In the essay “Does Gender Matter?” Ben A. Barres exposes the discrimination against females that’s occurring in academic scientific programs throughout the United States. Having a close female friend majoring in chemical engineering‚ Barres’s essay struck a personal cord with me. Digging deeper into the issue‚ I was shocked by the extent of gender issues in STEM majors and careers. In STEM classes‚ for instance‚ many male students and often times professors will perceive female students as intellectually
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Argumentative essay College Composition I 10-15-2014 Should drivers of automobiles be prohibited from using cellular phones? Driving requires a lot of concentration in order to keep the road‚ and ourselves safe. Nowadays‚ many people have a license without being able to drive in a manner that is responsible. This raises the question of cell phones. There are many factors that contribute to accidents. Eating‚ drinking‚ reaching for fallen objects and talking to passengers are also some
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9/23/13 Yellow Class Argumentative Essay Imagine that you are celebrating a great victory‚ and suddenly you hear that the person who led you to victory is dead− does the poem‚ “O Captain‚ My Captain” really portray that feeling? Walt Whitman was the author of the poem “O Captain‚ My Captain”. The purpose of the poem was to express
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Argumentative Essay The legalization of marijuana is a current growing issue in British Columbia (BC). Marijuana‚ which comes from the cannabis sativa (or hemp) plant‚ has been used for ten thousand years and will continue to be used for a very long time. People smoke it‚ with a pipe or water pipe‚ or in loosely rolled cigarettes called “joints”. It is also brewed with tea and mixed with cakes and brownies. Marijuana is so popular with the public that it has developed many aliases‚ such as
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Argumentative Essay About Internet Censorship Censorship has been defined as “The removal of material that is deemed or judged offensive to any sector of the population. Many have wondered‚ “Just how beneficial is censorship to man‚ when is it enough and does it help”? It is my view however; that there is no clear answer to the question‚ for censorship has its fair balance of advantages and disadvantages. I argue that the censorship of the internet in the modern digital era is “Ludacris” ridiculous
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Argumentative essay By: Hussain Alkadhimi Should the same laws which prohibit the sale and consumption of heroin be applied to tobacco? Do you think that tobacco should have the laws as heroin; this includes sale prohibition and consumption. Well in the next paragraph I will express myself to why I think that tobacco should be illegal. Tobacco has many advantages and disadvantages. Although tobacco is addictive it has some advantages both for the smoker and the workers‚ these advantages are
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Kevin Ortiz Ms. Meredith AP Literature and Composition 11/18/11 Does Khaled Hosseini ’s Writing Matter? Salman Rushdie is perhaps the most prolific foreign writer of modern times. As such‚ one can consider him a major voice in the criteria for what makes for a good expatriated writer. In his 1992 collection of essays‚ Imaginary Homelands‚ Rushdie sets forth multiple essential qualities the expatriated writer must possess. The most important three of these qualities are the ability to
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"Violence in Television and Video Games: Does the Media’s Message Matter" In this short essay about violence in television and video games it starts off talking about a very popular TV show at one point the sopranos. the author then goes on to talk about how in one of the episodes of sopranos Tony television and video games it starts off talking about a very popular TV show at one point the sopranos. the author then goes on to talk about how in one of the episodes of sopranos Tony Soprano murders
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ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY Do curfews keep teens out of trouble? Thesis Statement: In the modern day‚ with growing knowledge and curiosity of teens about the real world‚ as well as the desperation of people caused by poverty‚ curfews nowadays‚ though believed to keep teens safe and controlled‚ anything like crimes can happen in any time‚ so curfews do not really keep teens out of trouble. OUTLINE: I. Introduction A. Background information B. Definition of the topic C. Thesis statement
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the nation. Question: What is your opinion on age limits for people having intimate relationships‚ knowing they may have consensual sex though widely different in age‚ and in context of upbringing‚ religious beliefs‚ etc? In other words‚ who is of the right age‚ and with whom? The discussion about people having consensual sex at a young age and with a partner much older than them has been around for quite a while. People have different views about age limits depending on the society they were born
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