Today, the
problem of the relationship between gay families and local communities grows
more and more serious because communities often oppose to gay families, whereas
many communities insist on the legal ban of gay families and marriage.
Nevertheless, formally or informally, gay families exist, although they have
certain limitations, especially in regard to the possibility of adoption
children. In such a situation, it is important to study the impact of the
community on gay families and the current situation related to the problem of
relationships between gay families and communities.
Статья посвящена проблеме ожирения в современном обществе
According to
the U. S. obesity trends of the period 1985 – 2009, "obesity is defined as a
body mass index (BMI) of 30 or greater” (Overweight and obesity). The situation
with obesity especially among children – American young generation – is really
terrible. Statistic tells that the "health crisis affecting every state, every
city, every community, and every school” across American nation (Richard H.
Carmona). Nowadays obesity is one of the fastest growing factors that cause
disease and death in the USA. American people and their children already start
seeing the consequences of unhealthy eating habits and of a lack of physical
activity.
В
статье освещается мнение о том, что школьники старших классов не должны
работать
The tendency
among students in high schools nowadays shows that the majority of students
prefer to take job. The advantages of having a job are undisputable. Thus, a
young person becomes more self-confident, experienced, and independent. Apart
from that, the money factor should not be underestimated. However, the
disadvantages of having a job while going to high school are also very vivid.
So, I believe that high school students should not have a job.
Competing
with Information Technology (Skype VS Vonage)
Статья
посвящена сравнительному анализу SkypeVSVonage
The modern
world cannot exist without modern technologies. Internet is one of them. It
penetrated our life many years ago; however its influence upon every sphere of
our life does not even lessen, but becomes stronger and stronger every day.
Internet connected people. It gave us the opportunity to communicate regardless
of many kilometers that separate them. Such applets as Skype and Vonage occupy
an outstanding place among the technologies that changes the world. This
article is dedicated to them. The importance of studying it is indisputable as
they continue to influence our life in new aspects. The aim of this article is
to study the way how Skype and Vonage use information and communication
technologies to compete with each other.
Статья
посвящена явлению возрастной дискриминации в обществе
и проблемам со здоровьем,
которые могут быть вызваны этой дискриминацией
All
societies use gender and age to classify their members. American people have
developed "a set of prejudices and discriminations against our elders that may
be unequaled by any other society” (Palmore 1999 p. 4). The modern society has
acquired a negative attitude towards older individuals. This negative attitude towards
older generation is reflected in such spheres of modern life as media, language
and humor. For instance, such a phrase as "don’t be an old fuddy-duddy” denotes
that old people are treated as physically defective and "incompetent” (Woolf
1998). Or, for example, the whole industry of the greeting cards business is
"built around "over the hill” theme” (Nelson 2002 p. ix). The message of those
cards portrayed as humorous is rather simple. The essence of it is an intention
and undesirability to get older. Older people are usually given unflattering
characteristics. They are considered to be of little value, even a burden of
society; they are slow to accept changes and are often politically
conservative. Besides, the majority of older people are interpersonally and
economically dependent. And in addition to these features of older generation,
many people consider them to be "slow, deaf or stupid, non-sexual and alienated”
(SOA Watch 2010). Both men and women can feel prejudiced attitude, but women
usually suffer it to a greater extent more than men (Lukas 2010). This negative
attitude towards older people is called ageism. That is "a form of
discrimination which is based on someone's chronological age” (Smith 2010).
Ageism may concern a representative of any age group. However, it mainly refers
to older people.
Статья посвящена проблеме повышения стоимости обучения в университетах Канады
The issue of
tuition fee in the universities of Canada is a very burning one as Canadians
are really concerned about it. The problem is that in Quebec, for instance, the
present tuition freeze may be revoked. Payment for education may be raised.
Another issue of great importance is who is to pay for students’ education:
students themselves, their parents or the government.
In spite of
all the intentions of Canadian government to raise the tuition fee, various
polls show that the majority of the Canadian population believes that students
pay too much (McSorley A25). Moreover, people also want the government to
provide free university education for those who cannot afford it. It is obvious
that Canadians do not want students pay higher fees. And no wonder why. Not
every family has the opportunity to pay university the tuition fee. In case it
raises only families with income above $100,000 will be able to afford it
(Watson A14). Despite various argues in this respect, whether high or low,
tuition fee affects higher educational establishments’ enrolment rates.
According to the Statistics Canada’s Youth in Transition Survey, 70% of those
students who faced some problems entering a university reported money problem
(McSorley A25).
Статья
посвящена проблеме развода, его причинам и последствиям
When two
people marry each other they usually do not think about such end of their
family as divorce. Unfortunately, a lot of couples decide not to live together
and therefore break their marriage off. Divorce is a phenomenon opposite to
marriage. Divorce is "the legal breakup of marriage” (Divorce). Divorce is a
very stressful situation, because it is a rather major life change. Thus, all
members of the family usually suffer and it appears to be very difficult to
cope with the situation. Divorce usually affects finances, household jobs,
living arrangements, schedules and many other spheres of human life. The
situation becomes more complicated if there are children in the family. They
may be affected really deep and it is usually they who suffer from their parents’
divorce more than the others.
