I was born in Dallas‚ Texas and grew up in a nearby town named Irving. While living in this economically disadvantaged community‚ I witnessed and experienced the adversities posed by living in poverty. Where some see disaster‚ I see opportunity; where others see laziness and fault‚ I see misfortune and fortitude; what some call a welfare city‚ I call home. In the 2015-2016 school year‚ approximately eighty-seven percent of the students in my school were classified as "economically disadvantaged"
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voting system in place (1). Whereas today‚ when an election is imminent and the airways are filled with candidate endorsements‚ the subject of voter identification usually steps into the public eye. Although a few states passed
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Juvenile System Rough Draft Juveniles should be convicted as adults ‚ for violent crime like assault or murder because if they commit murder or something illegal ‚ they think they can get away with it and they don’t think that they are not gonna be caught. For Example‚ they can be killing someone and get away with it like nothing happened. So if kids commit crime ‚ then of course they should convicted as a criminal. Research suggest that adolescent squeezed through adult system are more
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Texas Judicial system is a puzzling topic to most citizens and has its pros and cons. The system is not liked by everybody because of the way it selects our judges. When comparing it to other states outside of Texas‚ it is different in many ways. For years many citizens and government officials have fought to reform the system. Many have failed‚ been rejected and have given up‚ while others take rejection has a reason to fight harder and fix the Judicial system. The Texas Judicial system is described
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In Canada‚ United States‚ United Kingdom‚ and New Zealand‚ they all use the adversarial justice system. This is when two opposing sides present their case before an impartial judge with lawyers representing each side. (Antonacci‚ 2013‚ p. 15) However‚ it is important to be mindful that there are pros and cons to every system. Some of the pros are‚ that you have an impartial judge hearing your case‚ you are represented by a lawyer no matter your financial status‚ and to prevent a guilty verdict‚ you
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Before answering this debatable question‚ understanding the beginnings of the juvenile justice system should instill mind-provoking thoughts for this question. Not only should the beginnings be discussed‚ but the reasoning for the “transferring” of juveniles to the adult criminal system should be part of this thought process. The “pros” and “cons” for a juvenile being charged as an adult opens up events and effects which forces society to look at the struggles and issues that come with the juvenile
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Though the system has its pros‚ it also has his cons but there are solutions being made to solve some of these foster care problems. Caseworkers having too many children to keep a record of‚ children’s placement being moved around too much‚ and even bad experiences with the system‚ in general‚ are all problems being faced in foster care. Some things are being done to help make things easier for both the child and caseworkers’ side of the problems. There are new apps being made to help caseworkers
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Standardised Testing Name: Institution: Abstract This paper explores two published books that touched on pros and cons of standardized testing in schools. Popham‚ (2001) and Sacks‚ (1999) suggest that through pros a student will have to pass certain tests to determine that he or she has acquired proficiency in various fields of study. According to the two authors‚ in cons the students who have mastery of the content‚ don’t show in the test; it mostly promotes teachers to teach tests and evaluate
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The United States and Canada had similar healthcare systems in the early 1960s‚ however‚ that changed. Canada has a health care insurance called "single-payer healthcare" which basically covers 70% of expenditures. The "Canada Health Act" requires people that are fully insured (without co-payments or user fees) for all necessary hospital and physician care. The public sector finances about 91% of hospital payments and 99% of physician services. 5% of Canadian citizens have not been able tofind a
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Pros and Cons of the Death Penalty Pros 1. The Death Penalty allows families that have been suffering some closure. 2. Helps lessen the problem of overpopulated prisons. 3. Provides a deterrent for inmates already on Death Row. 4. Justice is better served. 5. Prisoner parole or escapes allows for another chance to kill. 6. Give a chance to prosecutors in bargaining in the plea bargain process. In the state of California there are too many liberals that make rules
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