<span><span>Words used: prediction, connotation, primary source, personification and chronological</span>
A Story about history, and how it affected us….Before 2012, many people believed that the year 2012 was going to be the end of the world. This prediction was based off of the Mayan Calendar, a primary source of its own, made at ~August 11, 3114 BC. Why is this a primary source? Because the Mayans themselves made the calendar, and based everything off of it. However, rest assure, because the world didn’t end yet. (obviously, because its like what 2017 right now [delete this ()]). Many people believed this to be true, and thousands of people rushed to get ready for this ‘end of the world’. They bought food and water in large quantities (and with their life savings) and waited out in underground shelters. The connotation of the phrase “end of the world” scares many. They never want to think of what or where the world is going, and the end of the world. Instead, they look towards the past, and try to learn lessons from the past so that they do not make the same mistakes today, because if the same mistakes happen today, well, you never know where the world will lead to tomorrow. How do they look towards the past? Well, they do NOT take bits and pieces from different timezones randomly. Instead, researchers try to find history that actually has an effect on today or tomorrow. Take for example, the world wars. People go in chronological order from even before the start of the war to a little after it, to learn of the reasons the war started, what happened during the war, and the consequences of fighting the war, and how it affects people. After that, many people would write nonfiction and fictional stories about it, sometimes adding personification to animals that “viewed” the battle while it was going on. An example of this, is “War Horse”, by Michael Morpurgo, in which a horse by the name of Joey, is given a personification, and tells us of an experience a horse had in real-life history (from a farm animal to a animal that survived WW1). With all of this information that is given to us from history, both the problems, and the resolution, it is up to us to learn what is best for our current situation, and to not make the same mistakes again. <span> </span></span>
Condoms are one of the widely used birth control measures. It is also used to prevent sexually transmitted diseases like HIV, Gonorrhea and Syphilis. It is very important to use it properly as advised for it to be effective.
Among the various recommendations for using condom, it is very important to squeeze out the air present at the tip of the condom before putting it on so as to avoid air bubble. Air bubble could tear the condom making its purpose ineffective.
General strain theory (GST) states that people may end up commiting criminal activities to reduce their stressors or strain because they have failed to achieve social valued goals such as money and power. This is also promoted by the fact that people might have lost what is considered positively values stimuli such as romantic partners and employment.,
Some people may find it hard to deal with these stressors and decide to engage into criminal activities as the way of coping or achieving these goals.
Kim has failed to achieve a social values goal which is going to college as a result she felt there is no other way but to engage into criminal activity as a means towards this goal.
