.... establishing hiring quotas, university admission's quotas, favorable loan arrangements, and other favoritism based on race and gender. This is how most would define affirmative action. While the spirit behind affirmative action is in the right place, it cannot be denied that the manner with which it is implemented is ineffective and raises the hostilities between minority and non minority groups to an even higher rate. Affirmative action, as it is instituted today, serves more to divide out society than to unite and equalize it. First implemented to protect the rights and opportunities of women and minorities, it has cascaded into policies that favoritize but do not ne ....

.... alot of kids are in gangs and have been burglarizing houses and stores. One reason why I think kids are becoming more violent and committing crimes is because, they sit in front of the stupid TV all day long. They don't spend enough time outdoors, hunting, fishing, surfing, and doing all those fun exciting things. The outdoors offers so much to do and takes your mind off reality and into the fun world. When you are outdoors you are free as a bird and there aren't too many rules. The one rule I go by is; “have fun.” When you're outdoors you don't have to think about being robbed or hurt by crazy people because, they stay in the city. If you are outdoors y ....

.... The audiences votes on who is the “loser”. First of all, it is obvious that the stories are fictional and the alleged couples are actors. But the real problem lies within the idea behind the show. Is that the biggest problem the world is facing today? Who to blame in some strange couples breakup? It is disturbing to know that the same audience members and at-home viewers that are voting on whom to place the blame, will one day be voting for the leaders of our country. Worse yet, they may someday be the leaders of our country. The latest teen film to hit theaters is called Jawbreaker. It’s about three popular high school girls that accidentally kill a fellow popular ....

.... be forward looking, most important he needs to think American" (Page 382). In his statement he is only finding the bad of his people and stating it for the entire room to hear. He shows great disrespect for the Mexican heritage by saying all that is wrong with them. He shows their flaws, weaknesses, and imperfections. I believe your heritage makes up who you are and that is you, so you should never disrespect yourself by disrespecting your heritage. I believe thee way he sold-out was by disrespecting his heritage. the Mexican- American is still trying to decide weather he is going to live Mexican or American. When the Mexican-American says, "The only thing I don't like is ho ....

.... the discriminative barriers that were ever so present when the bill was first enacted, in 1965. At this time, the country was in the wake of nationwide civil-rights demonstrations, and racial tension was at an all time high. Most of the corporate executive and managerial positions were occupied by white males, who controlled the hiring and firing of employees. The U.S. government, in 1965, believed that these employers were discriminating against minorities and believed that there was no better time than the present to bring about change. This action, that started with good intentions, would later lead to a different and more complex form of discrimination. When the Civil ....

.... perceives his/her own life, which is privately known and evaluated. These factors tend to vary between individuals because it is an individual evaluation. The psychological well being is measured by self-esteem, locus of control, anxiety, loneliness, and sociability. The many different countries of adolescence are all similar in one way. In Hong Kong, Iran, Puerto Rico, the United States and the Ojibway Native Americans when parents are involved in their children's’ life, greater outcomes are shown. This study, that Heath described, shows that not only one country is suffering from the repercussion of parent involvement. But all these countries have this problem. ....

.... on the beach, at night we all would go out to dinner come home to the condo and watch movies till we fell asleep. Everything was going accordingly until one night my Grandfather became sick. He was taken to the hospital and put into critical condition. The disappointment of this situation was taking its toll on the whole family; moreover the tension building was taking away from the real problem, my Grandfather. I thought long and hard, and I felt like the disappointment was beginning to bog me down. I made a vow to myself that no matter how bad thing would get I wouldn’t let the disappointment do to me, what it did to the rest of my family. I spent the next two days ....

.... for the future is inevitable. The planet can not handle anymore chaos and can not create enough food to disturbate to those who are in demand of it. A stable relationship with plants and animals must be attained or future populations will suffer. Problem About 140 000 million babies will be born, and 53 million will die which gives the overpopulated world an additional 84 million people per year. With the planet growing at alarming rate 230 000 per day people, With the increasing population, pollution is on the rise, making safe water scarce In Asia the population increases by 50 million, the population of Africa by 17 million and Latin America and the Caribbean b ....