Why Televisions Should Be Unplugged I believe all the televisions in America should be unplugged‚ and we should become a nomadic‚ goat-herding race- well‚ maybe not the part about the goat herding. Anyway‚ television programming is corrupting our youths’ minds; they are being stupefied and are becoming virtual vegetables as they are molded by the programs they view to be lazy‚ selfish‚ and to forsake all their moral and ethical values. The so called "entertainment value" to the shows is what’s
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make money. So why do we have to pay most of what we earned for our education? A big reason why people in our nation don’t attend college is because they can’t afford it. Having a college degree will relieve financial stress. In addition‚ affordable college tuition will make more impoverished students attend college. Finally‚ more education will equal less violence in the world. College should become more affordable. Paying so much for college can cause financial issues‚ even after you finished college
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How is literacy important to you? Literacy to me is expanding the knowledge of just having the ability to read and write. Knowing you can do more with literacy‚ is beyond just reading and writing. Expanding your education on how you use literacy‚ means going out and seeing what you really know. Literacy can be spread throughout cultures‚ and taking what they know and help those students perform better in the classroom. I do not think literacy is just sitting in the classroom‚ it is taking it more
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Why Are Curriculum Should be Harder America’s education is on a down fall. It seems like every year we drop a little more on the world wide rankings. The United States education system is not as competitive around the world as it used to. America is focusing too much on the upper class and not enough on the middle to lower class. The United States is currently ranked around 25th in math‚ 17th in science‚ 14th in reading‚ and 17th overall. But a recently released study by Martin Carnoy‚ professor
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Why Marijuana Should Remain Illegal I believe that marijuana should continue to remain illegal. I believe there are more benefits if marijuana is kept illegal than if it were to be legalized. I believe marijuana should remain illegal because it impacts health negatively‚ it can be addictive and it would negatively impact society. Although the article from John Cloud (2002) stated that Marijuana might actually be good for you‚ the fact is that the research isn’t available. I believe that marijuana
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Saving Lives When Is It Ethical The decision to be an organ donor is not an easy decision to make‚ but the donor has the easiest part of the donation process. The decision of when to extract the organs usually falls on the family and the attending physician. The question since organ donation began has always been when are you really dead? This one question has been an ongoing controversy not only with the public‚ but with churches‚ and the government as well. The government has tried to put rules
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Topic- Organ Donation Audience Analysis Situational Characteristics: 8-12 minute speech 14 people in the audience Projector ready for use Time of day – 12:40 Audience Demographics: Age: late teens-early twenties (except Professor Bernhardt) One French student One Korean student 7 males 5 african-American females 1 professor Common Ground: Common ground is that no one in the class knows of someone who has needed in organ transplant. Prior Exposure: My audience survey results
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Why Should Abortion Be Legal? Carlos Walcott PHI 103: Informal Logic Barri Mallin September 10‚ 2012 Why Should Abortion Be Legal? In 1971 a young mother challenged Taxes and their abortion laws. By 1973 abortion was legal. There are several ways to extract an unborn human child from the womb. What does life mean to those who have an abortion and those who have not had an abortion? There are several advocates that are pro-live and pro-abortion some are groups‚ individuals‚ authority figures
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more than ever‚ propositions to legalize the drug have risen‚ which is causing a stir between people who want it to be regulated just as tobacco and alcohol is‚ and people who want it to be a crime with severe punishments. With this paper‚ I will show you the true facts behind marijuana; the facts that are misconstrued and altered by older generations of people who want nothing more than to abolish the drug. In the first section of my paper‚ I will explain the science of the drug and how it actually
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are two types of organ donations‚ living and deceased. Nobody realizes what the numbers are and how many there are suffering. “Currently‚ nearly 124‚000 men‚ women and children are awaiting organ transplants in the United States.” (Organ 1) According to The U.S Department of Health and Human Services‚ a person is added to the list every ten minutes. 79 people every day are saved by organ donation. (Need1) However‚ 22 people die waiting for a transplant because of a shortage of organs. (Need 1) Everyone
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