English 2 27 November 2013 Viva La Revolution General Purpose: to persuade our audience that common core is a viable solution to our currently flawed education system. Introduction A. Attention getter: This is Toni‚ your average American college student. Growing up in Southern California‚ her public education was significantly below par. As a fourth grader‚ she made the trek with her family to Minnesota. This move promised many things‚ and a proper education was amongst
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Teen’s in the US have been playing sports since elementary and consider it a hobby. They love the excitement and the fun coming from sports and the enjoyment of winning games. But in our modern society‚ kids will rather play video games on the couch than going outside and play. Schools have been shutting down their sport activities because of financial problems or lack of education. Schools are taking sports away also because the lack of players. Kids are forced to play and then tire from the
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According to Ripley‚ students are starting school too early to save afternoon daytime for practice.Students will be tired after school because they have to wake up really early in the morning and then go to school. After that they have to do practice for sports. Then
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Harvey Acosta Per.2 Prompt 2 Thesis Steve Job’s argument that death is the only thing that makes life valuable is accurate. His view of death is that it is the major driving factor in making our lives memorable. If we were immortal‚ people would care less about what they do with their lives. It is evident that the fear of death exists in almost everyone‚ even those who are deeply religious fear dying. Death is the sole factor that gives our lives meaning and will always make life decisions for us
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give students more free time in the afternoon‚ prevent academic failure‚ and save money. Plenty of students who do not have school sports pleasantly find that they have more time in the afternoon for their families and homework. According to Amanda Ripley in her article‚ “Should Your School get rid of Sports: YES! It’s Time to Scale Back‚” since athletics usually happen in the afternoon‚ sports dictate when school starts‚ and therefore reduce the time students have in the afternoon (10). Proceeding
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differences? It would make sense because the Declaration of Independence specifically states‚ “all men are created equal’. With that said‚ shouldn’t we have equal life values? In Amanda Ripley’s article‚ “What is a Life Worth” she asks the question‚ “Is a poor man’s life worth less than a rich man’s?” (Ripley‚ 13). There is no definitive answer to this question but our society has placed a dollar amount on every life. However‚ I think the value of a person’s life should be determined by how
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me because I was stuck. Of course no one knew what gave my life value‚ because it is my life and they don’t know what happens to me as soon as I step off campus or even when I leave the room. I went back to the articles written by Chris Jones‚ Amanda Ripley‚ and even the speech from Steve Jobs. I now know what gives my life
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best to contribute to the world even if the world may seem like an evil place to them. In order to find the value in their lives‚ people should persevere through every obstacle because their are many ways in discovering what a happy life truly means. Amanda Ripley’s article from Time magazine provides insight into the problems involved in translating the concept of valuing life from abstract terms into the actual dollars and cents. According to Joseph Hewins‚ he started to think twice on the idea of
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and Sally Jenkins. It’s not about the Bike: My Journey Back to life. New York: Penguin Putnam‚ 2001. Unknown‚ Human Life Value Calculator. Life and Insurance Foundation for Education. November 14‚ 2005 https://www.life-line.org/life_human.html. Ripley‚ Amanda. ‘’What is Life Worth?’’ Time December 2002.
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secondary deviance. They will admit they are criminals or believe it when they enter the phase of secondary deviance (Doob‚ 1994). In the end‚ most inmates find themselves behind bars or abusing drugs and/or alcohol within 3 years of being released (Ripley‚ 2003). Some believe that if we want to rehabilitate criminals we must do more than just send them to prison. For instance‚ we could give them a chance to acquire job skills; which will improve the chances that inmates will become productive citizens
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