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    Is King John Good Or Bad

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    To what extent can King John be described as a bad king? I think that even though he was good at some points during his reign and at other times thoroughly terrible‚ he was mainly unlucky. He was unlucky on a number of occasions‚ most caused by the Pope. The Pope wanted to out-rule John. John realised this and in 1205‚ he got involved in a dispute with Pope Innocent II. They then had a disagreement over who should become archbishop. So in 1208‚ the Pope punished John by passing a law called

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    Niroula Composition and Communication II 11 May 2013 Is television A Bad Influence on Children? The television has become such an integral part of homes in the modern world that it is hard to imagine life without television. It provides entertainment to people of all ages especially children. Children love to watch TV and prefer to stay “glued” to the TV screen all day‚ rather than playing outside. In the USA‚ 47% of children ages 2 to 18 years have a television set in their bedrooms. On a typical

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    Video games are bad for Children Stop the debate as to whether children who love playing video games should be encouraged to continue or should they be stopped. Several people think children need to play video games because they make them active‚ but still‚ numerous other people also believe video games are not good for children. Despite the fact that other people think video games are healthy for children‚ I strongly believe they are bad for them. There are several reasons why video games are

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    Bad School System

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    What are schools doing for us? If nothing then what can we do to improve them? I think they aren’t doing anything. I have never really thought about this idea until I started research. I think that I am fairly smart‚ but it is more of after school rather than school itself. I was watching a TED TALK from Ken Robinson and he was talking about how schools kill creativity. He talks about how schools are good at making people who do their jobs successfully. He also says that those same people are

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    game‚ is left as positive memory in their brain that can be easily shared information. However‚ the real question is‚ what do humans do with the bad experiences? Do they just store them in their memory bank and never talk about it‚ do they just forget about‚ or do they share the experience? I can’t speak for everybody but‚ I feel you should express your bad experiences‚ just like you would for your good ones. Now I’ll begin. In my lifetime I have always been able to grasp things and excel at them

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    Television is a Bad Influence on Children Televisions are a main item in many houses and in most cases there is more than one. The average American watches four hours of TV daily. Though‚ is all that television good or bad? Everybody has a different opinion and some more than others. When it comes down to studies though‚ doctors are on both sides. Therefore‚ it comes down to the studies and what people believe‚ is television a bad influence on children? To begin‚ television can be a bad influence on

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    It has long been the belief that bad parenting can have a negative impact on children. There are a variety of contributing factor that are identified as having a negative impact on parenting style‚ such as substance abuse‚ mental health issues‚ life stress and lack of financial and social resources and etc. To further complicate matters there are certain factors that place children at higher risk of experiencing abuse or neglect by a parent who doesn’t have the skills to be a good parent. Maternal

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    Divorce is always bad for children? One of the most frequently asked questions “Is divorce harmful to children?”. There are numerous discussions about the effects of divorce on children and most people and researches say that divorce has a negative influence on children. These children have more psychological and behavioral problems than children who live in married two-parent families. I agree with that because I think that normal psychological development and well-being of children are directly connected

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    Bad Grades in School

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    really effective. Parents‚ students‚ and administrators complain that there is to much cheating in their school. (Dorff‚ par 11) But then point at each other when their asked who should be reasonable for fixing the problem. But something has to change. (Dorff‚ par11) Cheating needs to be addressed as pare of a cultural problem as part. It is up to us to make it unacceptable not only in schools but also throughout society. (Dorff‚ par 12) That time-honored anti-cheating mantra‚ “you’re only hurting

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    stressful event. Most children are not prepared for the upcoming split of his/her parents. Studies have shown that less than 10% of children have support from grownups outside the family during the worst part of the divorce. The other 90% of children don’t have anyone. A divorce can affect a child in many ways. For example‚ their grades could drop drastically or they can be very unpleasant to be around. Each child is affected differently by divorce depending on their age. Children from ages 3-5 will

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