Zackery Watts 1-10-13 Unit 4-Lesson 9 Persuasive Essay Why All Kids Should Have Cell Phones Have you watched the news lately? If not‚ then perhaps you should. All you see are stories about kids getting kidnapped‚ by family‚ friends‚ or strangers. It is enough to scare the wits out of any kid. Many parents‚ including mine‚ say we are to young and irresponsible for cell phones. I firmly believe they are mistaken. First of all‚ I believe that if kids had cell phones‚ they could and would feel more
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a heated debate form coast to coast. A large part of the ebonics controversy is the fact that many of today’s students do not get a good enough grasps of standard written and spoken English to compete successfully in the job market later. In this essay‚ I will discuss the issue of whether ebonics should be considered a second language. The argument of ebonics advocates is that their unique programs will permit black children to excel at what critics of ebonics say they want black children to learn:
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paying students for good grades are a beneficial idea? “Research by Edward Deci and others show that most children are‚ by nature‚ motivated to learn.” Well‚ if this is true‚ shouldn’t students be left alone instead of getting paid? Would you rather have your students care about their education or money? If parents and schools want students to be motivated to do well in the classroom‚ then they shouldn’t pay students for good grades. They shouldn’t pay students because students will only achieve and
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The novel‚ White Crane by Sandy Fussel teaches us that the samurai kids achieve because they obey the code of Bushido. Sandy Fussel’s novel White Crane demonstrates that despite disabilities the Samurai kids achieve success because they follow the code of Bushido. In the novel‚ Yoshi learns to become a great leader and shows great courage. Niya shows great kindness to others‚ and Taji demonstrates great wisdom and perceptiveness. By honouring the code of Bushido‚ they and the rest of the Cockroach
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An AR-15. A long gun‚ as I’ve seen it called before. That fucking gun has been used numerous times to murder children and adults alike. 17 died yesterday‚ it was Valentine’s Day. People were giving and receiving chocolate and bears and flowers and balloons and other candies. There was feeling of happiness through the student body. It was just another normal Wednesday for most kids. They woke up in their beds‚ like usual. All warm and comfortable‚ not wanting to move from that spot. But nonetheless
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Have you ever wondered‚ what our world would be like if we didn’t have anything like what we didn’t have now? Imagine if we didn’t have phones or food or freedom; there is more than one gift in my generation. Freedom is one of my gifts. Freedom started on July 4‚ 1776‚ when John Hancock signed the paper for our freedom. If we didn’t have the freedom we have today‚ wouldn’t have the stuff we have today like guns‚ Bibles‚ Christian schools. There is a lot more stuff we wouldn’t have‚ but that would
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I believe that everything and everyone has a purpose. If something didn’t have a purpose‚ then I believe that it wouldn’t be in existence. It is said that when you look at life you may wonder why something/someone is here. But when you look at life‚ everything has a purpose and there is a reason behind it. There are almost 8 billion people alive in the world. If one of those people would die today there are still almost 8 billion people that live on the earth. Every thing/one that is living‚ was
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artists. Most of us have hobbies‚ or things that we are keenly interested in such as books‚ television‚ video games or movies. Social networks allow us to reach out to others that have the same interests. Social media websites‚ such as Facebook and Twitter‚ have become nearly inescapable facets of modern life‚ particularly for kids. In the knowledge society‚ in addition to technical skills and access to information technologies‚ it is becoming increasingly important for people to have diversified and
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Examine some of the changes that have taken place in the family structure over the last 50 years There are 15.8 million families in Britain. The family in Britain is very diverse; diversity means that there is a wide range of different ‘things’‚ in terms of family it means lots of different family types. There has been diversity in the family structure in Britain‚ an example of this is ‘lone parents’‚ lone parents have always been part of Britain’s family structure but even more so during the World
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Social Networking for Teens Online: MySpace & Facebook ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Poor Okay Good Great Awesome Rate this article: None (19 votes) Bottom of Form by John Suler‚ Ph.D. Adolescents typically spend a lot of time talking with other teens online in websites such as MySpace and Facebook. Online teens now are a significant population‚ and it is important that kids as well as parents understand what is happening in this online world. First
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