BANNED IN AMERICA Things have been banned for centuries because of racial issues‚ encouragement of damaging lifestyle‚ blasphemous dialog‚ sexual situations or dialog‚ violence or negativity‚ presence of witchcraft‚ religious affiliations of unpopular religions‚ political bias‚ and age inappropriate (Butler University)‚ the most common initiators of book challenges are parents‚ and the most common settings for book challenges are schools‚ school libraries‚ and public libraries (American Library
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The Scio Township Hall was nearly silent when I entered. There were only a man and a woman sitting at a table on the one side of the meeting room. I was about to ask if I was in the right place‚ but before I could open my mouth‚ the woman greeted me and introduced herself as a member of the Land Preservation Commission (LPC). One by one‚ other commissioners started to trickle in‚ smoothly joining in on the conversation about ordinances presented at the Board meeting a few days prior. I wondered if
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50% or more high schoolers would love to acquire more freedom during the school days. High school students should have the opportunity to acquire freedom due to preparing students for college‚ responsibility‚ and to make mature decisions. The freedom that the students have could be taken away if the students abuse their privileges. The first reason why high school students should acquire more freedom is because if the teacher show that they trust their students‚ then most likely they will start
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Twelve Angry Men The American legal system‚ based on the ancient idea of “innocent‚ until proven guilty;” has its share of advantages and disadvantages. They all serve to build a system that has suffered years of trials and tribulations‚ having lost much of their usefulness in today’s world. The cornerstone of the American legal system is the “trial by jury‚” in which a citizen who has been accused of a crime‚ has the right to be judged by a group of his fellow citizens‚ who will have the evidence
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Once upon a time there was an angry dinosaur‚ who always stomped the flowers. His name was Hopping Henry and he had huge feet. Every day he would have a big plate of huckleberries and he hated it! Every day‚ he ate the same horrible huckleberries. Hoping one day his happy friend Harold would give him some ham. One day‚ Henry got up from his hammock and saw someone hurting Happy Harold‚ it was a Harpymimus. Then he got horrifically angry. He was so hateful of the Harpymimus that he howled at
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A House on Blackjack Mountain My father was twenty years old when he met my mother. On horseback‚ he and his brothers were making their way home from a hunting trip. Riding through the forest and meadows‚ they came to a house just north of Cedar Creek and about a mile east of the Tom Covington place. The house was less than two miles from where the Rodgers family lived and although my father knew the occupants of the house well‚ he had never seen the girl who was sitting on the front porch; yet
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The last thing she wanted to do was run away‚ but that was all she knew how to do. Run‚ run‚ and continue running. How could someone like her be the salvation of a disappearing race? Such thoughts plagued her mind until she felt the familiar warmth that only emitted from Reuna‚ his words stinging deeply. What did he know about harsh realities? He had no idea what she was going through. Not so long ago she was living in a lavish palace where servants were at her beck and call. Edmund was always chasing
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Edna Once upon a time‚ not that long ago a little lady with the name of Edna sat in her large vacant home. She felt as if the home represented her because the house was full of many useless trinkets such as humidifiers‚ books‚ and old pink flamingos. Edna was a quirky young lady‚ many people didn’t understand her or her ideas. Edna was a very pessimistic person‚ she tended to have negative thoughts about anything that came her way and she was never nice. Most people that saw her just assumed that
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Wells December 6‚ 2012 WVHS Period 7 2007 PART C Essay Free Response Throughout the periods 1450-1800 The Russian Empire occurred during the New Imperialism Age‚ it had expanded further economies and strengthen international role. Russian had began expanding east in its search for a warm-water
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A Man Named Louie Ever since he was a little boy‚ Louie was a very resilient person‚ his stubbornness and willpower played a great role in his survival later on in life. Louie had been a trouble maker pretty much his entire existence. From the age of two‚ when he descended down one story out of his bedroom window and took off in a naked blur across town‚ to when he tried stealing a Nazi Party Flag at the age of 19 on his trip to the 1936 Olympics. Louie was always the person that did his own thing
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