1.7 million students sit down to take a test that will be essential when determining their acceptance into college annually. In 1926‚ the Scholastic Aptitude Test was introduced with the purpose of measuring aptitude or innate mental ability rather than the mastery of subjects learned. The test was developed from from an army IQ test‚ invented by a man who’s purpose of this test was to exclude minorities and immigrants. The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is neither fair nor does it actually measure
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Water fluoridation is the addition of fluoride to the water supply‚ and in particular‚ 75% of America’s water supply. Despite the fluoridation of the public water supply being a topic of controversy‚ there are studies related to harmless side effects‚ strict regulation levels‚ and positive results from usage. Several groups believe that the fluoridation of public water is dangerous to the public’s health. In a February 2006 article in Journal of Controversial Medical Claims titled "The Debate over
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Statutory rights are permitted rights based on acts passed by the legislature. In our company and in most others we don’t agree with discrimination whether you are gay bisexual or straight you shouldn’t be judged or treated different because of it this. This also goes for religion‚ Colour & Age. With any job when you first start you should get a contract which explains your job role the responsibilities you need to deliver in your work place‚ the dress code and loads of other important stuff that’s
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Nothing says "home sweet home" like the carcass of an animal head plastered onto a wall‚ overhanging a glowing fireplace. In the year of 2016‚ it seems as if one’s home cannot possibly be completed without the ostentatious display of animal heads and other taxidermied animals‚ signifying the treasured "trophies" of any hunter or dead animal lover. While I agree that animal hunting is essential to ecological sustainment‚ it is beyond irksome when one keeps his or her hunted animals as ornaments to
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Animal Rights Animal rights protect species from mistreatment by humans. The advocates of this regulation demand that the government establish more laws governing the rights for animals because of their empathy toward animals‚ similarities to human behavior‚ moral status‚ and biomedical research. They mandate equal rights to all species; however‚ I believe the existing laws are adequate and should not be expanded‚ but enforced and have minor changes. Victoria Braithwaite‚ author of the article
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Opposing Immigration The United States government should not permit people from other countries to immigrate to the United States because it conducts to the expansion of jobless Americans. This issue brings upon animosity towards immigrants from U.S. citizens. Immigration causes pain‚ and pain conduct to the struggles of American lives. Immigration into another country contributes to unemployment for Americans‚ it reduces job opportunities for U.S. teenagers and the less-educated‚ and it affects
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Gun control: now or never In 1924‚ Presidential Candidate‚ Robert La Follete said‚ “Our choice is not merely to support or oppose gun control but to decide who can own which guns under what conditions.” After many years later‚ the debate over gun control has always been a hot issue not only for the U.S but also for the whole world. However‚ this problem has truly become more significant since the outrageous Sandy Hook shooting was happened in Connecticut last year. There have been many debates over
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Gun Control Imagine the world without guns‚ less crime‚ less murder and the children from the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting would still be here today. Guns pose serious threats to ordinary New Zealanders. It’s quite simple no guns‚ no gun violence. Banning guns would reduce the number of gun related deaths‚ a lot of the people would not listen but it would defiantly lower the number
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Fiscal cliff‚ a seemingly disturbing new term for American’s to digest about our growing deficit problems is stirring up panic and stress for our country’s economy. A lot of American’s are worried about the future of our country and how we can deal with our increasingly scary issue of debt. Even before the United States was founded in 1776‚ we have had a debt to be paid. It has grown in towering amounts since then and now is an issue we may never get out of. The debt crisis is a result of the
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I personally don’t think standardized tests should be as big of a part of our lives as they are. Other people may believe we have a good amount of test or that we may even need more. In this essay I will explain why I don’t believe we should have such a large amount of test‚ yet we still need test but not as much as we currently do. I think we shouldn’t have so many test because for one thing among others they don’t test schools equally but more on that later. We take so many test‚ don’t you
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