If you thought slavery was outlawed in America‚ you would be wrong. Slavery was abolished in 1865‚ but a loophole in the 13 Amendment has allowed it to continue as a punishment for crimes. Even though the USA make up 5 percent of the world’s population‚ they still house one fourth of all incarcerated people in the world. The statistics make this look really bad for the country‚ however‚ the privet prisons incarcerating prisoners for the government‚ are actually making money on every cell empty
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Slavery: Has it really been abolished? A slave is a human being who is thought to be property of someone else and can be treated as such. Slavery was a big problem in the past‚ but it is still a big problem today. Most people don’t realize that slavery is still happening in America in different forms. Things like human trafficking and domestic servitude are still happening here‚ not just around the world. Slavery may have been abolished in some forms through the 13th amendment‚ but it has been fully
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: Miss Kong [SHOULD WRITTEN EXAMS SHOULD BE ABOLISHED?] Written Exams Should Be Abolished Lee Chan Wai‚ Albert Li‚ Lim Shi Ping‚ Liu Bo Zhou‚ Liu Yi Heng Raffles Institution Mentor: Miss Kong In the current era when students young and old are required to take written exams‚ to assess them‚ to judge them‚ life then is under tremendous demands. Little time or space is left for other activities‚ activities that bring life to the schooling students. Written exams be then abolished‚ for the good
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money that should be given to the student. These standardized tests started to develop in the late 1900’s and became a part of the college admission process. Although very few colleges and universities do not require a student’s ACT or SAT‚ most colleges and universities require your score. Standardized testing does not accurately determine a student’s ability to perform. College admissions should be based on the student’s high school grade point average‚ teacher recommendation letters‚ essays‚ and interviews
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crimes committed as juveniles since 1976. Juveniles should be given a more character developing and changing punishment. Juvenile’s brains are not fully developed yet‚ leaving spur of the moment choices and decisions that are sometimes punishable by death. Although some crimes are brutal enough to receive the death penalty‚ the system of punishment on teens should be evaluated and changed. An eye for an eye is an old guideline that should be left behind during the modern times people are currently
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Should examinations be abolished ? Cons First of all‚ I would like to say that I strongly disagree with the idea of abolishing exams even though they are troublesome for students and even teachers. Here are my reasons why examinations should not be abolished in schools. Firstly‚ examinations are part and parcel of school. You come to study in schools. You want to know where you stand. You want to know how good or how bad you are at your academics. So‚ what is the use of going to school‚ studying
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nervous one. However‚ it is a big part of the school that all students have to go through. There are advantages in exams‚ but there are people who think the opposite that exams have more disadvantages to the students and should be abolished. Some people say that exams should not be abolished‚ because they say that exams are the only way for teachers to see the student’s level‚ it builds high sense of responsibilities‚ and it gives him pressure that will be useful for him later in his life. The students
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Should the exclusionary rule be abolished? My answer to that is no. The exclusionary rule is one of the fundamental ways the rights of the all people are protected. Mainly the rule is to protect you from police power. If the exclusionary rule was abolished you will more than likely see police brutality on the rise. Officer’s‚ Detectives‚ etc will cut corners and otherwise ignore the basic rights of the people they serve. If the rule was abolished we will see sometimes innocent people put in
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teachers know better because they recognize the importance of homework in the success of students in school and outside of school. I completely disagree with the statement that homework should be abolished. School without homework is not an image I can fathom. There are many reasons why homework should not be abolished as it is greatly beneficial towards the student. Homework improves the stability of the student in school allowing them to spend their time wisely and not only focus on play. It allows
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on the election is pretty minimal. The votes go to the state‚ and whatever candidate has more votes in that state‚ wins the state. Even if the popular vote is for the opposite candidate that wins‚ hence 2016’s election. The Electoral College should be abolished‚ and be replaced in the constitution by the popular vote‚ which represents each individual’s real vote. Firstly‚ the Electoral College can be a “easy” way of electing president. But those who vote for the opposite candidate that does not win
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