With increased interstate speed limits‚ distracted drivers‚ and more vehicles on the roadway buckling up could be the most important few seconds of the day. Seat belts‚ sometimes known as restraint devices‚ have been proven to reduce serious and fatal injuries in crashes. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)‚ the leading cause of death in the U.S. among people between the ages of 1-54 is traffic crashes (2017). Most states have a mandatory seat belt law however many drivers
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Should children under the age of eighteen be allowed to play tackle football? Many believe that children should not participate in a contact sport‚ others believe that they know what they’re getting their children into‚ but fail to realize the severity. Concussions are brain injuries due to a blow to the head or a violent shaking of the body or head. Recently‚ there has been studies on how to opt out the dangers of football by revamping some of its rules. However‚ people can’t help but to go back
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English 12 - Shettles Argumentative Research Paper 19 March 2015 Organ Market The number of people who die each year due to a shortage of organs is increasing by eight percent each year. However there is an easy fix to this problem which would be a legal market for human organs. While many believe it is okay to sell human organs‚ others feel that selling organs is wrong because it is immoral. Selling organs should be legalized to save and improve lives. In this essay both sides of the argument
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Page 1 Tyler Swenson Dr. Rose English 101 03/13/15 Technology’s Ball-and-Chain of Freedom‚ Do we take hold or let go? We’ve come a long way since the very first computer was built. It took up an entire room and was only available for government purposes. Right after the first calculator was ever created they went forward with that technology to come up with computers that were used to try and encrypt certain Nazi messages during World War II (Computer History). This technology over the next
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Argumentative Essay In recent years‚ laptop computers have been playing a ubiquitous role in society. Generally speaking‚ there are more and more people carrying them along in restaurant‚ airport lounges and bookstores. On the other hand‚ laptops are also an important component in the educational process. As a matter of fact‚ they do offer an array of advantages‚ while some people think using laptops in the classroom is a learning impediment and a distraction. Although some people suggest that laptops
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Natalee Sweet Comp. #1 Mr. Yates 7-22-2012 Argumentative Essay: Addiction is a choice Alcohol and illicit drug consumption are all too prevalent today in high schools‚ colleges‚ and all across the globe. Students seeking to fit in or forget about the repetitiveness of school and homework have a tendency to experiment. Drug addiction is known by the scientific community to be a psychological condition based on excessive‚ obsessive‚ and compulsive actions. Once that regular user crosses the
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Ada Vargas 9/12/12 ENGL 111-D40 Argumentative essay Sex education in high schools High schools should provide better sexual education. Prevention is better than cure. The federal government should provide more information in schools and required sex education in the first year of high school. This is important because there are a lot of sexually transmitted diseases‚ teenage pregnancy‚ and teen abortions. Boskey (2011) stated that sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are “some of the most difficult
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Quadasia West-Lee English 132 Prof C Johnson Argumentative Essay Healing Power of Music Music Therapy is an established health care profession which uses evidence based music interventions for physical‚ emotional‚ cognitive‚ social‚ and spiritual rehabilitation. Several unique approaches are used to reach individually set goals of many different types of patients as well as healthy individuals. Music Therapy can be helpful in many situations including alleviating pain‚ counteracting depression
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“Love knows no difference between life and death. The one who gives you a reason to live is also the one who takes your breath away” (BETWEEN). I chose this quote as evidence with my argumentative essay because it tells how the person that gives you a reason to live also is the one who takes away your life. This relates to Romeo and Juliet because Lord Capulet and Tybalt played a big role in the lives of Romeo and Juliet‚ but also gave them many reasons to take their lives away. In William Shakespeare’s
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Argumentative Essay Planned Parenthood Millions of women across America will struggle to receive the medical attention they need if the federal government stops funding to Planned Parenthood. Every year 363 million dollars goes into the funding “pot” collectively at Planned Parenthood’s nationwide (Clark 5). This money is used predominantly by women; for six in ten women‚ Planned Parenthood acts as their main source of health care (Clark 4). Many individuals with low incomes depend on these clinics
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