Essays on Compatriots

Introduction

The last few decades have witnessed a massive increase in the incidences of homeschooling in the United States. This is a deviation from earlier years throughout the 19th Century where many students received their education in formal learning institutions. In fact, up to the 1970’s, almost all the students in the United States received their education in schools. This trend however started changing, and homes became popular education locus where parents elected to educate their children at home rather than take them to school. Current data seems to suggest that almost 3% of all students in the United States are ...

A Military Coup for the Wrong Reason

Looking at the history of human civilisation, one can understand that there were more wars then times of peace and diplomacy. Nations and people can be in various forms of confrontation with one another, but one of the most curious and specific is the civil war. When someone is asked about perception of civil war the answer would often be that it has something to do with national uprising against undemocratic government or military coup against the existing legitimate government, when civilian population is involved one of the sides or simply in-between. In most of the cases, this way ...

Introduction

The ecological model is a model that is used in many circles to address problems related to public health. These problems may include injuries or illnesses. The ecologic model uses four basic levels to highlight the integration and interaction of various behavioral, biological, social determinants, environmental, organizational, peers and general public policies which when harmonized assist an individual in making healthier choices in regard to their lives. The four levels are; individual; relationship; community and finally society. In this particular discussion, the heath related issue that I am going to concentrate on is injuries that result from violence carried ...

“Anti-war protests attract thousands: Demonstrations in US and overseas” by Marcus Wohlsen tells the reader about one of the most critical issues during the last ten years – attitude of the US people to the War in Iraq. Despite the fact that this very article was actually written in 2007 and all the actions described in it relate to that very period, the call of the article still remains very important: the author shows people’s indignation and negative attitude to the War in Iraq, which has already taken thousands of lives.

Actually, the issue raised in the article is ...

Introduction

According to the report released by the United States of America (USA) Justice Department in 2003, approximately 10.4 percent of all African American men in all the states were incarcerated, imprisoned or jailed between the ages of 25 to 29 as compared to 2.4 percent of Hispanic men and 1.2 percent of Non-Hispanic white men incarcerated. This data is also closely related to the incarceration rates in the year 2001 whereby 46 percent of all the inmates sent to prison were African American while 36 percent Non-Hispanic white men and 16 percent were Hispanic men. In this and other ...