While these events have occurred the nation has tried to find ways to explain it but when you look at the lives lost and the demented minds of these kids we realize we need not to focus just on why but also on prevention. ... 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. ... There we saw kids running out of a high school and two snapshots of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold being flashed in front of my face. ... In the large cafeteria of my school all the kids would gather everyday and above this was a balcon...

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• Grade Level: High School

Predominately all teenagers, and even kids, look up to drug dealers, admire rock stars and imitate robbers. ... Back in the day, kids spent a lot of time playing games with other children and reading books that sparked their interests. ... In first grade, I was a member of a four-kid gang that went around imitating TV westerns. ... The main reason no one knew was because the kids that did this were not very popular at all. ... "These kids are... neglected by their parents from birth. ...

• Word Count: 2620
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Though it may not be intentional, viewers of television or readers of books can be influenced and manipulated by mass media's depiction of relationships. ... In addition to influencing relationships, media's portrayal of underage drinking and partying can have a similar negative influence on a young viewer who is just beginning to explore these subjects. ... We simply cannot underestimate the power that media has to influence teens to drink. Gossip Girl is a prime example of the type of media that can influence young minds in a negative way. ... But if you look deeper in Gossip Gi...

• Word Count: 2568
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This will help tremendously because California has a high influence throughout the medical field within the United States, "School children in California would be required to be vaccinated unless there is a medical reason not to do so" (Medina, Jennifer). ...

• Word Count: 2703
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He was a young kid that always managed to get in, cause he was too damn young. ... He was a quiet kid, that was down with the 3rd avenue crowd from the Bronx. ... Like Perico, he was one of the stars of the movie, the Spanish kid. ... For us as little kids, it was some of the best times I ever had. ... I use to hook up a lot of kids to dance for Scott to go do his shows. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

This Internet article analysis will address a significant sales management trend in the domestic marketplace and its interrelationship with various external influences. ... Economic External Influence Considerations "The spending power of the Baby Boom generation is estimated at $2.1 trillion, with the younger Baby Boomers (those born between 1956 and 1965) accounting for $1.1 trillion of the total, and older Boomers (those born between 1946 and 1955) generating the remaining $1.0 trillion,"" (RAB, 2003). ... Age, disposable income, and ethnic background impact taste, preferences, and t...

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It's hard to believe, but this little old lady has such a big influence on our culture. ... She raised not only her kids, but my sister and I with so much respect and discipline. ... I must admit, I've changed a lot since I've gotten older, but I couldn't imagine seeing some of these kids now days growing up in my childhood. ... In an attempt to understand and help others understand different cultures, I interviewed a kid named Damion Anderson. ...

• Word Count: 3405
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• Grade Level: High School

John Scanzoni developed a model of marriage that is considered by many to be the preferred norm for American marriages even today. His model was based on specific roles for each partner divided strictly along sexual lines. This model marriage includes a husband who is the wage earner and thus the sole provider for the family and a wife who stays at home, bears children, and is responsible for the care and nurturing of them. She has charge of the house and is expected to care for it along with the children. She is expected to teach the children such things as responsibility and morality whi...

• Word Count: 2505
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

She was sitting in a room quietly trying not to pick up her head, afraid of what she might see if she will. Hiding in a place of her clothing and wishing she was back in her environment with her people who were not that much different from her. Feeling uncomfortable from all the glances people were...

• Word Count: 3143
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This paper outlines the differences in the cultures of the United States versus Asian Indian and Vietnamese cultures. I will look at these countries and make not only a comparison based on cultures, but also comparisons from a business perspective. Although there are many differences in general so...

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Through these generations, the automobile culture would grow and transform, progressively building upon itself and extending its influence further into American society until outside forces, especially the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo, would deal a fatal blow to driver's wallets and subsequently the cars and the culture they had shaped. ...

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Abstract This paper will explore the pros and the cons of lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18. The benefits of allowing 18 year olds to drink include the fact that they are legal adults and can enlist to serve in armed conflicts. Both the President of Dartmouth and the article "Alcohol Probl...

• Word Count: 2509
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

A Research of the Media Coverage of the War on Drugs: Marijuana: The Facts and the Media Coverage The "war on drugs" was announced by President Nixon in 1971. The media has been there since the very beginning: covering this so called war with every means at their disposal. Some feel tha...

• Word Count: 5937
• Approx Pages: 24
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School