Why should we gain knowledge? What purpose does it have in our lives? A quick or succinct answer to that would be that we want to answer the doubts in our lives and learn how to survive in the world we live. However‚ gaining knowledge is not something we have complete control over. As babies‚ we are always gaining new knowledge unconsciously and unintentionally‚ that we then apply in our everyday lives to make it easier. For example‚ when a baby cries‚ his mother comes rushing to him to soothe him
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Why You Should Buckle Up By Jaden Barling 7B Why you should buckle up is a good question. People never do and then they end up getting seriously hurt or have died. I was always told “buckle your seat belt” but that saying has died down the last few years. People are too worried about being comfortable than being safe. Which one would you choose? In 1984 the law that you had to wear a seatbelt was established. But only about 16% even wore them. And in 1985 complying seatbelts rose to about 57%
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reduce poverty; but if we focus on the overall outcome of raising the minimum wage‚ there really is no point in raising it. There are so many more options to improve the economy. Minimum wage should not be raised because the costs of goods and taxes would increase‚ it would slow the economy‚ put people out of business‚ and reduce employment. As the years increased so did the minimum wage. From the 1930s till about the 2000s the minimum wage was increasing‚ but in today’s money it seems like nothing
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Why Wrestling Should be Kept in the Olympics Recently‚ the decision has been made to remove the sport of wrestling from the Olympics in the year 2020. This heavily-debated decision was made because it is said that wrestling does not produce adequate ticket sales and is not popular enough on the global scale. Therefore‚ it has been proposed that it be replaced with karate or rock climbing. With this major change in the Olympics‚ many are bound to suffer‚ such as Olympic hopefuls or even nations
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In my opinion‚ I think capital punishment is immoral and Canada should not reinstate the death penalty. The death penalty is unethical and doesn’t speak for the morals Canadians hold so close to their hearts‚ and the decision to reinstate it would create a huge negative impact on foreign relations around the world. Canada is a strong advocate toward fighting injustice and for human rights‚ and if we decided to reinstate it‚ countries would highly condemn that decision and would leave Canada out of
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to tell us it’s time to get ready for school. We wish we could just go back to sleep and carry on with our day later‚ but we know that time won’t wait for us. Most schools start earlier in the morning‚ sometime in between seven or eight o’clock. Some people think that this is too early and that school needs to start later‚ whereas some feel that it is fine at the time it now starts. I believe that school should remain at the time of day it currently is‚ because it leaves more time after school for
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A question everybody has on their mind is‚"Does praying help students in school?" Others may urge that students should not pray in school because most students are atheist or that students would not study because they would pray to pass exams ‚ but on the contrary‚ students are most likely to excel in their schoolwork‚learn to respect others/be modest. Students actually excel more in school and have higher grades than those that don’t pray.A recent study done by Oxford University‚ studied their
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and recent studies have proven not only first hand smoking to be dangerous‚ but passive or second hand smoke to be just as‚ if not more dangerous. This is why I believe smoking should be banned both inside and outside of the workplace. Firstly‚ it has been proven in recent medical studies that first and second hand smoke from tobacco contains over 1000 dangerous chemicals such as tar and formaldehyde‚ that when released into the air and are inhaled into the lungs can cause a large list of serious health
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Why I voted? Martin Luther King Jr. once said‚ “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter.” Depending on the situation silence can be providential or catastrophic. When you become silent of things that that are vital your point won’t matter. Voting is defined as a formal expression of opinion or choice‚ either positive or negative‚ made by an individual or body of individuals. Voting is important because you are expressing your opinion and making your voice
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Why should people get married? Traditionally men and women are meant to be together as a couple. Back in the old days people wanted to get married because they want to have a bigger family‚ reproduced their generation. But nowdays‚ people’s personal views of marriage has changed‚ thesedays they have more freedom to choose whether they want to get married or not‚ because more less 10 years ago when someone didn’t get married‚ they say that it is a big sin and now people are accepted if they choose
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