...How can Tim Tebow be more controversial than Michael Vick and other NFL players with troubled pasts? Published: Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 3:17 PM Updated: Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 3:41 PM By Josh Folck | The Express-Times Follow Michael Vick was convicted of federal dogfighting charges. Ben Roethlisberger was accused of sexual assaults. Ray Lewis was once charged with murder. Donte Stallworth was charged with drunken driving and manslaughter. And the list could go on. But out of those players listed above and of any other NFL player right now,Tim Tebow seems to be the most controversial one in the league right now. And exactly why is that? I'm not really sure. I guess because he is a devout Christian who mentions God during every one of his interviews. Or because he often takes a knee and does his patented "Tebowing" position in prayer during every game. But is Tebow really doing something that is unheard of in professional sports? Players have been thanking God in postgame interviews and pointing to the sky in celebration for years now. What makes what Tebow is doing so different? Even if what Tebow is doing is over the top, is it really more controversial than someone committing a crime? Vick, Roethlisberger and the rest of the NFL players with troubled pasts seem to be much less controversial than Tebow at the moment. Just looking at the situation, you have a young quarterback in Tebow who is proving many critics wrong and leading the Denver...
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...During the ages of being a teenager, young individuals may go through the pressure of getting into a good college, have personal or family issues, and the experiences of being abused. A portion of these teenagers end up performing deeds that violate the law and are sent to juvenile justice systems. At these juvenile justice systems, juveniles are meant to be disciplined and taught to become a better citizen; however, there have been cases that show that the juvenile court systems have not only done little to nothing to benefit the juveniles, but also held them back in both school and life. Because of the harm and delay to these juveniles’ life, juvenile justice systems are not beneficial for troubled teens. Juvenile justice systems are meant...
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...and mendacity through past trauma, alcohol abuse, and through strained family and marital relationships. In Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Brick is an example to all of these factors through his past with his friend skipper, his abuse of alcohol, and the lack of love he shows for his wife, while in A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche encounters similar problems as Brick with her past trauma and her alcohol problem. The two plays share many similarities in terms of themes but at the same time also share significant difference. In the play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Brick is troubled with his past memories that he tries to keep a secret. He mourns the death of his best friend Skipper and the death pushes Brick into a world of imagination and mendacity. He avoids talking about Skipper and when his wife Margaret who is been trying to fix her relationship with Brick brings up the memory of his friend Skipper. Brick gets upset and says, “One man has one great good true thing in his life. One great good thing which is true! – I had a friendship with Skipper. – You are naming it dirty!” (Williams 44) Brick is furious with Margaret as he threatens her with physical abuse before he mentions the one greatest thing that values the most to him in his life is his friend Skipper which is an insult to Margaret. While in A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche is characterized as an individual who lives her life based on mendacity and is lost in the world of fantasy. She is also faced with past issues as well. As...
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...The article, “The A-Mazing House: The Labyrinth as Theme and Form in Mark Z. Danielewski’s House of Leaves” by Natalie Hamilton is a scholarly journal entry which has an interesting take on the novel House of Leaves written by Mark Z. Danielewski. The article’s main focus is on labyrinths and the examination of the use of them as the theme and form in House of Leaves. In order to examine the theme and form, the mode of approach Hamilton takes is to “provide partial blueprints for [the] house by examining the foundations for which it is built”(3) as well as exploring the Danielewski’s use of labyrinths throughout the novel. The thesis in this paper is the idea that House of Leaves is all about labyrinths and that everyone involved in the novel, including the reader, is faced with their own personal labyrinth which they must overcome. Hamilton is able to support this argument by pointing out that the novel is a “four level split”(4) by saying that Will and Karen, Zampano, Truant, and the editors are all on different level and that “Each level of Danielewski’s text involves characters attempting to navigate the maze of self.”(5) To bolster her argument that everyone involved with the novel on all levels faces their own labyrinth, she quotes Wendy B. Faris who says: The labyrinth is no longer a special dwelling constructed for a particular monster, but rather a house where everyone lives.” (Faris p. 181, 1998) Once it is made clear that each person has their own personal...
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...The [Tayo]ronic Hero Through the events of her novel Ceremony, Leslie Marmon Silko illustrates that her protagonist, Tayo, is a Byronic hero. Tayo is an extremely troubled soul - he suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, being outcast from both sides of his Laguna and white heritage. In his family’s eyes, especially Auntie’s, Tayo’s mixed heritage branded him a sinful disgrace. Utterly disgusted and ashamed that she must raise him after her sister abandoned him as a toddler, Auntie showed obvious favoritism for her own son, Rocky. She often deliberately ignored Tayo, “[keeping] Rocky close to her”, making sure “that they kept a distance between themselves and him. But she would not let Tayo go outside or play in another room alone. She...
