Rebecca Salas Laura Warren English A098 December 8‚ 2015 Why College Textbook Should Be Free? “The National Association of College Stores says the average college student will spend $655 on textbooks each year‚ but with a single textbook easily costing as much as $300‚ that total can easily be much higher.” (huffingtonpost.com) The amount of text books that college students are required to purchase for class is very high. Textbooks are one of the most expensive items to pay for in college. Students
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Does free speech give people the right to use hate speech? Does free speech give people the right to use hate speech? I choose this topic in particular because I feel very strongly about this and feel it’s a good discursive topic to argue my point. The points that I’ll be talking about in this essay are: -what is free and hate speech -who are mostly victims of hate speech -why people argue hate speech shouldn’t be banned -why I think hate speech is wrong -how hate speech can turn to violence
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Should Scientists Reverse Aging The ultimate goal of biology is to survive. Unfortunately everything dies from the smallest bacteria to the largest whale. Some scientists have recently begun to research if there is any way humanity can slow down or stop aging by testing animals and maybe even ourselves. Even if humans can stop aging there are many social‚ ethical‚ and economical issues that must be overcome before humanity can take the risk of stopping aging. Scientists should continue to break
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The key element to note when focusing on gun policy‚ per both law and public opinion‚ children and youth are a special case. This puts the youth and kids at great harm‚ and are left wife open to the gun violence. We should be able to create awareness in the society about the huge negative impacts of gun violence in the streets and at the homes in America. The government and local people of the community must come together to understand that it takes lot of effort and
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sacrifices and beliefs‚ helped with technological advancements in different civilizations such as Mesopotamia‚ Rome‚ Greece‚ they are also great companions for when we are lonely.It is inhuman‚and dangerous not only to us and them but our environment. It should be eliminated because it violates animal rights. Many of us know this‚ so why are we experimenting on them and causing them harm? According to the statistics by AWA ( Animal Welfare Assosiation) an approximate amount of 1.13 million animals are tested
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Jenna Meneses COM115-750 December 2. 2014 Fall 2014 Fast Food? Topic: Don’t eat fast food. Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience not to eat fast food‚ and to start eating healthier Thesis Statement: Eating fast food regularly can affect your health drastically‚ and can be disastrous. It’s up to you as an individual to start making healthy habits‚ and stop consuming all those unhealthy foods. Intro Attention Material/ Credibility Material: When we’re hungry‚ and don’t have time to cook we all
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Should School Start Later? Have you ever woken up feeling groggy and not wanting to go to school or do anything at all? As a result‚ many students go to school late or do not academically progress and participate in class. According to the Scholastic Scope article “Should School Start Later?” by Justin O’Neil and the article “Sleepy Teens: High School Should Start Later in the Morning” by Mark Fischetti‚ many schools are considering starting school later to help students succeed academically. Students
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the roads driving. Because of their slowed senses‚ they cannot perform the tasks required to drive an automobile. Not everyone over the age of 80 have their senses drastically affected however. This is why I believe that people over the age of 80 should not be allowed to drive‚ without having further screening determining if they are safe to drive or not. More often than not‚ when you hear people joking about turning
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Should The Minimum Wage Raised? “Discussion about what does with minimum wage laws here in America has been at a higher than normal level since the Democratic Party took over as majority leader in both the House of Representatives and the Senate in the recent midterm elections‚ giving them control of Congress.” (Aronson‚ Daniel‚ and Eric French). As a result of an increase minimum wage‚ there is much better of it can talk about by the America’s lowest income workers; however there is also an
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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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