part of Europe concerning children and their rights. The main subject in this talk regards children and when they are competent enough to help and make medical decisions for themselves. The only two places that give children full rights to consent and refuse medical treatment is Scotland and Finland. To me this is a very touchy subject. I think a child that is able to understand what is going on should have the right to know what is happening to them medically. They should also have an input on how
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Why Abortion Should be Allowed in Every Country A couple decades ago‚ when abortion was illegal‚ thousands of women died because they did not want to bear an infant and attempted to terminate the child ’s life by themselves or with an unprofessional approach (http://www.plannedparenthood.org/library/ABORTION/Roe.html). After the 1973 United States Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision‚ which allowed women to have the choice of abortion‚ thousands of women were saved. However‚ there are plenty
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Varner 08-26-2012 Persuasive Paragraph Should Prayer be allowed in Public Schools? I have never thought about prayer in schools until I found an article in a magazine. I found that this might be a good persuasive paragraph topic. I found that prayer is already “allowed in public schools”. First‚ I think everyone should be allowed to pray silently or to themselves to God while sitting in class before a test or eating lunch. I think prayer should be allowed anywhere or anytime we see fit. Silent
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the only difference is that violence also covers acts of injury. So‚ are parents actually teaching their children violence? When a parent spanks a child‚ whether they are aware of it or not‚ they are teaching that child violence. They are teaching them that hitting someone else is okay. In his article "The 13 Ways Spanking Harms Children‚" Michael J. Marshall‚ PhD‚ says that "children who are spanked engage in more hitting and fighting than those who are not physically punished by their parents
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2/8/13 Should Same-Sex Couples Be Allowed To Adopt? As time progresses societies view on certain subjects has become more lenient. One thing that still can cause an uproar seems to be what women decide to do with their children once they become pregnant‚ whether it be abortion or adoption. Even more controversial on the latter subject seems to be who can and cannot adopt children who are being put up for adoption. This leads to the topic of the argument‚ should same sex couples be allowed to adopt
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students should be allowed to grade their teachers. In many years of schooling‚ I have witnessed on a daily basis certain teachers coming to school and not teaching. For example‚ a few teachers I knew didn’t teach as if they were teachers‚ but they gave out work as if they were supervisors. This caused me to self teach at times. Also‚ I had to ask my peers for help. On the other hand‚ how do students know what its like to teach‚ or even how to do it? That’s a good reason why students should not
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Literature “The Origins of Christmas” Christmas is a holiday celebrated by members of the religion of Christianity. The holiday acknowledges the birth of the Christian prophet Jesus Christ. It is celebrated on December 25th by an estimated two billion members of the Christian religion. The holiday is also celebrated by many non-Christians‚ who highlight the secular aspects of the holiday. Many of the symbols‚ traditions‚ and rituals widely attributed to Christmas have been discovered by scholars
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Cell phones should NOT be allowed in school. If cell phones were allowed in school‚ it would be a major distraction to other students. Also‚ cell phones would cost more money. Finally‚ cell phones would be bad to have during an emergency. Many bad things can happen when we use cell phones in school. Cell phones should NOT be allowed in school! First of all‚ if kids have cell phones in school‚ it would be a huge‚ school wide distraction. This is true because‚ many kids have cell phones. Research
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in America. Parents send their children to school so that they can receive a proper education and decide what they want to be in the future. Many teachers go above and beyond to help their students with school work‚ but there are some teachers who are there just to receive a check. These teachers should be eliminated from the school system by allowing students to evaluate them. Students should be allowed to grade their teachers because their teaching methods should be effective‚ because their attitudes
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the topics most discussed is whether professors and students on college campuses should be allowed to bring concealed handguns to school. Concealed carry permits allow keeping a gun in public in a concealed manner‚ which can either be on the persons being or in a close proximity. There are many different reasons why having a concealed weapon could be beneficial to college campuses nationwide‚ and why we should be allowed to take our registered guns to school. Do you know what could be in your fellow
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