English Persuasive Essay Yuan. Yao February 10‚ 2014 Being a high school student is never easy. Not only have you to study hard‚ finish the homework‚ and get good grades on classes‚ but also you need to do extra curriculum activities‚ community services‚ and sports in order to meet the graduation requirements and to fulfill the parents’ expectations. Often times you find yourself in a dilemma between schoolwork and outside duty. You only have time to do one thing well‚ yet you want both
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Imagine you’re a NFL running back and you run up the field for a huge gain. The safety is there to meet you with a vicious helmet to helmet hit. You wake up on a stretcher being carried to the locker room. The crowd giving you a standing ovation. You most likely have suffered a concussion. Concussions are becoming more and more serious as today’s athletes are becoming bigger‚ faster‚ and stronger. Rules are being changed every year to try and make it safer. But is it really safe? I am going to tell
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Jake Bushey Mr. Krafthefer English 12A December 9‚ 2013 Weightlifting is More Than Muscles A loud clank fills the weight room. A clank of pure satisfaction. A clank of many long‚ hard hours. The athlete counts his reps as he works through the pain and suffering as he knows the person who works the hardest will benefit the most. Every drop of sweat‚ blood‚ tears that have fell on that gym floor he knows is well worth it. Proud of his work-out session the athlete looks at himself in the mirror
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Hydraulic fracturing also known as fracking is the process of drilling and injecting fluid into the ground at a high pressure in order to fracture shale rocks to release built up natural gas from inside the ground. Hydraulic fracturings (fracking) exemption from the rules and regulations of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) needs to be repealed‚ and the new regulations of the Fracking Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act need to be enforced. The repeal of the exemption of fracking from
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Introduction “It is estimated that around 55 to 65 percent of all male babies born in the United States are circumcised each year” (KidsHealth‚ 2016). Circumcision is a surgical procedure that removes the foreskin from the penis. It is one of the oldest and most common surgical procedures among pediatric patients worldwide. The safest time to preform circumcision is soon after birth. In a healthy newborn baby boy this procedure is most frequently done in the first few days of life. For premature
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A parent will raise their kid how they want to but it is about the health of the child. To develop properly is important so a child can function correctly. A child will not know any difference between no sleep routine versus a routine because it should start early. Getting enough sleep will help the child become more alert
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The Gift of Time “We make a living by what we do‚ but we make a life by what we give.” While brainstorming ideas for this essay I came across this quote by Winston Churchill. Even if you are making a good living for yourself‚ you should always take time out of your day to give back; you never know when you might need someone to help you out. Volunteering my time to my community has always been something I’ve made time for. Not only does volunteering help others‚ but it can affect your own character
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cyberbullying is becoming more common. This leads me to believe that individuals should be prosecuted for cyberbullying. Kids who are cyberbullied are more likely to use alcohol and drugs‚ skip school‚ have a lower self-esteem‚ and also have more health issues. Approximately 30‚000 teens skip school every day due to the fear of being bullied or from being cyberbullied. Even though‚ cyberbullying can not physically harm anyone‚ it still hurts people emotionally and causes them to feel insecure and
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There is one Chinesee proverb: "Disease comes in through the mouth; out through the mouth‚ misfotune comes" I will not talk about the second phrase‚ which made many monks silenced for life. The first part - about the food-cause of our illness - must has been experienced by each one of us. Was our been-through headache‚ stomach ache‚ diarrhea‚ rash‚ et cetera? These are just namely a few immediate results. A tree‚ which is well-fertilized‚ gives us lush fruits and fragant flowers; vice versa‚ it
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guarantee paid sick leave or paid maternity leave to our workers.” 2 What we call ‘paid leave’ is really medical and family leave insurance. It provides wages to those who take temporary leave to care for an ill family member‚ recover from their own health issues‚ or care for a newborn child. 7 America’s lack of paid leave is a serious problem‚ since our families‚ businesses‚ and economy could greatly benefit from it. Every parent deserves time to be with their newly born child. However‚ for most parents
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