Why I voted? Martin Luther King Jr. once said‚ “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter.” Depending on the situation silence can be providential or catastrophic. When you become silent of things that that are vital your point won’t matter. Voting is defined as a formal expression of opinion or choice‚ either positive or negative‚ made by an individual or body of individuals. Voting is important because you are expressing your opinion and making your voice
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Should We Bring Back Flogging? In the article “Bring Back Flogging”‚ Jeff Jacoby talks about why he feels that flogging should be brought back into the court system. He gives enough facts to peek the interest of a person to look into bringing back this form of punishment for crimes that are not as severe as murder. His argument is that our justice system chooses to incarcerate one-time offenders instead of other forms of punishment and it is costing the states government a lot of money and
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What You Eat Is Your Business: Americans‚ Personal Responsibility‚ and Food America‚ we know it as the land of the free‚ but the rest of the world knows seemingly knows it as the land of the unhealthy. In the year 2016‚ the CDC Reported that about 36% of Americans is obese. We as Americans have abused our freedoms on what we eat and how we live our lives‚ because we chose to ignore the responsibilities that come with these freedoms. Our ignorance does not come without a price‚ in the article “What
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adversity is value or meaning that comes from difficult times and/or catastrophic events. “ That which we obtain too easily‚ we esteem to lightly. It is dearness only which gives everything its value.” Thomas Paine is reflecting his belief that people tend to naturally care more about things that come or seem easy. Any human being will value only what they struggle for. People do value for what they struggle because struggle means fighting with self ill confidence to achieve success “No pain‚ No
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WHY WE SHOULD RESPECT OUR TEACHERS We should respect our teachers because if we don’t respect people‚ that are more complex and more experienced than us it will reflect on us earlier down in our lives. Although sometimes our teachers may make a fool of us and humiliate us and sometimes embarrass us in the cruelest ways we should not retaliate in a bad way. If we know all the rules in the school we should report it to the principal or someone that is a part of the school and is able to tell the teacher
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feel‚ however‚ that the government should be imposing a tax on the foods most likely to make them obese. Sixty percent say they oppose such a tax‚ while 38 percent say it’s a good idea. The Senate has already considered a tax on soda and other sugary drinks‚ and President Obama has said he is open to such a tax. Yet Mr. Obama has acknowledged that there is resistance to such taxes. "People’s attitude is that they don’t necessarily want Big Brother telling them what to eat or drink‚ and I understand
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I am Hot and You Are Cold Why we Should Insulate the Basement “Winter is coming.” As we approach the imminent arrival of winter in our world‚ these words from Game of Thrones should definitely be kept in mind (Martin 1). For many of the people of Westeros have fallen to the cold‚ and we in our realm are no more immune to this hazard. Keeping oneself in a thermally stable and comfortable environment is important to the health‚ welfare‚ happiness‚ and productivity of an individual. Unfortunately‚ people
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contest‚ "What Good Government Means to Me‚" for eighth-graders in the 13th Legislative District. More than 150 students submitted entries for the contest. The first-place winner was Adam Van Handel‚ from Ms. Eisen’s class at Carl Sandburg Middle School‚ Old Bridge. The second-place award went to Charles Gunningham from Mrs. Grieco’s class at Joseph R. Bolger Middle School‚ Keansburg‚ and the third-place award went to Monica Bastawros from Mrs. Carey’s class at Hazlet Middle School. Below‚ we are reprinting
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and ask a businessman‚ “what is Singapore famous for?” the answer would most probably be‚ “oh from what I heard‚ Singapore is famous for it’s great variety of food‚ and for it’s coined version of English‚ Singlish.” Singapore’s growth from a remote fishing village‚ to a booming metropolis of the 21st century‚ is a miracle in itself considering that we have no natural resources‚ and we are but a little red dot on the world map. Is the usage of Singlish what we want to be remembered by
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Within the town of Shrewsbury‚ I believe that us citizens‚ should not celebrate Columbus Day. Many misconceptions surrounding the man and the holiday‚ cause us to believe that this man not only discovered America‚ but that he was also very peaceful when he arrived in the Caribbean. Although‚ this is not true‚ many facts help support that Christopher Columbus‚ in fact did not discover the continent that we live on today. As a child‚ many kids are taught that Christopher Columbus founded this land
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