... One example of humanism in our schools is that they teach evolution, not creationism. Some people believe that this problem is happening because of the removal of God and prayer in public schools; the U.S. Supreme Court did this in 1962. Beginning in 1962, SAT scores plummeted. Teen pregnancies, teen sexual diseases, teen suicides, teen alcohol, drug abuse, pornography, and illiteracy rates abruptly increased 200 to 300 percent. Violence is one of the main factors effecting are schools today. Rape is a growing problem among juveniles. A juvenile commits one out of every five rapes that occur in the United States. The ...

... its method from science and natural philosophy that would replace religion as the means of knowing nature and destiny of humanity; these men were materialists, patheists, or atheists. Other enlightened thinkers, such as Pierre BAyle, Voltaire, DAvid Hume, Jean Le ROnd D'alembert, and Immanuel Kant, opposed fanatacism, but were either agnostic or left room for some kind of religious faith. All of the philosophes saw themselves as continuing the work of the great 17th century pioneers--Francis Bacon, Galileo, Descartes, Leibnitz, Isaac Newton, and John Locke--who had developed fruitful methods of rational and emp ...

... forms can be either very subtle or very prominent throughout the novel, depending on one's point of view. Psychological slavery has to do with the mind. It can be interpreted in two different ways, as a kind of bondage induced by one's own mind, or as control shown over someone's mind by another person. This form of slavery digs deep into a person's psyche and changes them, for the better or the worse. In Huckleberry Finn, Huck is psychologically held by his drunken, abusive father, Pap. Pap is illiterate and oppressive and threatens to Huck that he will "take some of these frills out o' you before I'm done with ...

... of all ages, all socioeconomic levels, and all levels of intelligence. These programs "play" with kids' minds; these programs have a tremendous negative effect on our children. We, as a society, must save our future and take an active role in protecting our children from the violence on our television. Television cartoons often feature dehumanized characters, such as Transformers and the Ninja Turtles, who engage in the destructive acts of violence by fighting our real life social problems. With acts of violence, kids learn to think that's how they should solve their problems. MTV's Beavis and Butt-head encou ...

... slur, oh well, it's just a joke. Hardly. If you think racist joke are harmless than you should take a reality check. Racist jokes are just the start of it. Many people think the jokes are funny. Maybe they are, but they still hurt the people the jokes are about. Some of the worst racists are the ones who think that they are not racist and really are. They really have to come to grips with reality. Why are they some the worst racists? They are, because they can't comprehend what is happening. They don't realize what they are saying and doing are racist. Until they come to grips with it there is no problem. No pr ...

... of the blood thirsty society which we live in. Levines clams that television plays a big role in the actions that children make. These actions are brought upon themselves and other youths. Television is not the only way children get crazy ideas in their head. Movies, magazines and the Internet also play a big role in these extreme ideas. Detachment is not considered a major problem for parents. Although Levines claims that attachment to a another youth is very important, but the detachment from the parents is painful for them. This is when the mother realizes that there son/ daughter does not go to them for ...

... they see on TV as real. Kids often identify with movie characters and comics figures much more than the elder generation does. It is the role of the parents to teach them that not everythink that glitters is gold and to give them a better perception of the world. That of course does not mean that parents are affected less by the TV. On the contrary, they are often more affected than their kids, of course not by cartoons, but by shows that contain information about serious subjects such as parenthood. Concerned with being good parents, people are accumulating a lot of information on the subject. As the ...

... It seemed as if captains would look at me and decide that I was fat, wouldn¹t be very fast, or be very good and not choose me. In fact, I play hard and am fairly good at several sports. I feel like I can make a strong contribution to a team, and am hurt when captains don¹t want me on their teams. In fact, there have been times when I have gotten on a team and done well. Then sometimes the kids that I have played with will choose me to be on their team again and the fat prejudice is broken. Because I have experience prejudice myself, and have been hurt by it, I try to avoid treating other people that way. ...

... mad that he was free. What that student or group of students did was prefudice, he assumed that all black people are against him/her and his/her “ brothers.� That is not true. On campus at Ohio State I have seen discrimination quite often. White people walking by a group of black people and saying a racial slur or two towards them, but not loud enough that they would hear it. Or, I have seen the same thing vise-versa. Institutional racism plays a big role on campus. One example is at the Metropolitan Institution of Technology where a group of African Americans took over three dormitory floors and named it ...

... natural rights. The criminals already have different rights. But they should have less than they have now. The felons should not be able to walk the streets in plain clothes. They should have to wear a bright red or orange. Most of the felons when released go back to what they do best. The felons are not supposed to have a firearm in their possession some abide by this rule and some do not. There possession should be searched through on a regular basis. Illegal Aliens are a big problem in the United States at the time being. If they do stay they should pay taxes like the average citizen. And ...