The average age of a gang member is 17 or 18‚ but now‚ one fourth of all gang members are as young as 15 (citation). Gang recruitment can begin before children reach the age of ten. Gang life is appealing to young ones because of the sense of status and brotherhood associated with this lifestyle. Young recruits are often eager to prove themselves and are willing to be involved in dangerous situations in order to do so. Gang member risk it all for a feeling of purpose and identity and in the long
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With these new advances people are now starting to come up with actions to help eliminate secondhand smoke. “The American College Health Association (ACHA) has recently adopted a No Tobacco Use policy that encourages colleges and universities to be diligent in their efforts to achieve a campus-wide smoke-free environment (Harbison 323). For an example on University of North Carolina Wilmington students‚ factuality‚ and guest have to follow guidelines put in place by the campus to help promote health
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I believe that PEDs should stay illegal in sports because of young athletes having role models who do take drugs‚ health problems with PEDs‚ and many athletes seeking an unfair advantage. These are only three of some of the many reasons why PEDs should stay illegal in sports. My first reason is there are problems with young athletes having role models who do take drugs. This could lead to consequences. One example of a consequence from the article Top 10 Pros and Cons: Should performance enhancing
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Professor ENC1101 10 October 2013 Combat High This essay is based on Combat High written by Sebastian Junger first published in Newsweek Magazine in 2010. The article was adapted from the author ’s book War which describes life in a platoon in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan. He spent fourteen months during 2007 and 2008 embedded in the platoon. Junger points out the costs of the war in terms of the soldiers psychological aspects‚ explaining how being in combat can be damaging. Another cost of
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Post Staff report they state that "with employers desperately seeking kids to work after school and on weekends‚ students and their parents are often faced with difficult decisions about school and work". Having a job is a rewarding feeling. Schools should allow students that work after school a set balance of homework that can be tolerated‚ and not overloaded for that student. Students would then know beforehand how to manage their time and keep track of their school work and would be able to keep
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Over the years‚ animal testing has helped scientists create new medicines and vaccines. However‚ it has been proven that “92 out of every 100 drugs that pass animal tests fail in humans” (PETA). Animal testing is not okay and should be stopped. Animals deserve rights‚ the tests are usually very harmful to the animal‚ and animals are dying and being abused for unnecessary reasons. Animals deserve rights. Animals can not speak up for themselves. We need to be their voice because they can not communicate
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Public schools across the United States have been dealing with the issue of dress codes. As of 2008‚ twenty-two U.S. states specifically authorized schools to institute dress codes or uniform policies (8). School boards may generally create and enforce dress code‚ but they must do so without violating students’ constitutional law (9). Schools are finding difficulty in enforcing their dress code among students. Parents feel as if the schools dress codes are condoning their students for expressing
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desire‚ and they use this mindset to put themselves on top of all other businesses. So why can’t both groups fulfill this desire together? By allowing these corporations to provide sponsorships for schools‚ they are able to do exactly that. Schools should continue to use corporate sponsorships on account of the benefits it provides the school. Keeping schools “up to date” and equipped with all the new technology requires a lot of money that is not always in the school’s budget. Having supplies and
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First‚we should celebrate halloween at school because we can dress up as our favorite characters and be whatever we want.The principal can have a dress code of what costumes we can and can’t wear to school.We can just paint our face and not dress up but they can have a dress code for that too.Teachers can wear their costumes too and give out candy to students. Next‚ kids should enjoy bringing their own costume to school or maybe even paint their faces.Kids can enjoy being with their friends and be
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school for one year. School dropouts should pay back the money used to educate them. If they don’t pay back the money then that would mean the student flushed our money down the drain. Every 26 seconds a high school student drops out of school. That’s over 65 billion dollars a year‚ if this keeps up then our money should go towards other things like projects‚ debt‚ and social security. Lastly‚ for the students who are going to school‚ some of the dropout money should go towards schools so it can afford
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