Dear Members of the School Committee‚ I am writing to you as the parent of a student currently in high school and am concerned that you are considering banning The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the current school curriculum. I want to advise you to change your mind and allow The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to be a part of the high school curriculum. I understand how Mark Twain uses the word “nigger” many times throughout the novel and there is some vulgar language; however‚ The Adventures
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make guns legal in this country like texas then our families won’t have problems with people breaking in. When Trump gets elected then he’s gonna make guns legal all across america just to prevent any of all kinds of robberies and threats. If Hillary gets elected then she’s gonna band all kinds of guns all over the country. But the more and more bad decisions she make the more criminals and crimes will be made and no one can do anything to stop it. The people of this world
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Students under the age of seventeen have a curfew of 10 pm Sunday through Thursday and 12 am on Friday and Saturday. The curfew ensures that all students should have no business in a public place or out on the streets late at night. There are obviously some valid reasons why this is enforced and I am completely in favor of this decision. Many dangerous kinds of people come out late at night to see if they can get kids into some kind of trouble. Kids get kidnapped‚ raped and killed out in the open
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Should guns be outlawed? BCOM/275 November 4‚ 2013 UOP - Chuck Millhollan Should guns be outlawed? Recently‚ a question was asked if outlawing guns in the United States would help solve the high crime rates. I am not certain banning guns will solve the problem because people will figure a way to obtain guns just like they are able to obtain illegal drugs. The problem is not the guns‚ but the bad people that get a hold of guns. There are many benefits with owning a gun. Guns are used for
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Should sports be allowed in schools? There are a lot of positive effects to having sports in schools‚ but are a lot of negative affects to. They help us in school while the same time that put at risk of getting injured. They make us want to come to school‚ but they also make the unathletic kids less cool. Sports should be played in school because the positive reasons outweigh the negative reasons. They have done research on the way sports affect education‚ and concluded that sports have a positive
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Rape is a problem on college campuses. Not just the public colleges even the elite of the elite. Colleges are getting a ton of criticism from the media and people around the country. Colleges are all taking different approaches to the problem‚ some choose to try to ignore it while others are taking steps to fix it. The University of Montana in Missoula is unfortunately nicknamed the “Rape Capital of America” by the press. However‚ if you dig deeper it is actually below the average number of sexual
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the staff and students is the number one concern. If someone does not feel safe‚ then it’s hard to remain focused on the task at hand. Everyone in the school has the right to an education‚ and to feel safe. If someone gives another individual a reason to feel unsafe‚ or does something to jeopardize their safety‚ proper measures should be taken. I believe that school officials should have the right to search students’ lockers and book bags for security reasons. Each and every student that is currently
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The controversy over whether psychologists should be allowed to have prescriptions privileges or not has been going on for awhile now. There are many arguments for both sides. Individual differences and opinions come into play here. Individuals who have made a name for themselves in the world of psychology‚ may have their opinions be more valued than others who are maybe not so well known. Psychology is a big field and psychologists work with many different types of professions which may have some
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student’s grades. Therefore‚ sports should not be allowed in schools to lower the academic failure rate‚ allow students more time to study‚ and save money. With sports gone students have a longer time to get homework done and prepare for tests. “That first semester‚ 80 percent of students passed their classes compared with 50 percent the previous fall‚” (Ripley 11).”There were no Friday night games to look forward to” (Ripley 11). It is important that students get their work done and prepare for
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administrators the right to search its students with reasonable suspicion and probable cause. The most common items that are searched through at schools are lockers‚ cell phones‚ bookbags‚ and the occasional body search. The Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution states that‚ “The right of the people to be secure in their persons‚ houses‚ papers‚ and effects‚ against unreasonable searches and seizures‚ shall not be violated.” However‚ when a student is on school grounds‚ schools can
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