therefore I have no time to study my material and therefore my test grades suffer as a result. Homework is like slavery. It’s basically forcing students to go home after a stressful day of school and activities and do pointless homework. Teachers should be teaching these things in class‚ not making the students learn it themselves. It’s preventing children from leading balanced lifestyles‚ with a healthy amount of sleep and activities to keep them fit and active. How is a student supposed to do 3
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An example of this is Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain‚ which has been banned in multiple high school libraries for the use of the word “nigger‚” which is considered both offensive language and racist (PBS). However‚ some people do not understand that racism was a normal part of life during the time period in which this novel was written. Twain published Huckleberry Finn in 1885‚ only twenty years after the end of the civil war. This means that this novel was written during a time when African Americans
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that breed specific laws are not helping. Here is my opinion on this controversial argument. BSL laws should not exist and do more harm than good‚ not just to the “blacklisted” dogs but also to the people that own them too. In the Netherlands‚ Pitbulls were banned because of their bad reputation in the Netherlands itself and other states around that were untrusting of the dog breed. Pitbulls and breeds similar were banned because
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team is fully out. The definition says it all. Dodgeball should be banned because this “activity” hurts kids physically and mentally. Banning dodgeball will end a lot of bad things. Dodgeball is a game that gives kids chances to get their anger out on others. Children getting hit will never get better because they are not positive‚ and their are other activities that do a better job. There are many reasons on why dodgeball should be banned. Dodgeball is not an appropriate way to teach your children
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The Drinking Age in The U.S. Should Be Lowered When a person turns eighteen‚ he or she can get married‚ vote‚ pay taxes‚ purchase cigarettes‚ be tried as an adult for crimes‚ legally use their own credit card‚ purchase real estate‚ and even enter the military. When a United States citizen turns eighteen‚ that person is considered a legal adult. According to The United States Constitution‚ “The right of citizens of the United States‚ who are eighteen-years of age or older‚ to vote shall not be denied
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begin by reading the quote above. As a parent who just opens the book and reads the first two pages‚ already‚ based on a snap judgment do not want their child to read this Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Alice Walker. However‚ The Color Purple should not be banned. The novel writes of many current issues needed to be addressed in this day and age. Many issues concerning The Color Purple consist of abuse‚ rape‚ explicit sexual content‚ human sexuality‚ profanity‚ racism‚ etc.; the list goes on.
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower is something you should read. To summarize‚ The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky is about Charlie‚ a boy who is a wallflower (surprise) and writes letters to you‚ portrayed as an anonymous character‚ talking about his life. It seems innocent‚ but its simple cover is a just a facade hiding a surprising level of offensiveness. But what am I talking about? Let me introduce you to why the novel was banned- because of sex‚ drugs and death. One example of
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High Schools in the United States should not ban The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This book is one of the most important components of American literature in our libraries today‚ it throws the reader into a time when slavery was lawful and accepted‚ and gives the reader a new perspective on slavery in general. Until civil rights groups can come up with a better argument than the word “nigger” creating a “hostile work environment”(Zwick) it should not be taken off the required reading list of any
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basic right – the freedom to express ourselves as we see fit – is guaranteed by the First Amendment to the United States’ Constitution…” as stated from the text‚ Schools and Censorship: Banned Books. A recent banning of books for having age inappropriate content has been debated‚ but books should not be banned because children will eventually be exposed to the content‚ children need to learn they’re history‚ and children are being deprived the right to representation‚ as stated in the Constitution
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Should animal testing be banned? Despite the success in medical development nowadays‚ there is a humongous cost paid off behind the progress of the scientific achievement --- Animal testing‚ which has always been a controversial issue over the past few decades. The term ‘Animal testing’ can be referred as the use of non-human animals in research and development projects‚ especially for purposes of determining the safety of substances such as foods or drugs. Personally speaking‚ I would definitely
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