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    the issue of school uniforms and whether or not for schools (K-12) to require them. I analyzed three strong arguments from both sides of the issue. The side advocating uniforms argued that school uniforms keep students focused‚ which may lead to an improvement of grades. Advocates state uniforms deter students from crimes and save money for parents by relieving parents of the pressure of buying new clothes for every school year. The other side of the issue against uniforms in schools argue that uniforms

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    the arguments stated against this neo-liberalization don’t actually make any sense logically‚ misunderstand neo-liberalism or are just straight-up strawmen. What the articles themselves seemingly try to argue is: that the trend of increasing neo-liberalizing of education is not working or is outright damaging. However‚ as the arguments are broken down‚ these arguments fall apart completely.

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    ideas that the government did not condone (Haiman). Although censorship began in Ancient Athens‚ it still exist today‚ partially in schools. Students have First Amendment Rights in public schools‚ but those rights are limited. There are many reasons for and against censorship. Advocates for censorship censor text especially school text or books‚ often because school officials are trying to keep students from developing “Subverse values” (Haiman). In other words they are afraid the ideas in the book

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    The Case Against School Prayer The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s article explains that religion should not be acceptable in public schools for the simple fact that religion is not universal. In the second paragraph of the article‚ the author states‚ “Our public schools are for all children‚ whether Catholic‚ Baptist‚ Quaker‚ atheist‚ Buddhist‚ Jewish‚ agnostic.” FFrF interjects that silent‚ personal prayer should never be outlawed in public schools‚ but should be the only acceptable form

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    Schools uniforms are just another way to oppress students. They are a bad idea for any school. School uniforms are not a good idea because they restrain students from expressing their own form of individuality and they are not comfortable. Schools all over the country are talking about making uniforms mandatory. This is an abomination‚ and unfair to students. First‚ schools uniforms are a bad idea because they oppress students individuality. In the article “An Argument Against School Uniforms

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    Case against school meals Although school meals may have advantages‚ there are disadvantages of it also. School meals provided for children‚ are good and help parents financially but it depends on what kind of food is presented to their children. In my opinion‚ some reasons why I think it is not a good thing is because the food provided may be of processed foods and fruits‚ the unhygienic of the preparation of the food and the nutritious content of the food. Many of people rely on schools to provide

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    Many schools in America have banned books in their libraries for the content in certain books. the name behind this idea is called censorship. Books are censord because people feel like it will protect children from certain ideas‚ improve society‚ and keeping moral values. Main reason books are censored are for religion‚ sex‚ drugs‚ abuse‚ social issues‚ and more. Censorship on books has been a controversal topic for many years. Censorship in schools should not be allowed because it infringes on

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    Ruide Bu College Writing I Dr. Iler Rhetorical analysis of “Against School” Fake and gay. Most people would have the same sentiment about the primary and secondary school systems in America. While the argument against the public school system is often presented to the masses in segmented bits and pieces‚ John Taylor Gatto attacks the meat of the issue in his essay‚ “Against School.” A retired teacher of thirty years‚ he engages readers in a conversational dialogue and outlines the ways the educational

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    Censorship of Children’s Literature – An argument against Some of the greatest novels for children and young adults are under attack. Due to what some deem as “inappropriate” language or certain topics‚ countless books have either been censored or banned entirely from schools and libraries. This is not just something that happens abroad‚ but in America as well. That’s right. America. This is home where freedom of speech is one of our oldest and most highly held ideals. An all too common pastime

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    to use the bathrooms. with their gender identity”. However‚ in one of the sources‚ the parents are for the sake of transgender student‚“Students‚ parents and community groups are still able to — and we expect will continue to — bring lawsuits against schools that discriminate‚” said Harper Jean‚ Unlike the other‚ the other source when the parents are of the transgender students‚ “parents...worry that allowing transgender students to use the bathroom of their choice could violate other students’ privacy

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