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Motion: School uniforms should be abolished in schools. GOVERNMENT- Agree to abolish school uniforms in schools. Prime Minister- Introduces the first argument that they should have a right to individuality and they could make personal choices on their own to express their personality. (Explain further) Deputy Prime Minister- Will introduces the second and third argument; that rather than school uniforms‚ dress codes can be used. And discuss the last argument that schools waste a lot of time
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the next grade‚ graduate high school‚ graduate college‚ even yet‚ apply to college‚ there is some sort of standardized test that they must pass. All these tests have made it difficult for students to go on with their lives‚ enough to a point where parents have become concerned earlier and earlier every year. National standardized tests are flawed‚ and should be changed because they are too specific‚ they overwhelm students‚ and discredit groups of students.
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is a great shame as all members of the United Nation were already called to join the moratorium of death penalty (Amnesty International‚ 2007). Many countries have abandoned capital punishment and Malaysia should do the same as it is inappropriate‚ cruel and it does not help the society in any ways. It is inappropriate for today as clearly‚ it is incongruent with what Malaysia is aiming for. The aim is to be a fully developed country and to be one Malaysia has to fulfil all challenges which one
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a dictator could manipulate the votes of the people. The Electoral College is a controversial topic because some people believe in keeping it‚ others believe in abolishing it‚ and some would just like it to be changed. The Electoral College should be abolished because it is outdated in the common era‚ it is unfair
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Democracy is a form of government in which all eligible citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives. Democracy allows eligible citizens to participate equally—either directly or through elected representatives—in the proposal‚ development‚ and creation of laws. It encompasses social‚ economic and cultural conditions that enable the free and equal practice of political self-determination. The term originates from the Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía) "rule of the people"‚[1] which
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The Electoral College follows a winner-take all representative system‚ which means that the voices of some citizens will not matter. The Electoral College is a system of representatives included in the U.S. Constitution‚ created by the Founding Fathers‚ to help ensure that voters selecting the president were qualified and knowledgeable. These voters were chosen‚ because they knew what they were doing‚ rather than possible unreasonable voting by the public. However‚ this system is not required anymore
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Each country has many political bodies that help her function systematically. Amongst this complex web in which each string strengthens and facilitates a nation to function lays the local government. A local government also referred to as a municipality not only provides its residents of a nation with various services and programs for the convenience and well-being of its residents‚ such as fire protection‚ animal control‚ traffic control‚ water supply and public transit to name a few. They also
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slavery was outlawed in America‚ you would be wrong. Slavery was abolished in 1865‚ but a loophole in the 13 Amendment has allowed it to continue as a punishment for crimes. Even though the USA make up 5 percent of the world’s population‚ they still house one fourth of all incarcerated people in the world. The statistics make this look really bad for the country‚ however‚ the privet prisons incarcerating prisoners for the government‚ are actually making money on every cell empty or occupied. Unfortunately
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These youth will enter the juvenile justice system in which its existence is opposed by certain states. The Juvenile justice system should be abolished because the cost of this system is high‚ it is a false premises and rehabilitation cannot prevent the offenders from committing the crimes in the future. One reason the juvenile justice system should be abolished is the cost of the system is high. Every year the money spends for youth offenders per year is more than other development. For instance
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