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Lost Hope
My baby brother died last night, along with three more kids and one old mad that never seemed to talk. His name was Amal ( أمل ). She named him hope because she was positive he wasn't going to survive,...
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My Initial Response to "Down These Mean Streets"
The way children grow up and their opinions about life are seriously affected by what they learn from people around and what happen to them during their lives. In the past, poverty and the...
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Down These Mean Streets - Learning to Get In Where You Fit In
I haven't read much of this book but the little I have read this book is pretty interesting. The book I'm reading is "Down These Mean Streets" by Piri Thomas and so far it's about a young Puerto Rican...
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Poverty and Racial Profiling in "Down These Mean Streets"
Reading this book so far,"Down These Mean Streets" by Piri Thomas have given me interest of his own perspective of poverty and racial profiling. As it catch me in his Prologue phrase " I wanna tell ya...
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Thought New York was "equal?" Think again
I am concerned by some posts on Youth Voices, like Kelsey's "Jobs or the Environment?" because I am also wondering if my peers understand the economic implications of things like the pipeline. Does she...
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Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya
I had to read this book for English class and expected it to be yet another boring, torturous book. Surprisingly; I really enjoyed it and at times read more than what was assigned. Nectar in a Sieve...
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Should We Make a Change in our Lives?
For my research, I chose to write about what causes people to eat junk food. I thought this topic was very interesting because we all live in a country where fast food restaurants are a great business,...
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Why People Should Care about My Research Project
The general topic I am interested in is Poverty in developing third-world countries. Poverty is a really big issue in the world but when you add that the country is developing it makes to so much...
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Outsourcing throughout Asia
In Adam Davidson’s essay, "Economic Recovery, Made in Bangladesh?," from http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/magazine/economic-recovery-made-in-ban..., the author discusses the environment of these...
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Research Topic Questions
My first topic for my research project was bullying. For the last couple of years bullying has become a big problem in our society. This subject touches my heart because it hurts to know that people...
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What I Feel About These Subjects
My first choice is poverty. Poverty is something that I can relate to personally. My family have struggled early on our life and sometimes barely make ends meet. Most of my family still live in...
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Why are all my stuff made in China?
In between my two reflections, I showed growth and organization. In the first concept map, I was disorganized and all over the place. I wrote all my thoughts on the paper with little to any...
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Tribute Photos
I researched Jacob Riis' photography. I found his style very interesting. He created a photojournalism book called How the Other Half Lives. In this book, he depicts the extreme poverty during the late...
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Will Poverty Ever End?
Poverty is something that every single country in the world has to deal with and it is very common. In the world almost 3 billion people are living in poverty. Including them half of these people are...
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Does Minimum Wage Allow For Minimum Living Conditions?
Minimum wage is the least amount of money that someone must be paid by law for labor of any kind, and sits at about $7.25 an hour for most states. Most employers resort to this minimum limit to pay...
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Should the Minimum Wage Be Raised?
My political issue is if the minimum wage should be raised or not. It matters to me because I am new to the workforce, and although I obviously do not work full time, I can see how hard it would be to...
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Should The Minimum Wage Be Raised
Now a days, minimum wage is around $7.50 as the nation average but it varies from state to state. In a 40 hour work week that is only $300 with a annual salary of $15,080. In 2012 the national poverty...
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Response to "Sole Brothers" by Paul Salopek
In Paul Salopek's essay, "Sole Brothers," from http://nowcomment.com/documents/28052, the author talks about people having plastic shoes that are lime-green and he talks about people not having regular...
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Senior Research (Working) Thesis
It has taken me a while to figure out a thesis I could research about the rest of my senior year. There is a problem with the gap of wealthy people who have access to energy more so than low income...
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