Current Issues Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (849) essays
Current Issues essays:
"The Psychological Effects of Hurricane Katrina."
... avoidance of difficult memories or feelings, loss of trust and disorientation. If these reactions last for more than a month, however, then a person may have Post-Traumatic Stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD is a mental health disorder that typically develops in a small percentage of ...
Should There Be A Holocaust Memorial Day?
... Holocaust Chronicle" The Holocaust was the mass slaughter of Jews by the Nazis during World War II. Even 60 years after the Holocaust people still debate upon whether a Holocaust memorial day should be held. There are both positive points and negative drawbacks. I strongly believe that a Holocaust ...
Was können Briten von Deutschen, Deutsche von Briten lernen? Ein Bericht.
... . In Deutschland ist eher Haufenbildung zu beobachten, was häufig ungünstiger ist. Man könnte sagen, dass Briten mehr Geduld haben, sie finden es nicht so schlimm lange zu warten, und das Leben ist vielleicht freier und mit weniger stress verbunden ...
"Globalisation Brings NO Benefits for Poor Countries - A Debate"
... its own countries resources to survive and surely there is no argument that this is not a wonderful thing? Globalisation is a process which increases trade and aid to the worlds poorest countries, which in turn assists these nations to not only integrate within a global society, but can be ...
Bombing Afghanistan
... of people. When Muslims in one part of the world are suffering, we also feel their pain" (Werner). This is another problem we are faced with " even though many people believe that we are in fact trying to help the Afghans instead of further hurting them, it is not like that ...
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... wonderful. This party was out of town and on...on April Fool's Day. Yes, it was going to be on April 1st. That week no one talked of anything that was not about the party. Around the school the only thing that was heard was: "This party will be great." Of ...
Climbing The Fence: Immigration across the US-Mexico Border.
... responsibility to secure our borders. We take this responsibility seriously," (qtd. in Rabuffetti.) I completely agree with Bush's reasoning on this issue, however, many people believe that the fence is a terrible idea. According to a poll by Opinion Research Corporation for CNN, 53 percent of ...
Terrorism
... it had been thought that weapons of mass destruction did not serve the purpose of terrorists, and it was not mass murder they wanted. But in the modern age of terrorism, one sees a wider use of powerful explosives that attack mostly the civilian population, and availability is the only thing that ...
The concerns of continuing female genital mutilation practices.
... in the country of Djibouti even though it is supposed to be outlawed throughout all the states in the country. This may be because "the practice is so culturally embedded in some societies that it is proving difficult to challenge" (Seager, p.54). Not helping to stop, or control ...
Poverty
... it is to be raised in a society that is in poverty. Environmental FactorsA child born in an industrialised country will add more to pollution over his or her lifetime than 30-50 children born in the Third World. Intensive farming often leads to a vicious cycle of exhaustion of ...