В статье рассказывается о влиянии развода родителей на психику ребёнка
It is
difficult to imagine a situation more terrible for a child than his or her
parents’ divorce. No matter how strongly can the parents control their
behavior, words, emotions, and the whole situation in general, a child suffers
in any case. The more troubles accompany the procedure of divorce, the more
psychological troubles it may cause. "Divorce is an intensely stressful
experience for all children, regardless of age or developmental level; many children
are inadequately prepared for the impending divorce by their parents” (Eleoff,
2003). The initial child’s reaction to his or her parents’ decision to separate
is usually as follows: a sense of vulnerability while the family is
disintegrating, the feeling of grief at a loss of the integrated family, loss
of the parent who is non-custodial, a strong feeling of powerlessness.
Статья посвящена истории борьбы афро-американцев за свободу и независимость
The life of
the Afro-American population has always been hard. For two centuries they have
been oppressed, suffered hardships and privations. They constantly struggled
for their rights, independence and liberty. That struggle continued up to the
XX century. A great migration of approximately 5 million of Afro-Americans from
the South of the country to the North and West of the USA in the years 1910 –
1960 became a push to the civil rights movements. That happened because the
status of the Black population began to change rapidly: having no rights to
vote in the South, they got these rights in the North. The victory of the
Democrats in 1936 and the strong influence of the Roosevelt’s New Deal made
Afro-Americans switch from the Republicans. The March on Washington Movement in
1940 of several black civil rights groups made President Roosevelt set up a
Fair Employment Practices Committee that provided blacks with working places
during the WWII. And from that time Afro-Americans started to struggle for
their civil rights even more obstinately. The civil rights movement began in
1954 with the Montgomery bus boycott when a woman refused to surrender her seat
to a white passenger. This boycott lasted for a year. In 1956 the Supreme Court
passed a decision that it was a manifestation of race discrimination and
therefore it was considered an unconstitutional action. Years before there were
some conflicts about the problem of school admittance, as black population was
deprived of this privilege. In 1957 the president of Arkansas NAACP provided
the legal strategy that allowed nine black students to enter a school.
'How does audience research approach the relationship
between children and television?'
Фрагмент статьи, посвящённой вопросу влияния СМИ на детей
The problem of the
influence of television on children is much more serious that we would like it
to be. A lot of researches have shown that the influence of television and
media in general is more of negative nature than of positive. The results of
the negative influence of TV programs on children are shortening of attention
span, distorted image of a human body, growing obesity, fear and anti-social
behavior. And these are just several bad consequences of television. It would
take eternity to enumerate them all. Unfortunately the degree of expansion of
these notions if very often unlimited and, what is more, uncontrollable.
Фрагмент статьи посвящён проблеме ношения оружия в США
Gun control
in the Unites States of America is an issue highly debated in various spheres
of social and political life. Many sociologists, political scientists and other
investigators of social and political life of the country show evidences that
something must be done over gun control that has really become a national problem
of the country.But these researches
make their conclusions based on statistics, gun control attitudes, gun
ownership and other factors. But there is one more important factor that
influences gun control very much: that is media. That may seem unexpected on
the first sight, but media has a great influence on people’s attitudes toward
guns and gun control.
Фрагмент статьи посвящён вопросу об эвтаназии: за и против
We do not
know what makes us come into this world. From times immemorial people
comprehended that it is much more complicated way than the process of
fecundation. Some people believe that they came into this world by God’s
desire. Skeptics look for some metaphysical reasons of our existence. Still
everybody understands that we are not born according to our own wish. Then a
problem arises: if we do not choose whether to be born or not, do we have the
right to decide whether to die or to continue our life? No world religion
permits a person to commit a suicide. Every faith punishes the lawbreaker in a
very severe way: he is not to get access to heaven ever. Still a lot of
suicides are committed every day all over the world and human society still
does not treat this action definitely. Still this is a choice made by one
person. On the other hand, what should a person do if he suffers an incurable
disease and wants to leave this world? Euthanasia is a very burning problem of
the modern society and it causes heated controversies and argues.
В статье подробно рассматривается, что такое маркетинг
Nowadays
the world market is overloaded with various products that are to be sold. Some
of them become popular very quickly and are sold immediately. They require new
and new production and therefore make the company that produced the goods
successful. Other products may never find their buyers and will only become an
unsuccessful investment for its producer. Marketing is a very important
component that may add to success of a business. It has a lot of different
strategies, all of which are aimed at attracting new customers.
The death
penalty is the deprivation of life resolved by the law as a punishment (usually for
especially grave crimes). In the developed countries the death penalty is
usually preceded by trials because the defendant has the right to lodge an
appeal. It often results in long period between the sentence and the serving of
the sentence. Sometimes years and even decades can pass. This happened in the
USA to Jack Alderman who was sentenced to death for the murder of the wife on
June, 14th, 1975 at the age of 24 years, and was executed only on September,
16th, 2008 at the age of 57 years, more than 33 years later.
In the majority of the modern states the death penalty is carried out
non-publicly, so that only persons permitted by law can be present during the
process.
Фрагмент статьи посвящён истории развития капитализма
Capitalism emerged in the Western Europe at the turn of the XV – XVI
centuries. From now on the advanced West European societies became the
capitalist societies. In the course of this development the West European
system started to become industrial and simultaneously capitalist.
Capitalism resulted from the natural development of the previous
society. It appeared only in one place of the world - in the Western Europe.
This is the primary, initial capitalism. In all other areas of the Earth
capitalism resulted from the influence of the West European society. Everywhere
outside the Western Europe capitalism is secondary, derivative.
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