Persuasive Essay COMM/215 Legalize Marijuana This essay will be about the legal issues of marijuana. The California government chooses to have a vote in California and other states and it passed the vote‚ now the federal government is trying to shut down dispensaries in the state. Even though California passed the vote in 1996 to allow the use of medical marijuana for medical use‚ the drug is still illegal under federal law. According to federal law‚ any amount found on a person is a misdemeanor
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Persuasive Essay It seems like in this generation‚ that students in schools aren’t doing as well as the previous generations. Students seemed to be fiddling with more of technology‚ sports and other subjects that does not relate to academics. Where in the past generations‚ kids received better grades and had greater work because of the ‘easy’ educational system. Although now that more and more work is given to the students by the teachers‚ some of the results are not satisfactory enough. Though
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Kakar Vanessa English IV Persuasive Essay Being in high-school should definitely be the best four years of your life. Most people forget that these years is what usually makes up for the rest of your life. For example some people choose to study hard‚ pass their classes‚ and then have fun with the time they got left over. Others choose to use up all their time for fun and never pass classes or dedicate any type of time towards their education and usually get held back a couple of years
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Persuasive Essay Many movies‚ television shows‚ music songs‚ and video games are filled with violence: murder scenes‚ nonstop profanity‚ rape and torture scenarios. By placing scenes like these in the movies for the children and teenagers to see‚ the media is causing them to become more violent than it already is. What has our society come to these days? Everywhere we look‚ violence is present; in the streets‚ back alleys‚ schools‚ and even at home. Even if one might be a pacifist‚ violence will
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Evan Bennett November 4‚ 2010 Persuasive Essay Gay discrimination is a major problem that affects individuals all across the country. The Defense of Marriage Act needs to be repealed. First‚ the Defense against Marriage Act will be explained and then why it needs to be repealed‚ then the effects the law has on society. The federal government needs to give same sex couples the same health benefits that heterosexual couples receive. Currently‚ the government offers employees benefits such as health
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Tim Goloburda Mrs.Lindhorst/Thompson English 11 21‚ February 2013 Persuasive Essay Being healthy is an important factor in life. Many people try to be healthy‚ but not everyone is successful. The question we need to ask ourselves is what is the number one thing we consume daily and can’t live without it? Water! The water we drink hydrates us and gives us numerous kinds of antioxidants and minerals. Although not all water is good for your health. For instance‚ the water that we use daily for
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Persuasive essay How did Porfirio Diaz help the economy grow and modernized the country? Porfirio Diaz was known as a dictator for many years‚ but what most people don’t know is that he made great progress in the economy‚ politics‚ and modernized the country. He lasted more or less 30 years in power. He brought a lot of technology and industry development to Mexico. This helped Mexico’s economy. This was important because Mexico faced many problems in that time. Some problems were that there was
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Amber Draper October 21‚ 2012 EN 111 Prof. Cain Persuasive Essay while in high school classes all day‚ teachers talk about the same math‚ science‚ and numerous other subjects‚ but they always seem to either through sex education or not talk about it at all. Sex education should be taken a step further in high school today. Many teenagers are no aware nor are they educated about sex. Sex education should be a part of more high school curriculum. While in high school sex education is not really
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Iomy Estevez April 8‚ 2013 Persuasive essay Mandaory School Uniform Have you thought about how your family‚ your home‚ music and even television have influenced you on the way you behave or even dress? While I was in middle school it was mandatory for all students to wear uniform and I loved it‚ i felt welcome into the school and since every one had to wear the same thing no one was bullied and i became a straight A student sice i would only focuse in school. Then high school came along
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Persuasive Essay “Shame” by Dick Gregory is a story about a young boy (Richard) who got humiliated as a kid trying to impress a girl at his school. He wanted to be like other kids at his school‚ but he couldn’t because he was poor. “Thank You‚ Ma’am” by Langston Hughes is a story about a little boy (Roger) who thought he had to steal his way through life until he met a large lady (Luella Bates) he tried to steal from changed his life. While the two characters are different in that they have
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