Going to college is a amazing event‚ you get to meet new people and have experiences you want to have. One of the major problems for many students is paying for their college tuition. Many students will take out loans‚ apply for scholarships‚ and have parents pay for college. If a student play a sport in high school and are lucky enough to get drafted to play for a college you might get a full ride.Many colleges will profit off of their athletes not give their student athletes anything in return
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Student-Athletes who are recruited to play a college sport are going in with one goal‚ to play their sport professionally by being the best player they can be. Unfortunately only about 3% percent of NCAA athletes in their respective sport go on to play professionally. The other 97% spend hours and hours of their precious time practicing on the field all for no future in that specific field of work. Actually according to Forbes‚ Marc Edelman reports “student-athletes work 3 and a half more hours a
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Should student athletes be paid to play? People are debating many controversial issues locally and globally. One controversial issue‚ which is relevant today‚ is whether or not college athletes should be paid or not. One side argues college athletes should be paid while others argue why they should not. For the NCAA this has been a popular topic. People began to discuss this topic when college athletes started to receive special treatment and compensation from scouters to insure that those players
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“An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head-Emil Zatopek.” This quote shows that if you’re happy playing your favorite sport then money should be the last thing you should be worried about. The idea of paying college athletes has been thrown around for a couple years. Some student athletes feel that they bring in a great deal of money to their universities‚ but they do not see one penny of it. These students think they should be getting
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than what the average American makes. Look closer‚ should an entertainer really get paid such a profound amount for one fight‚ rather than those who work to
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College should not be free. I personally don’t think that college should be free. Students who pay for their college are more motivated‚ hard working and independent. Many students would have poor motivation to finish school‚ because they can always come back. As a matter of fact students with ambitions to get university degree are learning much harder in high school than other‚ who thinks they don’t need an extra paper. There are many students that are so smart‚ and they will find the way to
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The Driving Age Should the driving age be raised to the age of 18? My answer is no‚ because there is not that great of a difference in maturity between the age of 16 and the age of 18. I got my permit and began driving at the age of 15. By doing so I had almost a year of driving experience‚ with a parent‚ by the time I turned 16. I got my drivers license when I turned 16‚ and my parents bought me my first car. In my own opinion I believe I am a pretty decent driver. I have never been in a wreck
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of dollars all around the world are being used to pay our athletes. My question is should they be paid this astronomical amount of money. Certain athletes earn millions while various people all around the world can barely afford the necessities‚ such as food‚ water and shelter. This is a problem that desperately needs to be addressed. To achieve this we should employ taxes‚ but the money made off this should go to charity‚ also we should lower salary caps‚ thus we restrict the amounts teams can spend
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highschool I want to keep a 3.5 GPA and to achieve this goal I will use the support of my parents and teachers‚ I will study on all my subjects for at least 30 minutes. Someday I want to go to the NBA and have enough money to get my mom and dad a new home and cars that they have always wanted. I want to get my brother and sister’s anything they want and take them to different places around the world. I also want to take care of my family’s expenses. My plan B is to go to college and get a Masters degree
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America faces the issue of whether the minimum wage should be raised; three-fourths of Americans support an increase‚ while the other third does not support it or has no opinion. In 2007‚ Congress modified the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 with the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007. This set in motion a sequence of raises in the minimum wage from $5.15 an hour to $5.85 to $6.55 and a final raise in 2009 to $7.25 an hour (“History of Changes to the Minimum Wage Law”). At the time‚ numerous workers
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