Throughout time‚ many books have been challenged or banned. Most of the time‚ it is parents banning books with content that they don’t want their child to be reading. For example‚ a war novel‚ A Farewell to Arms‚ has been challenged for some of its content but it also has positive aspects to the story. In A Farewell to Arms‚ the main character‚ Frederic Henry‚ starts out in the Italian front as an ambulance driver. Eventually‚ he goes and meets a hospital nurse named Catherine Barkley with his good
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School uniforms have been a topic of discussion and debate between parents and administrators. There are different opinions of the effect that school uniforms have on children’s social acceptance‚ comfort and behavior and the cost to the parents. School uniforms offers a sense of belonging to the students and it lets the students become one united group‚ without anyone left behind. Everyone wearing the same uniform shows that they have spirit to becoming more educated. Students don’t have to check
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This is the first argument that I would like to give against the motion. I agree that some aspects of the educational system are already provided by the computer and yes‚ it is definitely true that you don’t need a person to learn everything - education is a largely personal matter. However‚ if we eliminate the teacher-student interaction completely‚ a part of the educational experience will be lost. It’s not just the act of standing before a class that makes a teacher a teacher‚ there’s the whole
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Menendez‚ Landrieu‚ and Hagen together introduced the Alert Drivers Act‚ which would say that states pass laws banning texting while driving. Though more and more states are passing texting bans‚ it remains the case that fewer than half the states have banned the practice as of today (U.S. Congress). AAA foundation for Traffic Safety reports that 67 percent of drivers admitted to talking on their cell phone while driving behind the wheel‚ and 21 percent of drivers indicated they have read or sent a text
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According to certain people‚ violent video games should be banned; they feel that violent video games are the source of today’s violence amongst children. I strongly disagree with them. Video games‚ like movies‚ music and any other form of art‚ are there to entertain people and to enjoy‚ not restrict. What most people fail to realize is that the video game industry‚ like the film industry‚ is heavily regulated with a strict code of parental guidelines already in place. Even the game consoles to
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“Applying technology in education would enhance human capacity‚ dynamize the teaching/learning environment‚ promote creativity‚ innovation‚ critical thinking‚ decision making and lifelong learning.” This predominant point suggests that laptops should not be banned in the classroom at the University level. Reasons are distribution‚ media‚ productivity‚ Internet‚ software‚ virtuality‚ management and environment. From the inception of the People’s Partnership government in 2010‚ an innovative approach
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which has been banned in multiple high school libraries for the use of the word “nigger‚” which is considered both offensive language and racist (PBS). However‚ some people do not understand that racism was a normal part of life during the time period in which this novel was written. Twain published Huckleberry Finn in 1885‚ only twenty years after the end of the civil war. This means that this novel was written during a time when African Americans were severely discriminated against. Furthermore‚
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Criminals Should Be Punished Or Not Debate criminals deserve to be punished. Most of the people would not hesitate to claim that those who break the law should be punished ans]d put into prison as long as possible in case they continue to endager our lives and property. Also‚ if criminals are not given any punishment they may commit crimes again and again.Crime in general is the worst thing a person can do because it violates the law and it is a violation against the victims.Therefore‚ to protect
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consequences were far greater. From 1961 to 1971‚ a chemical was sprayed over the entire country of Vietnam‚ leaving 200‚000 people affected by the harmful toxin (Dioxin‚ 2015). The chemical used is called Agent Orange. Its use was discontinued after it was banned in 1971 by the United States (n.a‚ 2016). However‚ the ban came too late and provided no relief for the Vietnamese that are still dealing with the consequences of exposure to Agent Orange. Agent Orange was originally sprayed to kill all the trees
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Since the early 1900’s many schools have banned the use of cellular phones. These schools believed that the ban should be made for the security of the students. Most of the schools felt that cellular phones are a danger because they are used for drug dealing‚ bomb threats‚ and cause disturbance. Apparently when considering all aspects of the situation they left out the minor detail of emergencies. When the cell phone ban was made people were not fully aware that a cell phone could be the determining
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