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    terrified thing a young person would ever have‚ the SAT. Know for its extremely dull black and white pages and its rigorously rough questions‚ I was about to prove myself against its makers‚ The College Board. Opening my eyes‚ I was greeted by the bright‚ shiny sun peeking through the curtains. Getting up I noticed my calendar overfilled with Post-it notes‚ but there was a bright tomato‚ red color one‚ it was something important written as‚ “SAT Today”. My brain shifted into gears‚ I quickly sprang

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    February 2‚ 2017 B8 When does genetic engineering become too much? Or does it? I think genetic engineering became too much when they started doing it on human beings. In April of 2015‚ scientist came from all over the world to talk about genetic engineering on humans and the scientists came to an agreement that it was too risky. Later on‚ historians of science looked back several decades from today‚ and then the historians and scientists

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    the best possible benefits from it. The purpose of this essay is to persuade the reader that people shouldn’t watch very much television because the content of many TV programs is not educational‚ it makes people waste time that could be used in better activities‚ and it negatively affects people’s mental development. The first reason why people shouldn’t watch very much television is because the content of many TV programs is not educational. Nowadays‚ we can see movies and shows that present

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    The Impact of too much Watching Television Shows on Teenagers “Media ’s the most powerful entity on earth" (Malcolm X). Media is capable to control facts. It influences anyone ’s point of view. There are different types of media like print media‚ new age media and electronic media etc. electronic and new age mediums are famously used by teens these days. Tablets‚ iPods‚ laptops‚ iPhones are some latest gadgets that teenagers use but television is one medium that teens cannot eradicate on their

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    Are professional athletes paid too much? Today’s sport’s world is the biggest revenue making industry in the world. Different sports bring in different amounts of revenue but they are all enormous amounts. I myself love sports so there are a few sports that I contribute to financially also. Is it fair that professional athletes get paid millions of dollars to entertain us? It is known that the sporting industry Sporting events is a place for people to go‚ relax‚ have fun‚ and do something they

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    “The social media network annoys its users‚ again‚ with a confusing revamp. There must be an agenda here‚ somewhere” Like‚ around 750 million users of Facebook‚ I logged on to the world’s biggest social media network this morning and was immediately annoyed. Facebook had changed its user interface‚ again. Gone was the “Most Recent” button‚ which allowed users to see what their friends have posted in a simple‚ straightforward‚ and chronological order. Now Facebook is indulging‚ again‚ in outright

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    David Wilson Mrs. Jensen English 101-014 14 November 2012 The SAT Put to the Test Thesis: The ETS is negligent towards the statistics that show that the SAT is not a fair way of measuring a students academic worth and thus should be replaced or remodeled‚ because there are better and easier ways of measuring learning ability‚ biased to the lower class children that take them‚ and not the first choice of information that colleges are interested in when enrolling students. I. School faculty should

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    SAT testing is not an appropriate method of measuring a student’s overall intelligence. This popular standardized test is offered in over 176 countries‚ including the United States. The SATs can be the deciding factor of college acceptance‚ making the exam itself too influential on a student’s future. Additionally‚ the test has been taken advantage of numerous times for higher scores. The legitimacy of the SATs is also questioned with the issue of income inequality. Most students in the 21st century

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    The growing number of SAT/ACT optional universities represents a positive trend in the test optional movement. From students’ perspective‚ winners and losers are kind of different in SAT optional policy. Students with high SAT or ACT scores lose their absolute advantages‚ though high scores can still help them to get an offer from their dreaming schools. Traditional minority students might “take advantage” of this policy and have higher chance to be admitted than before. The negative influence of

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    Question: Are people better at making observations‚ discoveries‚ and decisions if they remain neutral and impartial? Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading‚ studies‚ experience‚ or observations. Objectivity by researchers has not‚ and probably never will be attained. People will always have biases; some will be created by cultural values and others by personal views. The search for objectivity lies in the realm of philosophy along with the search for reality

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