Written by benedictesundt One of Donald Trump’s tweets shared how the crime rate in London had exceeded the statistics from New York. The President wrote in his tweet that the rise in crime could be blamed on the annually amid the spread of Radical Islamic terror. He sums it up with the sentence “-we must …
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(read also: https://awilatschool.wordpress.com/2018/04/19/the-syrian-war/ ) Written by benedictesundt Some basic facts Syria is an Arabic country in Western Asia with 22 million citizens. It is home to diverse ethnic and religious groups, including Syrian Arabs, Greeks, Turks, Kurds and Armenians to mention some. Religious groups include Sunnis, which is the largest religious group, Christians, Jews, and Mandeans. Syria …
On 14th of February 2018, a mass shooting occurred at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Flordia. A 19-year-old former student named Nikolas Cruz walked into the school and opened fire with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, killing 17 people. The attack marks the 17th school shooting within the first 45 days of the year. …
The 2014 American historical drama film "Selma" directed by Ava DuVernay and written by Paul Webb chronicles the civil rights struggle of the 1960's. More specifically, the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches led by Martin Luther King Jr., James Bevel, Hosea Williams and John Lewis. DuVernays's "Selma," tells the story of the movement …
The conflict between the sides of the isle of Ireland “The Irish question” or conflict, is mainly about the two groups of people fighting over the same land, the Unionists who are mainly Protestants, also referred to as Loyalists, and the Nationalists who are manly Catholics also referred to as Republicans. The Unionists would like …
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We've just begun to read the book "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas in class. It was published in 2017 and is considered to be the most important and discussed teenage novel of the year. The author tells that the international movement Black Lives Matter has been the inspiration for the book, as well as the rapper Tupac and …
Targets By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution By 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and …
In the US today, the number of homeless people has increased for the first time since 2010. While the increase is the first in seven years the number of homeless is still thankfully 13% lower than the 2010 figure. According to a report from the department of housing and urban development, just under 554,000 people …
In the victory speech “Yes we can” given from Chicago, Obama expresses his gratitude and proudness upon the American people. In the beginning of the speech, he refers to the challenges they’ve overcome and how they have united, despite their differences and disagreements, before shifting to talk about how they must face the challenges that …
I don't believe students can play a role in shaping their own future, I don't think they have a choice, they do play a role. The decisions they make and the new habits they adjust to now will eventually become the habits they have through life. It takes roughly a year for new habits, if …
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