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    Why do people conform?

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    Dear Reader‚ The main point of my paper is to show the underlining reasons as to why people confirm to different forms of government structures‚ democracy and authoritarian‚ based on their economic background. I attempt to do this by working backwards‚ first I show why they would revolt or protest‚ and then I extrapolate the reasons why they followed the regime in the first place. Before reading my paper‚ my readers probably think that each class supports the government for money and survival.

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    The Working Poor

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    Canada on the people out there that are working poor and on the poverty that is happening around our country. Introduction In our society many people do not understand how people are in poverty. They do not understand what is meant by working poorpeople believe as long as their working so how can they be poor. Statistics show that in 2001‚ there were 653‚ 300 working poor individuals in Canada‚ and 1.5 million that are living in a working poor family. The people who are working poor have many

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    Elizabethan Poor Laws and the Unworthy Poor Tara McFadden Indiana University School of Social Work Abstract Beginning in the Elizabethan Era‚ unworthy poor was a label placed on able bodied people that appeared to choose to not work. They were often treated harshly and in extreme cases‚ put to death (Shelly‚ 2011). In today’s society such treatment would be unheard of. The act of even labeling this group of people or other groups is discouraged and even against the NASW’s The Code of Ethics

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    Hyper-texting teens more likely to smoke‚ drink‚ have sex appears on CNN.com by Ed Payne in the Social Media category. This article suggests teens that text in excess of 120 times each day is more likely to smoke‚ drink‚ and have sex at earlier ages. According to a new case study by the “Case Western Reserve School of Medicine” teens that are hyper-texters are‚ two times more likely to try or have tried alcohol‚ forty percent likely to have tried smoking‚ nearly three and a half times more likely to have had

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    Working Poor

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    The Struggle of the Working Poor Revised Essay Sociology 113 Yvonne Barney October 19‚ 2012 The Struggle of the Working Poor Society often describes the impoverished with one word‚ lazy. Society has taught us that if a person wants to be financially successful‚ it is a simple process of education and hard work that will equate to a successful income. This is the American dream. If the impoverished simply would get a job instead of being lazy‚ they would not need to rely on programs like

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    WHY SHOULD STUDENTS BE PENALIZED FOR POOR ATTENDANCE? Why should I be penalized for not showing up to class? This common question is heard every semester in almost every course. Students are always questioning why a professor should have the power to penalize them for not attending class‚ but there are reasons. The first one is that if you sign up for that particular class they expect you to attend and do the work‚ be punctual and have responsibility. Another fundamental thought of reasoning

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    Why Are Poor Kids Paying for School Security? Re: NYC blog Editor Date of article December 12‚ 2012‚ 12:44 NYR blog‚ The Article “Why is Poor Kids Paying for School Security” was quite interesting to read. On your blog there was a picture of kids lined up to pay for cell phone storage near New York city’s Washington Irving high school on September 27‚ 2012‚ the picture was of the phone truck less that less privileged kids have to pay to store their cell phones in. This article though could

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    many people feel it is a disease. Opponents argue that obesity is not a disease. They feel it is a result from a person’s chosen lifestyle‚ eating habits‚ and environment (ProCon.org “Is Obesity a Disease?”). Supporters also believe that obesity can have positive health benefits like increasing bone mass and preventing osteoporosis (ProCon.org “Is Obesity a Disease?”). Obesity is a disease that affects sixty seven percent of the adult population in the United States. The first reason why people

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    rich and poor

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    Why is the Rich Superior to the Poor? There is a significant difference between the rich and the poor. Being wealthy gives you the opportunity to become more secure and independent. However‚ those in poverty are less likely to be independent because of their lack of money. Day by day‚ people are on corners of the street pleading for money or necessities to get them “back on their feet.” The rich will always be above those who do not have the ability to provide for themselves or their family.

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    because they will follow a route that is stetted. Anyway‚ without a need for humans for these things‚ we can use manpower for a better purpose like building buildings‚ fixing the computers etc that computers cannot do. The need for humans to reproduce more will also decrease. We can also save time by sending messages faster‚ look for information faster etc. This way‚ when an important message needs to be sent‚ it can immediately reach the other end of the world. Sadly‚ messages can be intercepted on

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