plan on attending college. Although the SAT and ACT are required‚ recently some colleges are saying they are not looking at the tests scores as much as they are looking at everything else. The tests should not be able to determine the student’s academic abilities. Standardized testing should be abolished because a lot of money is wasted‚ a lot of time is wasted and they shouldn’t determine how ‘smart’ a student is. The SAT and ACT are tests required to be taken by students‚ whether they plan on going
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Standardized Testing Should be Abolished “Will that be on the test?” This is a question that every teacher and professor has heard and the question every student has asked. In today’s schools‚ students become so focused on a test that they don’t get a quality education‚ instead they learn to do well on a test that does not affect their education whatsoever. Since the 1980’s standardized testing is continuously taking on many names and acronyms such as Texas Assessment of Basic Skills‚ Texas Educational
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On July 14 1976‚ capital punishment was abolished in Canada. The death penalty has always been and remains a controversial issue in countries all over the world; however because of justice‚ retribution and deterrence‚ it is evident that it should be brought back to Canada as a lawful consequence to committing first degree murder. The foremost important reason for the application of capital punishment is justice. In Canadian law‚ a first degree murder conviction will result in a sentence of life
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• What is “peer pressure?” – Influence that people of similar age or status place on other to behave in a certain way • 2 types of peer pressure:- • Positive peer pressure: influence from peers to behave in a responsible way • Negative peer pressure: influence from peers to behave in a way that is NOT responsible. Peers who try to force you to make wrong decisions often just want support for their wrong actions!!!!!!!! They don’t care about your experience of feelings you have as the result
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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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did it take for them to realize their accusation was incorrect? Why the death penalty should be abolished? The death penalty is important‚ because the death penalty affects everyone not just real human lives. Some people choose to show compassion and believe no one’s lives should be taken‚ whereas others believe they deserve revenge‚ even if the revenge is taking someone’s life. The death penalty should be abolished because of it is not cost efficient‚ innocent lives are taken‚ and it causes a loss
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"If you do something bad enough to a certain degree‚ then we will take your life without a care in the world." People fear enough today in our society with the problems of crime‚ poverty‚ war‚ economic downfall‚ human rights‚ etc; the death penalty should not be added to that list. I also believe that the death penalty sends out a message of punishing people the easy way. If they did a crime so inhumane to our society‚ and damaged the lives of so many then let them spend the rest of their lives in
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The reasons for the electoral college to be abolished and replaced by another system.The electoral college was made several years after the founding of the U.S. This system was made because the delegate didn’t believe that the people would have enough information to choose the right person for president. What are the reasons for the electoral college to be abolished?The electoral college should be abolished because it’s undemocratic‚ the small state over presents and hurts third parties. One
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One-child Policy Should Not be Abolished In the 1970`s‚ Chinese government implemented one-child policy for Chinese families to control the rapidly growing population (Zhang and Goza 2006). This policy‚ although passed into law for almost 40 years‚ has come under much heated debate on whether China should maintain it or abolish it altogether. Along with Chinese population structure changing‚ two social issues‚ population aging and imbalance of sex ratio arise and gradually become manifest. One-child
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say a person is made to die by way of punishment for the wrong or the crime done by him is called capital crime and the punishment given is called capital punishment. The death penalty should be abolished as every individual has a right to his or her life. Most of the Countries including Australia have abolished capital punishment as it is termed as cruel and brutal. Australia is the leading country who has strongly opposed the capital punishment as In Australia the rates of crimes are low‚ the
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