Since the beginning of time‚ adults have bemoaned the lack of intelligence in the youth of ‘today’. While in some instances they may be correct‚ as the trend of general knowledge slopes downward‚ intelligence isn’t something easily defined. Due to that‚ the claim that the current younger generation is the dumbest is completely unfounded. As technology advances‚ there is a noticeable shift among the youth as they veer away from past methods of learning into more developed‚ destructive manners. New
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Jeffrey Gallegos Andrea Graham WRT 101 10 December 2014 Count Your Blessings Not Your Calories Have you ever walked through parts of life then suddenly one day you realize what you were doing could have been detrimental to yourself all along? Most of the time you won’t even realize what you had been doing was wrong until somebody points it out to you‚ or you look in the mirror one day‚ and it hits you. This is my story about the realization of what could have been the stereotypical American health
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The truth is out as we finally get a peek behind the curtain that veils our society. In our world are people who believe they are gods‚ dictating who or what gets to live or die. Humanity no longer values the planet that sustains us or the organisms that coexist with us. Instead‚ we poke‚ prod‚ and experiment on animals to further our technologies. Often times it comes down to the worth of one creature over another. Our actions are justified by the simple concept of “who you would rather choose to
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A current debate surrounding sexual orientation would include something such as the gay rights and if it is choice or nature. This debate has gone on for many‚ many years and still continues today. This includes scientific research being done and others opinions on the subject. Many people today argue the facts of whether this is up for debate or not. On one hand people think it’s a choice and will not accept the fact of who the person is and how they were born or they think that it’s something they
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A Wild Decision One man’s logic is another man’s senselessness. One man’s routine is another man’s torture. Chris McCandless is not far from this analogy. In the novel‚ Into the Wild by John Krakauer‚ the eccentric story of a man who was living the American dream abandons society and takes off on a wild adventure‚ traveling America with nothing more than cheap hiking boots‚ a small riffle‚ and a ten pound bag of rice. But if McCandless had such an ideal life‚ why would he desert it? Perhaps there
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ARGUMENT ESSAY RANDOM DRUG TESTING Drug abuse has always been a very delicate question as it always it deals with the health‚ well-being and even lives of human beings belonging to any country. Many people have argued that mandatory drug testing is a violation of their civil rights guaranteed by the Constitution. The Fourth Amendment grants you the right against unreasonable searches and seizures‚ otherwise known as a person’s right to privacy. However‚ employers have the right to know whether
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Does the American Education System Promote Racial Inequality? It is well known that at the very beginning of its existence‚ America had its fair share of racial discrimination. Anyone who wasn’t Caucasian was viewed as less worth when compared to people of European descent or appearance. It’s a part of American history that is spoken of with deep regret. However‚ thanks to people like Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr.‚ African Americans and eventually all races were given equal opportunity‚ at
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proof and the only way to make schools safer. However‚ the whiplash of the implementation of these policies is now becoming evident. Suspension rates have sky rocketed‚ as have the number of expulsions nationwide. America’s quality and safety of education is deteriorating. A quote-un-quote environment of fairness and safety has all but disappeared due to the severity and un-fairness of these policies. It is evident that these policies are not fool proof and do not keep everyone safe.(#6) The abuses
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Jesse Roach Stidham Eng 112-4144 Toulmin Argument Essay October 8‚ 2014 The Inevitable Future It is hard to argue the fact that our future will see technological advances that will shape and change the way people go about their lives. Although change is imminent‚ it is unknown exactly how and to what degree these changes will impact society as a whole. These types of questions are the focal points of arguments set up by two highly respected technological minds‚ Ray Kurzweil and Bill Joy‚ who take
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Maysa Dandis Professor Roffel English 200 September 28‚ 2013 The Old City of Jerusalem King Abdullah II once said”I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions”. The old city of Jerusalem represents many of fascinated religious and archeological landmarks. I went there when I was 13 years old. Anyone visited this city certainly he would visit the holy places for Muslims‚ Christians and Jews‚ met people divided in a different uneven quarters‚ taste the most delicious
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