Repercussions

The United States is no longer the leader in education standards and in fact is no longer even making the top ten when it comes to reading, math, and science literacy rankings among the world for education (Learning Curve, 8). The repercussions are that college graduates are not as competitive globally as they once were and obtaining desired careers are more competitive than ever, having an ultimate result of slowing down the economy. Due to these conditions, education reform needs to be dealt with

Napoleon’s attempt for France to control Europe, and many others. Many have pursued to gain power, but ultimately failed from repercussions created in the pursuit. In the Elizabethan era tragedy, Macbeth, William Shakespeare reveals through the motif of blood to represent the harmful repercussions of the pursuit of power. Shakespeare warns The pursuit of power has harmful repercussions. During Shakespeare’s time people thought thin blood implies good health while thick blood implies the result of poison

Amanda Hawley English 112 J Matt Fox December 3, 2015 Reflections of a Soul: The Repercussions of Immorality in The Picture of Dorian Grey. The Victorian Era was that of high moral intellect. During this time in history society looked upon its self as having the right to judge anything and anyone who did not share this outlook as being irrevocably reprehensible. The term "Victorian morality" has described any values that marry sexual restraint, a low tolerance for crime and a strict social code of

and take a leap. However, as A Mad Girl’s Love Song by Sylvia Plath portrays, infatuation coexists within a diminishing nature. Despite the growing lack of love, withdrawal has found a way to take claim of the heart. In order to amplify the repercussions of a breaking heart, Plath uses structure to display underlying emotions. Conducted in a verse form called an villanelle, “A Mad Girl’s Love Song” follows a pattern the repeating rhymes and refrains of “I shut my eyes and the world drops dead”

“Will I let my son play football?”. Is a question that comes to mind to parents who have kids interested in sports. But these are the questions they should also ask themselves. “Is a football career really worth all the repercussions?” and “Is a life worth a tackle?”. Many kids dream of having a professional football career and strive to be the best in the sport. With hard work and dedication these dreams can become clearer, but that does not mean they are promised. The only thing that a professional

they have began to administer tests before each season so that when a head related injury occurs, team doctors can more easily determine whether or not the athlete should return to the field and when the appropriate time to do so is. Since the repercussions of allowing an athlete to return to quickly to play can leave long-term consequences, professional, college, and even high school teams have begun to take these injuries more seriously by administering these tests. These tests are given before

may not seem as pressing or severe now, there are numerous aspects of of gender equality that are still seen in society today. When considering which of these aspects of feminism and Romanticism are still relevant, it is impossible to ignore the repercussions of feminism at that time; the exploration of education for women, legalities concerning marriage, and the evolution of independence for women. Feminine sensibility initially emerged as a concept of the Enlightenment Era, but was further

Is there anything better that a cool glass of water on a hot day or a swim in a clear blue lake? We need water for drinking, and we need it for recreation. We use it in a thousand ways. Without it, we could not survive. Yet with more and more people on our planet, we are using a lot and also using it carelessly and that is effecting our everyday living. You can’t walk across a college campus, past an office building, or through a park without seeing one, two, or ten empty bottles. Many are plastic

Being stigmatic is not a way to win over moral acceptance. When individuals are “set out” or even profiled they often feel as if they have been uprooted and a subject of discrimination. Which makes them loose faith in there government. Moral repercussions like this effect individuals and communities as a whole and can have serious and negative impacts when groups or individuals speak out and acknowledge the discrimination. This can lead to social or cultural tensions within a governed body. Arguments

in this world, one of them being racism, the most powerful prejudice in society, as seen by Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’. This small town in the 1930’s, during the Great Depression presents numerous examples of racism and its negative repercussions. As illustrates in the novel, racism is displayed in a variety of ways throughout the novel, however it is most present in the case of Tom Robinson’s trial, the prejudice that is displayed by the citizens of Maycomb, and the state of Calpurnia’s