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    What if everyone was 100% responsible? Take one minute to think about what if everyone took responsibility for what they say‚ and for what they do? If people were honesty‚ ethical and treated people fairly‚ and the world would be a more pleasant place to live. Therefore‚ when we take responsibility for our actions‚ we could end bullying‚ discrimination and all discord in the world. Wow‚ World peace‚ can you image that? Personal responsibility for me means to be 100% responsible for my

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    Legal drinking age should be raised In this short composition I’m going to write about the reasons to disagree or agree with the idea‚ that legal drinking age should be raised. In this paragraph i will present you the reasons to disagree. When someone tells us‚ that the government should raise the legal drinking age it sounds good. But after five minutes‚ when you think about it for a while you start thinking otherwise. The reason for that is; you know that not only 18 year olds drink‚ but

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    Legal drinking age should be lowered Introduction: Once a person turns 18 years old they are already considered an adult. Yes‚ it may sound bad saying that 18 years old should have the right to legally drink‚ but lets look at the facts; you can drive a car‚ vote in all elections‚ smoke cigarettes‚ serve on juries‚ be prosecuted as an adult‚ get married‚ have children‚ fight in a war‚ gamble‚ but not have a beer until your 21? Now‚ if young men and women under the age of 21 can legally get married

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    The article I chose is titled “Runaway teenager slowly reveals tale of horrors while away”. (Wilson‚ 2017) This is the sad story of a teenager girl named Joannie who was a victim of sex- trafficking. In April 2015 she ran away from home in The Bronx‚ and went to meet her friend‚ Raymond Johnson‚ whom she met through Kik messaging app. Then he forced her into prostitution threatening her with a knife and a gun. Thankfully one morning‚ after about a month of abuse‚ she awoke to find him drunk and she

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    “Whenever I hear someone arguing for slavery‚ I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.” Our sixteenth president‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ said this. Isabel makes many important decisions through the novel‚ but a few were when she took the blame for Ruth at the docks‚ saved Lady Seymour from the huge fire in New York‚ and took Curzon with her as she escaped from her evil mistress. To sum it up‚ everything she did was one step further toward getting back to Rhode Island and her dead Momma

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    Affirmative action is a policy that gives special considerations to groups that suffered from discrimination in the past. It was designed to balance the effect slavery and Jim Crow had on the African-American and other minority groups. Since its creation‚ the program has benefitted many members of the minority. However‚ the issue of whether affirmative action should be allowed or not allowed in the universities is a controversial one. While some argue that affirmative action should be allowed in

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    Should Teenagers be limited in their use of Social Media? To speak on social networking and media‚ one must define it. The definition of social media is “the relationships that exist between network of people”. Technically speaking‚ Socialmedia.biz states‚ "Social Media are those forms of publishing that are based on a dynamic interaction‚ a conversation‚ between the author and active readers‚ in contrast with traditional broadcast media where the ‘audience’ is a passive ‘consumer’ of ‘content’”

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    Nowadays‚ the retirement age has been a burning issue of most nations in the world. In some countries‚ workers are forced to retire at the age of 55 or 60 while in others‚ this figure could be 65 to 70. Several debates were contributed to propound whether or not should there be a compulsory retirement age. In my opinion‚ it is necessary to impose a legal resolution that employees are entitled to retire when they reach a particular age. Firstly‚ under the pressure of the knowledge economy‚ the requirement

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    What age should one truly stop being called a juvenile? For as long as time can tell‚ there has been crime performed by both adults and adolescence. These intolerable acts vary in severity‚ and some cases simply cannot be ignored or put off even for a day. Regardless of the purpose‚ children around the world commit crimes on the daily worthy of them being charged as an adult. Truly‚ we shall never fully grasp their purpose. Nevertheless‚ should it be allowed for our justice system to metaphorically

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    Drinking Age Should Not Be Lowered All fifty states set their minimum drinking age back to twenty one in the 1980’s because they felt that eighteen wasn’t the appropriate age. Some people did not agree with this change because at the age of eighteen people can vote‚ drive cars‚ fly planes‚ pay taxes‚ marry‚ become a legal guardian‚ own a gun‚ risk their lives a member of the U.S. armed forces. Honestly‚ today the drinking age doesn’t matter‚ whatever the age a person will always try and find a

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