Throughout time‚ many books have been challenged or banned. Most of the time‚ it is parents banning books with content that they don’t want their child to be reading. For example‚ a war novel‚ A Farewell to Arms‚ has been challenged for some of its content but it also has positive aspects to the story. In A Farewell to Arms‚ the main character‚ Frederic Henry‚ starts out in the Italian front as an ambulance driver. Eventually‚ he goes and meets a hospital nurse named Catherine Barkley with his good
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The Effects of SAT and ACT Test Scores on Students Too often students find themselves cramming information they should know before taking a test. Initially‚ they’ll study the information‚ and mundanely forget it soon after the test. Students often say “getting grades is the most important thing about school” (LeCompte). The more emphasis teachers and parents’ place on performance‚ the more students become set back by a failure‚ which makes an even more vigorous point to this argument (Heyman and
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show Toddlers and Tiaras. They show what happens in the preparation for a pageant. They show their practice sessions‚ rooms‚ transformation. They interview the kids to know their opinions and their personality. I believe that glitz pageants should be banned.
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In America guns are huge deal whether you like them or not. It may be gun violence or just using it for sport‚ either way gun laws should be set but guns should not be banned. Having stricter gun control laws can keep Americans and their communities more safe‚ help guns from ending up in the wrong hands‚ and help reduce the overall deaths in America which are way up there compared to all the other causes of death. If people want their communities to be safe then there needs to be gun control to enforce
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Menendez‚ Landrieu‚ and Hagen together introduced the Alert Drivers Act‚ which would say that states pass laws banning texting while driving. Though more and more states are passing texting bans‚ it remains the case that fewer than half the states have banned the practice as of today (U.S. Congress). AAA foundation for Traffic Safety reports that 67 percent of drivers admitted to talking on their cell phone while driving behind the wheel‚ and 21 percent of drivers indicated they have read or sent a text
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“Applying technology in education would enhance human capacity‚ dynamize the teaching/learning environment‚ promote creativity‚ innovation‚ critical thinking‚ decision making and lifelong learning.” This predominant point suggests that laptops should not be banned in the classroom at the University level. Reasons are distribution‚ media‚ productivity‚ Internet‚ software‚ virtuality‚ management and environment. From the inception of the People’s Partnership government in 2010‚ an innovative approach
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consequences were far greater. From 1961 to 1971‚ a chemical was sprayed over the entire country of Vietnam‚ leaving 200‚000 people affected by the harmful toxin (Dioxin‚ 2015). The chemical used is called Agent Orange. Its use was discontinued after it was banned in 1971 by the United States (n.a‚ 2016). However‚ the ban came too late and provided no relief for the Vietnamese that are still dealing with the consequences of exposure to Agent Orange. Agent Orange was originally sprayed to kill all the trees
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Barbie: Cultural Icon‚ New Age Guru or Blonde Bimbo? She’s 56 years old‚ but hasn’t aged a day; her hair hasn’t turned gray; she hasn’t gained a pound; and she’s been number one nearly all her life. It’s Barbie‚ of course. Introduced in 1959 as a teenager‚ Barbie turned 40 in 1999. Throughout her life‚ she’s enraged feminists and mothers and warmed the hearts of millions of little girls. No matter how her revile her‚ she bounces back. Initially‚ just a blonde teenager‚ Barbie has moved
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The second reason why we should not allow guns on college campuses would be because some student could be emotionally traumatised from an experience involving guns. Such as Danielle Vabner‚ a UT student who “lost her 6-year-old brother in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting” joined a rally to support the need of Gun Free colleges. Especially if the intention was “to harm others”‚ this person could potentially feel triggered by that situation when in the presence of a gun. The third
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School Uniforms Schools should be schools and not fashion shows. Students that attend school are mostly worried about what they are going to wear to school and less worried about their homework‚ which is far more important. I believe that we should have school uniforms for multiple reasons. Most students think that school uniforms are dumb because every one of them would be wearing the same exact thing. Did you ever think that you could stand out in your own special way? Not everybody has to wear
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