People take drugs because they want to change something about their lives. There are many reasons why people do drugs. They want to fit in with other people‚ to escape or relax‚ to relieve boredom‚ to seem grown up‚ to rebel or simply to experiment. They think drugs are a solution. But eventually‚ the drugs become the problem. Difficult as it may be to face one’s problems‚ the consequences of drug use are always worse than the problem one is trying to solve with them. Many people wonder about
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Those also also suffer from homelessness are also involved in racial discrimination‚ therefore not only are those oppressed to begin with because they do not have a home but also due to their skin colour due to society. Social workers works with a diverse amount of people and those who are usually part of a minority group due to the colour of their skin are pushed right under the bush again to the tyranny of homelessness. Homelessness has a large demographic which involves different ethnicities
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For my whole life‚ I have never understood why people smoke cigarettes even when they know the horrible effects it has on one’s health. It has been known for many years that the use of tobacco products is the main cause of life threatening diseases‚ such as cancer and emphysema. In the 20th century alone‚ smoking tobacco has accounted for over 100 million deaths‚ yet people continue to infest their body with this poisonous smoke. I realize now that the reason I have negative feelings towards smoking
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Conformists fulfill the expectations of society and behave in a way that’s socially acceptable.Conformity is a social influence that makes people believe they have to act a certain way to fit in with a group. However‚ being a conformist also has flaws due to the fact that one is not independent and is typically just a follower. Nonconformity enables society to be diverse in a way that reveals each individual’s originality. It allows others to feel comfortable to express their uniqueness and to be
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are influenced by their family‚ culture‚ and society. Individuals have free will‚ but because of their influences they are encouraged to choose what family‚ society‚ or their culture tells them what to do. It is up to the individual to either go with or against their influences. For example‚ if they do not agree with something from their religion they have the option to go against it or stop practicing that religion. Internally each individual has the ability to make their own decisions‚ but external
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Bringing people to justice Hana Harrell 10/22/13 You’re sitting in the courtroom. You watch the killer. Why did you pick my family to ruin? You watch him day after day. His eyes are cold‚ steely blue and lifeless. How could a human being do something like this to another human being? You keep thinking about life in prison vs. the death penalty. You keep thinking about your sister and how she didn’t get to choose. She didn’t get a chance to do anything she planned for her future. You think about
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Why people do academic cheating Nowadays‚ academic cheating has become a prevalent phenomenon‚ and this behavior includes activities ranging from turning in the same paper in more than one class‚ to plagiarism‚ to copying from another student’s test and so on. The factors that play a major role in this phenomenon are listed as follows: the inability to reach an agreement on what constitutes academic cheating‚ the benefits to conduct academic cheating‚ and the probability to be caught in academic
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1. Why did people push west? There are many reasons the pushed people to head west. The fist reason was that the land was rare in the east‚ especially in New England were it became overpopulated. Land was productive and expensive in the Mid-Atlantic States. Also‚ farmers in the south held the best lands. In addition‚ the need to move west was the highest in the slave states because small farmers could not stand against slave labor. Finally‚ the land in the west was rich and abundant‚ accessible and
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to many as a form of art. People would now get tattoos for several different reasons; people get tattoos to express their lost for a loved one. It was said that ancient Hawaiians would tattoo their tongues as a sign of mourning when a loved on died. During the modern Western culture people would only get a tattoo as a sign of remembrance‚ nothing more. A similar reason is to remember a special event or to state their preference for one activity or another. Some say that it’s a way to declare oneself
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Has there ever been a time where people misunderstood you ? You felt as if you were alone. I personally have never experienced it ‚but I know a friend who has. I was there to help because they’re all my friends. There was hard times but with help we all got through it. My friend’s name who has experienced it‚ is named Brian. He’s a 19 year old boy whose very intelligent and super funny. We met at a friends house thats where I got to know him. I thought he was a really cool person to hang out
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