By volunteering with Learning Leaders as a teacher's aid, I was able to help middle school kids, focus on their educational goals by helping them with projects and homework assignments. ... After barely passing my science courses in High School, and finding out that careers in Forensic Science didn't pay much, I was left with being unsure on which career path I would take. ... Which would hopefully allow me to get a more rewarding job and be financially stable and able to afford a house and family by age thirty. ...

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Although the United States is not the only society that places a high regard on being on time, Americans in particular it would seem have been criticized in the past for being a highly time-oriented people, and some other cultures may not place the same level of importance on being punctual as exists in the United States today. ... As Galatzer-Levy and Cohler (1999) point out, "The central importance of being on time to many middle-aged people is manifest in their relations to their adolescent children. ... For instance, Galatzer-Levy and Cohler add that, "The importance of being on time incre...

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Indeed, the English 'Great Horse' seems to have been a native development of that British 'War Horse' whose strength, courage and aptitude for discipline are spoken of in high terms by the Roman legions at their first landing upon these shores. ... Some believe they are descendants of the original horses found in the region during the Ice Age. Regardless of it's ancient beginnings it is known that at two points in history the native mares of the Le Perche region of France were mated with Arab stallions, first during the eighth century and later during the Middle Age...

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Steroids, Illegal or Not, a Quick Fix for Some Athletes Issues of cheating or winning at any cost, are becoming more and more common among athletes of all ages and levels of ability. ... After its initial use in bodybuilding the drug spread like wildfire thought the rest of the sports world, ranging from sports in high school to professional athletes in the Olympic Games. ... It has been estimated that at least 1 in 15 male, high school sports athletes have used steroids, which means more than a half-million high school athletes have used steroids. ... A "NIDA" funded survey of drug abuse...

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The minimum age limit to drink in the U.S. is twenty-one years, but the age limit of adulthood is eighteen. ... In high school I was always the sober driver, and drove to some pretty weird places. ... Middle school kids drink, high school kids drink and college kids drink. ... In Europe, drinking is not a big deal to high school and college kids. ... Raising the driving age and lowering the drinking age would generate various problems. ...

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Hygiene became a major concern during the middle ages when the "Black Death" spread about Europe. ... That came to a halt when the Plague hit; no longer did women of the Victorian Age use lard to hold up their hair. ... What is the reason behind middle urinals in men's restroom unused? ... As anyone might predict, the middle urinal remains denied. ... Granted, there is a high degree of levity in an issue such as this. ...

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To have a child at 18 wasn't out of the ordinary for Ethiopians but my mother would soon learn that having a child in America at such a young age was to be the biggest roadblock of all in her strives to become successful. Other problems that lay in her way of living a moderately normal life were her troubles with the English language and still having to maintain good enough grades to graduate high school. My mom and family were able to overcome all of the hurdles that lay in their paths way and all now live lower middle class lives. ... I entered high school very well aware of how import...

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Even they lose their jobs, they receive high amount of money which is enough to provide the 16000 people who were suffering from unemployment. The continuation of the impacts of the Great Recession will affect not just the people who are now in prime age, but also the new generation, who will have to work in the future generation. ... According to Pew research, the United States has seen an increasing concentration of wealth to the detriment of the middle class and the poor with the younger generations being especially affected. The middle class dropped from 61% of the population in 1971 to 51...

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There are always people or groups that do not share these common features, but at a high level of abstraction, many similar patterns are apparent. ... I am young which contrasts to the national culture of being middle aged. ... From viewing my own country from high and low levels of abstraction, it is apparent that most people in a country fit into some kind of national culture identity. ...

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Alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence are not only adult problems, they also affect a significant number of adolescents and young adults between the ages of twelve and twenty, even though drinking under the age of twenty-one is illegal. ... This organization is in many high schools, junior high schools, and middle schools. ... I also propose that the drinking age be lowered to eighteen and permit those of legal age to consume alcohol socially in controlled environments such as restaurants and official university functions. ... In my opinion, raising the legal drinking age to twenty-one has m...

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We were attacked on September 11th and also in the years beforehand from many Middle Eastern countries. ... Sharbat is said to be in her late twenties, even early thirties and already her skin is aged and worn. ... I considered it almost as high as Christianity from as much as we hear of it in the news. ... The cultural conflict in the Middle East involves warfare on an almost constant level and the ability that the people have to have freedom of thought or political reasoning is the lowest possible allowance. ...

