emathis's blog

A study completed in 2001 showed that suicide was the 11th leading cause of death in the United States. For females suicide was the 19th leading cause of death, and for males it was the 8th leading cause if death; these deaths totaled 30,622. 73% of deaths due toe suicide are committed by white males, and a whopping 80% of females that commit suicide are white.  Read More »

If you attend a private college or university, you should know by now that you don't get as much financial assistance from the government as public colleges and universities do. If you attend a private college or university in Georgia and are a Georgia resident, you don't get as much HOPE funding as public schools; you don't get the $100 for books!  Read More »

In China you are only allowed to have one child. If you have more than one child legally, you are fined for each additional child. The Chinese government says this is to control population and according to the article below, it has prevented 400 million births. The cons to this law is that it has caused an imbalanced sex ratio, countless abortions, and several other health hazards.  Read More »

By now almost everyone has heard about the huge polygamist case coming out of Texas. One of the recent issues stemming from the case is what to do with all the children. When authorities went in and took the children away from their families, more than 440 were seized.  Read More »