ELDERLY PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 65 SHOULD HAVE TO RETAKE THEIR DRIVING TEST Abstract This paper talks about the risk of elderly drivers. I talks into detail of the health problems that elderly have. The things that elderly people have done and could do to put you or your loved ones in danger. It gives lots of real life examples of dangerous situation’s elderly have put themselves in and others. A recent story “Fatal crashes involving senior drivers renew debate over licensing‚ testing requirements”
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Julio Alvarado English 914 “Driving While Stupid” Summary In his article “Driving While Stupid‚” Dave Barry shares his experience of bad drivers. He talks about many scenarios that are taking place in many places. He first starts by stating that downtown Miami is home to the worst drivers. He claims that although some may try to say otherwise‚ that there is no way to compete with Miami on the worst driver scale. Barry backs up his clam by giving examples of how he has driven in every major U.S.
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phone usage while driving should be made illegal everywhere to make the roads safer. Many studies have indicated that driving while talking on a cell phone leads to more accidents. Given that fact‚ there is no reason not to legislate against talking on a cell phone and driving at the same time. It ’s rare that anyone would need to make a phone call that could not wait until they had the opportunity to pull off the road. If everyone would ignore their cell phones while they are driving‚ the roads
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purpose is to text other people‚ yet texting can have negative impacts on a person’s life. Texting can be dreadful for a person in his or her day to day life due to countless reasons. Some of the reasons are: the slangs and acronyms‚ incorrect use of grammar‚ and no sense of proper information being sent in the text message. A person should not use these texting criteria in his or her formal writing. Initially‚ slangs and acronyms are very commonly used while texting. It is important to use the slangs
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Consistent diet and exercise has a positive effect on chronic diseases. INTRODUCTION I. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention‚ as of 2012‚ about half of all adults—117 million people—have one or more chronic health conditions. While seven of the top ten causes of death in 2012 in the US were due to chronic diseases. II. Hi‚ my name is Becky Schaelchlin. When I was young‚ my parents always tried to instill healthy habits and knowledge in me. By my freshman year of high school‚
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A’Della Rodgers English 111 Problems with Indianapolis Public Schools Indianapolis Public Schools faces a great number of problems. If these problems are not corrected in time IPS will be in great turmoil. Money is the biggest problem that the Public Schools are faced with. Along with under-educated teachers‚ parents that are not involved‚ and low-leveled assessments and curriculums. These problems are very common in many Public Schools across the United States. I have had a chance to do some
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Topic: The importance of Donation General Purpose: To persuade. Specific Purpose: To provide the information regarding donation‚ informing you of the purpose‚ and to persuade my audience to donate either time or money to the non-profit organization. Introduction: I. Poverty and homelessness are some social issues found around the world in first world countries as well as the third world countries. With the efforts of our help by donation‚ the cycle of poverty can be broken‚ one home at a time.
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Cheng Hsien Tan Specific Purpose Statement: To persuade my audience to fight world hunger and poverty through child sponsorship programs. Central Idea: The world has a huge problem with poverty and hunger and this problem could be immensely downsized if everyone that has a little extra money sponsors a child. Pattern of Organization: Problem-Solution Introduction I. (Attention Getter): How many of you see poverty and hunger as a problem in our world? How many of you think that you
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Did you know that roughly 26 million out of 317 million children and adults in the United States have diabetes? That’s a whopping 8% of the American population. Not to mention another 79 million people are characterized as being prediabetic. I just so happen to be one of those 79 million. Americans‚ as a whole‚ need to become proactive in the prevention and onset of diabetes. Especially if your overweight or have a family history of the disease. According to the 2011 National Diabetes Fact Sheet
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Topic Area: Gay Rights (Same-Sex Marriage) Position: Pro Specific purpose: To persuade my audience that we should legalize same-sex marriage in our country. __________________________________________________________________________________ Step 1: Attention: A. Story - Picture this... A man meets someone he loves. Someone he is sure will bring him happiness and someone he wants to grow old with. He wants to take the next important step in his life with a marriage proposal but oops...the person
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