Watching‚ following‚ and playing sports is a tradition for families all across the world today. Sports are taken very seriously by athletes and fans and it forces players to feel the need to enhance their performance artificially. Although performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) are banned in professional sports today‚ many players feel it’s a necessity to compete vigorously with fellow players. PEDs can cause negative physical and psychological effects to the body. Athletes have used various substances
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limited or unlimited? On the subject of immigration‚ one student at J.E.B. Stuart High School in Falls Church‚ Virginia commented‚ "we make America more interesting" (Swerdlow 61). As true as these words are‚ the question of how much more interest should be allowed to cross our borders each year‚ and what exactly defines an American these days puzzle the already 281 million residents who find comfort in the freedoms of America. America is a land of immigrants‚ also referred to as the "melting pot
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Final Paper Should Felons Vote 3/5/14 In forty-eight states the felons are not aloud to vote‚ some even don’t allow people on parole to vote. The article was published in 2005‚ from the City Journal. This article then goes into saying that the democrats are taking a stand to allow ex-cons the right to vote. There are different views on this through out the whole United States but this author‚ Edward Feser‚ seems like he is taking the stand to allow them to vote by stating in the end that he would
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armed forces to fight in battle‚ we would not have the freedoms to do anything that we do now‚ including playing sports. Many athletic players receive more money than most soldiers do. Many agree that athletes should‚ but I beg to differ. I think a man with a helmet defending his country should make more money than a man with a helmet defending a football. Football players make more money than soldiers do‚ they get thousands of dollars every game‚ hit‚ touchdown‚ or kick-off of each season. The Atlanta
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March 7‚ 2013 Should Singles Adopt? Imagine being a single person with no capabilities of bearing a child. The single life eventually becomes boring‚ so you weigh the options and decide that you want to adopt a child. This will be a momentous moment in your life; you start shopping for the child’s new clothes‚ furniture‚ and prepare your home for this new addition. Now‚ imagine someone telling you that you should not be allowed to adopt just because of your relationship status. You underwent
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2010 Raffles Institution‚ 1H Leader: Lim Shi Ping Members: Lee Chan Wai‚ Albert Li‚ Liu Bo Zhou‚ Liu Yi Heng Teacher Mentor : Miss Kong [SHOULD WRITTEN EXAMS SHOULD BE ABOLISHED?] Written Exams Should Be Abolished Lee Chan Wai‚ Albert Li‚ Lim Shi Ping‚ Liu Bo Zhou‚ Liu Yi Heng Raffles Institution Mentor: Miss Kong In the current era when students young and old are required to take written exams‚ to assess them‚ to judge them‚ life then is under tremendous demands. Little time or space is
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About twelve years ago‚ my aunt and uncle owned two dogs of the pit bull breed. These dogs might as well have been their kids; they even signed our Christmas cards every year. In one day‚ everything they knew had disappeared. A team of police officers were supposed to raid the house next door for possession of drugs‚ but instead‚ raided my aunt and uncle’s house. Their two dogs were lying on the couch when the cops broke in the door. Because of the dog’s breed‚ the cops automatically opened fire
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As a final point‚ cyberbullying should be criminalized because criminalizing will act as a deterrent to future bullies and of the way its non-criminalized statute impacts the bullies. First‚ people who cyberbully others are rarely ever sued‚ much less charged with a crime. Here is a scenario‚ there is a child who is about to cyberbully someone. This child knows that it is very unlikely that they will get in trouble with law for this because it is not illegal and cyberbullying is usually not reported
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‘Violent Sports should be Banned’ to start with‚ Sports is basically an activity done for pleasure‚ which needs physical effort and skill. Some people‚ who dedicate themselves to this activity‚ consider it as a passion to compete against others in their skill‚ ability and spirit. Sports also help in inculcating a certain discipline as well as the spirit of brotherhood or the ‘team spirit’ in the sports persons. Sports ideally are not meant to do anything with violence. Sports for some is a mode of
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the PSLE has been ranked the top ten most pressing issues faced by Singaporeans. It is high time for us to engage in the debate‚ as education is becoming more and more important in determining the future of a child and the the nation as a whole. So‚ should we abolish PSLE? Pressure Let us examine the reasons why some people call for the removal of the exam. First‚ the national exam puts too much pressure on students and families. The present system uses the results of the exam to decide which secondary
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