The Effects of SAT and ACT Test Scores on Students Too often students find themselves cramming information they should know before taking a test. Initially‚ they’ll study the information‚ and mundanely forget it soon after the test. Students often say “getting grades is the most important thing about school” (LeCompte). The more emphasis teachers and parents’ place on performance‚ the more students become set back by a failure‚ which makes an even more vigorous point to this argument (Heyman and
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On Campus or Off Campus Living If you are a new student and you want to choose between living on campus and living off campus‚ here some differences between them which may help you in your decision. The first difference is the cost. Normally‚ off campus housing is more expensive than on campus housing because of the additional charges. When you live off campus‚ you should pay for your own Internet access‚ furniture‚ and kitchen and bath necessities in addition to the rent‚ so it is a
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Why Should Social Networking Sites be banned? When asked this question‚ many people cite identity theft‚ social isolation‚ pornography and infidelity. In order to determine if these are valid points‚ each of these issues must be considered. Why Parents Think Social Networking Sites should be banned: Many parents dislike social networking. They believe that sites such as MySpace and Facebook attract child predators. Others say that cyber-bullying takes place on these sites. Others are convinced
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Arguments for pit-bull should be banned People generally want Pit Bulls and other Bully breeds banned for 2 main reasons: 1. Thugs who need a tough dog to feel tough intentionally doing everything they can to make their dogs mean. This includes‚ beating‚ starving‚ baiting‚ feeding weird crap like gunpowder....They also never socialize‚ train‚ or neuter their dogs. This intentionally creates a dog that is both dog and human aggressive and will most likely kill other pets and end up being
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which is whether universities should allow student or staff to carry concealed handguns on campus. This is a strange debate topic because the obvious answer is no. Just a few of the reasons are an increase in crimes of passion‚ a possible increase in school shootings‚ and a high risk for robbery and assault. A crime of passion is not an unheard of offense. It happens in T.V. show‚ in movies‚ and in day-to-day lives. With concealed carry‚ this crime would happen on college campuses also. Teenagers and
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who they are. This happens to so many children and teens‚ because of the sport football. Kids get hit in the head‚ and they are never the same again. Football should be banned‚ because concussions are a horrible injury that can be life threatening‚ and injuries to the head have long term effects. The first reason why football should be banned is‚ injuries to the head can have long term effects. “If someone gets hit too hard in the head‚ they can get permanent brain damage.”(Jennifer Shotz‚ scholastic
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controversial topic and it raises a moral dilemma about whether it is ethical to harm animals in order to improve human lives‚ with many people strongly demanding that this practice be banned. In this essay‚ I shall argue that animal testing is justified since the benefits resulting from it outweigh the harms and thus should not be banned. Firstly‚ scientific research involving animals has had an essential importance in developing new medicines. According to the California Biomedical Research Association‚ most
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I am sure that you know that smoking harms your body. Then why do you continue to smoke? Maybe because you haven’t really became conscious about all the effects that smoking has. There are a lot of reasons why you shouldn’t smoke. Some of them are that smoking affects your health‚ you spend a lot of money on cigarettes‚ and when you smoke you are not respecting people around you. The first reason why you shouldn’t smoke is that smoking affects your health. If you smoke‚ you physical condition will
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National Center of Educational Statistics‚ as of the 2007 to the 2008 school year‚ 54% of the United States public schools enforce a strict dress code. Also‚ from the Niche Blog‚ as of 2000 to 2013‚ dress code increased by 21%. School dress codes should be banned because “school appropriate” clothes are harder to find today‚ and not everyone owns “school appropriate” clothes. Some people believe that dress codes still allow students to wear what they want‚ and provide them with a sense of choice and
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different views about smoking in public places. Smokers feel it is their right to smoke where and when they want. On the other hand non-smokers feel smokers violate their rights and endanger there life. However‚ our school has decided to institute an “Anti-Smoking” rule. By instituting a rule of no smoking on school grounds we can protect today’s youth against the harms of smoking. This rule would bring many benefits. At the end of the last school year we ruled that smoking on school grounds would
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