Schools should not enforce uniforms because studies have shown that there is no connection between uniforms and school safety or academic achievement‚ it violates a student’s right to freedom of speech and expression‚ and enforcing uniforms at public schools is unfair to people who cannot afford them. According to the National Center for Educational Statistics‚ as of the 2007-2008 school year‚ 16.5% of all the public schools in the United States required students to wear uniforms. Studies show
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WRITING TASK 2 You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Write about the following topic: Some people think that young people should be ambitious. Others believe that it is fine if young people do not have big aims in life. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your experience. Write at least 250 words. Question and model answer taken from Thomson exam essentials IELTS Practice Tests M. Harrison
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How should guilty people be punished? Thousands of crimes are committed throughout the year; robbery‚ fraud‚ rape etc The people who commit these crimes and are caught are sent to jail. The only thing is‚ Every person who committed a crime had a different reason for doing it. That is why the Court exists‚ to judge each case differently. There should be an individual punishment for every case‚ because every case is different‚ and the "criminals" have different motives
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Felons should be given more opportunities in life Charter College Society should consider giving felons that want to change their life around for good a second chance. Society needs to see that’s it’s a fact‚ some felons have the potential and knowledge to better themselves‚ even after doing time for a crime committed. Society does not want to see the effort and sacrifices‚ commitment that some felons take to rehabilitate themselves and life style. They should be given the opportunity
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In teen society‚ a relationship could seem a bad effect on the people around you. But is that really what a relationship is? Is it really wrong to be involved in a relationship during teenage life? No‚ I don’t think so‚ in fact there are more benefits to it. Some people think that if you get into a relationship‚ it would be extremely dangerous to yourself. They think that once you are in love with that person‚ you tend to give in all your heart and soul into the relationship. And if he/she ever
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3 Research-based Principles Guiding Watershed Management The purpose of this section is to identify various principles of watershed management that form the basis for the specific goals and implementation objectives for management of the Sudbury watershed lands during the period covered by the plan. These principles are distilled from a literature review of nearly 400 different sources‚ many of which are included in the Literature Cited listing at the back of this plan. 3.1 Principles
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Should Obesity be Taken More Seriously? What is obesity? Obesity is a condition where a person has accumulated so much body fat that it has caused medical conditions. Two out of every three Americans are now considered to be overweight or obese. More women become more obese in America than men. (30 million men and 36 million women)(Obesity in the U.S). Some people say that it’s not the Government’s business that people are overweight. Overweight and obesity are advancing rapidly in the
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How far should the right to Freedom of Speech extend? Are there instances where this right should be limited? Use specific examples in your essay. According to the U.S. Constitution‚ The First Amendment protects the right to freedom of religion and freedom of expression from government interference. Freedom of expression consists of the rights to freedom of speech‚ press or assembly. The right to Freedom of speech is about more than citizens utilizing the right to speak freely to their fullest
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(“Adult”). Smoking in public places can cause innocent people to be subject to secondhand smoke and cause them to suffer the same consequences as the actual smoker. Allowing people to smoke can also cause a business to lose valuable customers. It can be a gateway drug that can open the door to much more dangerous drugs. Smoking should not be allowed in restaurants and other public places. By smoking in a public place‚ people are affecting more than just themselves‚ they are also affecting the innocent
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THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED DISCIPLINE 	The Discipline section of M. Scott Peck’s The Road Less Traveled first deals with life’s difficulties. He makes it clear that we all have problems and pain but we have to deal with it to get by and to make life less difficult. "Life is difficult... Once we truly know that life is difficult--once we truly understand and accept it--then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted‚ the fact that life is difficult no longer matters."(p
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