In “A Peaceful Woman Explains Why She Carries a Gun” the author did not seem paranoid or a risk taker. She was trying to get peace of mind about her insecurity and safety. Several times during the story she told of instances where her safety was put to the test. She was camping with another woman and trying to rely on the rangers for protection from some nearby guys talking about messing with her‚ ending up having to just leave. Another time‚ she was on a bridge and had four men try to scare her
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Unit 1.3 N.1 The reason that children should be immunised is that the various vaccines that are available to so that our bodies are prepared to fight serious infections that we may come into contact with in the future. There are some diseases that can have a severe lasting damage to the childs health and in some very serious cases can eve resort in death. Due to the high success rate of vaccinations‚ it is now becoming rare for children to get serious diseases‚ like diphtheria‚ polio or tetanus
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“A Peaceful Woman Explains Why She Carries a Gun” is an excerpt from Linda M. Hasselstrom’s essay Land Circle that details why and for what purpose she purchases a handgun and concealed carry permit. In the essay‚ Mrs. Hasselstrom recounts several instances where men disrespected and purposefully intimidated her in violent ways that truly scared her. Originally‚ Mrs. Hasselstrom took Kung Fu‚ but soon realized that if she was attacked by an average male‚ he could easily over power her just due to
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The Reason Why You Should Vote The reason why you should vote speaker 1 gave a good motivational speech. In my opinion her speech gave good reasons to get people to go out to vote. Being a victim of domestic violence‚ by voting for a change in the justice system for harsh punishment for domestic abusers‚ helped victims not to be afraid anymore. I thought her speech was very emotional because her speech was from a personal experience. By her voting as a victim of domestic abuse can help push some
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The real question is should schools have uniforms? Many people would argue both sides. There are many reasons why there should be school uniforms. There are also many reasons why there should not be school uniforms. This paper will cover why there should not be school uniforms. Schools should not have uniforms because it does not allow for students to express individuality. Students should be able to be themselves. They need to be able to stand out and be unique. No one wants to live in a world
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Muslim women in public. This bill regarding banning the burqa has been debated between should it become a law or not. For the reasons such as gender equality‚ rights‚ the protection of women‚ security‚ and discrimination. The burqa should not be banned because it limits freedom of gender equality‚ creates less sexual harassments‚ and creates restriction on a religion. Gender equality is one of the main factors in why banning the burqa is unfair and wrong. Muslim women in countries such as France lack
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If you recently picked up a newspaper or turned on to see the news you may have question what is happening in our schools and begin to think whether our schools are still safe places for children. Recent school shootings have set feared in many parents about their children’s safety in our schools. Since last year number of school shootings by students have occurred regularly. On Tuesday February 29‚ 2000 in Mount Morris Township‚ Michigan a six-year old boy shot his classmate to death in their first
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Guns can be used for a lot more than violence so why take them away. Guns are used for a lot of different sports. People can use them for self-defence. Guns can be used to get food. Gun law should be less strict. Gun laws should be less strict because guns are used for a lot of different sports. There’s a part of the olympics called the three shotgun ISSF/ shooting event.“They shoot clay birds launchd by a trap”(jonsson). The event has very strict rules like you have to use a lever action and keep
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Nowadays‚ education is at the top of people’s concern. Most of schools consider the interaction between students and teachers as an important role in the teaching process. Therefore‚ it leads to a policy that students can evaluate their teachers. In my opinion‚ I support that idea for several reasons. First of all‚ students are the very people who receive knowledge and lessons from their professors directly thus their evaluations must be exact and appropriate. In fact‚ it is very difficult to
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Male Underachievement in Schools During the biblical days men were taught to be the household heads. Are times changing or is it females are just smarter than males? Over the past decade‚ a number of factors have played a vital role in the failure of men. These include but are not limited to; lack of adequate male role models‚ socio-economic status (that inevitably leads to crime) and lack of genuine parental support. The lack of adequate male role models is significantly affecting the nation’s
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