The Virtual Home
The Virtual Home
The family is the mainspring of support of every kind. It mobilizes psychological resources and alleviates emotional burdens. It allows for the sharing of tasks, provides material goods together with cogniti...
Steroids In Sport
Steroids in Sport
Ricky
In the world of sports it is not rare to see athletes give their heart and soul for the love of the game. From sunrise to sundown they practice everyday to perfect their game.
Then there are those w...
Drugs And Alcoholism: Why Are Teenagers Involved?
Drugs and Alcoholism: Why are Teenagers Involved?
Newton
Adolescence is much like a midpoint in ones life; when a person is neither a kid nor an adult. At this period, teens have passed the age when they were called kids bu...
Should A Moment Of Silence Be Legal In Public Schools?
Should a moment of silence be legal in public schools?
Unknown
In 1962 the Supreme Court decided that public schools did not have the power to authorize school prayer. This decision made public school in the U.S. more athei...
Pornography On The Internet
Pornography on the Internet
Unknown
The Internet is a method of communication and a source of information that is becoming popular among those who are interested in the information superhighway. The problem with this world ...
The Evaluation And Labeling Of Children With Disabilities
The Evaluation and Labeling of Children with Disabilities
LisaGrise@aol.com
The information given me by various professionals who have repeatedly evaluated my daughter is the biggest issue that I face in my life. In order f...
HIV: The Search For A Vaccine
HIV: The Search For A Vaccine
B.A. Vickey
In 1985, over 10,000 cases of AIDS were reported worldwide (White and Fenner 1986). Just over a decade later, in 1998, the Global AIDS Policy Coalition estimated that 30.6 million p...
Where Would I Be Without Freedom?
Where Would I Be Without Freedom?
I walk upon the earth and marvel at the ability to let the grass cushion my wandering feet. What if my feet could not wander? What if I were a slave to this rich soil, then where would I b...
Date Rape
Date Rape
Wendy Parker
Rape is a very strong word. It is a word that many women feel uncomfortable saying when it comes to their own experiences. Many women have been raped and may not even know it. This is called date or a...
Conformity Vs. Individuality
Conformity vs. Individuality
Chanelle B
"People don't talk about anything...and nobody says anything different from anyone else" This quote, from Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, demonstrates how this fictional society had n...
Speeding: Cause And Effect
Speeding: Cause and Effect
Martin Ziegler
The popular movie "Top Gun" coined a phrase that reads "I feel the need, the need for speed." Many drivers today would agree with that phrase. Speeding is one of the most common way...
Slavery / Freedom
Slavery / Freedom
Farang
A slave is a tool, a total servant, a possession. Being a possession, a slave is required to total obedience to a master who has the power to do anything to a slave.
Freedom means, to carry out on...
Effects Of TV On Children
Effects of TV on Children
Unknown
Sitting in school, little Jane sits anxiously watching the clock. The teacher is talking to the class, but Jane just can't wait to get home. When the bell finally rings, she runs out of the...
Is Television Good Or Bad?
Is Television Good Or Bad?
Unknown
Television is not a bad thing, but in fact is a resource that can be used to educate and entertain people of all ages. There are many programs on television, which do not educate, because ...
Gun Control
Gun Control
Unknown
Americans are faced with an ever-growing problem of violence. Our streets have become a battleground where the elderly are beaten for their social security checks, where terrified women are viciously att...