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Keeping your kids safe has always been a set priority to all parents.  But, did you know that more than half of teens (your kids) are discriminated against on the internet and you may not even be aware of it.  While discrimination has a ton of major negatives it also has a couple positives.  Such as allowing for teens to become stronger than they were before and allowing some teens to open up with others and to really find themselves.  But, like said before there are a ton of negatives when it comes to discrimination like causing emotional breakdowns, being a social misfit, and in the worst possible scenario even death/suicide.  Discrimination due to cyberbullying both from peers or adults, can have negative effects on the victims health physically, mentally and long term.

Bullying/discriminating someone could actually help someone.  If a victim is faced with someone who discriminates them about their race.  Then next time someone does the same thing to the victim, the victim will have a harder shell and won’t let it bother them.  Not only that, when people have problems it usually causes them to go to others for help.  And so, when a victim of discrimination goes to other people for help, it could ultimately lead to a lifetime long friendship.  But, in the end, although these two positives seemed liked they were really something to consider; they aren’t because when it comes to discrimination the negatives are way more drastic than the few positives.

When discrimination due to cyberbullying occurs the negative effects of it doesn’t only linger for a couple of days or weeks, it lingers for years.  “Blood pressure, body mass and stress-related hormones were assessed when the youths turned 20.” (Joan Raymond). When blood pressure, body mass and stress-related hormones were measured; it showed that teens who had been victims all had a higher chance of higher blood pressure, bigger body masses and more stress when they got older.  Along with higher blood pressure came a higher chance/risk of strokes, cardiac diseases, and an increase of the body’s inflammatory response.  Other long term effects that have been tested are “low economic status, depression, or unhealthy behaviors such as drug use, for example.”  (Joan Raymond).  This proves that when it comes to discrimination it can’t be taken as something that someone will get over in a matter of days, because even after years signs of wear and tear from discrimination still boldly show themselves.

Just like it was said above there are major symptoms of post discrimination.  Unlike the long term effects above, these are mainly short term effects and a few facts from studies done by UCLA.  In a recent study based off of the fact that Asian and Latin Americans are the top victims of discrimination, Mark Wheeler of UCLA found that “The level of discrimination also impacted these teens' grade-point averages and their health and was associated with depression, distress and lower levels of self-esteem.”  Including the fact that victims who suffered discrimination from both teens and adults showed symptoms of aches and pains.  Showing that not only is being sad and depressed the effects to a victim but a whole lot more.  Also, not only were teens discriminated against from other teens (60%) but also from adults (63%), while 12% were discriminated against on a daily basis.  Teens who are discriminated suffer much much more symptoms versus a teen who hasn’t faced any.

Finally, even though discrimination doesn't seem bad at all, it has many many negatives to it.  Discrimination from cyberbullying from anyone has major effects such as mental and physical effects, all of which are very hard to shake off and forget about. Some of which that cause scars for life and can haunt you for years after the fact.  Once again, even though there is some good to discrimination, (with a stretch) the bad just outweighs the good by way too much for debating.  Just remember that next time you may feel like posting something of someone else and are discriminating them, the effect it could have on them could be one that you could never ever forgive yourself for.

Work Citied:

Wheeler, Mark. "Discrimination Hurts, but How Much?" UCLA Newsroom. 13 September 2010., n.d. Web. 21 Aug. 2015.

Raymond, Joan. "Racial Discrimination in Teen Years Could Create Health Problems - NBC News." NBC News. 3 February 2014., n.d. Web. 21 Aug. 2015.

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1. Curfew is at midnight 
2. No derogatory language or terms
3. You can only have kids if you can support them
4. All kids must go to school
5. No unnecessary violence 
6. 1 hour minimum of physical activity each day
7. Proper hygiene
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9. Peace
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1. In society you can freely represent your beliefs
2. freedom to find your own mate
3. allowed to venture anywhere around the city
4. socialize with whoever you want
5. gender equality

5 Things that are not allowed

1. no drinking or smoking
2. no drugs
3. no trespassing outside of city boundaries
4. no abuse of technology
5. no questioning authority

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Merchant of Venice Final Draft Essay

 "Don't judge a book by it's cover"...  When first meeting someone for the first time it takes the brain less than 1/10th of a second to judge them.  Even though some people seem cruel at first it's all for a reason good or bad, either it's because they had a rough past or had a bad experience.  Merchant of Venice written by William Shakespeare is a story mainly about Shylock a moneylender, Bassanio a lover in need of money, Antonio a merchant and a loyal friend and lastly Portia a slick rich woman.  In the book, Bassanio who wants to marry Portia is in need of money; and so he asks his friend Antonio for help, who then goes and barrows money for Bassanio.  Not knowing that he will not be able to pay Shylock the lender back, which leads up to Antonio facing the price for not following through.  Between these events are a  filled with judgments and tension between both sides (Bassanio, Antonio vs. Shylock).  But, in the end it becomes as clear as a putting on glasses for the first time, that Shylock wasn't how everyone thought he was.  In Shakespeare's book he shows us how judging someone only leads us into a world of deception, because people aren't always how they are perceived.

          Things aren't always how they seem, just like how you may think that someone is nice but really they aren't.  "Appearances can be deceptive.  The world is always taken in by ornament."  Shylock a rich moneylender is portrayed as a devious bloodthirsty man, but as the story goes on it reveals that he is this way because he was always treated with hatred and just wanted revenge.  He suffered this whole time but all that was seen was the times of him being cruel.  "All that glitters is not gold."  Just because something looks like it's the truth and seems like it is, there is always that chance that it isn't.  Shlock always seemed like a very powerful man because of the money, and everyone knows that if you have money you have power but there was that small chance that the money and power wouldn't be enough... and it wasn't.  So you next time you find yourself judging someone, stop because you probably don't even know much about that person.

