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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Odyssey Argumentative Essay In the epic poem Odyssey by Homer‚ Odysseus encounters many obstacles around the Greek islands on a struggle to get back home to his country‚ Ithaca. Through many hardships and hurdles‚ Odysseus as the main “hero”‚ proves to more sturdy‚ durable‚ and enduring than the rest of his crew. Though getting back to Ithaca was the main complication‚ it is more important to recognize the experiences along the journey and how Odysseus has grown and developed through it. In order
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The Great Gatsby Argumentative Essay “The negative side of the American Dream comes when people pursue success at any cost‚ which in turn destroys the vision and the dream.”-Azar Nafisi This quote sums up Tom buchanan perfectly. He is seen as a monster to Nick‚ and a very aggressive person to everyone else‚ including his own wife. However‚ he also has a lot of money and a very nice house. Many may say that Tom is the Representation of the American Dream. Tom’s achievements of the American Dream impacted
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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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Period 7 February 2012 Beowulf and His Eternal Quest for Fame In our modern age‚ those who possess great talent in any given skill frequently attract a lot of attention; thus they generally become famous. Once the underdog‚ who usually embraces a humble attitude‚ starts to become popular and well-known‚ their personality makes a drastic shift; this new personality develops an egotistical and over-confident attitude‚ and their desire for fame and glory multiplies exponentially. Regarding the epic poem
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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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Bailey McLain Nealee Johnston Argumentative Essay 26‚ February 2015 Contraceptive We always say that in this world we already have enough babies and children with no homes. Sometimes people say how we need more of a population control because one of these days we are going to run out of food. Emergency Contraceptive is a way to prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex. Sometimes‚ it is known as the morningafter pill. Birth control is a way to
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Fran Texeira Lading English 108 “Argumentative Essay RD” NWSU – Dr. Heard 14 September 2010 Texting and Driving Should Be Banned in Every State. Should the laws for texting while driving be the same in every State? In today’s society‚ the vast majority of people rely on a cell phone of their choice to talk‚ text‚ or e-mail. The most popular and dangerous is texting while driving. In most state texting while driving is ban for everyone and in other states there is an age limit
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