part of Europe concerning children and their rights. The main subject in this talk regards children and when they are competent enough to help and make medical decisions for themselves. The only two places that give children full rights to consent and refuse medical treatment is Scotland and Finland. To me this is a very touchy subject. I think a child that is able to understand what is going on should have the right to know what is happening to them medically. They should also have an input on how
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Alcohol drinking age should be decreased National University July 14‚ 2013 The drinking age should be decreased from age 21 to 18 years old in the United States. One of the biggest problems
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Television should be prohibit to children Television as a media tool is popular around the world. With its popularity across all age groups comes the question of whether or not children should be prohibited from watching television. I believe that children should not be allowed to watch television for extended periods of time because it has many negative side effects. I will explain the three major negative effects—that is bad for children’s health like causing obesity‚ myopia and waste time in
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many controversial issues today‚ is the question‚ should children be required to be vaccinated? Vaccines have been around for many years claiming to help your system to be immune from many diseases. Although there have been many great claims about vaccines helping and saving lives‚ people are now claiming that not all vaccines may be safe after all. In my opinion‚ I believe no. Children should not be required to be vaccinated because‚ parents should make medical decisions‚ they could cause health problems
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vaccination. Despite controversies regarding vaccinations causing autism‚ parents should vaccinate their children because of the importance of herd immunity and the economic benefits that accompany it. Herd immunity is a practice in which “the risk of infection among susceptible individuals in a population is reduced by the presence and proximity of immune individuals” (Fine et al.). More simply‚ “a pattern of immunity that should protect a population from invasion of a new infection.” (Fine et al.) Vaccinations
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the physical act of going to school is very different on a person to person level. That is why I believe that it’s important to look at and compare the writing of Lynda Barry titled The Sanctuary of School‚ and the writing of John Holt titled School Is Bad For Children. In her article Barry describes to her audience a very personal story of her childhood growing up in a family that didn’t really notice her and the only way for her to feel noticed was to attend school. And in his article‚ Holt chose
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School lunches have never been like grandma’s home cooked meals. I’am still haunted by the memory of of my elementary school’s cafeteria pizza. A bumpy oval topped with fleshy white strips of barley melted mozzarella cheese that clumped together like neurons. Judging by some of the images from the interent school have not changed much. A look at one school’s burger found it had 26 ingredients. Among those 26 components‚ “it contained disodium inosinate‚ a flavor additive that can spike
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Riley Warner English 1 Period 1 3/5/12 Should the Legal Drinking Age Be Lowered: CON There is a huge problem with underage drinking in the U.S. Some states have already lowered the drinking age such as Maine‚ Massachusetts‚ and Michigan. One main point on why it shouldn’t be lowered is because of a higher chance of depression in teens. Second‚ it increases health and educational problems in teens also. Lastly‚ it would increase the amount of alcohol related accidents because of teens brains not
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Nowadays‚ the retirement age has been a burning issue of most nations in the world. In some countries‚ workers are forced to retire at the age of 55 or 60 while in others‚ this figure could be 65 to 70. Several debates were contributed to propound whether or not should there be a compulsory retirement age. In my opinion‚ it is necessary to impose a legal resolution that employees are entitled to retire when they reach a particular age. Firstly‚ under the pressure of the knowledge economy‚ the requirement
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Should homework be banned. Yes‚ I feel it should be banned because you don’t get any time for yourself‚ pointless. Because you already get work at school‚ seriously‚ home too? It kills trees‚ waste of time‚ boring‚ some parents don’t even get it‚ it completely stresses you out. Not only you‚ but the teachers because all they do is grade tests‚ homework‚ classwork‚ and projects. I’m pretty sure they’re tired of doing it too. I don’t feel homework necessary. Homework should be banned because it just
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