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The Challenge, Denial, and Impact of Anita Hill's Allegations

In ten pages the 1991 sexual harassment case Anita Hill brought against then Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas are examined in...

Childhood Obesity and the Role of the School System

systems around the nation began to report BMI on report cards. The BMI or body mass index is a calculation involving height and we...

Sergei Eisenstein Film Form

The writer examines the ideas Sergei Eisenstein presented in his book Film Form, and argues that the ideas are extremely creative....

Collective School Perspective

at the past and the philosophies that have created the present. Resnick and Hall (1998) point out that the current educational s...

Children Who Murder

of youthful homicide perpetrators present with a history of adverse familial factors," such as "physical abuse, sexual abuse, inst...

The Cheese and the Worms by Carlo Ginzburg

The writer analyzes the book The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller by Carlo Ginzburg and argues that ...

Secondhand Smoke and Public Policy

to be the "third leading cause of preventable death in the United States," as it constitutes a "major source of indoor air polluti...

Ideas for Disabilities

This essay discusses a book's ideas and tips for individuals who have certain disabilities, such as language disorders, intellectu...

Opposing Prayer as a Public School Practice

conscious of the inevitable conflict between religion and the state. For that reason, they endeavored to keep the two as separate...

Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid

This essay pertains to "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" by Jeff Kinney. The writer argues that comedic effect is achieved by keeping the voi...

Banned Product Dumping in Foreign Countries and Ethics

People have to abide by an ethical code to ensure proper behavior among the worlds business population. Yet, again, who is to det...

Canadian Ex Convicts and Discrimination

a whole (PG). Thus, evidence on the harm of pornography was sufficient for a law against it (PG). The court observed that true equ...

Argumentative Essay on Dog Banning

among such dog breeds as the pit bull, rottweiler, mastiff, Doberman pinscher and chow is strength, size, independent attitude and...

Can Unsuccessful Districts Change

Is there any way to help schools that are seldom successful? It seems that changes are always being made in our public schools yet...

Gay Adoption Bans: An Ethical Look

social development of an adopted child (Averett, Nalavany, & Ryan, 2009). Averett et al. (2009) were able to determine through exp...

Is Globalization Synonymous with Americanization?

(Friedman, 2000). Naomi Klein is against globalization and also sees the process as one tjhat is spreading American values...

A Local Smoking Ban: Controversy Verses Reason

to do so. Those of us that do not smoke resent the fact that everywhere we go we are confronted with second hand smoke. When you...

Suing Fast Food Restaurants For Obesity

The dictionary defines this phrase as: "in fact, whether with a legal right or not" and "acting or existing in fact but without le...

A Global Perspective on Biological Weapons

The writer considers the potential threat of biological weapons in the global community. The paper describes the effect of such we...

An Overview of David H. Hackworth's 'The Case for a Military Gay Ban'

This paper presents an overview of David H. Hackworth's Washington Post article from 1992 entitled The Case for a Military Gay Ban...

Usage of Cell Phones in Secondary and Elementary Schools

as such have relented to allowing them on campus, but with strict regulatory policies in place. Many of the arguments against cell...

Simulated Interview with a Community Resources Director

The writer presents a paper with the results of a fictitious interview with an employee of a healthcare organization looking at th...

An Examination of William Golding's Lord of the Flies

When they are first stranded on the island, Ralph becomes in charge as they all work together to make shelter and gather the...

What Makes a Public School Public

Schools/Education This will surprise many people. Not all public schools are operated in the same way. This is a big country and ...

Bilingual and Cultural Education Related to Critical Theory

the collective and tries to provide an understanding of how current social conditions have come about them, and how they interact ...

Ohio's Policy on Public Education

years ago that could benefit children in those districts that had adopted alternative approaches, and has been challenged in varyi...

NYC Schools and Vouchers

about systemic change" (Domanico, 1993). Their idea was school choice, not vouchers (Domanico, 1993). The difference is that paren...

STDs Increasing

The introduction reports data about the incidence of Chlamydia and uses that as a catalyst to discuss health programs in schools; ...

Business Plan for the Speak Up! Program

costs. Introduction A seasoned middle school teacher commented that she had come to see the middle school years as "the fro...

Public Schools and Mental Health Services Increases

health services available to students. Changes over the years have diminished that role to the point of eliminating it in many sc...