Jun Lee Extra Credit Standardized Testing In the argument between the affirmative and negative side of whether or not the use of standardized tests improve education‚ both sides clearly presented the history and status quo of how standardized tests have been a part of American education since the mid 1800s. Each side touched upon their own opinions about No Child Left Behind Act‚ and how the US students slipped from 18th in the world in math in 200 to 31st place in 2009‚ with a similar decline
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Random Drug Testing: Waste of Time Her grades fell. She was always tired. She never seemed to be able to focus at school. Classes she used to be interested in became utterly mundane. Friends she used to care about became replaceable. She stopped spending time with her family. She sat on the bench at every soccer game instead of becoming the star player her coaches thought she could. This is what addiction to drugs can do to a young person ’s life. Addiction can take away everything that
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currently are. I believe through use of mandatory random drug testing‚ progress monitoring‚ on- going physical and mental examinations‚ we can discourage the continued misuse of these funds. If mandatory drug testing were implemented‚ fewer checks would be used to purchase illegal drugs‚ and be used for necessary items instead. When a person is addicted to drugs‚ it consumes the individual’s life. The person becomes obsessed with the drug they are addicted to; it becomes more important to them
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pros and cons of mandatory drug testing‚ the reasons one should or should not be tested‚ and the effects drug testing will have on families. This article is very informative on the ways drug testing can or cannot help the society‚ and thoroughly discusses the reasons behind a person’s opinion of why mandatory drug testing should or should not happen. Authors of this article have researched facts on this topic‚ and all have the credentials to write about mandatory drug testing and it’s benefits. Many
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Mandatory Drug Testing For Public Assistance Mandatory drug testing should be required for people wanting public assistance. It is used in order to stop habitual offenders that misuse the benefits that the government provides to us‚ the tax payers. It is our hard earned tax dollars that fund these benefits. This argument is to reason that we need to take control as employers to stop the misuse of benefits that pay for illegal drugs. As a tax payer‚ you are considered an employer
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widespread drug epidemic. Welfare is a big discussion being brought to the table in many states‚ a lot of testing is being done to find out the real pros and cons deterring welfare recipients. Reaching out to the public teen to young adult age‚ there are many positive and negative aspects to creating this law in every state. States that conduct welfare drug testing combine paper questionnaires with physical drug testing. Many of the news articles that have been written about welfare drug testing have cited
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transportation jobs for drug and alcohol use. It was a good idea because workers who abuse drugs are more likely to injure themselves and put other people at risk. Thus‚ the workplace drug testing has developed because of the growing use and abuse of drug and alcohol in modern society. Workplace drug testing has a lot of advantages. Even though some people argue that the process is both unfair and unnecessary‚ some classes of prospective should be tested. Workplace drug testing has become more
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Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients The question at hand is‚ should recipients of welfare undergo drug testing for use of illegal drugs in order to receive their welfare checks? This is one of the issues that the US Congress and the US citizens have been debating for years. Author‚ Arthur Delany explains the concern of both sides of this question in his article‚ “Welfare Drug Testing Bill Introduced In Congress”‚ published in The Huffington Post. Like many social issues‚ there are opposing
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Mandatory drug testing for welfare recipients is right and reasonable in order to stop the habitual offenders of misusing this benefit. Are the hard working drug tested tax payers ready to support this law since it’s the hard earned tax dollars that fund these benefits? The argument stands to reason that we need to take control as employers to stop the misuse of benefits that pay for illegal drugs. Mandatory Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Did you know that as a tax payer‚ you are
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Utilitarian and Deontological Theory Drug Testing ETH 501 TUI University Abstract Drug testing is becoming a standard practice is the workplace. Companies are finding that by conducting random drug testing of their employees it amounts to huge long term savings for the company. There are several benefits for companies that conduct drug testing. Companies have a legal obligation to ensure a safe work environment to all employees‚ and implementation of drug testing assures this. The utilitarian would
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