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    Realistic Fears

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    I found myself itinerating around the campus of Niagara County Community College on March 14th‚ 2016 curious how realistic fears play a part in our daily life. Let me make this clear‚ it was very difficult discovering what type of questions to ask and how one would portray them. The questions I asked were: “What comes to your mind when you hear the word fear‚ What’s your most realistic fear‚ One word to describe this fear‚ and how this fear represents you as an individual.” I kept reminiscing the

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    psychological effects from improper television programs A large proportion of teenagers who commit a crime express that they are fond of watching certain television programs that containing improper content in it. Today ’s television programs are filled in variously violent and erotical scenes that are not suitable for teenagers. Because of teenagers cannot distinguish what is the suitable content for themself‚ for this reason‚ after watching improper television programs‚ the effects which influence

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    Realistic View

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    Realistic View Everyone views life differently since no one is the same. In the poem‚ “Boy with His Hair Cut Short” by Muriel Rukeyser‚ and in the story‚ “Furniture Art” by Sarah Miller‚ show the realistic views of two different characters about life. Comparing both stories‚ the sister in “Boy with His Hair Cut Short” has a lest realistic view of life than Mr. DuPont’s in “Furniture Art”. The “solicitous tall” (line 9) sister in “Boy with His Hair Cut Short” pretended to be optimistic during

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    interests and life style. 3. American Realists believed that humanity’s freedom of choice was limited by the power of outside forces. How would this view differ from the perspective of the Romantic writer (think of someone like Emerson)? A Romantic writer would believe that humanity’s freedom of choice is not limited by the power of outside sources‚ but rather to the limitations of society. 4. In your opinion‚ based on what you have read‚ why would post Civil War‚ newly industrialized America be attracted

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    Does America still provide access to the American dream‚ to the tired‚ poor‚ and the huddled masses? In my opinion yes America does provide the American dream in many ways‚ the American dream provides hope to all people regardless their background. Three main ways America provides its citizens with the American dream is by providing social programs for the financially unstable Americans‚ offering rights to the physically and mentally disabled and providing the choice of free will to do with our lives

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    Television

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    ------------------------------------------------- Television is the leading cause of violence in today’s society. Television. This word associates for us with "violence"‚ "crime"‚ "pornography". And this becomes usual in today’s society. And possibly‚ it is a reason why many people don`t find the cause of violence in TV‚ because it is usual situation for them‚ when they see bad scenes on the screen‚ they just don’t pay attention on it. And this is the source‚all we became "cold". For us it is

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    Abstinence Programs: Do they Work? In 2005‚ nearly half of all high school students have had sexual intercourse. Plainly stating that abstinence programs do not work (USA Today). Abstinence programs were beneficial many years ago‚ but since they are ineffective in delaying teen pregnancy‚ then teen pregnancy rate has increased. Abstinence programs teach the “no sex until marriage” clause‚ but they don’t teach teens about birth control and the consequences of having sex at before they’ve matured

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    A Realistic Theme Is Best

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    My Name My Teachers Name The Course I Was Ttaking Date A Realistic Theme is Best How could someone possibly sleep for twenty years? Rip Van Winkle managed to‚ thanks to a barrel of gin! This is more interesting than wearing a black veil and making people scared. Recently in literature class we read two stories‚ Washington Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle” and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Ministers Black Veil”. It is this writer’s opinion that the second story was the best story-but why? The answer

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    data that connects media violence‚ with violent acts. Conclusions deduced from this data prove that violent programs on television lead to aggressive behavior by children and teenagers who watch those programs. Television violence affects young people of all ages‚ all socio-economic levels‚ and all levels of intelligence. Today’s children view vast amounts of violence on television. A steady diet of death‚ killings‚ torture‚ and other grotesque acts may be viewed on any day by vulnerable youth

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    Realistic Conflict

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    The experiment was based on the Theory of Realistic Conflict. The researchers extended the theory to an institutional setting where groups are not actively involved in the decisions‚ but are targets of the decisions made by the authority of the institution which is known as the rector. The negative interdependence between the in-group (psychology) and a high or low status out-group (engineering vs nursing students) was established by the rector. The results of the experiment was that the competition

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