2012 Argumentative Essay draft 2 Should Students Take a “Gap Year” Between High School and College? In “Gap Years: What Is A Gap Year Before College (And Should You Take One)?” Tricia Taormina states that taking a “gap year” helps students plan more specific academic goals‚ stimulate their passion for learning‚ and aid them to get a better ideas about what they want to study. According to the article‚ a gap year means‚ “a year or semester students take off before enrolling in college.”
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students are against them. There has been a lot of controversy on whether or not we should have school uniforms by next fall. We as students believe uniforms take away freedom of choice‚ they are impractical‚ and a strict dress code would be a better alternative. First‚ school uniforms take away individualism. They do this by not allowing students to pick what they want to wear. They take away from students showing what they stand for or believe. When everyone has to wear the same thing we begin to
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Should the Government Provide Health Care? Health care here in America is a hot topic among the conversations around the water cooler. Between the slow economic recession we are all facing and the high cost of medical coverage‚ and more and more American’s are having to go without. Among working-age adults (those ages 18-64)‚ 19.8% did not have health insurance in 2006‚ an increase in the percent uninsured from 18.9% the year before. (CDC‚ 2007) Is there a health care crisis in America? Should
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What Should Be Responsible for the “Obesity Crisis”? Nowadays‚ fast food becomes a symbol of America‚ so as obesity. The word obesity became really popular because obesity always goes after the fast food. So‚ you might ask how serious the problem of obesity now in the United States is. Judith Warner gave us a really good answer to this question. In his article Junking Junk Food‚ he states that now we are “at a time when more than two-thirds of American adults are overweight” and approximately “17
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Critique of “What Should a Billionaire Give – and What Should You?” by Peter Singer “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood”. This extract represents the first article of the declaration of human rights which states that people from all over the world should gain the same benefits of life and struggle hand in hand to reduce imbalances and disparity between them. However
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The Answer Is No From centuries to centuries the role of women has been predominantly subordinate to the role of men. Men have been known to be superior in both physical and mental levels. They are also most likely to have an "upper hand" in situations based on their gender. An example of such situation is taken place in "The Answer Is No"‚ written by Naguib Mahfouz. This story has a considerable amount of sexual politics. On one side you have a women who is powerless and feels trapped because of
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3‚ 2‚1‚ history is made as you watch the massive Orin take to Mars! Maybe‚ one day you might live on mars. I am a student at Rossview Middle School and I am here to speak on the argument of whether the government should keep sending money for the NASA programing. The U.S government should keep sending money to the NASA and other programs because we could colonize other planets‚ explore how our Earth came to be‚ moreover learn more about the universe that makes our Earth look like a speck of dust
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Engle GS2745 It Takes Courage To overcome any challenge or obstacle in life is to refuse to let it stand in your way. Overcoming difficulties in life does not require physical strength or mental brilliance. To achieve whatever problems or goals you face in life you just need strength of mind. With this you can live your life the way you choose no matter what. There will always be people who will say that you are not going to make something out of yourself and it takes a very courageous and
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Table of Contents 1.0 Abstract Biovail Corporation‚ a large pharmaceutical company and had applied advanced drug-delivery technologies to improve the clinical effectiveness of medicines. It is recently had its stock downgraded by a well-known pharmaceutical analyst and a number of other analysts were also scrutinizing the company. The outcome was not favorable‚ as Biovail ’s acquisition methods were labeled as unethical and their accounting practices were questioned
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Reflection Paper #1 Hostile vs. Friendly Takeovers In our first class‚ we reviewed merger‚ consolidation and acquisition. With these information in mind‚ I rethink about hostile and friendly takeovers. In my language‚ friendly takeover happens when a company (A) wants to buy another company (B). Company A firstly informs company B’s board of directors‚ then company A offers a price. Hopefully‚ company B will consider this offer carefully and make a decision whether to be bought. Usually not
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