Shane sits on his sofa for hours on end, the remote control in hand, surfing through dozens of stations looking for something worthwhile to watch. Being a couch potato makes him sorely out of shape, but watching television also has a detrimental effect on his mind. I blame his attitude on the news: hours of sensational and bloody business. As a result of watching so many hours of the news,

Salem Witch Trials Why and How Did the Salem Witch Trials Happen? The Salem Witch Trials occurred in the colonial Massachusetts between the years of sixteen ninety-two and sixteen ninety-three. It was during this time that more than two hundred individuals were accused of practicing witchcraft, (that is the devil's magic) and at least twenty people were executed. However, the colony eventually admitted that the trials were held mistakenly and families of

Running head: Assessment and accountability Assessment and accountability 4Assessment and AccountabilityAbstractStudents with high scores and high school grade point averages have a high capability of succeeding in colleges, depending on their reservation and graduation rates. An institutions� ability to attract better-prepared students increases its academic reputation. At the end of high school, externally set examinations, the SAT/ACT assessments tests get set to achieve this. These tests� scores contribute to college

Sixties Sit-Ins -- 23:12, 15-16 All of the assigned sources seem to have as their major emphasis a support and acceptance of what the sit-ins were meant to accomplish. The writers seem sympathetic to the cause of Civil Rights. However they all seem to frame their subjects in language that misses the real point of any Civil Rights Movement in any era, any country; they also all seem to miss one

Those who could work, mostly men, were sent the other way and "processed" into the camp. They were stripped naked, all their belongings confiscated, and shaved from head to toe, given worn-out rags to wear and shoes that did not fit. There were no blankets, mattresses, pillows, or heat in the dormitory "beds" (like wooden boxes) where they slept six to a bed. They were systematically starved and used for

Era What Would the U.S. Have Been Like without a Progressive Era? What would have happened had there been no Progressive Era at the end of the 19th and early 20th century? The period between 1890 and 1920 saw the mobilization of several various platforms erected under social, economic and political banners -- all promoting progress in their respective fields. Had there been no Progressive Era, there would have been no