your age. Suddenly a commander walks up to you and says‚ “Take this.” He hands you a couple of pills. You do what you were told and take the pills. The next thing you know...you just shot‚ and killed‚ the rest of your family. This is the life of a child soldier. History shows us that the issue with children soldiers is not new. Since the 1980’s‚ Liberia‚ Uganda‚ and Renamo Forces have had over 13‚900 children soldiers. All over the world today‚ there are still‚ approximately
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bcom/215 Persuasive Essay At least 11% of women smoke during pregnancy. Many of these women smoke without knowing the significant negative effects smoking has on their babies before‚ during‚ and after the pregnancy. When a woman smokes during pregnancy‚ she exposes her baby to dangerous chemicals such as tar‚ carbon monoxide‚ nicotine‚ and other poisonous chemicals that travels through the bloodstream and goes directly to the baby. Nicotine restricts the oxygen through the
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Many children are adopted each year‚ and with these children being adopted there are adoptions. There are many forms of adoption used throughout the world‚ but the biggest forms of adoption are closed adoption and open adoption. Open adoptions are adoptions in which the birthmother‚ the biological mother of an adoptee‚ is allowed contact with the adoptee. Closed adoption is an adoption where the birthmother of the adoptee is not present in the child’s life in any way shape or form. The birth family
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TRANSNATIONAL ADOPTION The adoption of children on a transnational basis is one of the blessings of the modern human culture. Resulting from the worries of humanity to find homes for the orphans of wars such as the World War II‚ governments established legal frameworks to expand this exercise (Masson 2001). Therefore‚ whereas there were about 30‚000 children being adopted from 50 countries in 2001 (Selmon 2000)‚ the count has now reached over five times as much. Transnational adoption has led to
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small‚ it is still a baby. Detail C: It is not the baby’s fault that he/she was created. Support for Thesis 2 Topic Sentence: There are other options besides abortion. Detail A: A mother can always choose adoption. Detail B: There are closed adoptions and open adoptions. Detail C: A mother can also choose to parent the baby. Support for Thesis 3 Topic Sentence: An abortion can lead to health risks for the mother. Detail A: There can be emotional side effects such as PTSD
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Persuasive Essay COMM/215 Legalize Marijuana This essay will be about the legal issues of marijuana. The California government chooses to have a vote in California and other states and it passed the vote‚ now the federal government is trying to shut down dispensaries in the state. Even though California passed the vote in 1996 to allow the use of medical marijuana for medical use‚ the drug is still illegal under federal law. According to federal law‚ any amount found on a person is a misdemeanor
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Persuasive Essay Have you ever not been able to write because of an injury? Ever wish there was an easier way to writing? Well look no further‚ I would like to introduce you to the Mind Scriber. As you may have guessed‚ you use this device to actually write with your mind. Throw your pencils away‚ and forget about those cramping hands! As a result‚ you will make writing a breeze. That is why you should buy this product because it will prevent cheaters‚ can be used with broken limbs‚ and
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Amber Draper October 21‚ 2012 EN 111 Prof. Cain Persuasive Essay while in high school classes all day‚ teachers talk about the same math‚ science‚ and numerous other subjects‚ but they always seem to either through sex education or not talk about it at all. Sex education should be taken a step further in high school today. Many teenagers are no aware nor are they educated about sex. Sex education should be a part of more high school curriculum. While in high school sex education is not really
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Persuasive Essay Raquel Daniel COMM/215 Essentials of College Writing July 7‚ 2011 Cassundra Flemister-White Persuasive Essay Gangs Gangs are killing our upcoming generations. Gangs have always been around for many years and they are still growing. They are becoming more violent now because they are using more than just their body parts to beat up people. These gangs are killing and raping people. It used to be about colors and different language but now it is about something different
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overweight or has child obesity? Child obesity means that a child is well above their normal weight for their age and height. Many kids are obese because they eat too much unhealthy food‚ don’t have enough exercise or spend too much time on electronics instead of playing outside. But fortunately‚ there are many ways to prevent this or to stop this. Some include‚ daily mandatory gym class‚ limiting electronics and getting outdoors and making healthy food choices. Child obesity has become
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