Carolyn Gaudioso 2-13-12 Dr. Vericker: English 211 Persuasive Essay School Budget Cuts Do More Harm Than Good Due to the financial crisis there have been many changes made to government programs to reduce costs and help with debt. Many of these cuts are happening statewide‚ in America’s public schools. The first programs that are being cut are the art programs‚ and the excuse is that the core classes are more important. The argument is that children need to be more focused on test scores
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Distracted driving is a recent epidemic that is “killing 5474 (16%) people and injured 448‚000 (20%)” (Overton). Drivers are multitasking constantly when they are on the road. It is not just the different tasks they need to perform while driving‚ such as: looking into the rear mirrors‚ stepping on the gas and brake pedals‚ or calculating the stopping distance between their car and another obstacle. They are distracted by other tasks that involves electronics: looking at the gps‚ texting a friend
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Drinking Imagine having a few quite drink’s with your friends‚ But one of your friends drink’s to much and starts to cause trouble‚ swearing all over the place‚ yelling at the neighbours or even picking a fight with you. What would you do?‚ leave them be to cause more trouble? or take them home?. Alcohol is one of New Zealand’s most used drug that causes the problems. New Zealanders enjoy alcohol in moderation but alcohol brings negative health and social consequences associated with it. Some
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concerning the legal drinking age remaining at twenty-one or being lowered to eighteen. John J. Miller‚ backed up with about one-hundred college presidents and chancellors‚ strongly believes that the legal drinking age of twenty one has failed and is not working. However‚ there is research and statistical data that suggests lowering the drinking age would cause several car related accidents‚ potentially increase a teen’s vulnerability of alcoholism‚ and increase binge drinking. John McCardell‚ a
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Underage Drinking and You According to Answers.com‚ an average of twelve thousand nine hundred eighty two people die a year from underage drinking; many of them being car accidents. With so many people underage drinking‚ I feel that the law should be heavily enforced that underage drinking is NOT okay. There should be no underage drinking‚ whatsoever‚ under the legal age of twenty one. Underage drinking is very hard on the human’s brain development.
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Distractive driving causes you to not only get into an accident‚ but it can also cause you to lose focus. When we are driving a car‚ we are constantly looking ahead looking for things that could possibly cause a distraction to us. Some distractive things while driving could be‚ receiving text messages or calls‚ music playing from the radio‚ construction vehicles‚ a billboard sign‚ an accident‚ or even someone pulled over to the side of the road. Even if we don’t notice some of the things distracting
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there are some dangers to these improved inventions. Specifically‚ with handheld cellular phones people tend to use them all the time. Walking down the street‚ sitting on a bus‚ and the moment when they wake up. Drivers use their phones too while driving. This creates a danger to the driver‚ the passengers‚ and anyone around the vehicle. Everyday people are injured or killed from distracted drivers on the road‚ in most cases‚ they are distracted because
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Persuasive Essay : Many people would be happy and satisfied if they were in a relationship with money and fame. Doesn’t that seem like the perfect life? Everyone begins to think that in life that’s all that matters‚ and that’s all they need‚ nothing could be better. Society dictates our morals‚ feelings‚ the way we do things and try’s to tell us certain things we do are wrong and we need to do them the way they feel necessary. Our generations to come will have no clue what the meaning of a true‚
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one learns the basics by themselves. Driving Schools exist to build up a strong foundation in driving and help us to drive safely‚ avoiding all circumstances which might endanger lives--ours or others. Driving Schools can be categorized into different types‚ each imparting a different mode and technique of driving. Defensive driving‚ advanced driving‚ truck driving‚ racecar driving‚ motorcycle driving‚ and many more are some examples of the different Driving Schools existing today. Learners have
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distracted driving incidents by showing people that they should be safe when driving‚ so they won’t text and drive. It can be said that people don’t watch or listen to them‚ so they don’t really have much effect‚ but there are multiple reasons why they are affective. There have been many deaths due to people texting while driving. Texting and driving causes people to not pay attention to the road‚ leading to more accidents. Public Service Announcements show people the effects of texting while driving‚ which
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