American Story: Tent City USA is a documentary about the homeless in Lakewood New Jersey. The purpose of this documentary is to help make people aware of the conditions some Americans live in due to the unbalanced system. The intended audience is anyone who might not know of how hard it is to survive in the United States. It brought to light that anyone can be affected and forced to be homeless such as artists‚ veterans‚ and ministers. Anyone and everyone is accepted into their community with one
Premium Poverty Homelessness Unemployment
Tougher on Criminals: Tent City Jail Karen R. Ortiz West Coast University Joe Arpaio is known as the toughest sheriff in the west. He gets this name for the way he is tough on criminals in Maricopa Arizona. Being tougher on criminals when they go to jail may save the life of the criminal and its victim. 1993 Sheriff Joe Arpaio designed a camp that would be placed in the middle of the Arizona dessert‚ but it wasn’t an ordinary jail it was called Tent City Jail. Joe’s parents were legal
Premium Chain gang Arizona
Pros And Cons Of Living In The City I stress the word "city" rather than small town‚ farm‚ or cabin in the woods because‚ in most cases your life can be far simpler in a city. A city’s density leads to efficiencies in meeting your needs. Cities serve as a site for the exchange of labor‚ money‚ entertainment‚ culture‚ and are transit hubs. You can live in a city with less stuff than in the country‚ and your life can be richer through easy access to other people and culture. The city offers a safe
Premium City Metropolitan area New York City
The Advantages and Disadvantages of City Living Living in the city has its pros and cons. I lived in New York City for 15 out of the 20 years of my life. I have noticed plenty of differences after living in New Jersey for 5 years. In New York most stores that cover your basic need are all at a walking distance‚ everybody lives on top of each other‚ finding a parking spot is a headache. But living in the suburbs is not all peaches and cream neither its also has its flaws. One of the biggest
Premium New York City New Jersey
Arizona v. United States The case of Arizona v. United States is a Supreme Court case dealing with the issue of the state of Arizona trying to enact laws against illegal aliens inside the state’s borders. These previsions implemented by the state of Arizona conflicted with the Federal Government‚ by infringing upon the right of the government to exclusively regulate immigration. This paper will discuss facts‚ and explain some issues having to do with immigration laws within the United States
Premium United States Supreme Court of the United States United States Constitution
Nomination Essay This teacher that has help make the Cave City High School band expenitial. He has made the band grow into something that others would have never of thought possible. Mr. Joshua Alan Poff has help me and many other students in the Cave City band program rise our skill level with our instruments. He has helped create the band into a flourishing spectacle that anyone and everyone in or who supports the band program should be proud of. Even though this is his first year of being an
Premium Education Teacher School
As Mayor Lenny Curry considers a plan to reserve the consolidation of Duval County and the City of Jacksonville by forming component municipalities‚ a similar arrangement local governments established prior to the consolidation; it is important to understand the pro and cons of city-county consolidation as well as the motivations that influence the need for consolidated governments. Although metropolitan government can be achieved in a number of ways‚ reformers have traditionally sought to capture
Premium Local government Florida
Standardised Testing Name: Institution: Abstract This paper explores two published books that touched on pros and cons of standardized testing in schools. Popham‚ (2001) and Sacks‚ (1999) suggest that through pros a student will have to pass certain tests to determine that he or she has acquired proficiency in various fields of study. According to the two authors‚ in cons the students who have mastery of the content‚ don’t show in the test; it mostly promotes teachers to teach tests and evaluate
Free Education School Teacher
time periods. The two stories both have their pros and cons of the society that is being portrayed in the text. The pros of the societies in the stories are found more in “The Voter” than in “Tribal Scars”. This mainly has to do with the fact that the society in Achebe’s story was based in a more recent time which allowed for the society to be more far and democratic and this would be the most noticeable pro throughout the stories. Another pro for “The Voter” would be that almost all of the
Premium Democracy Africa Chinua Achebe
Pros and Cons of Economic Growth Fostering economic growth remains at the heart of any national government’s agenda. As such‚ governments have embraced numerous strategies aimed at promoting economic growth‚ such as forging alliances‚ signing business treaties‚ and becoming members to business alliances. Economic growth refers to an increase in a country’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) or the value of the country’s national expenditure or output. While increasing economic growth has several
Free Unemployment Economics Supply and demand