they live in. Although this seems to be the case‚ more than 11‚300 books have been challenged for controversial material since 1982; 311 books were challenged recently in 2014 (American Library Association). The fact that books are constantly being banned illustrates how in many schools‚ knowledge is being withheld from students. Although some students may be sensitive to controversial material‚ banning books from their school libraries is damaging because it takes away their rights‚ limits their academic
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A young basketball player sees one of his star professional role models all buff and big. When asked how he got in such shape the professional athlete only had one word to say “STEROIDS”. Should steroids be banned from sports? My answer to this question without doubt is yes. Why? I have three good reasons why. 1) Athletes are encouraging teenagers to use them; 2) it is unfair to the players of the past who have records and statistics to be overshadowed by players who have cheated their way by
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placement tests can potentially be a standardized test. These tests have grown in popularity in recent decades‚ and thus are becoming a greater debate. Standardized tests‚ common tests administered within a school district‚ state‚ or country‚ should be banned in the United States. Standardized tests consist of either a single examination or multiple examinations grouped together to be taken at a single time. These tests are used to measure how well a school district or region is performing. There
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curious person. Something that many people seem to notice generally about modern music is that much of it is either explicit‚ vulgar‚ or touchy topics. Parents and kids alike are concerned with their friends and family. Vulgar and explicit music should be banned because it promotes substance‚ physical‚ and sexual abuse‚ can cause a person to develop depression or suicidal thoughts‚ and influences children to repeat and hold on to vulgar and explicit actions. Firstly‚ vulgar lyrics in songs can promote
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indulging more and more into inappropriate novels. Students are going to school where they are commanded to read books with mindful tactics‚ sexual content‚ and vulgar language. We need to help restore youths moral values‚ and to achieve this we should prohibit certain books from being read and reintroduce the classics alongside new books presenting strong values. Banning books is valid because we may be using books to enhance our children’s knowledge‚ however‚ books often contain content
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amount of time preparing for these tests while they should be teaching and learning new material to better prepare the students for their upcoming college classes. While standardized tests such as the ACT and SAT are designed to best represent students to potential colleges‚ they are only indicative of a student’s memory‚ not the student’s full capabilities. Standardized testing is not the best way to measure learning; therefore‚ it should be banned. The pressure of standardized testing can cause kids
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Essay on Energy Drinks should be Banned A few months ago‚ the analytical and research agency Packaged Facts (PF) noted a sharp increase in the demand for energy drinks. According to the PF experts‚ the revenue from the sales of this category of products will exceed $21.5 billion by 2017. For comparison‚ the legendary Coca-Cola Corporation‚ providing water dispensers all over the world‚ earns about $47 billion annually. However‚ this week‚ the popular energy drinks industry attracted attention
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Due to the unpleasant effects on children‚ online games should be banned by the government. Firstly‚ online games totally distract children from studying. Instead of listening carefully to what teachers say in class‚ young gamers often think or chat with their friends about how they can improve their ability in the games or where are they going to hang out in their cyber world and so on. Moreover‚ after school‚ they just go straight to the computers‚ ignoring their homework and lessons to review
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noticed how alcohol was changing these students’ lives. Some of these students I saw stumbling drunk didn’t even look like kids who would even put a cup of beer or liquor up to their mouth and it was slowly ruining their lives. I believe alcohol should be banned from colleges because of all of the negative effects that may occur‚ which is something I have experienced in my life.
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carry guns. It is understandable that Americans would optate to possess guns such as shotguns and rifles for the popular sport of hunting. However‚ it is ridiculous that our regime would sanction people to carry handguns in public. Handgun possession should be stringently constrained‚ because they are made solely to kill people‚ they have incremented the murder rate‚ and they have even enabled children to facilely injure another child. The first reason for firearms to be outlawed for
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