then to spare their time to consider voting. US citizens must realize it’s their responsibility to maintaining their democracy and civil rights. They must understand they are fortunate to give their opinion on how the country is being run.While others have limited rights to be heard as an individual.This country had worked its way through a lot of sorrows to create our democracy what it is today. Citizens today diminish the suffer and sacrifices of their ancestor to grant them the right to vote. They
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Student Assessment (PISA) has shown that although the US may spend the most on its students‚ we aren’t all high and mighty. U.S students ranked 36 in Maths‚ 28 in Science‚ and 24 in Language Arts. Shanghai‚ China ranked number one in every subject. You have proposed many times before on extending school hours or days to help students reach their full potential. I wish it were that simple‚ but nothing comes to us that easily. If this were to happen‚ it would surpass the real reasons we aren’t ranking
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Compromise is Key Conflict is something people go through every day; the variety and severity of a situation can have a large impact on someone’s life. The clash between competing ideas amongst different groups sparks a need for hope. People can best respond to conflict by staying optimistic about the future and persevering through times of trouble. There are many instances in which a dilemma can arise. Conflict can have a major impact on one’s life. In fact‚ Anne Frank’s story is an example of
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Have you ever been to the Rodeo? Have you seen the amazing cowboys riding and catching the stallions and bulls. The crowd sits in awe as the extraordinary cowboy stays on the bull even though the bull bucks and kicks all around. Bulls undergo harsh conditions‚ cruelty‚ and for the riders it can be deadly. People should not participate in bull riding. Cruelty to animals has been very looked down upon‚ but nobody realizes the pain the bull goes through. Bull riding isn’t really a nice ride. It can
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of being dead. I’m just afraid of what you might have to go through to get there.” (Pamela Bone) The right to die is a very controversial topic as it is seen by some people as unethical and should be illegal. The reason for this is because the right to die is assisted suicide. 2 of the most common methods of carrying this out are drugs and injection(Methods of Euthanasia). There are some huge pros and cons to the right to die. People should have the right to die under certain circumstances. One
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Why do people have homophobia? Everyone‚ regardless of gender or race‚ more or less displays homosexual tendency (Kinsey‚ 1948). At some point‚ homosexuality is not a problem‚ actually since 1975‚ the American Psychological Association has called on psychologists to remove lesbian‚ gay‚ and bisexual orientations from the mental illness (APA‚ 1975)‚ which means homosexuality is more common than we can imagine. The real issue is homophobia ‐‐the hatred or fear of homosexuals. Homophobia can
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The question of whether universities should have co-ed dorms or not has been an ongoing discussion for years. Most college capuses have them for the dependcy of the the student. There are few colleges who don’t have co-ed dorms because of the insecure involvement of the students parents and also the cost of living. Although there are many disadvantages to having co-ed dorms‚ there are also mayn advantages which is why I agree with colleges having co-ed dorms. The parents of the
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multiple lives away from their people. Even in The Declaration of Independence‚ they promised to protect the lives of their citizen‚ yet the government has been taking the lives of their citizen in two different ways. Firstly the government drafts people in a war. Secondly‚ the government has taken their citizen life away with the death penalty. The government force their citizens to leave their homes‚ jobs‚ and family. The government allows citizens like
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In todays time most schools have a dress code. Most schools believe that dress codes help kids stay modest. Most students would beg the differ. Dress codes are not needed because they are a violation of student rights‚ distraction from the learning environment‚ and dress codes are sexist towards woman. Dress codes are offensive in a lot of different ways. Telling children how to dress is a violation of students rights. Students should be able to freely express themselves without
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Utopia‚ More provided the leaders of his time with the keen insights to help improve his world by claiming that leaders should not use poverty to control his people‚ harshly tax his people‚ and take benefits of people’s hard work. Leaders should not use poverty to control his people. In Utopia‚ Sir Thomas More wrote “Certainly it is wrong to think that the poverty of the people is a safeguard of public peace.” More meant that a ruler should not use poverty to control his people. Having people depending
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