Natalee Sweet Comp. #1 Mr. Yates 7-22-2012 Argumentative Essay: Addiction is a choice Alcohol and illicit drug consumption are all too prevalent today in high schools‚ colleges‚ and all across the globe. Students seeking to fit in or forget about the repetitiveness of school and homework have a tendency to experiment. Drug addiction is known by the scientific community to be a psychological condition based on excessive‚ obsessive‚ and compulsive actions. Once that regular user crosses the
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Daniel Pureco 09/18/14 English 105 Mulligan Humans are naturally curious beings. This curiosity occasionally generates interest into why we think a certain way. What compels us to value one thing over another? Why are some of us naturally better at a certain subject than others? All of these questions are topics that metacognitive research has strived to answer. Metacognition is the awareness and understanding of one’s own thought processes‚ or‚ in other words‚ what we think about thinking. Metacognition
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Name Goes Here Mr. Instructor ESE 95 – E13 September 5‚ 2013 Argumentative Essay: The 2nd Amendment The 2nd amendment is one of the most debated topics in the United States. It’s a very important topic because it concerns every citizen in the country. Many people feel that the 2nd amendment should be repelled to avoid unfortunate incidents such as a weapon landing on the hands of an irresponsible person simply by not securing
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The Day of the Locust tells the story of people who have come to California in search of the American Dream. They travel west hoping to escape less than perfect lives and pursue success in Hollywood. The characters in this novel dream of a life of luxury‚ having lots of money‚ and living happily ever after. They eventually come to the realization that the seemingly picture perfect life that California represents is not as easy to attain as they once thought. The characters in The Day of the
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Write an argumentative essay in which you answer the following question: Should professional athletes use their status to protest the events taking place today? Be sure to state a claim and address an opposing viewpoint using evidence presented in both passages. Type your final‚ completed essay below: If you’re a professional athlete then is it wrong to share your opinion? Some say that professional athletes are supposed to keep their political views to themselves. Professional athletes are still
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somewhat. Medication can be taken but it can’t fix ADHD but it does help. Even with meds the person still needs held. People With ADHD Don’t Have Trouble Paying Attention They have trouble paying attention to the “right” things. Intelligence Has Nothing To Do With ADHD. ADHD gives a challenge to the brain. Those challenges are strikes elsewhere to create
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Is it worth fighting a battle that you might never win? The Cherokee was a native American tribe that had lived east of the Mississippi River on some of Georgia’s richest farmland. White settlers had wanted the land for themselves‚ and their yearning only increased when gold was discovered on the land. At first‚ the Cherokee tried to fit in with the Americans: creating their own written language‚ wearing similar clothing to Americans‚ converting to Christianity‚ and intermarrying with whites. They
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ready for a pandemic. In Dallas‚ Texas‚ hospital workers sent a man who had been to an ebola-infected country and had been showing signs of illness‚ home for two days. “The US response to ebola has not been perfect -- witnessed by the fact that the Dallas hospital did not at first diagnose the man with ebola and sent him home for two days.” (Jonsson‚ Patrik) The hospital in Dallas made a very careless and dangerous decision. A decision like this could be very serious during a pandemic. Discharging
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punishment. Furthermore‚ prisons are populated because jails have become “homes” for certain people such as the homeless. To the homeless‚ being in prison is similar to being in a hotel. They are provided a “room” with a bed to sleep in and three meals a day. The best part is that it’s free. In addition‚ prisons in California are already engaged in an extensive 7.7 billion plan to expand prison capacity and are overseeing another 7 billion in upgrading healthcare facilities for prison inmates (Wood).
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poverty. Yet with the aid of GMOs crops can be made more weather resistant. Meaning they can handle extreme cold and hot temperatures. GMOs can also be made to last longer. For example recently a tomato has been created which it can last up to forty-five days without expiring. Drum wheat is commonly used in cereals‚ but during the growing process salt builds up in the leaves. Which can slow growth and decrease yield. They have found a way to put a stop to salt build up in the leaves.
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