and beneficial necessities of life. The short‚ informative essay “Could You Live With Less” by Stephanie Mills describes a simple life that is comfortable. “There’s electric lighting‚ indoor plumbing‚ a tankless water heater‚ a second hand refrigerator and range- but no microwave oven‚ no dishwasher‚ no blow dryer‚ no cordless phone” (1). Mills feels as though technology has redefined what it means to live. She wrote‚“Technology should abet my life‚ not dominate or redefine it” (1). Mills wants
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study on school uniforms and the effects they had on students. Uniforms have been common in public schools since 1994 and since then the dropout rate for schools that don’t have uniforms have increased. The requirement of school uniforms is a turnaround for students because students would benefit from this. Schools everywhere should bring them back. It is a great idea for schools to enforce a policy on schools because research shows that students can achieve success. School uniforms help improve students
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Written Assignment 8: Writing an Evaluation/Argumentative Essay Write an evaluation/argumentative essay on a topic of your choice. Several possible topics are listed below‚ but you are free to come up with your own. Develop your evaluation/argument in an essay of about 500 words. If you wish‚ use statistics‚ examples‚ or quotations from sources you find helpful and supportive. Possible topics: * A review of a book you have read or a movie or television show you have seen. * An evaluation
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School Uniforms Imagine waking up every morning and going to school. You put on the same clothes that you were wearing yesterday and walk to school. You open the door to the school and see everyone‚ all wearing the same exact outfit as you. The dread feeling you get because you feel the same way as you did every day. That is what every day would be like if school had uniforms. I think that uniforms are a commitment‚ they don’t allow you to express yourself as freely‚ and they are boring. Parents
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to protest. It states that soldiers have the right to peacefully protest when they are off duty‚ off post‚ not in uniform and within the United States. The government will always remain officially neutral. Therefore service members should not represent themselves as a member of the Armed Forces while exercising their Constitutional rights to protest. When soldiers protest in uniform it gives the impression of official
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Personal Narrative Have you ever heard the term “Butterflies in my stomach?” If you haven’t‚ it’s when you get a real fluttery feeling in your stomach when you get surprised or shocked by something. I had that feeling‚ that same feeling when I heard the news about one of my closest family members from my mom. The day I found out‚ I was getting ready for my friend’s birthday party at a waterpark. I went into my mom’s room to ask her when we were leaving and it looked like she had been crying
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school-wide uniform policy. That fall‚ Will Rogers became the first school in Long Beach County to have a mandatory uniform policy. Other schools in the district soon followed drawing national attention‚ including a personal visit from then President Clinton. Recent memories of school shootings around the nation caused President Clinton to urge other school districts to move to uniforms in his 1996 State of the Union Address. This started a seemingly endless debate over school uniforms in public schools
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Lyddie should not sign the petition for many reasons. Such as she needs the money to pay of her father’s debt‚ She will be blacklisted and others One reason is She need to pay he father’s debt. “I can go to lowell and make real money to pay off the debt so i can go home” because she is living away from her family she is living alone without Mama‚ Charlie‚ Rachel‚ And Agnes. so if they shorten the working hours she won’t have as much time to to earn money. “The pay reflected her proficiency. She
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Should the Voting Age be Increased or Decreased? The right to vote is one of the most salient human rights. It gives everyone a chance to voice their opinion on how they think that we should be governed. It allows the government to listen to the people and get rid of bad rulers. With this being said‚ I think that teens younger than 18 should be able to vote. Many may think this is inapt‚ and condemn me for it‚ but it only makes sense. Teens are growing up‚ and will be the light in the world for
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What to Wear Narrative/ Descriptive Essay The day before my first full day of junior year I continue telling myself‚ “Whoo! Junior year. I’m going to have so much fun this year.” However‚ even though I am ready to begin the new school year‚ nervousness about my first day plagues my mind. I ponder what to wear. I have a whole closet of clothes which is stuffed like my grandmother’s Thanksgiving turkey‚ but I find myself stumped on which outfit to wear for day number one. With this trivial dilemma
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