To Game or Not to Game…That is the Question. Julia Tenerowicz Baker College of Allen Park Comp II (9am) Argumentative Research Essay May 31st‚ 2012 Title: To Game or Not to Game…That is the Question. Purpose: Research Essay: To explain the history of violent video game and the affect they may have our youth Thesis: Our youth are spending an exceeding amount of time playing violent video games immersing themselves into a virtual world of violence causing a decrease of physical activity‚ developing
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The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins Novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a novel about 13 districts ruled by malicious capital. Many years before this story was set one of these districts caused an uprising‚ rebelling against the capital. The capital after a long hard battle finally managed to regain control of all the districts. Although only once obliterating the cause‚ district 13. The power house of all operations had become a pile of smoking rubble. Ever since then the capital hosts
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What is Title IX Title IX states that discrimination based on gender is prohibited in educational programs that receive federal funding. This is part of the Education Amendment of 1972. Since then the involvement of women in sports has dramatically increased. When Title IX was first enacted‚ it only applied to certain programs. It wasn’t until later that “Congress restored institution-wide coverage with the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987” (Francisa‚ 2016). This was a huge step towards
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In ancient Rome sports and entertainment played a major role in people’s lives. For instance‚ Romans were both entertained and participated in the sport of chariot racing. These types of races were originated by the Greeks and Etruscans. The Romans adapted the sport when they conquered Greece. Romans first use of the races began when Romulus wanted to distract the Sebine men. The purpose of distracting the men was to steal their wives. Romulus then took the women to Rome so Roman men could marry
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What is a sport? According to google a sport is “an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment”. However in my opinion a sport doesn’t need to be physical to be called a sport‚ i think it’s just a activity that its competitive. You also don’t necessarily need multiple people to play a sport in my opinion‚ i think that competing with yourself to improve a specific aspect such as time. People will always argue
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Dance is considered an art‚ but not always a sport. For instance‚ dancing in your room does not count as a sport. Neither should dancing at a wedding be considered a sport. Perhaps dance to you means somebody moving their body to music. You might even think‚ well it is not hard‚ anyone can move their body! The extent of your dancing might be playing your favorite classical music while playing an imaginary instrument. It is indeed possible to break a sweat if you dance hard enough or long enough.
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For this assignment I chose to read A Loss for Words: A story of deafness in a family‚ by Lou Ann Walker. She recounts growing up hearing with two deaf parents. Once I started reading I was surprised to find that Walker grew up in Indiana! Her father is from Montpelier‚ her mother is from Greencastle‚ and the author came of age in Indianapolis. Lou Ann’s story begins as her parents are driving her to Harvard. She went to Ball State for her first two years‚ but decided it was not enough of a challenge
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Drugs in sport The nature of sports promotes a strong desire to win‚ and many athletes will do anything to rise to the top. Every elite athlete wants to get an edge over their competition‚ causing many athletes to turn to performance enhancing drugs to gain this edge. Drug use in sport can cost players their super stardom dream career‚ but more seriously‚ their own lives. The wide-spread illegal use of drugs has eliminated the question of which athlete has the strongest raw power‚ to the question
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All through history‚ sports and athletics have brought nations together and been a source of nationalism. One example of this is the Olympic Games. The Olympics involve many different sports and countries from all over the world. One sport is swimming. Swimmers from different countries train and prepare‚ and then compete in the Olympic Games. An Olympic swimmer from the USA is Michael Phelps‚ who won several medals. Fans of each swimmer come together to cheer for and support the swimmer. In this
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because Vancouver’s hockey team lost to the Long Island Rangers in the Stanley Cup. Of course‚ sports are a vital part of many people’s lives.But is it really a situation which can affect your whole entire life? The clear answer is no. Sports fans are clearly taking the game so seriously that it is unhealthy.
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