Constitutional violations occur far too common at Highland Park High School. Articles about controversial subjects written for student newspapers are censored. Lockers and backpacks are searched without reasonable suspicion. Minority students get excessively thrust in lower level programs. Teachers ...

Freedom We as Americans have many freedoms. At the same time they are very much limited. On the surface we see many freedoms, then when we get down to it there are rules that we must follow in order to achieve these freedoms. Age is one limitation that we have on our freedom, as well as many othe...

Declaration of IndependenceWhen in the course of school, it becomes necessary for me and theStudent Body to dissolve the restrictive bands which have connectedthem with another, and to assume the powers of the earth, the separateand equal station to which the laws of the governed and the rightsendow...

Junior high and high school are, for many, the best years of an adolescent's life. During these impressionable years children transform into young adults. Teens begin to form personal ideas and beliefs about the world around them based on experiences gained through the social and academic arena. ...

Child Labor In the United States of America, people believe that child labor does not effect them, not knowing that the Persian rugs they put in their homes maybe made by children in small, dark, and cramped rooms. Some people do not realize that the basketballs children are playing with were made...

Abortion has been a debatable issue ever since it was introduced in 1803, in the English statutory law. There have been many cases dealing with abortion. And they have argued whether or not it is there right of privacy. When you think of abortion and the cases it has came up in the most definity ...

Reality of Racism The United States of America, the land of the free and home of the brave, a place where everyone is treated equally, right? The country that is at all the envy of all other countries because of the great "melting pot" that we have here in this great nation. But even ...

The Department of Culture and the Arts is committed to providing services to communities throughout the State. This is to ensure that all states have access to quality arts activities, cultural experiences, and information services. The arts are not the problem, they are the solution. And this is be...

Community Development in Culture and the Arts The Department of Culture and the Arts is committed to providing services to communities throughout the State. This is to ensure that all states have access to quality arts activities, cultural experiences and information services. The arts are not the p...

When asked to write about a time in my life where my civil liberties were constrained, at first nothing specific came to mind. I am a white, male, heterosexual, no real practicing religion so there isn't many times in my life where civil liberties were constrained due to appearance, sexuality,...

Reforming the System There are many areas within the criminal justice system that warrant attention, but it would be impossible to formulate solutions for all the problems at once. I have chosen to discuss three problems that I think should be addressed. One is the public's ignorance of...

An End to Violence against Children Worldwide Children worldwide suffer from abuse everyday. Not too many people are aware of the different kinds of abuse the children undergo-not because they don\'t care, but because it is not publicized enough for anyone to do anything about it. Hu...

Beginning on September 27, 1996, an extremist militia group known as the Taliban seized control of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. Upon seizing control, the Taliban has instituted a system of gender apartheid, which has placed women into a state of virtual house arrest. Since that time the women ...

Monika Foster Political Science 1:50-3:05 Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan Beginning on September 27, 1996, an extremist militia group known as the Taliban seized control of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. Upon seizing control, the Taliban has instituted a system of gender aparth...

Our Little Island Government I think that our right of 'freedom of religion' is a good right. It can be sustained over a long period of time. People should be able to believe what they want to freely and openly. We shouldn't tell people what they have to believe and prosecute the...

Born on January 15, 1929, Martin Luther King Jr. was no stranger to racial discrimination. The democratic ideas promised to the American citizen were shadowed and debased by racial inequalities. In the late 1950s, segregation in schools, lunch counters and other public facilities was prevale...

An Essay On Abortion. Both Sides of the Issue Are Stated. During the past quarter century, abortion has joined race and war as one of the most debatable subject of controversy in the United States. It discusses human interaction where ethics, emotions and law come together. Abortion poses...

First Amendment ; Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Th...

During the past quarter-century, abortion has joined race and war as one of the most debatable subjects of controversy in the United States. It discusses human interaction where ethics, emotions, and law come together. Abortion poses a moral, social, and medical dilemma that faces many individuals t...

Women\'s struggle for equal rights is a thread that runs through the fabric of U.S history. More than a hundred years ago, American women did not have the right to own property, keep the money they earned, vote, get an education, or get custody of their children. The road to equality has been arduou...

The beliefs and views of modern society are hypocritical and unjust. By the time an individual matures from a young child to an adult, they have been taught an uncountable number of life lessons. One of the outstanding lessons that each and every person has learned is that killing another human bein...

As Philip Berrigan walked the streets of London, Bristol, and other cities of Britain, he saw the faces of death from those who burned to death to those who were crushed from buildings collapsing; and if they survived, how they would be deformed for the rest of their lives. He became filled with e...

The beliefs and views of modern society are hypocritical and unjust. By the time an individual matures from a young child to an adult, they have been taught an uncountable number of life lessons. One of the outstanding lessons that each and every person has learned is that killing another human be...

HAVING AN ABORTION It takes place during the afternoon day on college campus. Erica and Lisa are leaving from their African Studies class. As they're leaving Erica asks Lisa how is she going to study for the test in a couple of weeks? Lisa replies, "I don't know I've had a l...

Civic EfficacyCivic efficacy to me means knowledge about history, geography and cultures of the US and the world. It means knowing the constitution, the legal and political systems and current events. Civic efficacy is about having values and attitudes. It means Developing a reasoned commitment to p...