I believe that the Kite Runner should not be banned from School District 53. Banning the Kite Runner would produce claims of double standards‚ be a disservice to high schoolers in sd53‚ and actually limit certain ideas allowed to be discussed in a school setting. I’d like to start off by asking why the District favours banning the Kite runner‚ but appears to be perfectly alright with Shakespeare’s Macbeth being analyzed and taught to 16 year olds every year. Last I remember Macbeth was positively
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Violent Video games are not the problem and you know it. Should violent video games be banned? Many say that say they shouldn’t‚ these people include Christopher J. Ferguson‚ PhD‚ of Texas A&M International University‚ Patrick Markey‚ PhD and Kierkegaard. They are professionals who know what they are talking about. Therefore their opinion is quite relevant to the issue. There actual opinion is that‚ if anything‚ violent video games reduce violence in the real world because they let out their
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of the century” by the Library Journal. With more than thirty million copies in print‚ To Kill a Mockingbird remains a bestseller. Regardless of all the praise‚ this novel has been banned and challenged in many different areas due to profanity and racial slurs. To Kill a Mockingbird was challenged and temporarily banned in Eden Valley‚ Minnesota due to the use of words such as “damn” and “whore lady”. In some other areas‚ it was challenged with being a “filthy‚ trashy novel”. In Warren‚ Ind. Township
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Why year round schooling should be banned As grades go down teachers‚ parents and educators are wondering how to solve this problem. One answer they have come up with much research is year around school. However‚ the potential benefits of year-round school are very little and are outnumbered by the cons. The raising utility bill‚ scheduling complications and ironically no academic improvement are some of the many negative outcomes of year round school. True‚ year around school has a lot of benefits
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Football is by far the most played sport amongst students: Over 1.1 million of them participate in football (Should Football Be Banned ? ). Football been around for decades and is one of the leading causes of injury among high school athletes. The older generations ( 35- 50) believe that football is too dangerous and should be banned‚ students contradict this because football is more than just a game for highschool and college students; whether a person is on the team or just a fan football plays
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Expository Task - That the Sale of Cigarettes be Banned Altogether Smoking should be banned because it causes so much harm to our society. Smoking is known to cause several horrible illnesses such as cancer‚ long-term respiratory diseases‚ heart problems‚ strokes and of course premature death. Approximately 19‚000 Australians die every year due to cigarette smoking. Smoking causes 10% of the world’s deaths‚ making it the largest cause of preventable death in the western world. Smoking
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Concealed weapons shouldnt be banned nor prohibited My thesis is‚ about having concealed weapons and how they shouldnt be banned. Nor prohibited in any place they are utility used for safety of you and others around you. It is also in our constitution to own one. And as far as i’m aware there has been no real reason to use it for other things. The first reason‚ They’re being banned for no reason in the state of Virginia they have passed a law that you may carry a gun without a permit they are
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lives. Other people use guns as a toy which can result in accidental death;or time spent behind bars for using the gun to commit a heinous crime. There is currently a ton of controversy surrounding whether guns should or should not be banned. Guns should not be banned worldwide because they are used for self defense‚ part of the second amendment‚ punish honest citizens. Lastly‚ guns don’t kill people it’s the people who use them. Self defense is defined as the defense of one’s person or interests
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The Catcher in the Rye‚ by J.D. Salinger has‚ oddly enough‚ been censored many times in the past. It has even been banned from schools due to the foul language‚ sexual scenes‚ and excessive violence depicted within it. Some have even gone so far that they deemed this novel as an “antisocial Bible that deserves to be exterminated from school curriculum” (GradeSaver.com). As seen in this quote‚ many tend to dislike this book and want to exclude it from all schools’ curriculum. Since this is such a
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negatively. It also affects all the people around those who smoke because when people smoke in pubic the smoke travels everywhere through the air‚ and the negative effects of this smoke affects all living‚ breathing creatures. Therefore smoking should be banned in all public places. People who smoke in public portray a bad example. Children are easily influenced in their growing stages. They imitate the people around them because they cannot differentiate between right and wrong. Therefore they perceive
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