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Prescribed Drug Stimulants for the Sake of Education

"School-Drug Stimulants are Ritalin , Adderall , Vyvanse , and Concerta ," says Esquire  (April, 2014, D'Agostino, R.). Facts 20% of American boys have been suggested for such medication just to be a part of the traditional schooling choice. It's called normalizing the individual to fit their normal surroundings and given school system attitudes. With all the side effects information and various school choices, there has been a 37% increase since this story broke in 2003. The No Child Left Behind ACT presented by primarily females and single and/or low income mothers has caused significant changes in American education and social welfare organizations. A school policy primarily initiated by white female leaders and health care and political teaming efforts. There is a need for family behavioral therapy of such dysfunctional attitudes of striving to be of the norm or dysfunctional community attitudes (primarily Democratic citizens and welfare-state communities)

Black Stories Told by White People

Copied without comments ( Esquire , Dec., 2013). Used for company event theme of  White American History Month (all of March). 42 (movie director) Mandela (movie director) The Slave (1936, Richard Hildreth, 1st antislavery novel published in America and inspiration for Uncle Tom's Cabin . Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) Porgy and Bess (1935, George and Ira Gershwin) Cry the Beloved Country (1948, Alan Paton) The Amos 'n' Andy Show ( 1951) Hurricane (1975, Bob Dylan, chronicles the dubious murder trial and conviction of boxer Rubin Carter) The Jeffersons, et. al. (1975-1985, Norman Lear) Glory (1989, Matthew Broderick) Ballad: "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going" (1993, Miss Arkansas sings the ballad for the talent portion of the Miss America pageant, Dreamgirls ) The Wire (2002-2008, David Simon) Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012, a hurricane Katrina fantasy film)

St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's Day celebration or the Irish Mardi Gras is of Irish descent. It is the feast day of St. Patrick, a Christian missionary to Ireland in the fifth century A.D. (after Jesus' death)  It was first celebrated in the United States in 1737 in the city of Boston.  This celebration is noted in America  for its parades, wearin' o' the green, and good fellowship. The holiday is celebrated each year on March 17. The word shamrock comes from the Irish-Gaelic word "seamrog" meaning little clover. The symbol of St. Patrick's Day is the shamrock, a small three-leaved clover. It is the national flower of Ireland. Often people all over the world will wear green on this day as a reminder of the beautiful green countryside of Ireland. St. Patrick, the priest, told the people that the shamrock was like the idea of the Holy Trinity--that in the one God there are three divine Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Or is this just a legend? The ho