Why is it important to vote? You can ’t win if you don ’t play. Election outcomes are determined by those who participate. Elected officials make important (often life and death) decisions about how our society will expend its collective resources and the restraints it will place on individual behavior. The drinking age‚ the age at which you can get a driver ’s license‚ and the amount of money your teachers receive are some of the decisions made by elected officials. In making those decisions‚ elected
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History Children 1st was established from a case in New York in the 19th century where an eight year old girl was being abused by her adoptive parents‚ but because there was no laws that allowed any intervention this meant agencies couldn’t get involved. It was because of this case that Branches were set up in the UK‚ and in 1889 the Glasgow and Edinburgh branches joined together. (Children1st‚ n.d) Children 1st ‚ was first known as ‘The Scottish National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
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Transgender Thesis statement: Transgender deserves equal rights. Introduction: Everyone is qualified to have equality. It is something that we all know and agree with. No one likes to be discriminated and be treated lower by the society especially if it is because of race‚ religion and gender. Everyone has a gender; it is a thing that affects us daily whether it is on how we act and look every day. Today‚ most of the countries clarify gender base on the physical and genetic sexuality
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vital because for children in risk every day matters‚ both the safeguarding agenda and academic research underline the damage that delayed intervention can cause and reinforce the importance of the joint working of professionals and institutions (DfE‚ 2013 and Broadhurst and Grover‚ 2009). For children‚ the areas in which they feel the need for more support are: in the provision of security‚ sense of belonging and trust and self-development (McAuley and David‚ 2009). Since the Children Act in 1989 safeguarding
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Topic: The Ethical Treatment of Animals Moral reasoning using Utilitarian and Rights-Based ethics Utilitarianism values equality of all interest parties. It is on the principle that when making a decision‚ thorough consideration on the consequent cost and benefit must be made‚ and it is on the basis of impartial consideration of all related interest parties that the final decision should be made. Rights-based ethics‚ however‚ value the right of individuals. It is more like individualism. It is
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Chambers 1 Marisa Chambers Ms. Romine Literary Appreciation 12 December 2014 Women Deserve Equal Pay The argument over whether the gender pay gap still exists is often brought up without an exact answer. Women getting paid less than men for doing the same job is real and is happening everyday. People may question why women still face a gender pay gap and why they deserve to have equal pay. Woman face the gender pay gap because of sexism ‚discrimination‚ and stereotypes. Many think it
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Protection and Freedom: Why We Need Our Right to Bear Arms Fourteen-year-old Jessica Carpenter was left to babysit her younger siblings while her parents were running errands the morning of August 23‚ 2000. Armed with only a pitchfork‚ Jonathon David Bruce‚ who was high on drugs‚ entered the home and began chasing and stabbing the children. Jessica’s father had taught her how to use a firearm‚ but she could not access the gun because it was locked up in accordance with California state law
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Respect has a great importance in our everyday life. As children we are taught to respect our parents‚ teachers‚ elders‚ school rules‚ traffic laws‚ family and cultural traditions‚ other people’s feelings‚ and people’s differing opinions. We come to value respect for such things when we’re older as well as through our experiences in life. Sometimes we may shake our heads or fists at people who seem to have not learned to respect them. We develop great respect for people we consider pure and lose
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How are men important to the women’s work of producing bundles at the time of a death? Making large amounts of yams is entitled mainly to the woman wealth. The men helping in producing the bundles are important because she knows to produce many bundles she must receive yams form her husband brother. This helps secure the wife wealth from the husband each year that his sister is given yams from her brother Why are these bundles important? Bundles are important because not only do they put them in
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this if the child is adopted. Unmarried fathers aren’t awarded the same rights to even the mothers in these cases even though they may act in the best interests of the child. Therefore it can be argued that all unmarried fathers should be awarded parental responsibility because as
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