and gentlemen‚ I am a worried healthcare worker wanting condom vending machines in government schools. First of all‚ if condoms were available to student then teen pregnancy rates wouldn’t dramatically decrease. This would cause both male and female student dropout rates to increase; students would not have to drop out school to take care of their children. The distribution of condoms in public high schools will lower the rate of pregnancies and sexually transmitted disease among teenagers. The incidence
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Andrew Keating Homosexuals Should Serve Openly in the Military According to the International Herald Tribune‚ at least 58 Arab linguists were kicked out of the U.S. military ("U.S. military continues to discharge gay Arab linguists‚ and Congress members seek hearing"‚ Par. 1). One might ask why‚ during this time of combating Islamic terrorist networks and insurgents in Iraq‚ would the military get rid of people with such valuable talents? The answer is simple: these men and women are homosexual
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foundation that resides in any debate but‚ I think we can agree things have change. For better or worse‚ that’s up for debate. Let’s first talk about the policy that the military had on gays during the Revolutionary War all the way up to the present. Believe it or not‚ there were gays in the military during the revolutionary war‚ but hardly any of the soldiers ever admitted to being gay or committed homosexual activities such as sodomy due to it being forbidden and in many instances
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the program has benefitted many members of the minority. However‚ the issue of whether affirmative action should be allowed or not allowed in the universities is a controversial one. While some argue that affirmative action should be allowed in the universities because it serves the purpose for which it is intended‚ and promotes diversity‚ others argue that affirmative action should not be allowed in the universities because it is no longer necessary‚ and it causes more harm than good. After
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turned around from writing something on the blackboard to find students text-messaging or otherwise playing with their phones. Come the end of the term‚ a handful of students would fail the class and far too many would drop out of school. The onus for failure should be placed on distractions in the classroom‚ specifically cell phones. Parents think of cell phones as a connection to their children in an emergency. But I wonder what the last situation was that genuinely called for an immediate phone
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Knights were a huge part of the military‚ as they were the military‚ and feudalism gives and gets the required resources in order for it to work efficiently. If the kingdom called upon an army of a manor the lord would have to give him troops because it is part of his feudal oath. lords would give massive amounts of knights to the king (could be up to hundreds of them) (Biel 9). This worked efficiently because the king’s needs were met as were the lords (Biel 9). Knights would also have to
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middle school is about the time when girls start wanting to wear cosmetics‚ whether it be a coat of lip gloss‚ or a full face of makeup. The problem is whether or not girls should or should not wear makeup to school. Some people believe junior high girls should be able to wear makeup to school‚ but they should not be allowed to because makeup can lead to bullying‚ plus many major cosmetic companies use animal testing‚ and that can be harsh on adolescent skin. Some people believe junior high girls
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Should Cell Phones Be Allowed in School? Would you‚ an average middle school student want to be sitting in a classroom for 45 minutes and listening to a teacher drone on about some topic you barely understand? Or would you rather play around on some Smartphone app about the same thing and get the same amount of education? If I were you‚ I would pick option two. First of all‚ it’s more fun. Many schools all around the world are starting to allow students to bring their cellphones or smartphones
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Imagine being a teenager again in today’s schools‚ basically running through the halls with arms full of books‚ so there might be enough time to get into assigned lockers‚ hoping that nothing drops off the pill of books that is being carrying. According to Northeast Middle/High School Handbook‚ it is restricted for students to having any form of carrying bag during the school day with the exceptions for P.E. class and laptop case (provided by school). Although the Northeast Student Handbook prohibits
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your parents. There won’t be any chance that you and your parents could contact each other. What would you do? How would you feel? It seems to me that if cell phones were allowed in schools‚ students could contact their parents easier and people could stay in touch. Therefore‚ cell phones should be allowed to be used in schools. For one‚ cell phones could provide students with academic help. According to Apple‚ about 1.5 million of their electronic devices are being used in classrooms. For example
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