The Great Gatsby Books are banned or challenged because they have capacity to “corrupt” a reader’s mind or influence. Banning a novel is actually one of the greatest things that can happen or be “awarded” to a book. The Great Gatsby is an example of one of these great books that was banned. The book was banned in 1987 by a Baptist college in Charleston‚ yet it is considered of one the “Great American Novels” and a literary classic. The book was banned for language and some sexual content. By examining
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Sheila Sim Mrs. Virginia Link-Pease English 122 02 October 2010 Steroid Use in Sports Should Be Banned Day by day professional athletes are being praised for their ability and accomplishments in their respective sports. The professional athletes that are succeeding the most are generally using performance enhancing drugs‚ other known as anabolic steroids (Mayo Clinic). Anabolic steroids are drugs which imitate the effect of the male sex hormone‚ Testosterone. The cells producing protein increase
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Dear Jay Asher (author)‚ In the United States today‚ more than 11‚000 books have been challenged or banned. Many people disagree with how authors write about graphic topics like sex‚ drugs‚ partying‚ abuse‚ religion and much more. Although‚ what they fail to realize is how accurate these topics written about are to the everyday events in our lives. The banning of your book‚ Thirteen Reasons Why‚ is unreasonable and unfair because it focuses on suicide which is a growing issue today‚ emphasizes
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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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Credit Card Companies Should Not Be On Campus Marketing To College Students Credit card companies do not belong on college campuses. What young college student does not need or want a little extra money for the weekends? If you told a college student that they could make 5000.00 dollars extra cash in just a couple of hours‚ what would discourage them from applying for the card. College students are talked into meeting on their college campus with credit agents from Citibank and other various banks
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already banned home works given to students. Issues about banning of home works nowadays have been intriguing and alarming since there is a booming of the number of students as well as parents who are complaining about the loaded assigned tasks to students to be brought and accomplished at home‚ including the reasons why home works should be abolished. However‚ the proponents of home works remained constant with the relevance of home works to students and why home works should not be banned. The
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Amy Gilbert Ms. Homer English October 1‚ 2012 Should There Be a Ban on Specific Dogs? There are plenty of different breeds of dogs that could be considered dangerous. The main targeted breeds are breeds such as Pit bulls‚ Rottweilers and German shepherds. According to the American Humane Association‚ an organization founded in 1877 dedicated to the welfare of animals and children‚ “An estimated 4.7 million dog attacks occur in the U.S” (5). Some people argue that a ban on specific dog breeds
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Villa College Fuvahmulah Campus in 2050 In the year 2050 how will VCFC look like? Would it be improved by the latest technologies or it would have a few changes. By the way in my view the VCFC would be improved so well that it could not be done in these days. It seems to me that the VCFC would be improved with latest technologies and with advanced teaching methods. Firstly‚ in 2050 there will be a new building of VCFC. That building will contain maximum 15 to 16 floors and a minimum of 8 floors
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Online gambling has been speedup over past 14 years. The development of the technology of internet was admitting customers to gamble in any time anyway (John & Aunshul‚ 2010). Most of the gambling website provides the legal age limit for gambler. This means only the gamblers who are above 18 can join those gambling game (Steve‚ 2007). Although online gambling is a convenient entertainment‚ it cause many people addiction on it especially the teenagers. They can sit in front of the computer 24
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Banned Breeds Make Renting a Hardship. By: Amy O’Halloran Course: Com/156 University Composition and Communication II Due: October‚ 19‚ 2013 Instructor: Michael Cooper Owning a dog that is a Pit-Bull breed carries a preconceived perception that it is a dangerous dog‚ thus causing issues when searching for a residence to occupy. This should not be justifiable enough to disallow being covered under renters insurance. Owning pit-bull breeds are even illegal in some areas. Each dog is only
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