Some people suggest that everyone between the ages of 18 and 21 should be required to perform one year of community or government service. Such service might include the Peace Corps‚ Environmental Conservancy Corps‚ a hospital‚ the military‚ a rural or inner-city school‚ or other community outreach projects. I believe forcing the service of any group of people is a bad idea. In this case‚ three reasons come to mind as to what makes this idea bad. First‚ I see this as a form of indentured servitude
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Should kids be able to dropout of school before age 18? People can’t get nearly nice enough jobs if they drop out of school because they won’t have enough knowledge to get a nice job. Someone has seen people what have dropped out and they don’t have any money and have to live of their parents and can’t get anything nice like they wanted as a kid and have to get everything from their parents and can’t have any freedom as if they lived by themselves. Students should be required to stay in school graduating
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Children under 18 are required to go to grade school. A normal school day is usually six to eight hours. Children are required to attend school five days a week. School days begin too early and adolescents do not get enough sleep. Children are required to be at school early each morning‚ therefore children have to get up even earlier. Schools should begin their day at 8:30a.m. or later (Reddy 1). Only fifteen percent of schools begin at 8:30a.m. or at a later time (Reddy 2). Due to the low percentage
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Drinking Age Should Not Be Lowered All fifty states set their minimum drinking age back to twenty one in the 1980’s because they felt that eighteen wasn’t the appropriate age. Some people did not agree with this change because at the age of eighteen people can vote‚ drive cars‚ fly planes‚ pay taxes‚ marry‚ become a legal guardian‚ own a gun‚ risk their lives a member of the U.S. armed forces. Honestly‚ today the drinking age doesn’t matter‚ whatever the age a person will always try and find a
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rules in different school districts. Of all of the rules clothing seems to be a big problem among school districts. Some schools have set rules for what people have to wear and other schools have restrictions on what students can and can not wear. Schools think that uniforms will solve the problems there school is having but in reality they don’t. Schools should not have school uniforms because uniforms restrict school individuality‚ they have a high cost‚ and can cause inter school conflicts. One
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Technology should be used in schools Did you know that more than half of the world’s students are using tablet computers? To all the students out there who are not lucky enough to even use a computer (at home or at school)‚ I am deeply sorry for you since half of the people that are at the same age as you are surrounded by information‚ and are improving their knowledge of the world everyday. No worries! After this speech you will have all the rights to go against who ever would not let your school have
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what the world would be like if 16 year olds could vote? In some other countries if you register‚ it’s legal for one to vote at the age of 16‚ but why not here? The minimum age to vote in the USA is 18‚ the age originally was 21 years old but the age was reduced in 1971 when Richard Nixon was president. When can one start registering to vote‚ it’s better to register early so by the time you turn 18 or 19 a person is able to start voting. If the world was different and 16 year olds could start voting
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the best possible education they can. Author Alexander Robbins states that "For thousands of families‚ school admission process begins before a child turns one; in several cities that’s how manic the competition has grown to get into elite preschools and kindergarten programs" (107). Although it is great that we have adults and teachers that are watching over students and challenging them‚ children get very stressed and pressured very easily‚ especially when students are loaded with homework. If teachers
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option at lunch. If schools provided more lunch options this problem would happen less or even disappear completely. According to Teresa Chin with Youth Radio‚ many schools have decided to try and start forcing children and teens across the country to eat healthier lunches. These lunches were meant to help with the growing rates of childhood obesity. Government officials think that by decreasing portions and
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using drugs whatsoever is a big problem. Athletes are supposed to set a good example and using drugs like steroids to gain advantage over the other athlete is totally not a good example. Drug testing in professional sports should be mandatory. One of the reason drug testing should be mandated in professional sports is to maintain fair game. The use of drugs like steroids is a form of cheating. The fact that steroids work so well‚ they establish a fraudulent benefit for those who are taking them‚ and
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