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    you can play and get paid millions of dollars! Does this job really exist? To the few privileged athletes in the world of professional sports it does. Everybody knows that the salaries in professional sports are outrageous. Does every good athlete think they’re really worth that much money? I know this is professional sports‚ but let’s face it‚ it is still just a game. For some athletes‚ these salaries go right to their heads‚ and they become conceited. The athletes forget that if it weren’t for

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    Educating and Inspiring Future Leaders: Why Teachers Deserve Better Pay According to the report‚ “Estimated Average Annual Salary of Teachers in Public Elementary and Secondary School‚” by the U.S. Department of Education in 2011‚ the average starting salary for a teacher in Missouri is a measly $29‚857 (1). The average salary for all teachers across the U.S. is $51‚673 (“Estimated Average Annual” 1). Teachers are the foundation of education for future politicians‚ government officials‚ teachers

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    league "poster–boys" for commercials and shoe contracts. Each of them has continued the competitive fire’s burning while adding a flare of green. Today‚ the league seems to be completely entrenched in money. Multi–million dollar contracts‚ million dollar endorsements‚ and billion dollar television deals are the focus of the league now. Some criticize on the players for being so concerned about money while others argue the players should be compensated for their God given talents. These "some" are

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    There’s a big controversy right now about athletes (especially in football) who bring in millions of dollars to university while never getting paid. Some say that the scholarship is payment enough. Others say that the athletes deserve a part of the money‚ and they might deserve it‚ but they doesn’t mean they need it. Athletes shouldn’t get part of what they make for the college. Athletes in college may not make money from the games they play‚ but they don’t really need it either. They rarely

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    entered a contest and won 1 million dollars. How would I invest in it? I would first set up a plan on what I am going to do with the money. The plan would be to split up the money. Some would be for college. There would be an account for spending money‚ one for emergency money‚ and one for necessities. This would be my plan for investing. The first account I would set up would be for college. 50 % of the 1 million dollars would go there. This is 500 Thousand dollars. The money would be used

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    States Constitution. These amendments gave people rights and freedoms such as freedom of speech‚ freedom of religion‚ and the right to bear arms. If the Bill of Rights were made for animals‚ they would receive the rights and freedom that they deserve. Animals deserve a Bill of Rights to a certain extent because they share common emotions and experiences‚ they would have a better lifestyle‚ and however‚ these animals are necessary for medical research. With the Bill of Rights‚ these animals would be

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    professional basketball player in the NBA is a dream of many athletes. However‚ that dream is very competitive. It’s estimated that three out of every 10‚000 players make the NBA. That doesn’t sound very promising to someone who enjoys the game and has natural skill and talent. So what can someone do who understands their limitations but doesn’t want to give up their dream? Playing basketball overseas is a great alternative for many athletes. The NBA is considered to be the premier men’s basketball

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    staggering $45‚570 (NAE). Teachers attend school longer than both of these professions. Teachers deserve to be paid more because they work longer that normal working hours‚ they pay for their own classroom supplies‚ and they impact lives. Someone once said‚ “when someone ask you why would someone ever become a teacher‚

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    fight dragons or save princesses or break curses‚ but there is so much more to being a knight in the Middle Ages in Europe. Knights deserve to be above nobles because of all the work they do. Knights deserve to be higher because they have difficult and extended training. They also have a complex and astonishing lifestyle. They have essential and crucial duties to do. They impact history and influence the world today. They need to be higher because the knights work very hard and medieval life was

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    blood-thirsty raiders. It has been a long belief that they were malevolent barbarians. Vikings had truthfully‚ never acted like wild and dirty looking people. After thousands of year of being interpreted as bad people‚ Vikings deserve a better name. The Vikings absolutely did not deserve their bad reputation. Vikings were naturally born raiders. In order to survive‚ the Vikings had to steal from others since they were unskilled in farming. Their homeland‚ Scandinavia‚ had poor farming land since the

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