on attending college after high school. I believe that for all high school graduates‚ college is a must to achieve a comfortable life. Most people do not want to be “just another statistic” but in this case‚ I would not mind at all. In “The Case Against College‚”an article written by Linda Lee‚ she discusses the expense and inconvenience of sending a child to college. I do agree with Lee that college is very expensive and not worth the money. In high school‚ I have worked hard to keep my GPA relatively
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Freepress.org is a website that spawned from a newpaper beggining in 1970. It started on the Ohio State University campus to protest the Vietnam War‚ and has spoken out against political and social issues ever since. In one of its articles‚ it states‚ “Hence voting lesser evil sends the wrong message; it’s sending a message of compromise. In effect‚ a defensive vote says ““I will settle for a good America‚ not the best America
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Do you sometimes think that the rules and laws in America aren’t fair? If you do‚ listen carefully. America is a great country with many freedoms‚ but some people like to "work the system" or break the law‚ in the law‚ so to speak. That is mainly thanks to the first amendment‚ which basically says we can do anything we want with religion‚ speech‚ press‚ assemblies‚ petition the government‚ and so on. Our government shouldn’t be so lenient. We should get rid of all the cults and gangs. The only way
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The perspective of this specific quote could potentially be of a capitalist. It attacks the idea behind a welfare state‚ calling these societies “misguided”‚as well as wishing dependency be “eliminated”. From the source’s strong opposition against dependency‚ it shows their support for an economy with
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stereotyping and discriminating against people based on their age (Ageism‚ n.d.). The term was first coined by Robert Neil Butler in 1969 to describe discrimination against seniors‚ and is similar to racism and sexist (Ageism‚ n.d.). Ageism consists of three elements‚ including prejudicial attitudes towards others‚ old age‚ and the aging process; institutional practices and policies that perpetuate stereotypes about older people; and discriminatory practices against the elderly. Ageism is also used
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President Bush on Thursday signed into law a bill that would make it a separate crime to kill or harm an unborn child during an assault on the mother. "As of today‚ the law of our nation will acknowledge the plain fact that crimes of violence against a pregnant woman often have two victims‚" Bush said before the signing of the measure. "The death of an innocent unborn child has too often been treated as a detail in one crime but not a crime in itself‚" the president said. The Unborn Victims
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orientation (homosexuality in this case)‚ but we cannot change its biological basis (Hamer & Copeland 1994; Kalat 1998)” (Good‚ Hafner‚ and Peebles). If this is the actual case‚ then just as a person would not discriminate against an innate left handed person‚ one should not discriminate against an innate
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The debate against homework is quite interesting‚ actually. There are people on one side saying that we should be given no homework‚ people on another side saying that we should be given “quality” homework‚ and then you have people that are indifferent on the topic saying that we should be given homework‚ however to an extent. There are studies proving that all three sides have some points to back up their opinion on their topic. Those who are against homework believe that homework has no benefit
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I usually notice people generally discriminate against race and gender but I believe discrimination pertains to each one of us. Black men and women feel the hand of discrimination the most. Discrimination can happen any place‚ any time. In retrospect‚ people usually keep to themselves when they’re being
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been widely discussed in like America mostly‚ but there are protesters everywhere in the world‚ the drug is‚ after all‚ the most used drug in the world after alcohol. Most people are against it without really knowing much about it‚ they just hear the word drugs and automatically thinks it’s bad and only bad. The law against weed and cannabis takes a toll on the society‚ at least in America where they arrested over six hundred and eighty thousand in 2012. Most of those were non-violent low-level offenders
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