Throughout America’s communities today‚ the quality of schooling varies from school to school. In the book Our Kids the author‚ Robert Putnam‚ believes that the increased gap between the wealthy and poor is what causes the differences in school quality and opportunities for the students (Putnam‚ 2015). Recently‚ I had the pleasure of interviewing two of today’s youth‚ Josh and Erin. Their names have been changed for the sake of anonymity. Josh is a 17-year-old student at Shawnee Mission East High
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essay with the subheading: "Essay 1: Pro‚" and "Essay 2: Con." Do television shows have a negative effect on children’s development‚ and currupt them? Channels such as VH1 and MTV are good for kids because they expose them to the arts and develops their imagination. It’s bad because not all videos are kid appropriate. Too much exposure to the body‚ violence‚ mature language‚ etc. Mod. 3 Arguments Essay 1: Pro is corrupting Essay 2: Con not corrupting Bibliography: http://www
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his paddle in the air. We were told to do homework for the weekend and to bring it back on the next Monday. I didn’t want to do this long homework assignment‚ I wanted to go play with my friends and play video games. I was a typical young kid; I just wanted to have fun. That whole weekend I did not touch that assignment. I don’t even think I took my homework out from my backpack. The Moring of that Monday I completely forgot about my homework. When I got to school and sat down at my
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Keep the Violent Vids away from Kids Violent video games and their effects on children is a growing debate in today’s society. The controversial problem is: are violent video games a negative effect on children or not? It is my personal opinion that violent video games are a bad influence on children. These young children learn from what they see. It is not a good thing when what they see is violence. It is also not a good thing when they are in control of the character that is doing the violence
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Marketing to Kids: Why & How Marketers Target Kids Before discussing why and how marketers target kids‚ let us look at these facts: * Companies spend about $17 billion annually marketing to children‚ a staggering increase from the $100 million spent in 1983. * Children under 14 spend about $40 billion annually. Teens spend about $159 billion. * Teens between 13 and 17 have 145 conversations about brands per week‚ about twice as many as adults. * Children under 12 influence $500
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I recently a three person play called “Going To See The Kid” at Merrimack Repertory Theatre in Lowell‚ Massachusetts. It’s a new play that follows two colleagued names Ellis‚ and Simon who work at The Boston Herald. They are surprisingly different from what you expect. Their assignment is that they are going on a trip from Boston to Florida to interview Ted Williams. Going on their journey they learn the good lessons of empathy and teamwork. The story starts off as Ellis is talking
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Have you ever been hit as a kid? They shouldn’t do it‚ it is very wrong to do that to there children evan if they hate them or if they love them. Children couldn’t do anything in the world to deserve no matter what they do. The children don’t know if they are loved when they are being hit by there own parents. There kids don’t like the discipline they are getting. The parents leave marks on there poor children which is wrong. CONCLUSION Now should parents hit there kids? NO! There was a lot of talking
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going to discuss whether it’s a good idea to give kids an allowance? First of all‚ I’m a kid and secondly‚ I love money. My answer is absolutely yes – it’s a great idea to give kids an allowance. What is an allowance? It’s money given to a child on a regular basis by a parent or a guardian. The money can be used to go towards something specific or left to the child to decide how they want to spend it. Research has shown that kids who learn about money management at an early age tend
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Teaching Dance to Underprivileged Kids Once prejudices enter the human mind they are not likely to leave it again. In the short story “Teaching Dance to Underprivileged Kids” the main character Carrie Lerner is a good example of this. She cannot let go of her prejudices against black people and this leads to an irrational fear of them. The short story takes place at a dance institute in Newark‚ a city in the state of New Jersey. Newark is described by the narrator‚ Carrie Lerner‚ as a city
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In both articles‚ “What’s it like to be a kid in the White House? Kids have a lot of ideas” by Caitlin Gibson and “Is it tough being a kid? Try being a president’s kid” by Darlene Superville‚ the authors present what it is like to be a president’s child and to live in the White House. I believe the article “What’s it like to be a kid in the White House? Kids have a lot of ideas”‚ portrays the life of a president’s child more accurately because the article incorporates what ordinary ten-year-olds
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