Social Network: an online community of people with a common interest who use a Web site or other technologies to communicate with each other and share information‚ resources(dictionary.com). There are almost 500 million users of social networks and spent over 700 billion minutes a month using them. Is this hindering our social skills? There are many ways that people interact with each other such as e-mail‚ texting‚ a social network but the least used interaction is face to face. A negative impact
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Barbie: The Bitch Has Everything? On eBay‚ a bidder can purchase a pink license plate frame that says‚ “I want to be Barbie. The bitch has everything.” Barbie appears to have the perfect body‚ Ken‚ her handsome boyfriend‚ a multitude of careers ranging from a teacher to an astronaut‚ and an endless wardrobe with all the accessories. But a close examination of Barbie may reveal that she does not have everything. Mattel’s Barbie doll has enjoyed a long and profitable history. Invented by
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“More than half of adult New Yorkers are obese or overweight‚ according to the city’s health department‚ which said it believed 5‚000 New Yorkers died every year as a result of health problems related to obesity” (Grynbaum). This mind-boggling statistic is what lead the mayor propose a soda ban that would limit the size of soda that could be sold. This ban‚ in an effort to fight obesity‚ would discourage people from buying larger sodas by banning the sale of sodas of more than 16 oz. Although this
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Have you ever read a fantastic book and know that in certain places its banned? Should it be allowed for people that read the books and think there not appropriate be able to have a say in whether it should be banned or not. I recently just finished a book called Lush it was an eye opener to a several things I don’t think I would’ve paid attention to if I didn’t know that they did ban it somewhere. Although the knowledge might not be good for certain age groups‚ parents and other human beings shouldn’t
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more about what is going on in the world today and how it affects children. I believe that child soldier practices should be banned because the children are put into dangerous situations and they won’t get to live a happy life. Others would say that child soldier practices should not be banned because the children are needed to keep people safe. Child soldier practices should be banned because the children are put into dangerous situations. According to “Armed and Underage”
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tests their curriculum growth throughout the year‚ but what if a student does not test well. Lawmakers and Congressman have been contemplating whether to ban state testing. Although it relatively shows students curriculum growth‚ State testing should be banned on the basis of it takes out on the creative process of learning‚ eliminates the idea of students learning things dealing with life‚ and can cause stress amongst students. State testing takes out in the creative process of learning. Students
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one because of parents complaining and teachers disagreeing with it. One reason this book is banned from many schools is because the plot involves rape. A girl accuses an African American man of taking advantage of her when he didn’t. Rape happens all of the time and you can’t keep children away from learning it. If they don’t know that stuff like that happens in real life‚
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Should Sweatshop be banned? There is no way to describe the how bad of a working environment it is inside a sweatshop. I believe sweatshops should be banned. Many sweatshops across the world lack the safety requirements‚ many workers are under paid and profit is largely given to the owner and not to the hard working workers at the sweatshops. Sweatshops should be banned because many of the sweatshops lack safety requirements. It is scary knowing that you have to go work
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A book should not be banned‚ because it can impose other people’s beliefs on children‚ and goes against our First Amendment‚ which guarantees everyone the right to free speech. However‚ some people may view the content in books as offensive‚ and believe that books should be censored. One of the most prominent reasons as to why a book is banned is for religious reasons‚ such as the Harry Potter series‚ which was banned for "promoting witchcraft‚ setting bad examples‚ and being
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Should smoking be banned altogether？ Smoking among adolescents rose in the 1990s in several developed countries. More and more young people are under 18 years old who smoke cigarette have been blinded by the deceit of tobacconists. Tobacco among adolescents remains stubbornly persistent. Tobacco become a global threat. In recent years‚ more and more people have come to realize that smoking is doing irreparable harm to the whole world. It has become fashionable in the world today to condemn smoking
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