Standardized Testing Should Not Be The Standard Standardized testing can be deemed as unfair and should not be solely be used to judge a student’s academic performance. Once quoted‚ “If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test‚ I wouldn’t be here. I guarantee you that” (Obama). Standardized testing has been the go-to way to test a student’s intellectual ability since before World War II. Most tests consist of several hours filled with tedious multiple choice questions
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fail to realize is how accurate these topics written about are to the everyday events in our lives. The banning of your book‚ Thirteen Reasons Why‚ is unreasonable and unfair because it focuses on suicide which is a growing issue today‚ emphasizes the importance of one’s actions‚ and addresses relevant topics of our time. One of the reasons your book should not be banned is because of how well it speaks about suicide. Experts say‚ the third leading cause of death for college-age youth (12-18)
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In Jude Watson’s Loot How to Steal a Fortune‚ readers learn that theme is family and friends stick together but you can’t trust family all the time. You would be surprised about how many conflicts happened in the story. It was obvious that the kid gang was struggling. They were young children who were doing crime to find moonstones. There were so many antagonists that got in the way of them. The risks they were taking were very dangerous. They still managed to stay together though. The theme of
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Hillmont Talada 1 Danielle Cook English 1010 February 22‚ 2010 Why marijuana should be legal Some people ask why marijuana should be legalized. But‚ perhaps‚ we should ask why marijuana is illegal? Contrary to public opinion and current law there are more reasons for marijuana to be legalized than for it to remain illegal. Marijuana cost taxpayers billions of dollars‚ it is less harmful than other pharmaceutical
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Should Marijuana Be Legalized? Marijuana is a very prominent and controversial subject in our society today. There have been many slanderous claims about how cannabis is horrendous‚ however the truths are starting to surface. I strongly believe that marijuana should be legalized for all purposes. If the government cannot stop us from harming our bodies by overeating or skydiving‚ why should they be able to stop us from using drugs? The use of marijuana for medical purposes dates back thousands
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Elijah Mann White 2nd 31 October 2016 Why Handguns Should be Banned Handguns are very easy to buy and conceal. Criminals can get these weapons and conceal them just like everyone else. That makes them very dangerous. That’s why they should be banned. Handguns are small‚ lethal‚ and easy to obtain.“...semi-automatic handguns with magazines that slide into their grips-- are the most manufactured category of American firearm. According to the ATF‚ 4‚441‚726 were produced in 2013” (Ryder). That number
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a detention is because people wouldn’t want to stay longer so it would finally click to students that getting in trouble isn’t fun. I do not think it would be nice to have just because it has more cons than pros. I think they should keep school they usually are they should not add time add longer breaks its already equaled out and if they add things or change it school wouldn’t be fair. I am a person who already hates school and hates attending it but if they added more time I had to be in a classroom
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Why Should I Be Moral? The question of morality proves to be a complex interrogatory. Should I be moral? If I should be‚ then why? Why is morality important to society? An assumption can be made that morals derive from a purely religious perspective or the Golden Rule approach. We are told that it is right to be moral. This is an ineffective answer‚ since it does not apply to someone outside the moral circle (Olsen‚ 79). This in mind‚ there is really no way to prove this too a person
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Should guns be sold to anyone? Gun violence happens all around the world on a daily basis. Being able to buy a gun regardless of who you are is being taken advantage of tremendously. Being able to buy a gun without a background check is absolutely pathetic. They are putting the world at risk because they do not know why the buyer is buying this weapon and what they are going to use it for. The buyer might possibly go out on a mass shooting spree and kill many innocent lives. This is why we need to
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Uniforms Should Be Abolished at WHCI Being in highschool is hard enough as it is with teacher and principal breathing down your neck constantly telling you to wear uniform all the time it like you have no freedom. I think uniform should be abolished at West Humber C.I because it will give the student a little freedom. Reason why i think it should be abolished at West Humber C.I is because you have to buy more than one set of uniformsand you wouldn’t want to wear that one set over and over again
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