angry or frustrated because of being bullied‚ or have you been accused of bullying? Bullying became a personal issue for me about two years ago. My oldest daughter came home from school in tears. The children that had been her closest friends and playmates turned on her while she spent time in the hospital undergoing testing for her epilepsy. They told her that they killed a beloved pet‚ cut its head off and ran it up a flagpole. Next‚ they wrote in the bathroom “We hate you and want you gone”‚ and signed
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Zealand’s childhood obesity epidemic. I am sure many of you found recent comments in the UK Chief Medical Officer’s annual report as chilling as I did. He said the reality of the obesity epidemic would mean many parents would outlive their children. We do not want that to happen here. We are facing a child obesity epidemic in New Zealand‚ but we can still do something about it. That is why it is so important to be part of a positive symposium like this that aims to “be part of the solution”
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June 8‚ 2005 Tips for picking a topic: Don’t pick a topic that is too big of broad. You have a limited amount of time for each speech so you need to pick a topic that can be completed or covered in the allotted time. Don’t pick a topic that is too technical or obscure. Places to find topics: Newspaper o School Newspaper Television Magazines o Discover magazine o Scientific American o National geographic o Martha Stewart Living o Newsweek o Time The general purpose is always
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people have to go to the hospital every year because they are not wearing proper bicycling equipment. New York Law requires that children under 14 years old must wear a helmet. If the helmets are fitted right‚ the amount of crashes decreased by 85 percent and traumatic brain injuries by 88 percent (“Bicycle Education”). This tells the reader that when an individual is not wearing the right equipment‚ they are more likely to get hurt and therefore have to go to the hospital. It also talks about how
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Like Jefferson and Pain‚ you can change your world with the persuasive use of words. Considering the problems faced in schools and in your community. I think one of the biggest problems or worries is suicide. What some people don’t know about suicide was that this is not a new thing with the ages of fifteen to twenty-four the rate was 49‚496 in 1970. With today’s society the teen’s suicide rate has gone from 8.8 deaths per every hundred thousand people to twelve point three per
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2014 Discipline by spanking your children is not Abuse!!! In an ideal world‚ spanking would never be necessary. However‚ on rare occasions it may be necessary to smack your child ’s bottom. I do not intend to either promote or discourage spanking‚ but rather to give parents correct instruction on using non-abusive spanking in discipline. Spanking is a much-debated topic. Most child psychologists do not recommend spanking as a discipline method for children. However‚ other psychologists and many
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Samples of Persuasive speech Outline SAMPLE 1 From the time we wake up in the morning to the moment we lay are head down at night‚ we are constantly making choices. Some take a conscious effort‚ some should‚ and some do not. Have you ever taken the time to really stop and think if you’re giving the correct amount of attention to the right choice? I’m here today to ask you to be more conscious of what you eat. I’m going to discuss health reasons‚ effect of food advertisements‚ reading food
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Kayvan Kouchak Class C Speech 9-7-16 GMO FRIEND OR FOE Remember the good old days when your food would come straight from the local farm and you would know exactly what it was you were eating. No questions or second thought of “is this a healthy meal?” Back in those days you Wouldn’t have to go to a grocery store and struggle to find organic or GMO free food. So what is a GMO? A GMO or genetically modified organism is a form of gene tampering or manipulation commonly used in produce. GMOS were
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assive smoke is when non-smokers are breathing in the smoke that a smoker is smoking. Passive smoking is not good‚ because non-smokers breathe it in‚ as well as the smoker‚ and it is very harmful for the non-smokers as well as the smoker. It is also a huge source of indoor air pollution. Four-fifths of the smoke that builds up in a room with a smoker is the more harmful "sidestream" type. Tobacco smoke has over 4‚000 chemical compounds‚ which includes 40 carcinogenic agents that are cancer-causing
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According to ndhealth.gov‚ if vaccinations were stopped‚ approximately 3 million people would die worldwide each year. The societal impact would also be very large. Huge amounts of people would obtain the disease‚ have to take time off from work‚ our hospitals would be more filled‚ and more money would have to be spent on treatment. Transition: Now that we have talked about a solution to our problem‚ let’s look at the effects of having your child vaccinated‚ or not having them vaccinated. Visualization
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