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    No one under the age of 21 should be allowed to have tattoos. Many young adults have not completely considered the permanence of a tattoo and how it can affect their lives. This decision is threatening to one’s job‚ image‚ and life. Some jobs do not hire people who have tattoos‚ regardless of their skill in a certain field. Some employers fear that a representative of their company who has a tattoo can mislead customers or co-workers. When tattoos are exposed people look at you differently. They

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    Legal Age to Drink: Should it be Changed? In this day and age with more sophisticated teens and young people abusing alcohol‚ the issue concerning whether or not teenagers should be able to drink at a younger age is an important topic. In the article “Perils of Prohibition” Elizabeth M. Whelan argues that alcohol should be legalized at the age of eighteen instead of twenty-one. She hopes to persuade readers‚ parents‚ and educators to support her proposal for the change by successful alcohol

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    have to find time during the day‚ during the afternoon‚ during the evening‚ and if possible at night to pump. 2 Should people be allowed to breastfeed in public eg a restaurant? So ‚ if you are eating in a restaurant‚ should your baby eat from the breast? Yes‚ mothers should be allowed to breastfeed in public‚ even at a restaurant. Breastfeeding is completely natural‚ and it should be acceptable. Breasts were not intended for sex; they were intended to be used to breastfeed whenever and wherever

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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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    Sonnet 18 Tracy Brito 4/1/2014 A sonnet is a fourteen line poem‚ formed by a single complete thought‚ sentiment‚ or an idea that originated in Europe. The sonnet consists of rhymes that are arranged according to a certain definite scheme‚ which is in a strict or Italian form‚ divided into a major group of eight lines‚ which is called the octave. The octave is followed by a minor group of six lines which is called the sestet. In common English form it is in three quatrains followed

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    Should children be disciplined by physical punishment? No‚ they shouldn’t and this essay shows why. “Spare the rod‚ spoil the child” an old saying that has been passed on and practiced in our Arabic countries for many generations. For centuries parents and teachers have used physical punishment as a way of “disciplining” children. Little do they know that physical punishment does more harm than good. Although there have been some who believe that it’s time to change our minds and mentality

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    Many crimes and social problems are caused by children. Despite the damage these teenage criminals cause‚ parents are not held responsible in most countries. This essay will discuss whether parents should be forced to pay for their children’s crimes. There are many reasons why parents should not be responsible for crimes committed by teenage children. First of all‚ teenagers today are independent. They often move out of the parent’s house at 18 years of age or younger. They

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    Evonna Sawall Professor Kaefer English 1A April 8‚ 2014 Driving Under the Influence Should Have Tougher Penalties Although the punishments for driving under the influence are not pleasant‚ they are not effective enough. Laws for driving under the influence need to be tougher in The United States of America in order to decrease the amount of fatal accidents and repeat offenders. The best ways to combat these offenses are to increase fines‚ make the prison sentences more severe‚ and enforce alcohol

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    Should Children Be Allowed To Testify In Court? Over the past ten years‚ more research has been done involving children’s testimony than that of all the prior decades combined. Ceci & Bruck (93) have cited four reasons for this : - The opinion of psychology experts is increasingly being accepted by courts as testimony‚ - Social research is more commonly being applied to the issues of children’s rights‚ - More research into adult suggestibility in accordance with reason naturally leads to more

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    Who can vote and who can’t? This question has been debated nationwide during these past years. A fundamental element in the success of a democratic society is the willingness of the people to be self-governing. In today’s modern society‚ to say that we have a government that is for‚ by‚ and of the people does not mean that each citizen is dictatorial. It does not imply that each citizen takes the law into his or her own hands‚ but rather that everyone has the responsibility to actively participate

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