English 3311.252 Midterm Assignment Dr. Octavio Pimentel February 25‚ 2016 NOTE: Some citations have not been added. I will add those in the end. Conclusion is not there either. I would appreciate as much feedback on this paper as possible. Thank you. Standardized Testing Testing has changed in many ways since it first appeared with the beginning of public education led by Horace Mann in the 1800s. Horace Mann created‚ what we call standardized today‚ to measure progress‚ student achievement‚ and
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As much as we love our athletes‚ we also know that these people have their homes too‚ and that makes us curious about 10 of the most expensive homes of these top athletes. This list will amaze you! Number Ten: Derek Jeter Derek is among the highest performing athletes with a good earning potential. In fact‚ his home costs about $12 million. That should get anyone’s eyes popping! Number Nine: Chris Bosh With a home costing as much as $12.5 million‚ this guy isn’t poor. Judging from the preferred
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Athletes aren’t overpaid You think athletes are overpaid well if you really think about it you’re wrong. The reason why athletes gets paid so much is because of what they do for us. Many professional athletes get paid millions of dollars. Some people think that these athletes don’t deserve what they’re making. Athletes have multiple injuries when they play the sport they play. Most of the time they have to pay medical bills afterwards that are really expensive which therefore they need money to
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(NCAAB Hall of Fame coach) said‚ “Sports do not build character. They reveal it.” High school sports are usually beneficial to all parties involved‚ such as the athletes‚ parents and the schools that have the athletic programs. The athletes that play high school sports learn countless lessons on life‚ how to be healthy with exercise‚ and the extra incentive to keep up the grade to play these sports. Parents of high school athlete’s get an opportunity to watch their child succeed at something he or she
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Gold medal‚ Gold behavior Every four years‚ our country sends hundreds of athletes to represent our country in the olympic games. An athlete who has the privilege of representing our country should be a leader‚ respectful‚ courageous‚ have sportsmanship and set an example. Professional swimmers Ryan Lochte and Lilly king did not demonstrate those qualities as well as women’s soccer goalkeeper Hope solo. After what happened this year I think we should be be more cautious on who is able to represent
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Animal Testing is Animal Cruelty “A procedure which is likely to cause … pain‚ suffering‚ distress‚ or lasting harm.” This is how the government defines animal experimentation (Spriet-Pourra). Many products are currently being tested on animals. They‚ however‚ do not prove to be very accurate at all. This is causing much money to be lost‚ along with countless animal lives. Innocent animals should not have to undergo the pain from the testing they undergo‚ nor death for a slight chance of an accurate
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today’s society‚ student athletes have begun play the game only for individual satisfaction. Sports such as football‚ volleyball‚ basketball‚ and baseball are now full of players with selfish attitudes instead of having team-driven mindsets. Athletes have lost their hope in coaches who do not give 100 percent devotion to their team during practice or game time. If a coach cannot give his or her all to the team‚ then neither should the players. Both coaches and student athletes must be able to come together
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Drug Testing On Animals This company believes testing drugs on animals is necessary. Using humans to test certain vaccines and HIV medication has been a long process. Scientist believe in a ideal world he would love to test thousands of humans but it would be highly time consuming and dangerous. The compound where they test animals at would not be as effective with humans and cause illness and death. The only other objection would be is to test animals. There are many reasons why this
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Drug Testing and Workplace Accidents Paul Rountree‚ M.D. Over the past twenty years the use of workplace drug tests have become commonplace. Both Hanson1 and Zwerling2 have presented excellent overviews of the history of drug and alcohol testing for industry in this country. At present approximately 35 million drug tests are performed each year at a direct cost exceeding one billion dollars. 3 This money is distributed among numerous parties within an enormous drug testing industry‚ and recipients
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have explored the world of drugs‚ and drugs come with medical problems. “Many surgeons order routine laboratory tests before admission to the hospital‚ or even before certain outpatient procedures‚ to identify potential problems that might complicate surgery if not detected and treated early” (Stanford University). Some doctors make their patients take drug tests to detect drugs and other problems of the body. People of today’s generation have frequent access to drugs and can get them at essentially
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