these are life‚ LIBERTY‚ and the pursuit of happiness” (Garrison‚ 1). Garrison is referring to the statements in the United States Constitution‚ in which the promise of equality for every man is made. It can also be interpreted to mean that‚ every man should be given the opportunity of life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness. However‚ this only applied to white men in the end. Slavery degraded men‚ women‚ and even children‚ for cheap
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age group‚ censoring children from difficult subject matter is not always the solution. There is always controversy when difficult issues arise in adolescent geared novels. Even though there are many concerns with Lois Lowry’s The Giver‚ this book should not be banned from the Coopertown Middle Library. The Giver is about an eleven-year-old boy named Jonas is a light-eyed boy who lives in a Utopian society. Within his society‚ there is no suffering‚ no hunger‚ no war‚ no color‚ and no love. There
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Why abortion should be illegal An abortion is the medical process of ending a pregnancy so it does not result in the birth of a baby. Abortion has always been a major issue of discussion in our society and there are always different opinions on abortion. I am against this practice and I think abortion should be illegal. To start with‚ it is false to claim that no one knows when life begins and dishonest to argue that abortion does not kill a human being. Every new life begins at conception
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Why Are Curriculum Should be Harder America’s education is on a down fall. It seems like every year we drop a little more on the world wide rankings. The United States education system is not as competitive around the world as it used to. America is focusing too much on the upper class and not enough on the middle to lower class. The United States is currently ranked around 25th in math‚ 17th in science‚ 14th in reading‚ and 17th overall. But a recently released study by Martin Carnoy‚ professor
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different in most ways. I’m just a teenager trying to figure out how my life is going to play out. So‚ why should I get a free sum of $25‚000? I don’t have my own apartment bills to pay‚ I don’t have a kid‚ and I have no abnormally large responsibilities. Many kids have much more need for the money than I do. However‚ I am the best candidate to give the money to‚ and I will tell you why. If I received $25‚000 with no conditions and no return favors required‚ the first thing I would purchase
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Why Marijuana Should Not Be Legalized What is so mesmerizing about smoking marijuana? I want to know what constructive outcome you get out of smoking it. Is it curiosity‚ to fit in‚ or just for the satisfaction of becoming high? For whatever principle marijuana is a harmful drug so with that saying it should not be legalized. Many people assume that marijuana was made illegal through some kind of process involving scientific‚ medical‚ and government hearings; that it was to protect the citizens
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are not expecting. And cause chaos for Pitbulls and their owners. Although pitbulls seem to be dangerous‚ people should be able to own pit bulls in the united states. Historically‚ many dogs have been defined as pit bulls‚ and dogs identified as pit bulls have been held responsible for attacks.pitbulls have been known as dangerous ‚ vicious‚ dogs‚ and some people think that they should be banned. Also people say that they can’t be trained. But this isn’t
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teach the Bard‚ while others do not. I believe that teachers should be required to read the plays of Williams Shakespeare because of the fact that they could tell others they have had the opportunity to read a Shakespeare play‚ so they could give themselves a higher level of status when they recite a part of one of his plays‚ and Shakespeare has many things to offer about life. Matthew Trusdale‚ a teacher that believes Shakespeare should be taught‚ stated "I often tell my students that one of the
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and their families. Guns do many things in the United States‚ like stopping criminal acts‚ giving people a sense of protection‚ and establishes every American with gun rights. It is also known as The Second Amendment. The proposition in our society should be for guns in American and not to be banned. As soon as a person is born into this world they acquire their own rights. One of the rights is called The Second Amendment. “The rights of the people to keep and bear arms shall not infringe...”. The
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“Bigger‚ Stronger‚ Faster” is a movie that is about steroid use by athletes and public figures. The director was trying to show show why steroids might not be as bad as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) portrays them to be. The director did this by showing how many people use it that are public figures and showing how the people in his life use them as well. The director was trying to prove to people that steroids could be like supplements‚ which are FDA approved. He claimed that the side effects
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