As we continue to see these luxuries as necessities we become dangerously more comfortable as our population increases at an alarming rate. ... Advanced countries like ours need to do more then feed their hungry, we need to teach them how to feed themselves-catch me a fish and you feed me for a day, teach me to fish and you feed me for a lifetime, our country needs to help them to help themselves. ... Since millions of years ago human population has increased and has more recently done so at an alarming rate, a rate so high it is getting attention all over the world. ... With the population...

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Factors that lead to overpopulation that causes social problems are the increase in the number of single mothers in poor neighborhoods opposed to the decline in birth rates in the more efficient parts of the country, how the death rate is at a steady decline because of medical advances in rich and poor countries, the effects immigrants have on an environment and the population growth that occurs, the influence parents leave on children, and what is being done to help prevent the spread of AIDS because this is a deadly disease which is lowering our population but causing many social problems. ....

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Kazin stated he once heard his mother say, "How sad it is," "It grips me! It grips me!" ... She always came home upset and depressed and because being exposed at such an early stage allowed me to become vulnerable to depression. Watching my mother suffer during my childhood could lead me to symptoms of depression. ... For example, as written in Lennon's research, "Rates of depression among women are 1.5 to 3 times that of men".However, even with women having a higher rate of vulnerability, it does not exclude the fact that either I or Kazin may still be susceptible of receiving such a d...

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It amazed me how many children between the ages of 11 and 17 would speak about being kept poor because of the wealthy, and would dismiss their current education and the possibility of furthering their education. ... The recidivism rate rises and rises because of the lack of education: educating on the importance of an education to those who have lost belief in education, and educating those not aware of the ignorance which has arisen from a lack of education. ...

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In this part of my essay you will have to bear with me because this is where our ever so lovely U.S. Government pisses me off. ... So as to why the government pisses me off? ... Please someone give me an explanation for this other than the person that did it was raised with no morals or respect for others let alone themselves. The death rate for homeless people is about four times greater than that of the general population and even higher in young homeless men. ...

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For Latinos, the dropout rate was far worse: 22 percent" (Rivera and Berkeley 1). ... The relationship between children and income increase at an inverse rate; the more children the less income conserved. Hispanics have the highest birth rate compared to other minorities, which hinders them from pursuing education goals. ... The relationship between education and income increase at a constant rate. ... Despite his parents disapproval, Lara said, "The teachers didn't try to motivate me, the attitude was, if you want to learn or if you want to mess around, that's on you. ...

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Urrea gives many examples of this concept in his book, but I think the example that he gave that genuinely made me stomach flip was when Jesusita and her husband were executed by a local militia living in the slum. ... That vivid description had me raging with frustration in my room while I was reading. ... After a while, slums will just form due to such a large unemployment rate and people needing a place to go. ... Urrea explains why these migrants are moving at such an alarming rate when he states, "Imagine how bad things must get to make you leave behind your family, your friends, you...

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Schools actively involved in the prevention of truancy and the parental involvement in the school system has proven effective in lowing the drop out rate of student and reducing crime in the neighborhood. ... One such comment that was made to me by a shoplifter sums up the rationalization behind some actions, "stealing isn't that big a deal if you take it from someone rich, cuz if I can take it I will". ...

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It is obvious to me that love between parent and child is lacking in most families. ... Running away from an abusive home seems to me to be a well developed coping mechanism. ... Homeless adolescents also report high rates of other early institutional contact including inpatient psychia...

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This phenomenon presents many national and local characteristics, nonetheless a number of common salient features can be pointed out: high unemployment, substance abuse and dependency, widespread delinquency with high incidence of violent crime, low public trust, ethnic polarization, social exclusion, higher than average mortality and morbidity rates, lack of educational qualifications, high rates of teenage pregnancy and single parent families, substandard housing, urban decay, physical blight. ... Moreover, female education has a disproportionate impact on fertility rates, levels of public ...

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Unfortunately, statistics also show that the national poverty rate has barely decreased as a result of welfare reform (Williams, 2006). ... This course helped me to realize the ways that social policy and government regulations impact health care and human services. ... I, of course, plan to stay on the side of the advocate in order to assist me in my employment endeavors while maintaining professional respect in my position. ...

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This study was done to verify the association of poverty in early development and the rate of success as an adult. ... The first study we see is a graph showing the rates of kindergarten proficiencies for the poor, near poor and middle class children. ... If you ask me there are so many types of poverty when it involves children, they can be money poor, they can love poor and they can just be poorly advised due to there environment, but the broad term for early childhood poverty is a child living in a poor family, and that is what this article is mainly about. ... The study concluded that pov...

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Daniel Miller, Bourdieu, Deborah Posel, Baudrillard and other authors suggest that we consume things often for reasons other than simply satisfying our basic needs. Why, in a time of such plenty, do we consume at such high rates? Or rather, is it because of such plenty that we are driven to consume?...

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One day as I was driving to my sister's house in Ravenswood, I saw an elderly man standing at the end of the off-ramp. The gentleman was holding a sign that read: "Homeless will work for food. God Bless."" As I rolled to a stop, I rolled down my window and offered him my last five dollars. To m...

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