Dear Editor‚ I agree with the article “Testing times for NAPLAN” that the NAPLAN testing in which a million students in years 3‚5‚7 and 9 undertake numeracy and literacy tests should be banned . NAPLAN constricts teaching and learning‚ stifles creativity‚ pressurises kids and schools ‚leads to comparison with other schools and does nothing to improve the students learning . NAPLAN will not improve Australia’s education system‚ indeed it is making it worse. Teachers do not get the chance to see
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Cellphones should be banned Nowadays you see cellphones everywhere: at the store‚ at a restaurant‚ and even at the theater. People seem not able to put them down or turn them off. Cellphones have negative effects on health‚ society‚ and safety. I have arranged my discussion in this order‚ ascending of importance‚ in order to give the reader some insight in the world of cellphones‚ and why cellphones should be banned. Cellphones can cause severe stress in all generations. Children and young adults
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TASK 1 Topic: Alcohol consumption should be banned. Argue for or against the statement. Argument For Topic sentence: Alcohol consumption should be banned Supporting ideas: 1. Effects of alcohol abuse in your body 2. How does alcohol affect family life’s 3. The effects of drinking and driving Task 2 Rough draft In my personal opinion I am in favour of alcohol being banned. I am a victim of alcoholic parents ‚ so I can relate to the difficulties that I was faced with
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firearms‚ and some allow concealed firearms. The United States has the highest gun ownership rate in the world‚ witch is 88.0 per 100 resident in USA ( ). However‚ The Harvard Journal of Law Public Policy reports that the U.S ranks 4‚890 per 100‚000 residents‚ which ranks 103 in the world. Gun ownership should not be banned in the United States because of its benefits such as they protect families‚ especially females‚ they are not a violation of the Constitution according to the Second Amendment of the Constitution
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contribute to personal evaluation of oneself and to the character-building. Should be banned 1) Only way to seek excitement Extreme sports often are an escape from reality‚ from stress and from monotony. You don’t have to think about your problems. You just think about yourself‚ you can relax‚ and prove that you can do things which are admired by other people. CounterOther was of seeking excitement Should be banned 1) Irresponsible behaviour -In the majority of cases they don’t care about
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Concealed weapons shouldnt be banned nor prohibited My thesis is‚ about having concealed weapons and how they shouldnt be banned. Nor prohibited in any place they are utility used for safety of you and others around you. It is also in our constitution to own one. And as far as i’m aware there has been no real reason to use it for other things. The first reason‚ They’re being banned for no reason in the state of Virginia they have passed a law that you may carry a gun without a permit they are
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Language Analysis – Smoking in Public In this analysis I will be talking about the different types of language used in the article “Time smokers were made to clear the air”‚ written by: Alice Clarke‚ published in the Herald Sun on February 11th 2013. The Headline tells the readers that it is a serious article about putting more bans on smoking. The writer starts the article with a humorous‚ but interesting sentence‚ she says “I say this with love‚ but people are stupid”. This opening sentence
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The issue whether pitbulls should be banned has been prominent in the media in recent weeks since poor Ayen Chol was brutally attacked. In the letter to the editorial ‘these dogs are guns without a safety catch’ published in the Herald sun‚ on the 19/08/11‚ by Leanne Pelen contends that pitbulls are vicious‚ savage‚ dangerous animals that need to be banned by the government. In an outraged tone‚ the article targets those who own pitbulls as well the government officials who make the laws about dogs
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Should Zoos Be Banned? Zoos should not be banned. Because… 1. Zoos have many educational benefits. - You are able to see the animals that are from foreign countries that you might not be able to travel to and even if you do get a chance to travel to those countries it is not assured to see the animals that are in the zoo. Examples of these animals are: Pandas‚ Penguins‚ Polar bears‚ etc. - In a zoo‚ you can observe how animals behave in their habitat. Although you can learn their behaviour
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The Effects of SAT and ACT Test Scores on Students Too often students find themselves cramming information they should know before taking a test. Initially‚ they’ll study the information‚ and mundanely forget it soon after the test. Students often say “getting grades is the most important thing about school” (LeCompte). The more emphasis teachers and parents’ place on performance‚ the more students become set back by a failure‚ which makes an even more vigorous point to this argument (Heyman and
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