“A picture can tell a thousand words.” Good morning HSC standard English students‚ it is a honor to be invited to speak to you about some texts you have been studying for your upcoming higher school certificate exam. Distinctively visual texts portray powerful messages through the clever use of language features in order to create visual imagery in our minds. Now let’s begin.. I ask you all to close your eyes and think of a time you have experienced adversity... Henry Lawson‚ Edward Hopper
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Minimum Wage Laws in America During the State of the Union speech President Barack Obama address to America that no worker should have to work full time and still remain in poverty. As the cost of living continues to rise across the United States‚ America’s minimum wage is left unchanged. We must find the appropriate balance and yield better compensation to our citizens or otherwise working class Americans will simply not be able to cope with cost of living. Raising minimum wage across America
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for the low-income workers and their families whenever the government increases the minimum wage. The United States Congress adopted the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938. Congress created the minimum wage toward the end of the Depression era to ensure a "minimum standard of living necessary for health‚ efficiency‚ and general well-being for workers" (Wages). The Fair Labor Standard Act establishes minimum wage‚ overtime pay‚ recordkeeping‚ and child labor standards affecting full-time and part-time
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In general‚ any law that only applies to a segment of a population is inherently a bad law. Minimum wage laws fall into this category because it only effects a segment in the socio-economic structure. Additionally it creates an artificial standard similar to trade tariffs. Economically this does little but creates economic waste. Raising a minimum wage will effectively increase cost for that socio-economic level. Some ways we see it happening here in this article is that while these people are making
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SLAVERY VS. MINIMUM WAGE Le’Sean Marks English 102; Civil War Term Paper March 21‚ 2013 In a time like today‚ everyone who has ever received minimum wage could agree that it is not ideal‚ nor is it fair in most cases. However‚ to compare the brutality of minimum wage to that of slavery is preposterous! In slavery‚ especially the slavery that occurred in America‚ human beings lacked more than just proper compensation for their labor. Along with not being fairly rewarded: families were ripped
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2012 I did 4 years in Senn High School and there were a lot of problems in school. Dropping out of high school is a huge issue for many teens today. As society demands hardworking graduates with good character‚ the nation should require keeping teens from dropping out of school and improving student’s education for the future. There are many causes for why teenagers drop out of school. But there are few solutions for allowing them to finish high school with high diplomas. Pregnancies‚ drugs‚
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Finishing high school is an important milestone in a person’s life‚ which not only marks the beginning of adulthood‚ but also opens up higher education and career opportunities. Unfortunately‚ the U.S.A suffers from one of the highest dropout rates in the developed world‚ with nearly 7‚000 students dropping out of high school every day. In 2012‚ nearly 22 percent of all students left school without a high school diploma. Dropping out of school can have disastrous‚ permanent effects on a person’s
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DOLMA LAMA Proffessor : RICHARD SONNENMOSER Due Date : September 25‚2014 Subject : English 110 The Uniform Compulsion Rule High-School is the greatest point in our life. It is the time of growth as well as challenges too. Completing my high-school studies from Guinness Int’l Higher Secondary School which is located at Kathmandu‚ Nepal was one of the memorable experience of my life. As a high-school student there‚ I get to enjoy and utilize different
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High School Experience When you start a new school or a new grade you never know what to expect‚ all different types of emotions are running through your head sometimes that could be stress. When I started high school‚ I didn’t know what to do‚ I was the “new” kid on the block. I had to try and be outgoing and meet new people. My freshman year my priorities were not right‚ the last thing on my mind were my grades‚ my first goal was to make friends‚ and make them quick I couldn’t stand the
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(1) Write an application to your Principal to permit your School Hockey Team to participate in the District Hockey Tournaments to be held at Jaipur in the ensuing month. To‚ The Principal‚ Govt. Higher Secondary School Dausa. Sir‚ I am the captain of our School Hockey Team. District Hockey Touranaments are to be organized in Jaipur next month. Several good teams will take part in it. Ours is a very good team. If we get a chance to take part‚ we may possibly win there. You are‚ therfore‚ requested
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