group‚ censoring children from difficult subject matter is not always the solution. There is always controversy when difficult issues arise in adolescent geared novels. Even though there are many concerns with Lois Lowry’s The Giver‚ this book should not be banned from the Coopertown Middle Library. The Giver is about an eleven-year-old boy named Jonas is a light-eyed boy who lives in a Utopian society. Within his society‚ there is no suffering‚ no hunger‚ no war‚ no color‚ and no love. There is
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Prohibited I agree that smoking should be banned in all restaurants. People should not smoke in restaurants because it is inappropriate to smoking while someone is trying to eat a meal. Non smokers can inhale the smoke and get second hand smoke which is a health risk. Smoking is already a bad addiction for many people‚ but it is also bad for the people that do not smoke. Banning smoking in restaurants has already gone into effect in many places such as New York City. We all know that many people smoke
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Should peanuts be banned? Peanuts should be banned at schools that kids may have allergies because they can get really sick and maybe even die. There are a lot of foods that have peanuts in them.They can also get sick by eating in the cafeteria people can bring something that has peanuts in it and the cafeteria can make food that has peanuts in it. “As you read‚ think about how schools can help protect students who have this allergy." But schools wouldn’t ban them because‚ they think they can prevent
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be used as a disguise but also an Islamic tradition for women to wear from exposing themselves to other males besides their husbands or fathers‚ but there is so much law reform can do since there is a big debate about whether the burqa should or should not be banned since it will destroy the
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multiple reasons; a prime example would be marketing. Parents may feel that advertising things pertaining to kids should be banned‚ but I beg to differ. I’m pretty sure companies intentions aren’t to corrupt the mind of children‚ but to only make a profit from their merchandise. Now‚ it is understandable for a parent to be on the fence about these advertisements because i’m sure we have all seen a ad that simply wasn’t for the eyes‚ and ears of a child‚ but a company has to do almost what ever it takes
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Today I am here to talk to you all about a problem that is far-reaching the nation. According to the National Cancer Institute. Each Year an estimate of 443‚000 people die from smoking‚ but the damaging effects of smoking do not stop with the smoker. An estimated 88 million nonsmoking Americans‚ including 54% of children under the age of 12‚ are open to secondhand smoke and about 46‚000 non-smoking Americans die from second hand smoke exposure a year. Over the past few years two of my uncles have
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texts‚ and most often claim that the works they challenge contain certain scenes that are “sexually explicit‚” or include dialogue that uses “offensive language‚” and in some cases also argue that the texts are “unsuited for any age group” ("About Banned & Challenged Books"). Many parents have these exact issues with Hopkins’ novel‚ proving that this controversy is not unique to Crank‚ but spans the entire spectrum of YA literature. Parents want to protect their kids from sexually explicit content
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Sweatshop is the World’s Future Why do we need sweatshops in our lives? Can sweetshops help under development countries people to live better life? Sweatshop is workshop for devices‚ clothes‚ or other works‚ and sweatshop is using poor country or developing countries for less prices. Sweatshops started in middle of 1800’s‚ and big factories still using it. There are some rich countries that have used sweatshop when they were under developing countries. The histories of sweatshop is likely bad‚ but
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Should Abortions be Banned? Abortion has been one of the most highly debated and controversial topics in American culture and politics. One of the reasons it is such a sensitive topic is because everyone can relate to it in one way or another. Abortion is defined as the deliberate termination of a pregnancy. The arguments for this surround the idea of whether the induced removal of the fetus is murder or rather in the best interest of the mother. I am personally in favor of abortion under
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Name : Thuy Linh Mai Class : English ‘16 Smoking ban Smoking ban in almost all work places and public areas has made hotly debated issue of late. While many people approve of this legislation‚ some take issue with it for fear of their freedom being restricted. Nevertheless‚ from my personal standpoint‚ I am convinced that banning smoking has its pros and cons for the reasons illustrated below. On the one hand‚ it is irrefutable that cigar prohibition
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