Stop Our Distracted Society Original Oratory Piece Stop Our Distracted Society. A distracted society… What is “distracted”? To the dictionary! “Unable to think about or pay attention to something”. Okay. What is a “distraction”? “Something that amuses or entertains you so that you do not think about problems‚ work‚ etc.” Thanks Merriam-Webster. Speech! As my father always says‚ “Put down your iTrash‚ and put the dishes in the dishwasher.” There was a time when the human race were cavemen‚ and they
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about; however‚ a driver spending just five seconds to read a text message while driving can mean more than what most drivers anticipated. It can mean a person’s life. Sarah Rogers was only 8 years old when driving in a car with her mom. On a four-way stop sign a car crashed into their car hitting the mother’s side at 60mph. James Trolley was the driver who crashed into them and because he decided to text and drive‚ Sarah will live the rest of her life without the presence of her mother again. Sixteen-year-old
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Should we stop talking about racism? If we stop talking about racism what will be the result? Racism is a big part of our american history‚ so if we stop talking about it‚ we would be not talking about a huge time in history. Also if just stop‚ it would get much worse then later on.. Racism is a part of our culture‚ it has been adopted long ago when slavery began. Racism has been here for a good amount of time. Slavery began in the 1600’s when the Americans went to africa and captured the African
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citizens or about 1.5%. The increase of arrests was definitely due to policy change‚ as is illustrated when comparing population growth numbers by the increase in people actually stopped and those arrested. Current law allows police officers to conduct stop and frisk searches of persons based on reasonable suspicion‚ as determined by Terry v. Ohio where supreme court decisions determined that individuals can be searched not only for probable cause (where an individual is under suspicion of committing
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Hollywood with the same name. In order to obviate confusion‚ she decided to change her name and the eccentric “Fannie Flagg” emerged. This name change reflects her jocular personality and novels‚ such as her well-known Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café. Through writing‚ she realized that she could easily incorporate her own experiences into her characters and their own conflicts. Flagg’s background in theater‚ progressive stances on political issues‚ and tragic childhood greatly impacted her
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The government should stop funding the IITs and the IIMs and‚ instead‚ divert the funds to primary education. Favour * India is not a developed country here literacy ratio is very less so government should concentrate on make more people literate rather then concentrating on small group of population * Students from IIT IIM are moving out of India serving other nation’s organization that is really awful * India is democratic country. Democracy can only be successful in only one situation
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CORRUPTION DESTROYS SOCIETIES‚ REPORT IT TO US. LET US STOP CORRUPTION! Corruption is becoming prevalent all over the world. Corruption hurts economies‚ people‚ and governments. Corruption is unethical‚ immoral‚ and illegal in many societies‚ religions‚ and countries. It needs to be stopped. Private organizations‚ United Nations‚ and some governments have attempted to stop corruption or at least have tried to prevent it. They have failed‚ however. This site is an attempt to expose countries
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Stop-and-Frisk: Cleaning up the Streets‚ or Racial Profiling at its Finest? Taryn Konkler Introduction to Law Enforcement Professor Michael Glendon Imagine innocently walking down the street in a city you’ve lived in your whole life‚ when all of a sudden you hear the dreaded “woop woop” and see those flashing red and blue lights. The police. They interrogate you‚ ask your whereabouts‚ and finally‚ they “frisk” you. Of course‚ they find nothing; they rarely
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a serious issue that we all need to fix and it can get worse over time. You can’t stop racism and discrimination from happening‚ but we can help it from getting worse. I myself have never experienced racism towards me‚ but have seen it happen before. I see it all the time when I’m on Facebook‚ Instagram‚ and YouTube. Basically any type of social media site‚ but Facebook is much worse than anything. I can’t count how many times I’ve seen white people on Facebook calling black people the n word‚ and
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while The Rogers Cafe prices them at $2.00 some of the products of the DECA store are similar‚ but not equal to‚ those of The Rogers Cafe. The One Stop DECA Shoppe sells Ice Sparkling Water while the Cafe sells Izzie Ice Water. This is where the DECA Store saw an opportunity to increase pricing to ensure that our business continues to excel. The One Stop DECA Shoppe is also open after school every day‚ unlike The Rogers Cafe. Ten percent of the DECA store’s daily profit comes from after school sales
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