Standardized Testing Should Not Be The Standard Standardized testing can be deemed as unfair and should not be solely be used to judge a student’s academic performance. Once quoted‚ “If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test‚ I wouldn’t be here. I guarantee you that” (Obama). Standardized testing has been the go-to way to test a student’s intellectual ability since before World War II. Most tests consist of several hours filled with tedious multiple choice questions
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Ladies and gentlemen‚ I am a worried healthcare worker wanting condom vending machines in government schools. First of all‚ if condoms were available to student then teen pregnancy rates wouldn’t dramatically decrease. This would cause both male and female student dropout rates to increase; students would not have to drop out school to take care of their children. The distribution of condoms in public high schools will lower the rate of pregnancies and sexually transmitted disease among teenagers
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over whether we as a society should continue testing on animals. It seems for many this topic has quite a moral grey area. Some see it as something that is necessary in order for scientific research. Many of our scientific achievements of the last century have involved animal testing in some way. Others however see it as something that is wrong and unethical and feel like it should be abolished. Organizations such as PETA have developed‚ arguing that animals should have the same rights as humans
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Formal Academic Critique Hussam Azzuni (63286) American University of Sharjah Writing 102- 39 In the article “Maybe money does buy happiness after all” David Leonhardt (2008) argues that money is a major factor that contributes in the happiness of most of the people. David Leonhardt is the current editor of a New York Times website which involves politics. He was previously the paper’s Washington bureau chief and as an economic columnist‚ he wrote an e-book about economic growth “Here’s
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the enjoyment of the right to life.” The Committee also said that death penalty should be an “exceptional measure”. It reiterated important procedural safeguards including that the death penalty can only be imposed in accordance with the law in force at the time of the commission of the crime‚ and that the right to a fair hearing by an independent tribunal‚
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Money doesn’t buy you happiness. Everyone has heard the statement before and most studies of happiness and well-being generally agree on it. However‚ even though money does not buy you happiness it is largely agreed that money can be a means to an end. Hence‚ money cannot buy you happiness‚ but it can provide you with financial security and well-being. If you asked a poor person if they were happy most will tell you they are not due to living in poor conditions and having poor health. Their need
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the basis for the amount of tax? In my opinion‚ personal income should be the basis for the amount of tax to be paid. Therefore‚ the rich should pay more taxes than others. Why should the rich pay more taxes? They should pay more taxes because it is their obligation as the members of the upper classes to fund society. In most societies‚
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Should gay marriages be allowed? Today‚ Almost the man in the world are gay. They love each other. They don’t care the speech of the others people around them. Three reason of the gay marriages are Society should accept sexual ‚ Marriages is not always wrong‚ no matter what the gender and Everyone has the right to love‚ no matter what the gender. 1.Society should accept sexual Gay marriage should be legalized because it is uncivilized and unmerited. Our civil rights and the Constitution give us
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Nearly 12 million post-secondary students in the United States take some or all of their classes online right now. On the other hand‚ approximately 15 million students take all of their classes in a physical classroom. (Adkins) What do these number say about an online education? Well‚ they mean that there are both positive aspects and negative aspects to taking online courses. It turns out that there are many examples of both positive and negative reasons to enroll in or to not to enroll in an online
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Space exploration is a highly debated topic on whether or not it should be funded by the government. Currently‚ the United States spends $19.3 billion on space exploration out of its $3.95 trillion budget. Many people argue that the money needs to be spent on other issues like health care and help for the impoverished. Space exploration is an important field that the US government needs to focus on and fund because these endeavors can provide a national space defense‚ push us towards the future of
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