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    The Eastern State Penitentiary was built in 1829‚ to imprison and punish criminals in America. Knowledge isn’t something you can easily define or explain. “Knowledge is to gain facts‚ information‚ and skills acquired by a person through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject.”(Oxford) Knowledge doesn’t have one correct way of explaining because the way humans interpret knowledge changes from a person’s experiences. Knowledge is what causes us to understand

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    analyze and ideal American. The main two are the Christian perspective in which ideal America are classified as holding three character traits honesty‚ kindness and industrious. Audie Murphy identified at Americans have so many responsibilities and privileges hence an ideal American should have great noble qualities of loyalty and patriotism.The main concern is the description of the Character of an Ideal American in the Christian perspective. The hardworking or industrious Ideal American is demonstrated

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    An ideal American is an honest‚ law-abiding‚ patriot. To become an ideal American a person would have to do is want to be an American. With that desire‚ being honest‚ patriotic‚ and law-abiding will be easy. An honest man is always favored over a liar. Even though honesty is hard to come by‚ an American would have to set an example to the ones around him. An honest American has integrity‚ by following the law when no one is around. He would also have to give his true opinions concerning decisions

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    An Ideal American “Freedom is what America means to the world.” - Audie Murphy. America is an extremely outstanding country‚ and the people that live in it have many responsibilities and privileges that make them an American. An ideal American should have great and noble qualities with loyalty and patriotism only being two. One’s loyalty to his country is not something that can be taught. Loyalty for one’s country is best explained in this quote by Thomas Wolfe: “The fabulous country-the place

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    in the world logically and clearly. Education enables individuals to put their potential to use and make a difference in the future. It is essential for individuals to be educated in a way that they will expand their knowledge vastly. An ideal educational model is very difficult to achieve‚ and is often argued over by people in society. Every person in the world is unique in their own way‚ having their own strengths and weaknesses. Everyone has a learning style that is unique to them‚ developed

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    Eastern State Penitentiary Reflection Paper Eastern State Penitentiary is believed to be one of the very first prisons established‚ not only in the United States‚ but in the world. Eastern State was functional for 141 years until 1970 when the prison closed down. Located in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania the prison is now a stabilized ruin open to the public for tours. After personally touring the facility I was able to understand the main purpose of the prison‚ the living conditions and the daily

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    Monetary Confinements of the Eastern State Penitentiary Patricia E. Roath Criminal Justice Administration 201 American Military University Ekwuniru Nwokeji Abstract In recent years‚ the lawmakers and criminal justice experts have conveyed alarm regarding the growing prison population in elder prisons‚ along with the crumbling prison structures housing these inmates. While a majority of individuals agree this issue warrants immediate attention‚ the concurrence diminishes about how to attack

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    humiliation (Esperian‚ 2010). Then in the Nineteenth Century there was the rise of the penitentiary and was designated lawbreakers a confined place to contemplate on the transgressions committed‚ by repenting and preparing for life outside confinement‚ to be law-abiding citizens of society (Esperian ‚ 2010). Today punishment in corrections considers

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    Ideal American Woman

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    Every single day millions of American women turn on their television or flip through their magazines looking at the women in them and think to themselves “I wish I looked like that”. The media has formed their own idea of the “ideal woman”‚ and this is shown through all of the actresses and models that we so fondly look up to. All have specific characteristics in common: unrealistically skinny & many times underweight‚ perfect style (which is quite expensive)‚ they are always filthy rich‚ and of

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    American Prison Systems Introduction In many countries national prisons are operated and supplemented by provinces and state counterparts. Prisoners are held in prisons and jails throughout the country and globally convicted of various crimes and offenses. The nature of the offense determines where the prisoner is held and the lengths of times. There are institutions that vary in level of security in both the state and federal prison system. However‚ the majority of prisoners are

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