Should Cell Phones Be Banned in Schools? Today‚ almost any parent can use a cell phone to ask their children about their whereabouts‚ occupation‚ or health. At the same time‚ most parents can remember the days when cell phones simply did not exist‚ and children were factually left on their own for at least half of the day. I believe that cell phones today pose a great distraction for students – especially advanced smartphones that provide numerous opportunities for entertainment – and thus should
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communities of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and The Giver by Lois Lowry don’t have books. How do they live? It seems very hard to a person in today’s society to understand the lives of the people without books. In Fahrenheit 451 books are completely banned. The protagonist Guy Montag’s job is to burn books so that others can’t read them. Jonas‚ the protagonist of The Giver‚ is the only person in his community
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Equality has a Ring to It The pinnacle of any amateur athlete’s success is measured in the Olympic Stadium. Upon the conclusion of the 2004 Athens Olympics‚ the International Olympic Committee (IOC) executive board met to review its program and make changes for the upcoming Summer Games. The committee discussed changes for events within the 28 existing sports‚ as well as options to add new disciplines. The board rejected the International Amateur Boxing Association’s (AIBA’s) proposal to add
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Fairy Tales Should Not Be Banned By: Aarohi Tanawade Fairy tales are an integral part of childhood since they teach young children many different life lessons and give them good morals to abide by. My grandma told me this during a debate that we had last month… and if anyone should know the truth‚ it’s her. Isn’t this true? To find out‚ we have to look at fairy tales from a child’s perspective. What do these stories hold for the young audience that reads them? I find that fairy tales
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provide advertisement for the companies‚ which is why most top colleges have top company sponsorships and smaller schools don’t have many sponsors. Another big way to gain money was through video games. The reason it was a big way is because it is now banned from producing video games featuring colleges because of the Ed O’Bannon trial. Ed was a major basketball player for UCLA in the 1990’s and even helped UCLA win the 1995 NCAA championship. However‚ years after his playing career he went to his neighbor’s
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By Mr Satler If you were God for a day‚ what would you do? Should violent video games be banned? 97% of 12-17 year olds in the US played video games in 2008‚ thus fueling an $11.7 billion domestic video game industry. In 2008‚ 10 of the top 20 bestselling video games in the US contained violence. Violent video games have been blamed for school shootings‚ increases in bullying‚ and violence towards women. Critics argue that these games desensitize players to violence‚ reward
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endurance in order to test their resourcefulness to the limit and broaden their horizons. Therefore‚ if involving in a sport is restricted‚ adventure-seekers will continue to drive themselves into other life-threatening activities which not yet be banned. Moreover‚ prohibition of so-called “dangerous sport” is very likely to deprive people of fantastic experiences and thrills of taking part in them. For instance‚ without mountaineering‚ people by no means conceive the grandeur of a mountain. On
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Measured by the American Library Association Harry Potter has been the most challenged book since 2006. According to source “Ross‚ Shmuel. "Harry Potter Banned?" Infoplease. Infoplease. Web. 24 Apr. 2016” parents want to band Harry potter for “The Trouble with magic‚” “Setting bad examples” and “scary stuff.” According to another source is Rowling first book and all books glorify witchcraft. ”J.K. Rowling.Harry Potter and the sorcerers stone.new york. Arthur A. Levine books (scholastics).1997.” One
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censoring children from difficult subject matter is not always the solution. There is always controversy when difficult issues arise in adolescent geared novels. Even though there are many concerns with Lois Lowry’s The Giver‚ this book should not be banned from the Coopertown Middle Library. The Giver is about an eleven-year-old boy named Jonas is a light-eyed boy who lives in a Utopian society. Within his society‚ there is no suffering‚ no hunger‚ no war‚ no color‚ and no love. There is no uniqueness
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majority of the points come from the beauty and grace of the contestants as well as their outfits. Contestants try to sway the judges by having the brightest smile‚ cutest clothes‚ and prettiest hair. I. INTRODUCTION A. Child beauty pageants should be banned. It causes children‚ especially little girls‚ to use artificial means to boost their self-esteem. People were born as-is‚ not with makeup‚ spray tans‚ big hair‚ and false teeth. Not only does it cause low self-esteem in young girls‚ but it also sexualizes
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