Engl 102 7 Dec 2005 A Game to Further Society There is a subculture‚ a cult if you will‚ that revolves around games. Not computer games‚ not sports games‚ but role playing games (RPGs). The general public commonly lumps all these games under the title ‘dungeons and dragons’‚ though there are many variations and types of RPGs. For a simple definition‚ RPGs consist of a table or living room full of geeks‚ acting out some science-fiction or fantasy story. They assume or act out the role of
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Standardized Testing: Good or Bad? If someone was to ask you “how do you define student achievement?” what would your answer be? Would you say student achievement is measured by state achievement tests? Or would you say that student achievement is too complex a subject to be objectively measured? There are many important skills students must be taught‚ and we need a way to effectively measure if they are in fact learning those skills. However‚ standardized tests cannot effectively show the learning
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The Death Penalty A society operates around communities of people who work together and do their part to form a functional place to live. Many people benefit from others throughout society without even knowing it. Society functions and benefits from people doing their part to keep our community safe and people benefit from society as well‚ but there is an exception. Criminals who have committed a crime that has placed them in prison for the rest of their life‚ without the possibility of parole
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It’s the first day of school and you have to find the perfect outfit to make a good impression. Instead of tearing through your closet‚ making a huge mess‚ you can just grab your uniform and be off. You don’t have to worry about making a good first impression because everyone looks the same. Uniforms would be a beneficial addition to Lafayette School. To start off‚ in school‚ most middle school students are bullied because of what they are wearing. If everyone has the same clothing‚ bullying wouldn’t
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There is nothing better than dipping your feet in the pool on a scorching hot day. Some people enjoy it so much that they’ll even put their kids in danger to make sure that they get the chance to do so. Take Amber Schmunk for instance. Schmunk purchased a plastic pool from her local store so that she‚ her kids and their friends could enjoy the last few days of warm weather. After realizing that she wouldn’t be able to fit the pool in her car‚ she decided to place it on the roof rack. However‚ not
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Michelle Obama once declared‚ “If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test‚ I wouldn’t be here. I guarantee you that.” If our first lady of the United States of America can be stating that she would have not been successful if she took standardized testing‚ then why do we base all of our students success on their test scores? Diane Ravitch‚ one of the major contributors to the No Child Left Behind Act‚ was once a supporter of standardized testing and believed it could
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Wolf and Kimmel support Diaz’s idea that body size would matter in women and men and how body shape can affect their personal life. Diaz mentions body size as one of his main advices to a Dominican young man. Diaz is warning the young guy to give all the freedom to “Howie” who is a big guy. Diaz comments: “Let him talk. Howie weighs about two hundred pounds and could eat if he wanted… Never lose a fight on a first date or that will be the end of it” (Diaz 2). When Diaz warns the young guy‚ he confirms
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High schoolers tend to not make good choices as they get older. In the article “Drug Testing of High School Students May Help Prevent Substance Abuse” written by Joined Together Staff says‚ “Once students graduate and move off to college‚ all bets are off‚ and the rates of drug and alcohol use go through the roof.” Once students think they are older‚ they think they can do whatever they want and never get into trouble. Students at a younger age are easier to deal with when getting help‚ because they
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The issue of gun control has begun to become a big part of debates in the United States. A good bit of people believe there should indeed be stricter gun laws. These opinions are based off the amount of popular shootings in the United States over the past couple of years. In the year of 2016 there was a total of 58‚283 shooting incidents and only 385 of these were mass shootings. During the shootings about 15‚063 people died; 3‚321 of those who were killed were children (doc 1). A recent‚ well-known
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Technology has given humans numerous advantages. One advantage‚ in particular‚ is the improvement in the way we think that results in a change in the way we learn. Although this advantage is very helpful in today’s world‚ there is a downside in its effect on the environment and our future. When militaries started occupying land‚ they began to enforce their own culture upon that land. This included using the military’s technology to advance civilization. Even though technology has made significant
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