Mr. Schulze 1 11-08-05 English 1010 Synthesis Essay This is a synthesis essay on the English only debate. In the debate we have a number of authors who have an opinion if English should be the official language? Here are a couple of opinions shared by Robert D. King ‚ "Should English be the Law?" ‚ S.I. Hayakawa‚ "Bilingualism in America: English Should be the Official Language"‚ and Greg Lewis " An Open
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young drivers‚ the motivation behind restrictive driving laws is understandable. To promote responsibility some states have passed laws intended to keep young drivers off the roads after dark and to ensure that an adult driver accompanies them during daylight hours. However‚ these laws prejudicially target one portion of the population for unusually harsh punishment. Teen drivers face unreasonable laws that are discriminatory‚ and should be repealed. In many states‚ for example‚ the holder of a
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The law system in Athens was a system where anyone off the streets could press charges against their fellow man without having to go through an attorney general like figure. After charges were pressed‚ the jury would be called and everyone would report to where the case was occurring. The number of jurors ranged anywhere from 21 to the two thousands. The individual who pressed charges spoke first as to why the other party was guilty; then the defendant would rebut the first party’s points and state
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Care homes should by law have a care home medicines policy. This has to be reviewed regularly to ensure it is up to date and it is based on current laws. . The policy should include: The policy should include a procedure for sharing information about a resident’s medicines. This is especially important if the resident has to go into hospital or move onto another care home. The policy should include procedures that the resident’s medicine records are kept up to date. This is especially
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and that language is English” (Theodore Roosevelt). In the United States alone‚ there are 325 languages spoken nationwide. English should be made the official language of the United States because it will knock down these language barriers and immigrants will be more likely to prosper in this nation‚ even though the costs may be quite high. Long before‚ our Founding Fathers did not find it necessary to create an official language. With almost everybody already speaking English‚ the topic didn’t prove
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Do you think criminals are going to register their firearms? The law-abiding citizens‚ the people doing the right thing will and you’ll see more crime than before! Look at Washington DC and Chicago; both imposed strict gun laws and crime skyrocketed. Criminals will always get guns. If you make it harder for the law abiding citizens to get guns‚ you leave them defenseless. America was founded on freedom and liberty. I’m against any law that takes those away. I don’t really live closed to a police station
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thousand five hundred million people worldwide speak English‚ of whom three hundred seventy five million are native speakers (McKay 2016). Therefore‚ English language is now considered as an international language‚ and it is often taught as a foreign language accompanied by teaching both American and British Cultural studies. Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)‚ in simple words‚ means the teaching of English language in a non-English-speaking region. Education in American and British cultures
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Not being able to choose who you are and what you do with your life is very difficult. In the story Two Kinds‚ a little girl named Ni Kan has to go through a tough childhood with a very controlling mother. Her mother demands her to be nothing but famous when she grows up. Ni Kan at first loved the thought of her being famous. But after a lot of tests her mother gave her and training‚ she got sick of it. The tests got a lot harder the more she did. “The tests got harder‚ multiplying numbers in my
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gunman‚ were killed when Pekka-Eric Auvinen‚ 18‚ went on a shooting spree at his local school. Until now‚ Finland has actively resisted plans for all European Union member states to limit gun ownership to persons aged 18 and over. Currently‚ the law stipulates that Finns may apply for a gun permit at age 15. However‚ Anne Holmlund‚ Finnish interior minister‚ told reporters today that "Finland has changed its position to the EU firearms directive." Holmlund told the press that the intention is
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that the official language of the United States is English‚ but really there is no official language. It does not say in the constitution that there is one nor did it even specifically mention anything about any languages or races‚ besides the fact that the constitution was written in English. There have been several amendments that have tried to get English as the official language‚ but they all just lead to failure. An official language should not matter because it can show that language or culture
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