Why You Should Not Smoke This essay was written from a question I asked my grandfather. I asked him “Why do you smoke?” I watch as he coughs and gags while smoking. He loses his breath and can’t breathe. It smells awful‚ burns my eyes‚ and clouds up the whole house. I just do not see what you could possibly get from smoking besides: addicted‚ cancer‚ and problems with breathing. Why do you smoke? I know that you know that smoking hurts your body and others around you. Why do you continue
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discussed in class and focus on why I think my audience would or would not find the essay persuasive. I choose to respond to Lyubomirsky’s article “How Happy Are You and Why”. I think Lyubomirsky’s‚ article “How Happy Are You and Why” is persuasive. She includes evidence‚ had referred to interviews she had done‚ and included a couple of diagrams among other things to support her argument (and simplify it for the reader to understand/ follow what she was talking about). She also included/ mentioned
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young they don’t deserve life sentences‚ even if they murdered someone‚ the public believes that they’re “immature” or “emotionally unstable”‚ but I do not agree with them removing the life without sentence from juveniles. They still committed a heinous crime and affected a family drastically. So I will be talking about why some juveniles do deserve “Life without Parole” sentences; however‚ there are a select few who probably do not deserve that sentence. Some people do not think about how the criminal
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In Everything Bad Is Good For You‚ Steven Johnson uses many scientific methods and presents point of view stating that popular culture does not only have negative impacts on us. In the introduction of the television section‚ he briefly tells us the truth that the complexity of modern TV shows is rising and it also makes people more intelligent. To support his ideas‚ Johnson divides the content into three parts: Multiple threading‚ Flashing Arrows‚ and Social Networks. Multiple threading is very
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governments. A closer look into the issue of immigration will show that illegal immigrants contribute a lot to American society‚ a ready labor force‚ and many other benefits to the country. This all adds up to the fact that immigration is a necessary and good thing for the survival of this nation. The United States has always been considered the immigrant’s nation and is called "The melting pot" for a reason. Illegal immigration has been a problem in the United States for as the nation has legal citizenship
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You hear throughout developed culture that popular media has a tendency to “dumb” down societies. Whether you believe this idea is solely based on your discretion‚ but there is one man who took the time to analyze this collective supposition deeply. Steven Johnson and his written work Everything Bad Is Good For You looked at the effects from popular media from an alternative perspective. Looking past the arguments of morality‚ Johnson calls attention to the progressive complexity in cultures
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on to eighth grade I reflect on the many great memories I have shared at this school. Seventh grade was a fresh new year‚ not like sixth grade‚ or fifth‚ or fourth. You do not have high school next year like the eighth graders‚ you are not the young new ones like the sixth graders. You are the seventh graders or as many refer to the “middle class.” At this school I have done everything from fun field trips to studying for hard tests. From kindergarten to now going into eighth grade. Sometimes I
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Are you tired of getting bad grades on your report card? Does your grade point average make you feel depressed? Do you want to jump on a student who has a better grade than you and punch that person in the face? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions‚ then you need to read this essay. In a few easy steps you will learn how to transform your grades from poor to excellent. All you have to do is read a couple of pages‚ and you will find out what it takes to get good grades. Remember that the
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criteria. By paying students with money‚ schools can encourage good behavior. If schools want students to be motivated and learn the curriculum‚ then they should pay students for their grades. Schools should pay students for their grades because it will teach them about the real world‚ level out the playing field‚ and raise graduation rates. To begin‚ it is an excellent idea to pay students for their grades since it will teach them about the real world. Clare Levison‚ an accountant and member of the
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As for the expiration of sentence‚ well if you did your time and have little to no disciplinary actions then yes you should be released back into society. I probably agree mostly with discretionary release‚ but not without concern. Yes‚ having a board of people look over your record and speak in behalf of society as to whether the inmate should or should not reenter society is a good idea. The thing that worries me about this type of release is who are you sure the inmate is not putting on a show for
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