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...Tidewater Youth Services Commission (TYSC). The criteria for comparison is how both programs work to reduce juvenile crime, the major goals, objectives, and core beliefs of each program, who are the key participants are and what services they provide youths. In addition using the information that was researched a determination of which program is more effective in reducing crime and why will be discussed. Who They Are Both the YCAPP program and the Tidewater Youth Services Commission work with at risk youth to positively motivate them into the best person they can be. The direct beliefs responsibilities and goals for each is given below: a. YCAPP: YCAPP is a nonprofit organization who beliefs that youth no matter their circumstances and past transgressions can be positively motivated into productive members of society with bright futures. The YCAPP mission statement is to provide quality support and education to families in their natural environments through collaboration, positive inclusive interventions, and counseling services to build stronger family communications and connections (YCAPP, 2012). YCAPP specializes in children’s residential facilities, and education. The new YCAPP currently operates two children’s facilities and one independent living facility. YCAPPS motto is “We don’t strive for excellence that is where we begin” (YCAPP, 2012). b. Tidewater Youth Services Commission: The...
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...Welcoming Urban Graffiti Every day you wake up and see graffiti. But what people do not know, is that this is a way that the creator can express themselves to the public. All the time, people are finding tags or unwanted graffiti on walls that are ruining buildings. What if the people instead of doing graffiti for marking, why not using their abilities to make the graffiti for good? Urban graffiti can tell stories, events in the past, and rise tourism numbers, or even be used to beautify the communities. Urban graffiti has good intentions for what it does to communities around the world. In Buenos Aires, Argentina, the graffiti has been used to tell stories of troubled pasts. They have been used as a tool for resistance and activism. For example, “Buenos Aires is a fascinating example of a city where the walls talk, telling tales of a troubled past. Here, graffiti has been used as a tool of resistance and activism.”(Newsela). Graffiti...
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...electrical engineers. In the past, Tran has been able to achieve quite an impressive reputation on managing projects with half of them being completed ahead of schedule. At the start, Tran immediately identified some concerns with the project but was confident in his skill set to coach the team to completion. As the project progressed, certain problems arose that tested Tran as a project manager and his abilities to overcome these issues. As an effective project manager, Tran was able to identify a potential issue dealing with the generation gap between his software and electrical engineers. In an effort to develop a collaborative work environment Tran needed to get each member to work as one cohesive unit. Prior to the start of a project, Tran pulled together everyone involved to identify the project scope, goals and objectives, and have the entire team participate in team-building exercises. By the end of the workshop, Tran felt a sense of camaraderie within his team that translated into the beginning weeks of the project. Hardware and electrical engineers working side by side to solve problems in an effort to complete the project on time in order to receive their bonuses. At the beginning of the project, Tran also had a concern with technical risks of the project that became evident. Tran felt as if the project that even though the individual technological components of the project have proven successful, they had never been applied in this manner. From past experience he questioned...
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...teenagers have considered suicide? Today in America teen deaths have been on an incline. More teens have died in today’s society than ever before. But today’s society is the main cause of these deaths. These deaths by teens are caused by what goes on around them in their environment. Teen suicide is one of many dangerous killers known to man today. Kids from the age range of 10-15 have thought of if not attempted to commit suicide. Teen suicide is thought of as a shameful and disgusting gesture, but parents, teachers, aunties, cousins, and grandparents do not take the time out to look deeper to what really causes teens to commit suicide. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) the number of teen suicide has been increasing in the past year because some teens problems are overlooked and they do not know how to cope with what is going on around them. Teens who commit suicide usually suffer from depression, obesity, bullying, and home based issues. Teens today commit suicide in the presence of grave circumstances. If things in our society were more openly addressed such as homosexuality, bullying, personal infatuation, appearance, drugs, and obesity more than likely teens would be comfortable to talk about their problems instead of resulting to suicide due to the internal pain in which they suffer from. "Teen Suicide." Teen Suicide Statistics and Facts. Web. 13 Mar. 2011. <http://www.teensuicidestatistics.com/statistics-facts.html>. Teens who are bullied, and are...
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...been necessary. This is the highest stage for adults. I consider myself to be in this stage because I believe that everyone who does some sort of wrongdoing then he/she should be punished. I often ask myself what would happen if everyone in the world would do that. For instance, a man in Florida recently threw his five-year-old daughter off of a bridge. The Department of Children and Families had been in contact with the father recently but they did nothing. I often question these actions. What if it were their child? What is someone threw their daughter off of a bridge after DCF had been alerted but did nothing. The man was obviously troubled and the child should not have been left in his care. Now that this occurred, Tallahassee DCF is now questioning whether or not they responded correctly when they left five-year-old Phoebe in her troubled father’s care. It is a shame that a little girl had to lose her life in order for a department to review their decision making (WTSP, 2015). Stories like this is why I consider myself as being in stage 4. I often question actions of non-authority figures. Even law enforcement knew of the violent...
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...in town; as he continued his journey to summer school, he listened for gunshots, but left not knowing the result of the situation. He kept his promise to the farmer and did not tell anyone, but the unknown outcome of the wife and her companion haunted him till death. The author, Stephen Dobyns, wanted to express the truth of the price of guilt, he wanted to point out that people have to deal with past mistakes in a way...
