Who do you first approach when you are down? Your friends? Is it really impossible to live without them? Is it necessary to make friends in the first place?Firstly‚ friends can help you develop character. With their company‚ they are able to influence you to become similar like them. For example‚ a teenager hangs around with good friends that are interested in studying. When the teenager is having problems in studies‚ his friends are able to help with places he is in doubt. Friends are also able
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Sarah Luna Hcom 100 Application 2 Thank You for Smoking In Hcom 100‚ Professor Zamora showed the movie called “Thank You for Smoking”. This movie had many examples relating to the terms ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos‚ which were also taught in class. There are people who tend to believe people whom they respect this concept goes under the theme ethos. The Greek character for ethos refers to the credibility of the writer or speaker. In other words it is the amount of respectability of the person that
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having to directly invade on their child’s privacy.So in this way social networking sites should not be banned. My opponent would probably say that social networking sites affect children’s education but it is not like that.The problem is that the children ultimately have the choice to log in‚ or to do their school work.It is the child’s responsibility to get this work done‚ as I’m sure my opponent and I can agree; the child knows full well that the schoolwork isn’t getting done while on Facebook‚ and
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Guns do a lot of bad‚ but do a lot more good for society. Banning guns will not stop the problem‚ but will just make it worse. Guns are apart of our society as Americans they have been around since colonial years‚ and are not leaving anytime soon. “The number of guns in America has increased by more than 50 percent since 1993‚ and in that same period the gun homicide rate in the United States has dropped by half. (Kristof‚ The Times).” Guns offer protection for individuals. One day you could be
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Pit bulls are being banned worldwide because they are being raised with irresponsible owners and are being trained to be vicious‚ causing pit bulls to terrorize communities‚ and attack people and dogs causing the highest mortality rate of all dog breed attacks. The way communities‚ cities‚ states‚ and countries are handling this‚ is with breed-specific legislation. Pit bull breeds are being banned which does not only target pit pets who are trained to be vicious but pit’s that are good pets as well
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Do you want to see animals abused and killed sometimes for nothing? Animal testing is flawed and can produce very unreliable results. Around 26 million animals are used every year for scientific and commercial testing. These animals are used to determine the toxicity and effectiveness of medications before they test it on humans. Therefore animal testing should be banned. First of all‚ research on animals is sometimes flawed because of biased scientists. According to pro-con.org “87% of the studies
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“Free trade is a necessary evil”. How far do you agree? Free trade is a branch of economics that proclaims freedom of trade and non-intervention of government in private entrepreneurship. Its main feature is absence of “trade-distorting policies” which reduce imports. The effectiveness of free trade and should countries adopt it to boost economic growth has been a debate since 18th century‚ after Adam Smith wrote his book “The Wealth of Nations”. There he outlined the main benefits of free trade
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Imagine you‚ your family‚ and friends being forced to ingest lethal chemicals until half of you die and the other half are killed and dissected. Animals who have been experimented on suffer from diarrhea‚ convulsions‚ loss of muscle control‚ bleeding from the eyes nose and mouth‚ internal bleeding‚ stomach ulcers‚ vomiting‚ respiratory problems‚ and in general‚ complete agony. Often these animals don’t suffer for a “good cause” such as a substantial medical advancement. They suffer for insignificant
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Israel believes and argues that if they are to give up land‚ their people should be able to live long happy lives. Not lives lived in fear of suicide bombers and air raids. The Israeli government believes that the West Bank should be demilitarized. Israelites should be able to live lives without the fear of dying. Israel believes - and I agree‚ that the West Bank should be demilitarized because the towns near it could potentially be annihilated if any of the heavy machinery was to go off. Israel
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Have you ever wondered what books are challenged or banned. “Of Mice and Men”is the book that I could see has had a lot of controversy by high school parents over the last couple of years. The book is banned and challenged in a lot of high schools across America. The reasons for the banning of this book is racism‚ profanities‚ and adult themes. For me‚ it’s a high schooler’s book‚ and it is clear that “of Mice and Men” should not be banned. The first reason for “Of Mice and Men” being banned is racism
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