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  • Discipline Problems in American High School

    Discipline Problems in American High School

    Discipline Problems in American High School There are many problems in American high schools today. These problems consist of truancy, class disruption, fighting, abusive language, and extreme violence such as shooting and other violent acts. Not only do these problems occur in city schools, but they also occur in rural and suburban schools. Truancy is a very common problem in most high schools. In Philadelphia on an average day 27, 000 of the districts 191,

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    Submitted: January 11, 2010 By: Andrew
  • American Dreams and Obstacles

    American Dreams and Obstacles

    In the novels we have read this year all of the characters have a dream. However, there have been obstacles that sometimes hinder these American dreams. These obstacles range from internal conflict to society itself. Is it possible for these dynamic characters to struggle with obstacles and overcome them to reach their dream? Americans in our society have a dream that consist of a vivid plan and multiple goals. Often times this dream has a

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    Submitted: January 11, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Reconstruction - the American Revolution

    Reconstruction - the American Revolution

    RECONSTRUCTION The American Revolution was a glorious war fought to free the American colonies from the British rule. Although we won that war, there were still many people who were not free from our rule. One people in general were the black slaves. The black people had many struggles to freedom, which helped shape, our American culture today. Three different periods characterized their struggles: the slaves Before the Civil War, during Reconstruction, and during

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    Submitted: January 11, 2010 By: Stenly
  • American President

    American President

    NT. THE BILLIARD ROOM - NIGHT SHEPHERD has converted one of the rooms on the second floor residence. His expert shot demonstrates that playing pool is something he does almost as well as being President. A.J. stands to the side with his pool cue. A.J. McSorley, McCluskey and Shane know we're making our move on the crime bill. They're circling the wagons on the assault weapons. SHEPHERD Should I meet with them? A.J. Let Lewis

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    Submitted: January 11, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • American Psycho

    American Psycho

    Set in Manhattan in the late 1980s, American Psycho spans roughly two years in the life of wealthy young investment banker Patrick Bateman. Bateman, 26 years old when the story begins, narrates his everyday activities, from his daily life among the upper-class elite of New York to his forays into murder by nightfall. Bateman comes from a privileged background, having graduated from Philips Exeter Academy, Harvard (class of 1984), and then Harvard Business School (class

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    Submitted: January 12, 2010 By: Stenly
  • African-American Studies

    African-American Studies

    In 1954-The U.S Supreme Court announces school segregation unauthorized in the Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka ruling. In 1955-Rosa Parks refuses to move to the back of the Montgomery , Alabama , bus as required by city ordinance; boycott follows and bus segregation ordinance is announced unconstitutional. Federal Interstate Commerce Commission bans segregation on interstate trains and buses. In 1956-Coalition of Southern congressman calls for massive resistance to Supreme Court desegregation rulings. In

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    Submitted: January 12, 2010 By: Steve
  • Why Do Americans Eat Fast Food

    Why Do Americans Eat Fast Food

    STARE DECISIS - Lat. "to stand by that which is decided." The principal that the precedent decisions are to be followed by the courts. To abide or adhere to decided cases. It is a general maxim that when a point has been settled by decision, it forms a precedent which is not afterwards to be departed from. The doctrine of stare decisis is not always to be relied upon, for the courts find it necessary

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    Submitted: January 12, 2010 By: regina
  • The Significance of Daisy Buchanan’s American Dream in the Great Gatsby

    The Significance of Daisy Buchanan’s American Dream in the Great Gatsby

    The Significance of Daisy Buchanan’s American Dream in The Great Gatsby Some women during the 1920s lived the life with the role of a repressed woman. Repressed women did not make decisions for themselves; they relied solely on their husbands. Their husbands treated them as if they were objects without any feelings whatsoever. Repressed women showed no self respect, and they did not live their life in reality. These women’s emotions were suppressed as they

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    Submitted: January 12, 2010 By: Monika
  • Materialism in American Society

    Materialism in American Society

    Materialism in American Society Over the course of the last century America has undergone many societal changes, none of which have had as great an ethical effect as the nation's transition towards ever increasing materialism. Materialism, or the desire for wealth and possessions, has faced virulent opposition for thousands of years from both religious institutions and social activists. Throughout time, materialism has been widely slandered not only as spiritually corrupting, but also as a major

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    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Land Rover North American, Inc

    Land Rover North American, Inc

    2.0 Introduction 2.1 The Reality of the Report: Purpose & Aims Whether it is crude, boring, eccentric, exciting, entertaining or otherwise, there can be no doubt that Reality TV is big business. As the saying goes, there is no business like show business, and media conglomerates and television networks alike have done big business through reality TV. This truly unique genre of programming has taken the world by storm since its inception, traced back as

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    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: Max
  • Waking up American

    Waking up American

    Waking up American Everything had changed. He still haunts me, dressed in half ripped clothes, sitting on a cardboard, holding on tight to his empty begging cup and weeping for his mother, but she was no where to be found. His pitiful cries moved me to want to scoop him up, comfort him and give him a home, but I didn’t. No one paid attention to him. I stood there attempting to figure out if

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    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: Tasha
  • American Beauty 1999 Directed by Sam Mendes

    American Beauty 1999 Directed by Sam Mendes

     In American Beauty, 1999, directed by Sam Mendes, we are confronted with the permeating images that have consumed mainstream American life. Mendes exploits these images as constructions that we created around ourselves as a means of hiding our true selves. Mendes is able to implicate us in the construction and make us active viewers by exploiting our voyeuristic nature. In American Beauty Mendes uses the voyeuristic tendencies of the spectator to acknowledge the permeating

