Imagine a situation in which a girl is sent home for wearing yoga pants‚ but her boy classmate stays in class while wearing a skin tight “muscle shirt.” This situation happens too often in schools all over. The discrimination in this situation may seem obvious‚ but some might deem this as an appropriate and fair incident‚ where the female was rightfully punished for her inappropriate clothing. Situations like the before example‚ are often backed up by school dress codes‚ a code in which certain articles
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I understand that hydraulic fracturing holds possibilities for many more jobs‚ tax revenue‚ and greater energy security. In a country that has had a terrible economy for years‚ it is reasonable for Americans to feel that fracking would be beneficial to them. Landowners and energy companies would make money from hydraulic fracturing. It would also create jobs for welders‚ drillers‚ chemists‚ and mechanics. New York could potentially drill four hundred wells per county and raise incomes by over $6-8
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There is a lot of debate on whether the drinking age should be lowered‚ raised‚ or stay the same due to the problems alcohol abuse is causing‚ particularly at colleges. According to Beth McMurthie of The Chronicle of Higher Education‚ “More than 1800 students die every year of alcohol-related causes. An additional 600‚000 are injured while drunk‚ and nearly 100‚000 become victims of alcohol-influenced sexual assaults” (McMurthie). Clearly
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own National Security Agency. This leakage confirmed that the NSA has stolen trillions of U.S. citizens’ emails‚ phone calls‚ and other information from both the Internet and our phones. It is understood that the collection and analysis of all information is part of the NSA’s mission to keep the United States safe‚ however‚ it’s troubling that our own government has to sneak around us. Regardless of whether or not U.S. citizens’ are committing illegal crimes‚ we should be concerned that the government
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Medical Marijuana Chris Carr There seems to be a constant need to provide conflict in our society. Everywhere you turn you will find articles fighting against the legalization of medical marijuana‚ which in this state‚ is already legal. What an interesting concept having to continue to defend the legality and why it should be legal in the first place. Heaven forbid we have something that actually helps people tolerate the pain they have to constantly live with. Why would we want to give them
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levelled against the Saddam Hussein regime. To view this‚ it brought a close perspective to why in the first place the American decision makers where so convinced and confident that the Iraqi regime possessed WMD. The second question that may arise is why was President Bush so desperate to think it was an immediate threat posed by eventually turned false allegations of WMD. The last question is why the bush administration thought invasion was the only way to solve the Iraqi WMD issue. All this pointed
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you.” Unfortunately for the criminal‚ the man in front of you has pulled a gun from under his shirt and fired at him. But what if that man wasn’t allowed to carry a gun? Would an innocent life have been taken? Or would a criminal have gotten what he wanted‚ again? Everyday scenarios like this one actually come to pass. But still‚ there is an ongoing debate on whether we should or shouldn’t have concealed carry of weapons(CCW) . While many people believe CCW shouldn’t be legal there are many reasons
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This paper will provide an insight to how American Airlines is using mindfulness in the organization today. The company is taking large strives to become the best airline in the world with the best employees. This is a great concept the company is trying to achieve. American Airlines leadership team are providing many items to accomplish this goal. American Airlines send out many different surveys to see what type of products the employees are considering. American Airlines then uses employees from
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Westward Expansion. Westward Expansion is when the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory‚ and when many people migrated westward. Westward Expansion doubled the size of America. President Thomas Jefferson thought that this would be the key to the U.S.A wealth‚ but his hopes had actually almost destroyed the country. With these new territories people didn’t know if they would be free states or not. Many other problems and solutions came from making the Louisiana Purchase. One large problem
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This point of view sounds convincing at first because this propaganda poster amongst many others lead to the women rights movement which was a movement that impacted society in a positive way. However‚ the true sole purpose of the poster was to make factory work more acceptable for women. The “We can do it!” poster was not illustrated to provide women with a positive image of what it was to be at work. Before World War II‚ women had to work outside the home as there was no men to do the hard jobs
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