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...Alternative Vs. Traditional High schools Cheryl Zang COM/155 April 20, 2014 Cathy Smith Alternative vs. Traditional High schools Adolescents are the future of America. With this being well known, why do we as members of society often look down upon the ones that have a questionable past and have graduated from an alternative high school? This is the question that makes me wonder if we are creating a better future for society, or just creating a world that disgraces people for trying to succeed. We all know that we cannot always help the hand that we are dealt in life; all we can do is work to better our life and change our future from the life we were born into. Alternative high schools give adolescents that opportunity to make a better future and to help steer them in the right direction. Alternative schools are more valuable than traditional schools for troubled adolescents because of increased graduation rates, and the ability to make up credits. Many members of society fail to look at all the details when they hear or see the term alternative. Although, it may seem as if there are a lot of differences between the two schools, they have a lot of similarities as well. Both schools have the same requirements for students to graduate at the end of their senior year. This makes it to where just because the teen has chosen to enroll in an alternative school, they do not get any breaks in the educational requirements needed to graduate. Alternative and traditional high...
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...Caitlin Peterson Mr. Armstrong ELA 10 July, 5, 2015 Great Expectations Paper In novels, -and even in life,- actions made in the past can and will affect the future, and “Great Expectations” was a perfect example of that exact thing. The things Pip had done in his early life, shaped his future. The scary convict that Pip tried to leave in the past came flooding back to him unexpectedly on that stormy night, leaving him afraid and regretful. That one night of fear in Pip’s childhood drastically changed the way his life spanned out. Which goes to show, something so seemingly small, can change your life so immensely. That is something Pip has to figure out the hard way. Pip’s life was never easy, it was full of surprises. For such a common boy, he had lots of uncommon things happen to him. As a child, pip was a naive, ignorant, frail boy that did not have much guidance, aside from what little he got from his brother in law Joe. He was raised with an abusive older sister, in a small town in London, and not much goes on between helping an escaped convict, and being sent to Miss Havisham’s estate. Most of Pip’s growing as a boy happened at the ghostly mansion housing the heartless girl he falls head over heals for. When Pip first enters Miss Havisham’s estate is when he first experiences the pain of being self conscious. After playing cards with Estella, Miss Havisham orders Estella to take him to the courtyard and give him food and drink. She follows her orders and does...
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...Counseling The number of people seeking help for troubled marriages far outnumbers those seeking help for depression, family tensions, alcohol or drug abuse, anxiety, spiritual concerns, past traumas, or crises. When people seek counseling from their pastor, most frequently it is concerning marital problems. The number of people seeking help for troubled marriages far outnumbers those seeking help for depression, family tensions, alcohol or drug abuse, anxiety, spiritual concerns, past traumas, or crises. Most Christians value marriage. God approves of the permanence of marriage (Malachi 2:14), and Jesus and Paul advocate marriage (Matthew 5:32; 19:9; Mark 10:2–12; Luke 16:18; 1 Corinthians 7:10,11). God hates the pain and brokenness that oozes from divorce. Popular culture saturates our minds with the idea that obliterating the bonds of marriage can relieve the pain of marital conflict. In contrast, pastors advocate the virtues of marriage from the pulpit. The Christian who lives with daily marital conflict, hurt, and anger is pinched in a vice. Seeking help from the pastor, troubled spouses are sometimes disappointed when this counseling doesn’t work. Too often, Christians—who are separated, divorced, or living a life of conflict and anguish—twist free by leaving the church. This is not a satisfying solution to marriage partners or to pastors. Six Bridge Planks to Reconciliation Between Troubled Marriage Partners Plank 1. Decide whether to reconcile...
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...From more strongly integrated financial markets, to the potential for a unified European identity, the Euro certainly brings many advantages to Europe. However, the political and economic instability that both caused and was caused by the Euro crisis threatens the further perpetuation of this currency. The onset of the Euro crisis came about when the Greek government admitted to a budget deficit much larger than they had previously divulged. Interest rates skyrocketed and, despite efforts to reduce spending, Greece ultimately fell bankrupt. Concerns over the decline of a state that represents only 2.5% of the EU’s GDP could have been redressed, had it not been for inflexible provisions of the Treaty on European Union. The “no-bailout clause” did not permit the EU or any national governments to undertake the debts of another state, a rational but perhaps detrimental provision in 2010. Moreover, one may argue that the Eurozone was in jeopardy from the start when more than half of its members did not meet the debt limits. The Stability and Growth Pact, an instrument created to monitor these debt limits, was quickly ignored. Even Germany and France, the EU’s most influential members, regularly exceeded deficit allowances and thus smaller states like Greece were able to build debt unchecked (see Appendix A). If the EU had taken more decisive actions in early 2010 to remit significant loans to impose austerity measures on Greece, the world’s confidence may have quickly revived....
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