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    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: Fonta
  • The Harlem Renaissance: An American Experience

    The Harlem Renaissance: An American Experience

    The Harlem Renaissance: An American Experience Painter Aaron Douglas, the "father" of African Art, stated in 1925, "Let's bare our arms and plunge them deep through laughter, through pain, through sorrow, through hope, through disappointment, into the very depths of the souls of our people and drag forth material crude, rough, neglected. Then let's sing it, dance it, write it, paint it" ("Harlem Renaissance" 1, par. 4). These words of triumph and strife epitomize the

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    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: Wendy
  • The American President

    The American President

    "The American President," directed by Rob Reiner is portraying everyday problems the president has to face along with hidden political issues that concern his presidency. The movie begins with Andrew Shepherd, a role played by Micheal Douglas who's a widow president with a young daughter and is currently running for his second term. He is counting on his crime bill to cinch the result of the upcoming political struggle. In the movie there is an

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    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • What Life on the Mississippi Taught Me About American History

    What Life on the Mississippi Taught Me About American History

    What Life on the Mississippi taught me about American History. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain gave me an idea of what life was like in America in the nineteenth century. It was written by an eyewitness who led an interesting life that began on the Mississippi River. He went on to become a world-know American author, humorist and lecturer. The main theme of this work is the steamboat and its effect on the

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    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: Fonta
  • The Overmedication of American Children

    The Overmedication of American Children

    We in America tend to take medications for almost any problem we have, from headaches to gastrointestinal pain, to more serious chronic disorders such as depression and attention deficit disorder. While many of the uses of such medications may be necessary and legitimate, many are not, and due to this fact, many people become dependent on medications, mentally, and or physically. This problem is not simply the fault of the individual; in fact, the blame

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    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: Vika
  • American Fast Food in Korea

    American Fast Food in Korea

    1. Base on market information for Asia Pacific, we can made conclusion that business future in Asian region has to have bright future. With 33% of the world's GDP and 50% of its population, Asia has emerged as a rapidly growing force in the global economy. Due to the cultural diversity, regulatory controls, growing base of consumer power and its own set of business "rules," the multinational corporations (MNCs) find it challenging to enter the

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    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Creation of the American Republic

    The Creation of the American Republic

    The Creation of the American Republic James Madison prided himself on his knowledge from books and theories. Madison was born into a class of Virginia planters. His father was the wealthiest landowner in Virginia and it was known that Madison would lead a financially secure life. This factor helped him in his pursuit of education. He gained opportunities to go to elite schools because of his status. Madison was ambitious and he graduated from the

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    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Marriage in American Cukture

    Marriage in American Cukture

    The model marriage in present American culture is one which is based upon love and happiness. This principle is emphasized through the “happily ever after” themes in most fairy tales. Contrastingly, during the Renaissance, this ideal was rarely considered in negotiations of marriage. Matrimony was considered more in terms of business negotiations, often arranged between business associates and those of similar social stature. Marriage was primarily a social, political and economical merging of two families

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    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Top
  • American Dream

    American Dream

    American Dream Throughout history, Americans hoped of having a piece of the American Dream. The American Dream is a dream connoting hope for prosperity and happiness symbolized particularly by having a house of ones own. In today’s market place, only 14% of Californians are able to achieve this dream. (Lansner, 2006) This has resulted in an increase in renters, rental owners seeing an opportunity to make money, and the rise in the cost of rent.

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    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Steve
  • American Dream

    American Dream

    My great-grandfather moved to this country from Thailand. His lineage situation is a bit confusing considering he is of mixed blood. In those days racism was on a uphill slope, especially in such countries as Taiwan and China, and Japan, that would have been considered blasphemous and it still is today. Today we live in a more enlightened time, being of Taiwanese and Jamaican blood he and his parents were abandoned by his family and

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    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Mike
  • Diet in American People

    Diet in American People

    Unfortunately, Americans today are obsessed with losing weight. Everybody wants to be thin! Everywhere I go, there’s someone counting calories, cutting "carbs", and running themselves to death on a treadmill. Dieting can be beneficial, when done properly and with discussion with a doctor. Sadly, some people fall into these bad habits when the desperation to lose weight has become tremendous. Everyone wants to lose way quickly and more importantly very easily. Therefore, any fad diet

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    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Mike
  • Examine the Ways in Which Hollywood Cinema Has Conventionally Represented African Americans.

    Examine the Ways in Which Hollywood Cinema Has Conventionally Represented African Americans.

    I will be examining some of the ways in which Hollywood cinema conventionally represents African Americans with relevance to the film Trading Places. Trading Places (1983) is a good example of how Hollywood cinema represents African-Americans because it does so in different ways. It is a typical black and white �buddy’ film in which it has paired together an African American star with a white star in order to attract both audiences, however, not bypassing

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    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Yan
  • American Revolution’s Effects on American Society

    American Revolution’s Effects on American Society

    One of the most significant events in United States history was the American Revolution. However, the significance of the event did not lay in the number of casualties or in Revolutionary wartime strategies. The importance of the Revolution lay in its effects of American Society. This landmark in American history has caused important changes to the government, affected vast and deep social changes, and altered the economic state of the newborn nation in the years

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Max
  • Theory Assignment on American History X

    Theory Assignment on American History X

    Theory Assignment on American History X This movie tells the story of a young man, from Southern California, that is the product of several unfortunate incidents, and his misguided search trying to answer the question why his life is the way it is. I. Daniel appeared to be dealing with the adolescent stage. Daniel seems to have developed his sense of self worth by mimicking his older brother. Daniels significant relationships, since his brothers incarceration

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Bred