Paying College Athletes: A Distraction from Academics Why should kids be paid for doing a professionals job? The debate on whether or not to pay college athletes is a debate that has been argued for quite some time. Due to the lack of positive results‚ and a surplus of negatives‚ this should not take place. There is no way to muster up a fair system to pay the athletes while keeping everyone happy. Also‚ paying players will distract them from their academics due to them knowing that they can make
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A Summary of “What’s more expensive than college? Not going to college” The article “What’s more expensive than college? Not going to College” written by Derek Thompson appears in the textbook Read‚ Reason‚ Write 11th edition by Dorothy U. Seyler. Thompson‚ a senior editor at The Atlantic‚ published this essay on March 27th‚ 2012. This article’s purpose is to persuade readers that it is worthwhile to go to college. Thompson includes many statistics and graphs pertaining to unemployment and the education
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Why the Electoral College should not be preserved? The Constitutional Convention of 1787 gave birth to the system of the Electoral College. Electoral College system can be described as a system in which voters vote for electors on election day‚ who then cast their vote for candidate in their respective party. Our Founding Fathers described this system in Article II‚ section 1 of the Constitution. According to the Constitution‚ electors per state are equal to the number of seats each state holds
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Electoral College. Lawyer Jeanne Kempthorne states some of the issues seen with the EC. One being that‚ “[the election] can easily result in an outcome that conflicts with the will of the people‚ whereby a candidate who loses the popular election nonetheless becomes president‚ as occurred in 2000 and almost occurred in 2004. This is a serious‚ recurring problem that afflicts both parties” (Jones 1). Robert Hall‚ a professor at Stanford University in Economics integrates that‚ “the Electoral College does
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election‚ the United States has the Electoral College‚ a group of elected electors who represent a certain states votes. The Electoral College was established by the constitution to protect minority interests and reduce the possibility of a regional candidate. However‚ some believe that the advantages of a direct popular vote election‚ such as its consideration of democratic values‚ outweigh the disadvantages. While others believe that the Electoral College has been put in place to hinder regional candidates
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Reality shows is a genre of television show that screens unscripted dramatic or funny situations‚ reenacting true stories. These shows are usually acted out by normal people instead of professional actors. Hence‚ this essay will explain the pros and cons of reality shows and why they are so popular. Firstly‚ reality shows are really fascinating. By watching how the actors speak and behave in unexpected situations‚ the audience would be able to reiterate them and get out of awkward situations.
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Should The Electoral College Be Abolished? In the year 1787‚ the new nation of the United States set up an electoral system in order to ensure that the federal elections that would soon be taking place in the young country would go over smoothly… This system was the Electoral College… If this system sounds familiar‚ it’s because the Electoral College is still in service today‚ currently acting as the system which selects the American President and Vice President‚ or to be more broad‚ the Executive
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Berenice Polycarpe Class 302 Period 4 A.P. English w/ DeStefano 02.11.13 Pros and Cons Argumentative Essay It has been argued that corporate partnerships are a necessity for cash-strapped schools. It has also been argued that schools should give their students an environment free from ads and corporate influence. There are both pros and cons of corporate sponsorship for schools but the negative aspect of having advertisements presented in schools outweighs the positive. Schools are institutions
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Standardised Testing Name: Institution: Abstract This paper explores two published books that touched on pros and cons of standardized testing in schools. Popham‚ (2001) and Sacks‚ (1999) suggest that through pros a student will have to pass certain tests to determine that he or she has acquired proficiency in various fields of study. According to the two authors‚ in cons the students who have mastery of the content‚ don’t show in the test; it mostly promotes teachers to teach tests and evaluate
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Face Recognition based Attendance System Group members: Ramsha Tariq Zaira Ashraf Fatima Masood (2K9-CSE-129) (2K9-CSE-130) (2k9-CSE-153) Project Advisor (Engr. Shahzad Ashraf) Lecturer Department of Electrical Engineering NFC Institute of Engineering & Technology Multan‚ Pakistan June 2013 Face Recognition based Attendance System Department of Electrical Engineering NFC Institute of Engineering & Technology Multan‚ Pakistan (Federal degree awarding Institute) The project
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