targeted audience. The book Thirteen Reasons Why‚ By: Jay Asher‚ is about a young man‚ Clay Jensen‚ who returns home from school one day to find mysterious box with his name on it sitting on his porch. Inside he discovers cassette tapes with thirteen reasons why his school crush‚ Hannah Baker‚ committed suicide and he’s one of them. Parents‚ and teachers complain that a book containing sexually explicit content‚ inappropriate language‚ suicide‚ drugs‚ alcohol‚ and smoking is not appropriate for young adults
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In my opinion‚ smoking is not only arrogant‚ but it’s impolite and ill-mannered to think that people who smoke are killing themselves when most of them have loving families. There is always one selfish person who wants to throw their money (and life) away because of tobacco or cigarettes and don’t care about their children. Not only does smoking give children a negative influence‚ but it can also put them at the risk of health problems such as asthma. It has become the latest thing in the world today
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GUN BAN IN THE PHILIPPINES “Never Forget‚ even for an instant‚ that the one and only reason anybody has for taking your gun away is to make you weaker than he is‚ so he can do something to you that you wouldn ’t allow him to do if you were equipped to prevent it. This goes for burglars‚ muggers‚ and rapists‚ and even more so for policemen‚ bureaucrats‚ and politicians.” — Alexander Hope. Gun ban has always been an issue here in our country and certain groups have been arguing about what
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of smoking can be‚ Financially‚ Physically and Mentally (Parallelism). Diseases like Asthma‚ Lung Cancer‚ and or even death… They are high prices to pay for a small piece of tar‚ don’t you think? (Rhetorical Question) About 15 billion‚ yeah that’s right 15 BILLION cigarettes are sold daily or 10 MILLION per minute. Can you imagine how repulsive the smell of 15
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Should there be a ban on cell phones while driving? Over the past decade‚ the technology of cell phones has progressed tremendously. With this technology‚ people can now make phone calls‚ text‚ check their e-mail‚ and surf the net. More than ever people are using their cell phones while driving; this has caused an increase in the amount of deaths caused by distracted drivers to increase tremendously. Many states have placed a ban on the use of cell phones while driving; some states will allow
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There is a place where I absolutely love being. It is a place that has had a significant impact on how I view the world and my life. While many people would feel uncomfortable in this place‚ I feel the love that flows within it and through it. In my sophomore year in high school‚ my Leadership class and I began volunteering at a center for special needs adults called Gatesway. In April‚ during my sophomore year of high school‚ one of my Leadership advisors informed me that I would be in charge
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immediate or obvious impact. As a result‚ we make choices without thinking too much of the consequences. By the time the full impact of our choice hits us in the future‚ it is too late for regrets. This quote explemlifies the true essence of the novel and why Hannah decided to take her life. Additional it portrays the message that one’s every choice can make a powerful impact on someone’s life. “You don’t know what goes on in anyone’s life but your own. And when you mess with one part of a person’s life
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Public use of reason has become a cornerstone of German thought with philosophers such as Immanuel Kant‚ arguing that reason is a public matter that should be done for the betterment of society‚ but others such as Moses Mendelssohn believe the key to achieving an individual’s felicity is through their own private use of reason. Both agree reason is absolutely necessary in the pursuit of enlightenment‚ but each hold reason in their own unique regards as to how it should be used to achieve enlightenment
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different views about smoking in public places. Smokers feel it is their right to smoke where and when they want. On the other hand non-smokers feel smokers violate their rights and endanger there life. However‚ our school has decided to institute an “Anti-Smoking” rule. By instituting a rule of no smoking on school grounds we can protect today’s youth against the harms of smoking. This rule would bring many benefits. At the end of the last school year we ruled that smoking on school grounds would
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Why the government should continue to fund public education. The government should continue to fund public schools because they provide a baseline education that is enough to make someone a functioning citizen of society. If the government stopped funding public schools the overall well-being of this nation will suffer in the generations to come. This would also make private schooling the only way that kids could get a proper education. A scenario like this would make education only to those who
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