Schooling the smash street kids By Paul Corrigan Macmillan Press Ltd‚ 1979 Paul Corrigan’s ‘Schooling the smash street kids’ takes the ever problematic issues of education and youth and provides a glimpse into it from the other side of the street. Impulsive‚ informal and unorthodox in writing style‚ Corrigan talks as if you were an old friend‚ pulling you in and gently nudging your opinions with personal memories. His work was based in the gritty north-east city of Sunderland‚ studying 14-15
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Violent Media is Good for Kids Analysis From infancy onward‚ parents and teachers have drilled into the young generation that violence should be avoided at all costs. They have preached cooperation‚ tolerance‚ and “using one’s words” as tactics to combat difficult situations. Although those lessons are valid‚ Gerald Jones claims there is an alternative way. In his essay‚ “Violent Media is Good for Kids‚” Jones argues that “creative violence- bonking cartoons‚ bloody videogames‚ toy guns-gives
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Are Kids Getting Really Stupid? - Response Essay Unfortunately‚ I think kids are getting really stupid. With technology‚ kids can easily pull up answers to their chemistry work and transfer the work from the screen to their paper without any learning. Why would they do that? Here are the answers. Would you rather do homework or hang out with your friends? We all know the answer to that question. Homework is like a chore‚ nobody wants to do it‚ but you have to do it. Why spend an hour doing your
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I don’t like video games that have guns‚ sword‚ or knifes‚ blood‚ fighting or robberies things of that nature in them. I truly don’t think that allowing children and even teenagers to play with such harshness is not good for them. I think that parents should pay more attention to these things that we allow our children to entertain themselves with. Yes‚ it is true everyone needs something to relax with. Especially if they’re coming in from having a bad day at work or school. You want something to
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Kelly Gold Mrs. Blum AP Lang 12 November 2013 Kid Kustomers Analysis Essay Every person who has been to a store has seen a child whining‚ screaming‚ or yelling over an item they so desperately want‚ while the embarrassed parent is forced to walk around with a screaming child‚ or simply yield to the child ’s wishes. In “Kid Kustomers” by Eric Schlosser‚ he reveals some of the tactics that advertisers may use to draw in a child. Schlosser employs simple yet effective rhetorical strategies to create a clear point
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Kids love to play sports‚ but it won’t take them long to lose motivation. Some kids just need an extra boost. There is a major debate going around about whether or not kids should get a participation trophy. I believe that all kids deserve a trophy for their effort. Giving kids trophies is a great idea for a variety of reasons. When kids are in the age group of 6 through 9 years of age‚ kids need more of a self-esteem boost. They should be praised for their effort. Every kid deserves some motivation
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much homework? Studies say you are right; in August‚ 2015‚ CNN news found that students had too much homework. There are a lot of different reasons why kids should have less homework. Kids should have less homework because sitting down and learning from books is not the only thing that people have to do in life.. There are many ways that kids need to learn and grow besides learning from books. Doing two to three hours of homework a night‚ after sitting for about five of the six and a half hours
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Kids should play more football for exercise and new friends and discipline .kids should play more football to stop bothering their parents and get out of the house.Kids should play more football to win prizes ‚get medals.Get lazy kids off the couch‚you can make new friends‚And it can be fun.Kids could get scholarships for college football and be stars. why football can be fun for kids Having fun is what youth football is all about. Yes‚ it is possible to have fun even if you are having a losing
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Should parents spank their kids or not? Parenting can sometimes be a very strenuous job. It is a blessing to have a child‚ yet raising a well brought up kid carries a lot of responsibility. There are so many dilemmas that parents face during this demanding road and still‚ there are so many different opinions about proper nurture. Should a parent be strict or easy going? Should parents spank their kids or not? The latter is the question that is being discussed in this essay. While there are many
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Professor Emily Kobayashi English 2000 5 February 2012 Violent Media is Good for Kids Gerard Jones‚ in “Violent Media is Good for Kids‚” expresses personal experiences about how violent comic books can often help children break through their shells of self-isolation. Because Jones largely discusses his own opinions‚ I feel the essay should provide more statistical evidence to support his thoughts. Although I agree with his point that children do need to have an outlet to express their underlying
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