Clifton Bell English 91 4/23/2012 Ms. Brock Should kids get paid for learning? My name is Clifton bell I’m a member of the fog city school board and we are voting on if we should incentivize kids for different tasks in school. A Harvard economist named Roland Fryer Jr. ran a randomized experiment to see if incentives will motivate kids to do better in school. The experiment took place
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Should Euthanasia Be Legal? Katarina Mijic-Barisic Honors Bio 7th Period Should Euthanasia Be Legal Euthanasia‚ also known as mercy killing‚ is doctor-assisted suicide‚ usually as a result of fatal illnesses and diseases that cannot be cured. Medilexicon ’s dictionary states it is “The intentional putting to death of a person with an incurable or painful disease intended as an act of mercy” (What is Euthanasia‚ 2010). In many countries‚ including the United Kingdom and the United States‚ euthanasia
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Homework should not be compulsory or banned; homework should be optional. In nearly every school system in Victoria specific tasks are set out to each student to be completed outside of the classroom and at home. In nearly all cases‚ students are asked to complete the tasks given to them by a certain due date. Most students cannot do this because of their involvement with extra curricular activities such as sport or music which is also a form of learning. Homework takes up so much time‚ that
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Marijuana should be Legal Medical scientists and doctors in some countries have discovered that marijuana‚ an illegal drug and cannot be purchased even with a doctor’s prescription at a pharmacy. According to a national household survey (Rosenthal 2004) more than 800‚000 marijuana users are arrested each year. However‚ propositions to legalize the plant have risen and been subject to controversy and heated debate as marijuana has the potential to solve many problems if it were to be legalized
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Should Abortion Be Legal? Zelda P. Brown PHI103 Informal Logic Prof Angela Lohr July 28‚ 2013 There are two unforeseen circumstances that may cause a woman a great deal of mental pain. As a result of rape or incest a woman who has become pregnant should have a choice on whether she wants to keep the child‚ place for adoption or terminate the pregnancy through an abortion. If a decision is made then abortion should be her choice not the law. The Democratic Party strongly and unequivocally
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“Education should be free” Education illuminates the people‚ Education illuminates the society and Education illuminates the whole world. This sentence can well signify the importance of education in one’s life as well as the society. It plays the pivotal role in one’s life and it is the only way that can provide with good life‚ career and secured future. As such‚ every nation of the world has given the priority to provide education to their citizens who help them in the development of their country
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Should the police be armed? There have been quite a lot of controversies over the issue whether the police should be armed or not. Nowadays‚ police officers in most of the countries are armed when they are patrolling. However‚ police officers in New Zealand‚ the United Kingdom‚ Iceland‚ Falkland Island and Norway are literally unarmed‚ except for those who are committed in airport security and anti-terrorism work. In countries such as China‚ the United States and Russia‚ the media often adduce
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Humans are naturally competitive. This instinct has driven some people to look to other sources to give them an edge. Some people look down on this and some people think that if you can access it then you should you it to reach your full potential. Yes‚ it is debatable whether or not they should be allowed because it can be looked at from so many different points of view. Anabolic steroids are not the only way people have tried to get an edge throughout history. Even in the 1800’s swimmers were using
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The DACA program should be ended and Congress should develop a new law to address these immigrants. They are checked for any criminal history or threat to national security‚ and they must be students or have completed school or military service. If they pass this check up‚ they can avoid being deported‚ or sent home‚ for two years‚ and will be able to apply again. If the immigrants don’t pass the check up‚ they are not allowed to enter America. To be eligible‚ an illegal immigrant had to enter the
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Firstly I do not think that television (or any form of media) should be censored on the grounds of taste or artistic merit alone. Reality television does not do any harm or break any rules anymore than anything else on television‚ the fact that it does not appeal to the smug intellectual and the elitist press does not mean that it is not popular. The reality of reality television is that it is popular with millions of viewers across the world - and it is not hard to see why. Reality television
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