I believe that the Kite Runner should not be banned from School District 53. Banning the Kite Runner would produce claims of double standards‚ be a disservice to high schoolers in sd53‚ and actually limit certain ideas allowed to be discussed in a school setting. I’d like to start off by asking why the District favours banning the Kite runner‚ but appears to be perfectly alright with Shakespeare’s Macbeth being analyzed and taught to 16 year olds every year. Last I remember Macbeth was positively
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1950’s and 2012 cartoon This political cartoon displays two children hiding under their classroom desks‚ hands over their heads in a fetal position. The desk on the left says “1950’s” where as the desk on the left says the current year‚ “2012.” Both children claim to be hiding for a specific reason‚ the boy of the 50’s claims it is because of the Russians‚ while thee one on the left states that it is because of his fellow classmates. The message that the illustrator is attempting to convey is
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Why The Giver? There are books being banned and challenged all over the country. To challenge a book means that a person or group of people try to limit its access to children/readers but are not successful. A banned book means that a certain book that had been challenged was successfully removed and prohibited from being sold. Lois Lowry’s The Giver tells a story about a young boy named Jonas who lives in a dystopian society. Everything in Jonas’s world is controlled‚ even death and emotions
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Should study drugs be banned? Study drugs have been a growing problem lately because increasingly more and more students are using study drugs in an attempt to achieve better grades. This isn’t the only reason for which they are used; trying to study faster is another big reason for their use. In my opinion‚ “Study Drugs” shouldn’t be allowed since not all students use them and it wouldn’t be fair that the students that don’t use them get lower grades because of a drug. The purpose of these study
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Analysis of Political Cartoon When growing up‚ you never realize that the cartoons that you observe sometimes have a deeper meaning. The gestures and comments made in these cartoons can stir up more controversy than an entire newspaper article. Williams uses the strategy of compare and contrast‚ and examples to help explain how cartoonists create their cartoons using propaganda. In Political Cartoons as Ethnocentric Propaganda‚ Williams begins off asking the questions can a cartoon start a war‚ can
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between countries should be banned From the beginning of human history people have been moved from place to another searching for new place for life. Now days‚ border between countries have been controlled. However‚ There are a lot of debate in media and journals about‚ should border between countries opened or not? It is an important question because it concerns the world and governmental together. Some people say that border should not be controlled‚ another people are against this idea. This
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this tragedy‚ there has been much controversy in this nation involving various topics. I will be writing about one of these topics today‚ that one topic‚ being gun control. I believe that‚ for the safety and security of the American people‚ guns should be banned. Firstly‚ less guns means a safer America. According to wisqars.cdc.gov‚ there were 464‚033 total gun deaths between 1999 and 2013. Based on this‚ you can tell that owning guns has and will continue to cause harm to our nation. Secondly‚ in
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Smoking Should Be Banned In Public Places In my opinion‚ smoking in public places should be prohibited. There are many reasons that support this point of view. Smoking is one of the leading killers in world. People shouldn’t die because of it. For years people have been smoking in public thinking ’it’s my body‚ I can do whatever I want to it‚’ but now that it has been proven that smoking not only harms the smoker‚ but also those around him or her‚ they should not be allowed to smoke
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Late-Term Abortion Should Not Be Banned Abortion is a widely debated topic that has been conflicting politicians and women around the world. Abaluck’s article‚ “Late-Term Abortion Should Not Be Banned” did not provide half as many sources or facts as Boland’s article‚ “Second Trimester Abortion Laws Globally.” Boland provided more statistics and alternant resources for the reader. It can look impressive if an author throws in an extensive reference list‚ but if he does not persuade you in an
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Argumentative Essay: Hand phones should be banned from schools Based on my opinion‚ I strongly believe that hand phones should be banned from schools. This is because the detrimental effect of students’ usage of hand phones in school weighs heavier than its benefits. Firstly‚ hand phones should be banned in school because students’ easily loses focus in class. Acquiring knowledge‚ learn something new and to educate one-self are the reasons students go to school. If learning is the priority
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