of life. After following more than 100 kids whose parents had recently divorced, Judith Wallerstein concluded that the effects of a break in the family unit can be life-long and traumatic for a considerably large enough group of ... children and adolescents for us to have concern. "While their parents might feel liberated by getting out of an unhappy marriage, the kids were bereft. In interviews, many expressed a profoun...

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... removing firearms from citizens in the U.S. is the second Amendment of the Constitution. It reads: "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." The second Amendment can be interpreted as every citizen right to bear ... society structure and the citizens that live within its boundaries. The children that live within a gun infested society are going to suffer the consequences. In fact, kids between the ages 16 and 19 have the highest handgun victimization rate among all age groups (O"Donnel ...

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... in Latin, which brings both solemnity and exclusion to the event. First communion for Frank and his nine-year-old friends is a huge event for the family, but to the kids is only huge because it provides them with the opportunity to collect some money for their first visit to the cinema. Confused catholic theology is highlighted when Frank is sick ... on. During his latter years at school he is taught by an imaginative headteacher who tells them, "They can crush your bodies but they can never crush your minds; free it boys, free it." With his encouragement Frank dreams of going back to A...

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... Women as "Homemakers."" Familial centered heterosexuality as the basis of social order. EXCERPTS FROM NSC-'68, April 7th, 1950 Thus unwillingly our free society finds itself mortally challenged by the Soviet system. No other value system is so wholly irreconcilable with ours, so implacable in its purpose ... human nature everywhere, and no other has the support of a great and growing center of military power. B. OBJECTIVES The objectives of a free society are determined by its fundamental values and by the necessity for maintaining the material environment in which they flourish. Logical...

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... These suburbs consisted of a house for each family complete with a yard, driveway and garage, as well as clean air and plenty of space for the kids to play. It was in other words the perfect place to raise a family. The design of the suburbs themselves promoted a lot of sameness and "conformity ... record purchase. With the end of the war and with the with spread prosperity, teens no longer had to work after school and had more free time to form peer bonds with one another, parents had enough money to give out allowances making jobs sometimes unnecessary. As a result teenagers became .....

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... Jefferson died, sally spent two years at Monticello due to the law that she had to stay until 2 years wore up. After leaving, she was finally free and lived with her two sons in Charlottesville, Virginia where she died at the age of 62 in 1835. > A lot of slaves, male & female, ... . Others who escaped from the South traveled into the western territories and Mexico. Some runaways reached Baltimore and New Orleans they blended right into the free black population. There was also the underground rail road a secret organization There wore other ways for blacks to get their freedom besides r...

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... life expectancies than their parents. The show explained that watching TV is also a cause of obesity among children. I do agree with this. Kids staying home and watching their favorite shows and staying idle in the same spot the whole day is not beneficial. Being physically active is good ... notice their children are gain unnecessary weight from eating fatty foods or not getting enough exercise should make a change in their children's surrounds. Surrounding kids in healthy environments like the park where they can play and run and get exercise and burn calories and is a good example o...

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... : amongst this chaos, there was a generation of youths looking to set their own standard - to fight against the establishment, which was oppressing them, and leave their mark on history. These kids were known as the hippies. There were many stereotypes concerning hippies; they were thought of as being pot smoking, freeloading vagabonds, who were trying to save the world. As this ... , single mothers were forced into the labor market, and with these jobs came independence. The 50's and all its political, and social change, was only the breeding ground for the free thinking generation that ...

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... advertising notice the gender specific roles that apply for men and women. Women are the house keepers, from cleaning to doing everyone's laundry, and cook wonderful dinners after picking their kids up at soccer. While the man is working, providing for his family, and the only cooking he may do is on the grille on a hot summer day. There has been ... and that is why they all have a good family tie. He felt that women being in the workforce while they have children hurt the child in the long run. "Many kids need to be with their mother constantly, and what happens when she is at work and...

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... are learning all the wrong things at all the wrong times. Crime can become a way of life to adolescents. Predominately all teenagers, and even kids, look up to drug dealers, admire rock stars and imitate robbers. Television, the media and music are all distorting the rules of society. The ... from reading the newspaper to come play catch with them or play a game of monopoly that would entertain the whole family. Back in the day, kids spent a lot of time playing games with other children and reading books that sparked their interests. They would also spend a lot more quality time ... . W...

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... life. He said that in the seventies he graduated from San Jose State University, then he went to the Vietnam War. He was also married and had two kids. Unfortunately when he returned form the war he got a divorce for reasons he did not want to discuss and lost his house and his money. He stated, ... "After I got divorced, I worked in construction and sent my kids to school. They all graduated from universities and have jobs." He added, "My youngest baby is a pharmacist!" We asked him if he was close to his children, ... he calls them once in a while. They cannot call or send him any let...

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... is Italy's cry!!) Whether or not these legends are true is not known but historians report that there actually was a massive peasant uprising to free Sicily of its French invaders. Another theory of where the world "Mafia" is derived from believes that it comes from an old Arabic word ... suited to Sicily then this new country. Americans took pride in their extensive laws that kept citizens safe while allowing them to be free. These laws were meant to allow any citizen opportunity but since Italians were stereotyped as criminals they were discriminated against. They turned against ... s...

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... and BIG's death effect rap? I would like to address the problem of crude rap lyrics on today's youth. Is profanity in rap lyrics effecting our kids? I would like to investigate how and why Will Smith achieved musical fame through his clean lyrics. I would also like to look at the impact that ... people are not as easily convinced by the news. The problem is no longer not knowing what is going on, it is not knowing what is really going on. Free Speech, Controversy, & A Guilty Conscience "My words are like a dagger with a jagged edge..."- "Criminal", from "The Marshall Mathers LP" An aver...

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... and BIG's death effect rap? I would like to address the problem of crude rap lyrics on today's youth. Is profanity in rap lyrics effecting our kids? I would like to investigate how and why Will Smith achieved musical fame through his clean lyrics. I would also like to look at the impact that ... people are not as easily convinced by the news. The problem is no longer not knowing what is going on, it is not knowing what is really going on. Free Speech, Controversy, & A Guilty Conscience "My words are like a dagger with a jagged edge..."- "Criminal", from "The Marshall Mathers LP" An aver...

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... can't dress out because it is against their religion." Q: What is the benefit of different cultures? A: Totally different perspectives on things. For example, French kids do math in a different process. They get the same answer but differently. It makes me a better teacher. Q: How are the differences accepted? Are ... and they get use to it, but use to cherishing it." Throughout most of my childhood I never had an opportunity to interact with many kids of a different race. I was comfortable and only understood the black culture. Inside the black culture is great, however my ability to ar...

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... successful while still "keeping it gangster". Although it is true that this image appeal has changed the way kids of today talk, dress, and act the complaints come from the parents who blame the way their kids talk or dress on these celebrities is absurd. How can a celebrity a million miles away affect a child ... never even met the child? Although it is true that these children are different due to these celebrities, this is no different than in the 60's when kids wanted to be like rock stars, grew out long hair, and dressed like hippies. By nature, the youth of a generation is greatly...

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