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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violates the First Amendment of Constitution about the free exercise of religion on a person’s religious views must be protected. Which means that the government cannot make a law that is based on a certain religion rule. Additionally‚ the civil marriage and the religion marriage are a total different institution; therefore a law in the government that is based on a religion rule should not be made. Moreover‚ legalizing gay marriage also consistent with the Equal Right Amendment on the first text
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Municipal curfews are government interference with private life. If the parent chooses to issue a curfew for their child then that should be their decision. The government shouldn’t interfere with their decisions. Reverting back to what I previously said curfews do not give the parents a chance to teach their children responsibility. Parents may trust their child and know that they’re responsible enough to get home‚ curfews are enforced because the government thinks that it may drop the crime
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Crucible Argument Essay People have different perspectives of the importance of life. Some believe there are some things worth dying for in life such as faith‚ legacy‚ friends‚ and family. Some believe that life is too precious to sacrifice. John Proctor believed that his life was worth sacrificing and he chose to die in The Crucible. Though the character of Proctor is often praised for his integrity‚ is he helping his family by dying? His wife‚ sons‚ and unborn child will have to make it in the
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Transcendentalists have a general distrust of the government‚ and they believe any success that is achieved is due to the individual not the institution. Thoreau‚ in “Civil Disobedience‚” suggests that one way to bring about change is to rebel. He states for people to‚ “Refuse to pay their quota into its treasury” (Thoreau). A Christians’ first allegiance is to Jesus; however‚ they are told by Jesus to pay taxes and obey government. It’s the Christian’s responsibility. The Pharisees‚ believing
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Tim Brown English 103 Due: Dec. 13 Marijuana Argumentative Final Essay Ever since marijuana’s first recorded use five-thousand years ago‚ it never had much popularity until the last century with prohibition and anti-war movements. The legalization of marijuana has recently been a rather controversial issue‚ although there should be no issue at all. Marijuana should be legalized. Prohibition was once tried with alcohol and it was a proven failure‚ and it should be soon proven again with marijuana
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goes to show the monstrous production of vaccinations being made every year and those that are required for children before they are even a year old. Not to mention that our federal government protects vaccine manufacturers from liability lawsuits since vaccines are the only pharmaceutical products that have government endorsements(1). MaryJo says that if we can’t have any say in court against vaccines then we need to at least protect our rights towards
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attention in class because of all the distraction the internet and cell phones cause. What happened to the old fashioned notebook and pencil in class? Instead we use laptops to type down some notes and google any questions. Searching for research on an essay is all in one very simple search engine. The Internet has been and continues to be a wonderful source of information and resources. It gives us the ability to pay bills‚ do research for a school project‚ purchase items not available at your local store
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military spending is accountable for 54 percent of all federal discretionary spending‚ which is $598.5 billion dollars. The second largest federal discretionary spending is the government‚ which is only 6% of the spending with $72.9 billion dollars (2). To add on‚ discretionary spending represents less than one-third of the total federal budget (5). Obviously‚ with all this spending‚ the U.S. is at the top of Global Firepower (GFP)
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Has someone ever tried to change your opinion because they would gain from it? Have they ever tried to make you like them because it made them comfortable? It’s pretty rude‚ but countries do it all the time to other countries. This is what imperialism is like. Imperialism is the policy of one country’s political‚ economic‚ or cultural domination over other lands or territories. There are five motives for why people used imperialism- economic‚ exploratory ethnocentric‚ political‚ and religious reasons
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