Is Media Violence Harmful? The twenty-first century is the golden age of media. Following the widespread of technology in the late twentieth century‚ media has become a constant presence in people’s lives. New innovations in technology have led to blockbuster movies‚ music at the touch of our fingertips‚ weekly television programs and a vast array of video games available on various devices. With new consoles and devices constantly being released‚ everyone‚ no matter their age‚ can readily access
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Should Spanking be Part of Parenting? An Investigation on the Negative Results of Corporal Punishment and Spanking Corporal Punishment and Spanking Many people may think that spanking children is a normal part of children’s lives‚ but there has been new research done indicating that spanking or corporal punishment may be a bad thing for children. “While spanking may work in the short term‚ you can correct bad behavior with a slap or two on the rear end or hand. But
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Harmful effects of smoking Doan Thi Huong Thao BAIU08155 International University HCMC Academic English 2 Bien Thi Thanh Mai Instructor May 17‚ 2010 Abstract Smoking is known to be a primary cause of harmful effects on health‚ family‚ environment and society. However‚ scientist research in health and environment‚ that researches show that smoking cause many diseases‚ even lung cancer. An aim of my study has been to determine that smoking also effect on family and society. Results indicated
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it and teachers say that parents demand more of it. Teachers assign homework to help some students improve their grade and pass the course for those of who do not do well on tests or standardized examinations. Can homework be considered helpful or harmful to students? This controversy turns into arguments and disagreements. For me‚ homework totally can help students in study because there are many benefits we can get from doing homework. Everyone has their own opinion right? I have my own opinion too
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girls as they set impractical body weight‚ breast size and clear skin standards. This sets an ideal female body‚ which only a minority of women can realistically aspire. This adds pressure on all women to conform which can then become incredibly harmful to young women by encouraging dieting‚ eating disorders and cosmetic surgery‚ or simply making them feel inadequate and ugly. An article‚ titled “Thoughts about Miss Teen USA‚” out of a local American magazine was written by a young teen in 2005
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with aesthetics but in fact reflecting the inequality between the sexes. These beauty contest are misleading and harmful‚ not only to plain looking women‚ but also to the entire community. Pros | Cons | Beauty contests promote an ideal of female beauty to which only a minority of women can realistically aspire‚ but adding pressure to all women to conform to it. This can be harmful to women by encouraging dieting‚ eating disorders and cosmetic surgery‚ or simply by making them feeling inadequate
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Homeschooling: Harmful or helpful? Homeschooling is the education of children at home‚ typically by parents rather than in a public/private school setting. Unbeknownst to some‚ Homeschooling has been around for hundreds of years. It was the primary source of education before the 19th century and is becoming one of the fastest rising segments of K-12 education today. In many places‚ homeschooling is another option for parents who yearn to offer their children a different learning environment
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Positive Effects of Spanking Roughly 23 U.S. States allow spanking in school‚ most schools in these regions do not exercise this right but‚ some do. The biggest questions that goes along with spanking is whether or not it causes mental problems later in life. Spanking does not just have negative effects on children‚ it is a reinforcer‚ and is effective when used properly. Disciplining a child through spanking may only result in short term effects: “While spanking might make a child take his
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Are Beauty Pageants Harmful? Introduction I. As the old saying goes‚ beauty is in the eye of the beholder‚ which means that someone or something may be attractive and eye-catching to one person‚ but completely unattractive to another person. If we lived in a perfect world‚ maybe everyone would follow the wise words of this old saying and admit that evaluating beauty is a subjective practice. (Bartell‚ Jeffery) Unfortunately‚ none of us live in a perfect world and the society that does exist
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Is Gaming Harmful for Teenagers? Adults‚ think that children‚ who are in teenage period‚ should focus on their studies rather than gaming on computers or electronic devices. However‚ they still favor their kids to enjoy such healthy leisure-time activities like playing football‚ tennis‚ badminton‚ etc. There are different kinds of activities for young people‚ and video games seem to be one of the most favorite ones of almost teenagers. Playing video games can be good and can be bad to a certain
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