If you go back through history, would it be possible to find a time when there has been such violence instigated by children in their teenage years and even younger, as there is being reported today? There has to be something that has gone terribly wrong in our society that is causing such violence from […]
Gun crime is a blight upon this nation that is apparently growing at a rapid pace. Those committing gun crime seem to be getting younger and guns appear more readily available than ever. Causes for this are deep and far-reaching; commentators have attempted to blame the epidemic of gun crime on ‘hip hop’ music and […]
Once again the New Year was heralded in with a host of reported stabbings in the UK. Seemingly the policies put forward by the government are proving ineffectual in tackling knife crime in the country. It now appears to be a weekly occurrence that a victim suffers an attack that all too commonly leads to […]
When I was a teenager I went to Mexico and ended up marrying my wife in the state of Veracruz. I adopted Mexico and it adopted me. Over the years we have lived there off and on and know many people well.
Down the street from us lived Marcelo. His […]
Different cultures treat the virginity before marriage differently. In fact, it is not an important concept in modern western society. Sex before marriage can help young women to have a healthier sexual identity in the future. On the contrary, there are a lot of cultures which place a very important value on virginity. In this […]
The Christmas holiday season is not joyful for many people because they were robbed while shopping and did not discover the violation until they reached the cash register and realized that their wallet was missing. Here are some safety tips to follow to lessen the chance of anything ruining the Christmas shopping experience.
Thieves rely on […]
Wearing school uniforms is sometimes met with wholehearted joy or passionate hate. If it were up to the students, there would be roughly 50% who would wear the uniform and another 50% who would not. This is why it isn’t up to the student. Schools and governing boards will either mandate the […]
Nowadays, polygamy is not widely practiced in most Christian world. It seems that there is a consensus in these countries it is not the universal norm. As a result, practices of polygamy have almost disappeared. The notion of monogamy has become this universal norm. It may be due to the increased sophistications in society and […]
One of the great challenges in the American educational system is the wide performance gap that exists between White and Asian students on one side and other minority students on the other. As a Hispanic educational professional, I know that educators are paying close attention to why Hispanics often lag behind their White and Asian […]
There is no doubt that gun crime in the UK has reached worrying proportions. With 58 gun related homicides during 2006-07 it marks an increase of 18 percent on the 49 homicides the previous year. Overall however, figures suggest that gun crime, in terms of general offences is decreasing with a thirteen percent fall in […]
The press recently has been up in arms about the levels of knife crime present within the UK today. The fact of the matter is however, that nobody in the police or government truly understands the issue or has any idea of the real extent of the problem.
A recent amnesty that saw over 90,000 […]
Some women think that they can enjoy dating with experiencing any form of guilt. They set strict rules about dating and the dating that requires overnight stays. Some overnight dates can lead to tragedy when the person that sleeps overnight turns out to be a serial killer or a mental patient that is off their […]
You′re 38 years old, give or take a few, you have just gone through the shock of figuring out you are a lesbian…now what? If you are in a position to meet other like-minded women and seek out a relationship, you will most certainly be thinking about dating. And you have to start somewhere: your […]
You are an eleventh-grade teacher. Rosa, a normally successful Hispanic student in your class, has been absent for several days. She finally shows up, but is consistently withdrawn and unmotivated.
After a week you ask her, “What’s wrong Rosa? What is going on?”
On this thanksgiving day two thousand seven, when the first warm, inviting, delicious smell of the Thanksgiving Day turkey cooking in the oven strikes my positive smelling senses I think, oh! what a wonderful feeling and sensation.
Can life ever get better than this on thanksgiving day? To tell the truth, when I was a […]
If you are like most people, the safety of yourself and your family is a high priority for you. Yet, everyday, we see innocent people become hurt and sometimes killed due to senseless violence. What is even sadder is that many of these senseless acts of violence could have been avoided if the […]
I remember when my youngest daughter told me that she was considering Cooper Union, an elite private university located in Manhattan. She wanted to study architecture and teachers were telling her it was the top school for that career.
I thought, “How could my daughter consider leaving her family in Florida behind?”