          Racism; it means prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race.  "I am a Jew.  Hath not a Jew eyes?  Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions?  Fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is?  If you prick us, do we not bleed?  If you tickle us, do we not laugh?  If you poison us, do we not die?  And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?"  What’s on the inside counts, not the person’s race or the way they look on the outside, Antonio and Shylock always judge each other based off of each other’s race. Just because Shylock is Jewish Antonio thinks he is hastier and greedy and vise versa.   But to many times people discriminate others because of their type of race, if their black or white or what cultures they believe in.  "Which one is the merchant and which one is the Jew?"  In the real world calling someone by his or her race is racist, but it is exactly what Portia does.  She refers to Shylock as a Jew instead of the prosecutor or another more professional term instead of the race of the person.  Even though this is the repetitive theme it goes to show that you can't be quick to come to conclusions and can't judge people by something as little as their race.

          Money like said before is power, and back then power was everything.  "When I say "a good man," you must understand that I mean he is financially sound."  The only thing that mattered was money which led to power and so, it caused everyone to become greedy.  Everyone only wanted more and more money just like Shylock; he was a moneylender and the bond that he wrote would give him more money then he lent out, making him a profit.  "When you remove my source of income.  You take my life when you take away the means whereby I earn my living."  In Shylock's life all that mattered was his money, if he had a lot of money he was happy, and so when he lost the court case which made him give up his money and belongings he was powerless and had no point in life.  Even though Shylock started out looking like devious person in the end he came out looking a little more promising.  Things ended like they should've started, Shylock humbled and everyone else more successful (financially and spiritually).

          In the end it showed the theme of Merchant of Venice that it was about greed, judgments, and racism and that no matter how a person looks or what they are that you should never judge them because you may not know everything about them.  Also just because Shylock seemed like he was a very devious man he really wasn't he was just treated harshly and had nothing in the end, even though it was foresaw that Shylock was a bad person he changed and that is why pre-judgement is one of the main themes of this book.  You can't ever tell what a book holds on the inside just like you can't tell what a person holds on the inside and so, don't ever make pre-judgments before you know what the person is like; because who knows that person you thought was cruel and ruthless may have just lost their loved one...

Merchant of Venice Rough Draft Essay

           "Don't judge a book by it's cover"...  When first meeting someone for the first time it takes the brain less than 1/10th of a second to judge them.  Even though some people seem cruel at first it's all for a reason good or bad, either it's because they had a rough past or had a bad experience.  Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare is about judgement, greed and racism and how although you think you may understand someone, there is always more too it.  

          Things aren't always how they seem, just like how you may think that someone is nice but really they aren't.  "Appearances can be deceptive.  The world is always taken in by ornament."  Shylock a rich moneylender is portrayed as a devious bloodthirsty man, but as the story goes on it reveals that he is this way because he was always treated with hatred and just wanted revenge.  He suffered this whole time but all that was seen was the times of him being cruel.  "All that glitters is not gold."  Just because something looks like it's the truth and seems like it is, there is always that chance that it isn't.  Shlock always seemed like a very powerful man because of the money, and everyone knows that if you have money you have power but there was that small chance that the money and power wouldn't be enough... and it wasn't.  So you next time you find yourself judging someone, stop because you probably don't even know much about that person.

          Racism; it means prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race.  "I am a Jew.  Hath not a Jew eyes?  Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions?  Fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is?  If you prick us, do we not bleed?  If you tickle us, do we not laugh?  If you poison us, do we not die?  And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?"  What’s on the inside counts, not the person’s race or the way they look on the outside, Antonio and Shylock always judge each other based off of each other’s race. Just because Shylock is Jewish Antonio thinks he is hastier and greedy and vise versa.   But to many times people discriminate others because of their type of race, if their black or white or what cultures they believe in.  "Which one is the merchant and which one is the Jew?"  In the real world calling someone by his or her race is racist, but it is exactly what Portia does.  She refers to Shylock as a Jew instead of the prosecutor or another more professional term instead of the race of the person.  Even though this is the repetitive theme it goes to show that you can't be quick to come to conclusions and can't judge people by something as little as their race.

          Money like said before is power, and back then power was everything.  "When I say "a good man," you must understand that I mean he is financially sound."  The only thing that mattered was money which led to power and so, it caused everyone to become greedy.  Everyone only wanted more and more money just like Shylock; he was a moneylender and the bond that he wrote would give him more money then he lent out, making him a profit.  "When you remove my source of income.  You take my life when you take away the means whereby I earn my living."  In Shylock's life all that mattered was his money, if he had a lot of money he was happy, and so when he lost the court case which made him give up his money and belongings he was powerless and had no point in life.  Even though Shylock started out looking like devious person in the end he came out looking a little more promising.  Things ended like they should've started, Shylock humbled and everyone else more successful (financially and spiritually).

          In the end it showed the theme of Merchant of Venice that it was about greed, judgments, and racism and that no matter how a person looks or what they are that you should never judge them because you may not know everything about them.  Also that just because you may be rich you should never just want more and more money because then you are going to end up like Shylock... a broken man.  You can't ever tell what a book holds on the inside just like you can't tell what a person holds on the inside and so, don't ever make pre-judgments before you know what the person is like; because who knows that person you thought was cruel and ruthless may have just lost their loved one...