require kids to complete standardized tests. The first reason schools shouldn’t have standardized tests is that the tests only track a student’s performance on one day of the year‚ regardless of external factors. The Columbia University article “Pros and Cons of Standardized Testing” explains how external factors can affect a student’s test results. A student could have extreme test anxiety‚ and thus do badly on the test‚ but the standardized test doesn’t take that into account. If a student is dealing
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Personally‚ I acknowledge the existence of filter bubbles and the problems that arises based on what Praiser is trying to explain but having information filters in the web have its advantage too. I feel that there are more pros as compared to cons in the idea of filter bubble unlike described by Pariser. As Pariser points out in his transcript “filter bubble is your own personal‚ unique universe of information that you live in online”‚ I have no disagreement on Pariser’s idea that
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A vast amount of students complain about not getting decent grades; that is attributed to many acts; one of the most poignant ones is cramming. By definition‚ cramming is the process where a student review high volume of information in a short period of time. This paper argues the inappropriateness of cramming specifically in regards to surface understanding and the use of time. There are two counter arguments promoting that cramming is an effective method of study. Firstly‚ students say that cramming
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Pros and Cons of Social Networking sites There are many different pros and cons of social networks. Social networks allow for easier communication and allow people to make new friends. However‚ these sites allow pedophiles to groom kids and allow for bullying. Social Networking sites have allowed easier communication between family and friends. This means that instead of having to meet in a certain place to speak to your friends about school or what they are doing at the weekend‚ you would
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Free speech‚ more than any other of America’s values‚ has been the touchstone of American democracy dating back to the Bill of Rights. The First Amendment‚ created in 1791‚ is so important because “without our basic and essential rights established by that first amendment‚ the others amendments would have little to no meaning and hardly any force.” It shows the creativity and innovativeness of American democracy. The Amendment states‚ “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion
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believer that families should not be separated unless there is no other alternative. Clearly these women cannot raise their children while incarcerated‚ but there could be alternatives for allowing them to keep the children with them until a certain age. For example‚ separate pods for pregnant women could be built‚ and specialized staff could be hired to monitor these women and children. Of course this would raise costs for prisons and prisoners‚ and taxpayers would pay more money‚ but it would potentially
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Obama Care: Comparison of the Pros and Cons to the Populace ASN 280: Meyash 11/08/2013 Obama Care: Comparison of the Pros and Cons to the Populace Obama Care‚ AKA the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010‚ reforms the health insurance industry and the American health care system as a whole. To the layman the information included in the over a thousand pages of legislature is very hard to decipher. I found myself searching for Obama care
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possession or consumption. Here at Eastern Connecticut State University‚ the policy is a dry campus. This means that alcohol is completely prohibited on campus. There are many opinions when it comes to this choice‚ as there are also many pros and cons to it. One pro of having a dry campus is that students can find other events to go to. Eastern often offers other events where students can do and socialize‚ promoting a night without alcohol. Students can also join clubs‚ intramurals‚ sports‚ etc
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to about 75 years old. The population of older adults over the age of 65 years is expected to increase from 35 million in 2000 to 70 million by the year 2030. Aging is a slow decline in the ability of an organism to resist stress‚ damage‚ and disease. As the human body ages there are physical and biological changes that occur as well. The lifestyles that we chose to live have a large impact positively and negatively in the way we age. Every aspect of the body changes‚ from the skeletal system to
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Vaccinations: Option or Obligation? The concept of vaccination was first invented in 1796 by Edward Jenner‚ the father of immunology‚ who realized that certain people were immune to certain diseases. Further research led scientists to discover that people who were exposed to a strain of cowpox were immune because they already had antibodies that could fend off the strain. This was the genesis of over four hundred years of extensive and successful research. Since their beginning‚ vaccinations have
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