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He grew up in a middle-class family but he became one of the greatest inventors in the world. ... Steve Jobs knew about his biological family at age twenty-seven ("Steve Jobs Inventor" 1). Steve was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs, a lower-middle-class couple. ... Steve Jobs enrolled at Homestead High School in 1971. ... " After high school, Jobs enrolled at Reed College in Portland, Oregon ("Short Bio" 1). ...

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Boundaries of parts of the Middle East, Asia, and Africa had to be redrawn on maps. ... Half of the males between the ages of eighteen and thirty-two were killed in the fighting. ... High unemployment and soaring inflation caused terrible hardships. ...

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In the movie "Crash" there was a problem with white cops and a black couple, a Mexican with a middle eastern man and Asians also. ... In the movie it turned out that one of the young men was the brother of a high crime scene investigator, which many people looked up to. ... I have a part time job at Burger King just like many others my age. ...

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This was attributed to the population of baby boomers which added high demand for everything from consumer goods to education. ... The most common ages of women getting married and having children was 20 to 25, but most ages saw a rise.1 The reason for such an increase in population could largely be attributed to the GI Bill, which gave allot of financial stability to veterans coming home. It allowed for veterans to finish high school and attend colleges. ... This introduced the family car the middle class families, as earlier it was more of an upperclass privilege than necessity. ... Many new...

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This is obvious by the amount and frequency of drinking by under-aged students. At the age of 18, one has almost all the rights of an adult, except the right to drink. ... After Prohibition, almost all the states set the legal drinking age (LDA) at 21. ... We are the upper-middle class "all-Americans" who are the subject of these studies. ... The high LDA protects innocent people too, why do we question it? ...

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Born on May 8, 1884, in Lamar, Missouri, truman had no middle name. When asked, his parents said they gave him the middle initial "S" to appease two family relatives. At age six, his family modeled thick glasses to correct his poor eyesight. In 1901, Truman graduated from high school, uncertain of his future. ... Deciding not to run again, he retired at age 88, and died December 26, 1972 after a stubborn fight for life. ...

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IQ, a score that takes into account an individual's mental and chronological ages. ... This correlation is linked with school achievement because, in the United States today, high test scores and grades are prerequisites for entry into many careers and professions. ... What is a high I.Q. score? ... This is formula MA stands for Mental Age and CA for chronological age: IQ score=MA/CA x 100. ... Males typically score higher on visual- spatial and (beginning in middle childhood) mathematical skills; females excel on a number of verbal measures. ...

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Topic Through the years the age that a person becomes sexually active has decreased rapidly and it is not uncommon to now see a fifteen year old who is no longer a virgin. ... This paper will be based off of statistics, testimony, and a variety of examples as to why having condoms available to high school students would produce a positive outcome. Problematic Nature of This Issue This issue has become problematic because far more teenage students are becoming sexually active during middle school and high school and not using protection. ... I believe that if the school board saw it th...

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Although portraying a high level of patriotism by taking part in the fight for colony independence, women were not permitted to attend either the Continental Congress, or the state congresses, nor did any woman sign the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution. ... Since the making of a middle-class lady in the 1800s, husbands have been returning home to their wives after a hard day's work, expecting a well-cooked meal, a spotless house, and well disciplined children. ... Always present in the unwritten rules of television and cinema is the principle that, "As men age, they become ...

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The Holocaust, and the continuing Holy Wars in the Middle East to name a few. ... Robyn Twitchell of Boston died at the age of two from an intestinal blockage that could have been easily fixed with one surgery. ... Age 12 Amy Hermanson. ... Age 7. ... The high court stated a new rule: no religious actions may violate general laws, but laws aimed specifically at a certain religion are unconstitutional. ...

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These classes are referred to as High-Pandit, Middle-farmers, and Low-Shudra. People from the high class think that the people from the low class do not have reasons to live and that is why they treat them like a disposable object. ... If someone clones his body at the age of twenty and then at the age of sixty, begins to think that he wants to be physically fit. ...

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The founders of the foundation wanted to make sure that the residents staying received high-class utility devices, extremely nice pans, and so many opportunities. ... While comprehending this middle aged mans story, I realized he was a veteran. ...

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To compound our naturally competitive natures, Americans often impose various forms of contest into everyday life from a very early age. Whether its identifying the "gifted" children in middle school, or placing students on "slow" academic tracks in high school, our society has permanently institutionalized inequality. ...

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In the Middle Ages fines, public humiliation and imprisonment were appropriate punishments for all crimes, and death penalty for all murders. ... Isn't it odd that the crime rates were high with the death penalty and low without? ...

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