... lines are better known as statutes. They state: 1. Each school shall develop proficiency standards which shall include reading comprehension, writing and computation skills in the English language, necessary to success in school and LIFE experiences. 2. The competent educator shall use or promote the use of appropriate diagnostic techniques to analyze the needs and potential of individuals. 3. Each competent administrator shall support the process of learning by providing appropriate and reasonable materials and equipment and by making reasonable assignments and tasks. These are applicable laws that are suppos ...

... goal has been the alleviation of pain and suffering. One point at which these two views collide, often violently, is over the hotly debated issue of euthanasia. Euthanasia, or “,� as it has been called, is certainly not an issue with just two sides, there are many side to it. Euthanasia, after all, ranges from simply allowing an individual to die naturally without life support or “pulling the plug� (passive euthanasia), all the way to Jack Kevorkian’s suicide machine (active euthanasia). To complicate things further, there is also voluntary euthanasia, “Cases in which patient ...

... in new and different ways. Second, because adolescents are capable of devising anew and idealisftic social orders to which all are expected to conform, we may view whtn as moral philosophers. A number of researchers have noted other changes in moral development that point to the importance of adolescence as transition stage in moral development. Unlike children, the adolescent is concerned with what is right as opposed to what is wrong. also, adolescents become more preoccupied with personal and social moral codes. As they gain the competency to understand alternative points of view, they see that the mora ...

... have vastly expanded opportunities for Afro-Americans. However they have also touched off complaints from many whites that Afro- Americans are benefiting from reverse discrimination. Under the equal opportunity act of 1972 most federal contractors, subcontractors, all state and government institutions (including universities) must initiate plans to increase the proportions of their female and minority employees until they are equal to the proportions existing in the available labor market.(Grolier's Electric Encyclopedia, 1993) Affirmative action plans that establish racial quotas were declared unconstitutional by t ...

... history for many crimes, ranging from blasphemy and treason to petty theft and murder. Many ancient societies accepted the idea that certain crimes deserved capital punishment. Ancient Roman and Mosaic law endorsed the notion of retaliation; they believed in the rule of "an eye for an eye." Similarly, the ancient Egyptians, Assyrians, and Greeks all executed citizens for a variety of crimes. The most famous people to be executed are Socrates and Jesus. Only in England, during the reigns of King Canute (1016-1035) and William the Conqueror (1066-1087) was the not used, although the results of interrogation a ...

... and change can occur for the benefit of humanity and society.� It is obviously understood from the definition that intellectual freedom is a reality of life itself because without it no progress will be able to get improved. And if you restrict the meaning and boundaries of intellectual freedom, it will also cause a damage to the democratic society and nation. As the censorship itself “ is the act of examining material to suppress or delete any part of that material considered objectionable�, according to Harer (1992:26) Furthermore, when you limit the freedoms, you prevent everything that can be used ...

... in the last fifty years, caught the attention of some scientists. In 1980, the law that every family can have only one child became very important. The increase in the population of China was rising so quickly that many people were worried that they would not have any home or shelter. The law first started in the big cities. The hospitals gave lessons to the young couples about birth control. They also explained the good things about having just one child, such as lower costs for the family, and a population stabilization. At first, some people misunderstood the law. They thought they could be put in jail if ...

... big, strong, and athletic, whereas women are supposed to be thin, pretty, and big-breasted. I often wonder why we put so much emphasis on the way a person looks. I think females feel more of the pressures of looking "good". In the past, I've talked to some of my girlfriends and they told me that the pressure and competition they are faced with is stressful and painful. I told them that I am not too critical when checking out girls and when it comes to seeing other males bigger or stronger than myself, that I don't feel too much pressure of trying to look better than them. I am rather more concerned of my own h ...

... that do have it, then those that do not. In order for to work as a deterrence, certain events must be present in the criminal's mind prior to committing the offence. The criminal must be aware that others have been punished in the past for the offence that he or she is planning, and that what happened to another individual who committed this offence, can also happen to me. B ut individuals who commit any types of crime ranging from auto theft to 1st-Degree Murder, never take into account the consequences of their actions. Deterrence to crime, is rooted in the individuals themselves. Every human has a personal se ...

... in support of her husband and this has proven to be a political asset to the president. Kenneth Starr is the Republican lawyer who released his report that set up an uproar. Many people feel he strayed too far from the original role in investigating a land deal. Some of the other key players were William Ginsburg and Bob Bennet, who both supported their clients. William Ginsburg for Lewinsky and Bennet for Clinton. Al Gore is the vice president who might run for office in the year 2000. Linda Tripp taped some of Monica Lewinsky’s phone messages. Paula Jones filed a sexual harassment report against Clinto ...