It’s senior year September‚ the trees shed their leaves‚ the air clings to it’s indian summer humidity and students scrabble to take the ACTs and SATs. Some for the 4th or 5th or 6th time. While colleges use these exams to predict a student’s future level of success‚ the tests fail to assess the highschooler fairly. Standardized tests‚ by definition‚ are not‚ in fact‚ Standardized. To standardized a procedure is “to change (things) so that they are similar and consistent and agree with rules about
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Deafness has consistently been perceived and represented incorrectly in American media. It is important to note that deaf individuals have created their own culture based on their set of social beliefs‚ behaviors‚ art‚ literary traditions‚ history‚ and values. Deaf Culture focuses on deaf individuals who use American Sign Language (ASL) and consider being Deaf a cultural lifestyle choice. However‚ not all individuals who have experienced hearing loss are emerged in Deaf culture and that distinction
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government should provide funding to Planned Parenthood‚ a healthcare service provider. This debate relies moreso on the moral and ethical dilemmas faced by those supplying their opinions‚ rather than the facts. One of the reasons for this nationwide argument relies solely on the fact that Planned Parenthood offers the service of abortion. Many people are simply getting stuck up on this fact. However‚ what many people do not realize‚ or are choosing to ignore‚ is that Planned Parenthood provides many
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blessing because it celebrates those who adhere to a consistent style‚ while ignoring those who constantly reinvent themselves. To its credit‚ Auteur Theory did help to spawn‚ what has come to be defined as "The Film Generation"‚ an audience of mostly college age viewers who had began to view cinema as art rather than entertainment. However‚ in its
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26 November 2013 Legalization of Marijuana The argument of legalizing marijuana in the United States has been an ongoing situation for many years. Since the use of marijuana is becoming legal in certain states‚ the argument has continued to rise. The debate is both for medicinal and recreational use. Medicinal use is supported much more then recreational use. Like any other argument‚ there are many pros and cons. A total of five uses of marijuana have been discovered. These uses include‚ hempen
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Protect or wait to be protected. Hello. I hope you are all doing well today. I see you all made it here alive. I would like you to think about that‚ as well as a couple of questions the next time you hear the word “Crime” or “Gun Control”. “Would more restrictive gun control policies have the unintended effect of impairing citizens’ means of self-defense?”. “Would restrictions stop attacks on public figures or thwart deranged persons and terrorists?” These were questions raised in the “Supreme
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using animals for their research and testings‚ and I disagree with the use of animals. It is unfair to animals because in the end it kills them‚ it may not actually work on humans‚ and the cost of it. I am against the use of animals for product testing for a lot of reasons. I am against using animals because I think it is cruel to animals because if it a test went wrong then then it could cause a harmless animal to die or seriously disable them. Also in animal testing‚ countless animals are
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In his article Terminally Ill People Should Have the Right to Die‚ Scott Mendelson argues against this saying that it should be up to the individual people whether or not they want to live or die. He goes on to explain that suffering is worse than putting someone to death. In my eyes‚ when we let these people die by choice‚ who else is going
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marriage works if two people love each other no matter what gender‚ but many people argue against this. They argue that it’s wrong and God created a woman and man (Adam and Eve) to love each other‚ not two people of the same sex. They argue that we shouldn’t bother changing laws for a small amount of gay couples. Some even argue that gay marriage is ’just wrong’ and it’s offends God. There are so many reasons against gay marriage but why should sexuality or gender affect a couples legal rights? It’s
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conscription were disrespecting or ruining the Catholic Church’s reputation by producing anti-Catholic pamphlets and cartoons against the Australian Catholic Community. This is depicted in the drawing in the bottom sector of the eye‚ evident in the closed fist and protestant anti-Catholic cartoon poster. The red background symbolises anger or tension and the people going against the Church’s will. Another evil was that soldiers were forced to join‚ with no freewill or being able to choose their own
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