SIBONGILE SETHOSA DATE OF SUBMISSION: DECEMBER 2007 SUPERVISOR: Dr. J. McFarlane ABSTRACT This study investigates the causes‚ consequences and possible solutions of teenage pregnancy. It indicates that socio-economic factors play an important role in the occurrence of teenage pregnancies. In addition the study suggests that a range of factors‚ including‚ cultural norms and individual needs‚ impact on the childbearing decisions of teenage females. The study demonstrates that the most important
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Is peace possible without war? There is an average of twenty ongoing wars in the world at any given time. Some are internal civil wars‚ others are between nations. Judging by the opinion of modern day citizen ‚ peace is an ideal and war is a tragedy. Depending on their political orientation‚ war may even be considered inexcusable under any circumstances. But what if rather than being a troublesome force‚ war is actually the father of peace. War is an indispensable part of civilization and
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Possible Lives Mike Rose In the reading Possible Lives by Mike Rose‚ Rose talks about an education and community in Calexico‚ California. He started out by mentioning that Calexico is a Bicultural city where they speak two languages‚ the city residents is of 21‚000 with majority Spanish speakers. Calexico was originally not a city but a surveying camp with the name of Mexico and California put together. It was until 1908 that it became a city and no longer a surveying camp. Rose then focus on
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Reader Response To The Ethical Implications Of Human Life Extension The paper named Living Forever: The Ethical Implications of Human Life Extension by Brad Patridge published in the year of 2009 discusses human life extension and its implications. It entails that breakthroughs in modern biotechnology has allowed sceintists to develop scientific methods capable of enhancing abstract matters such as the longevity of one’s life. The paper also emphasizes that‚ though appealing‚ life extension raises
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Axia College Material Appendix D Educational Implications of Socioeconomic Status Matrix Directions: Based on your personal experiences and on the readings for this course‚ answer the questions in the green section of the matrix as they apply to each of the listed socioeconomic classes. Fill in your answers and post your final draft as an attachment to your Individual forum. | Socioeconomic Classes | Questions | Unemployed and Homeless | Working Class | Middle Class | Upper Middle Class
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marrying their daughter is a significant source of income. For- instance‚ a total of forty one(41) female students in Longido District‚ primary and secondary schools have dropped out of school due to pregnancy. According to District Education Officer [DEO] for Longido District Council‚ Supeet Mseyu‚ the statistics are for 2007 up to 2009 period where 36 of the drop-out were secondary school students. Makanya
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Support for this ~esea~ch was provided by gI’ants from the Program on the Social Impacts of Information and Robotic Technology at Carnegie-Mellon University to both authors a‚d by a grant f~om the National Science Foundation (No. RII-840991) to the fi~st author. Parts of this chapter were wri tten while the fi~st autho~ was on leave in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management at Stanfo~d Unive~sity. Robots are bei~g i~troduced i~ i~creasi~g ~umbers throughout
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questions arise regarding the ethical implications involved in shows that seem to suggest counseling or therapy occurs within a television show‚ particularly one purported to be reality television. Studies show that television is an information media. According to a survey by the National Health Council‚ people received almost half (40%) of their information regarding healthcare from television (Vogel‚ Gentile‚ & Kaplan‚ 2008). That survey was almost 20 years old. It is possible that the percentage
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Skills – Essay Plan. a. Essay Question: Discuss the social implications of Surveillance and Security (technologies) dealt with in this course. b. Thesis Statement: Surveillance and security plays an active role at a point in everyone’s life by concentrating on the protection of people and property. They both demonstrate that monitoring is of importance. THIS ESSAY ARGUES.. – How Surveillance and Security deal with social implications: First – the surveillance of children There are positive
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One of the implications of abstinence-only sex education is that it is ineffective in its desired outcome and therefore puts young people in danger by not providing them with the appropriate knowledge to practice safe sex. According to an article by the Guttmacher Institute‚ ““Despite years of evaluation in this area‚ there is no evidence to date that abstinence-only education delays teen sexual activity” (Guttmacher‚ 2006). Abstinence-only education can be harmful because it doesn’t curtail sexual
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