Last year‚ as a freshman at Iowa State University‚ I received an interesting project in my English class: record your media habits for a week and interpret and organize the data collected into a critical investigative report. The project was called Totally Wired and my classmates and I were to determine if we were addicted to our phones‚ laptops‚ TVs and other devices. If we found this to be true we were labeled totally wired and joined the growing group of people addicted to media in today’s society
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Argumentative Essay 11/1/12 “PARENTAL RIGHTS” Is the judicial system too lenient on parental rights even when those parents do not really deserve to have those rights to begin with? Some parents take those rights that are handed to them for granted. Children are here for us to love and cherish. The right to do that should be taken away from some parents that are not really “parents.” Parents that abuse their children (physically‚ mentally‚ or sexually) should have those rights stripped away
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Argumentative Essay In 1985 Joe Simpson and Simon Yates made a wild decision to climb Siula Grande a mountain in Peru. Simon and Joe were determined to be the first team ever to successfully climb the west face of Siula Grande. When successfully reaching the peak of the mountain‚ they climbed down via the north ridge‚ and that’s when trouble took take its place. Joe slipped and broke his leg‚ leaving Simon with no choice but to slowly reel Joe down the snowy mountain‚ worse came to worse and
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Argumentative essay: Is the drinking age appropriate? I think that the drinking age is too high. Most other countries drinking age is anywhere from 16 to 18‚ and they do not really seem to have a problem with it. My thing is how whenever you turn 18 everybody considers you an adult‚ but you cannot even go to a bar and buy a beer for yourself. With our drinking age being 21‚ it is basically saying that they still consider a person from the age of 18 to 20 still a kid. Sure they are able to buy lottery
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Sometimes people are bored‚ like we all are sometimes. The whole life can’t be exciting. Example when you are waiting in queue. The worst is then it is raining buckets and I’m waiting for the Bus. When I am bored I can’t concentrate me‚ I need fresh air. I trying to do something theirs is entertain me. Example when I’m home and I’m bored I just need to watch some Netflix or playing some PlayStation to be a little bit quicker. Find something to get my mind away. But who does find that interesting
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Friday ‚ December 5‚ 2014 Name: Spyros Zacharis EAP 1002 Dr. Christina Karavia ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY “FINAL DRAFT” The main point of becoming an adult is‚ when a person has the right to be independent ‚and also by the time someone receives new responsibilities is accountable for his actions ‚ either legally or personally. Many people assume that in the age of 18 a person is considered an adult by
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Argumentative Essay: Educational Reform Since the early 1980’s‚ the issue of America’s faltering public school system has become a serious concern. The crisis in K-12 education is one of the biggest challenges facing the nation. There is a great deal of evidence to show this problem. The pathetically low results of American students through international test scores is one obvious fault. Another is the failure of many students to demonstrate their knowledge of basic skills and literacy. It
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Berenice Polycarpe Class 302 Period 4 A.P. English w/ DeStefano 02.11.13 Pros and Cons Argumentative Essay It has been argued that corporate partnerships are a necessity for cash-strapped schools. It has also been argued that schools should give their students an environment free from ads and corporate influence. There are both pros and cons of corporate sponsorship for schools but the negative aspect of having advertisements presented in schools outweighs the positive. Schools are institutions
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Argumentative Essay: Should Gay Marriage be Legalized? Gay marriage has been a critical topic in many countries since 1924. Around the year 2000‚ countries such as America and the UK started approving gay marriages‚ although not everyone agreed with this decision. Still in 2013‚ homosexuals are fighting for their right to get married to someone of their same sex. People against gay marriage feel that if it was to be legalized‚ the importance of marriage would fade away and some people would
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Argumentative Essay- Lucas Moore Managing wildfires in today’s world has become more efficient‚ safe‚ and easy with the help of prescribed fires. Prescribed fires are a solution to preventing and helping stop wildfires with both positive and negative outcomes. Today‚ I stand with prescribed fires as I believe that they are safe and have many positives that outweigh the negatives. For example‚ over time branches and debris build up serving as fuel in the forests and result in hazardous environments
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