Three out of four American families with school-aged children have at least one playing an organized sport — a total of about 45 million kids. Participation in sports is extremely important‚ and should be encouraged much more. Kids should play competitive sports because it provides them with a variety of fitness and teamwork opportunities. There are plenty of positive things that associates with competitive sports‚ rather than the bad. Nevertheless‚ competitive sports offer enrichment beyond what
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Professor Amy Sandefur November 27‚ 2014 Rhetorical Essay on “Kid Kustomers” Eric Schlosser wrote a book called Fast Food Nation in 2001. “Kid Kustomers” was a chapter in Schlosser’s book where he aimed to inform the readers about businesses using their advertisements to target children. By citing credible sources‚ using studies and statistics‚ applying emotional appeal‚ and using good word choice Schlosser created a strong essay. “Kid Kustomers” is about the businesses using their advertisements
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When Kids Get Life In the Frontline video “When Kids Get Life” we were introduced to 5 cases in the state of Colorado where teenage boys had been sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. After watching the video I found myself struggling to have an objective opinion on the issue presented‚ mostly because of personal experiences being a victim of childhood abuse and also having a family member (my brother) murdered. I felt the video to be very one sided but I do find myself agreeing with the
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the precipice. I bore witness the Roman-nosed rock face. All salinity lost? Yes‚ all salinity lost. A roadrunner flashed between the Manzanita trees. Coyote was not in pursuit. Got me thinking‚ what if Roadrunner had a kid? A son‚ one Coyote never knew existed. Montages of Kid Roadrunner in training‚ Dad Roadrunner analogous to Texas Pop Warner football coaches: “Dammit son! Your ‘Beep Beep’ is way off pitch!” “Spin your legs‚ don’t rotate ‘em!” “Evade! Evade! Evade!” Furthermore‚ montages
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Violent Media is Good for Kids Analysis From infancy onward‚ parents and teachers have drilled into the young generation that violence should be avoided at all costs. They have preached cooperation‚ tolerance‚ and “using one’s words” as tactics to combat difficult situations. Although those lessons are valid‚ Gerald Jones claims there is an alternative way. In his essay‚ “Violent Media is Good for Kids‚” Jones argues that “creative violence- bonking cartoons‚ bloody videogames‚ toy guns-gives
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on youthful kids is particularly striking. Youthful kids regularly figure out the proper behavior and carry on from what they see at home‚ from the grown-ups and more established associates they interact with‚ and from what they see on TV. Youthful youngsters intuitively mimic activities and model the conduct they watch‚ be that as it may they don’t have the insightfulness or development to figure out if the activity is fitting or great. Research demonstrates that the normal American kid spends around
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points of view on. My favorite one is the one that argues if under aged kids should be tried as adults or not. This topic has so many different points of views that there will never be an exact answer on if children should be tried as adults or not. This topic is very interesting because every case is different‚ meaning that because there are different variables that led kids to get in trouble we can never say that all kids should be treated as adults because their level of crime is never the same
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Pressured parents‚ Coddled kids By: Justin Liu For: Mr. Adams Course: Human condition Date submitted: November 11th ‚2010 In this new generation of kids‚ there is huge pressure to give your child the best of everything. Children are now being raised on pedestals‚ with all their needs being taken care of by their parents. Many children
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13-to-17-year-olds‚ and Doris Lessing’s condemnation‚ in her acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize in literature‚ of "a fragmenting culture" in which "young men and women ... have read nothing‚ knowing only some specialty or other‚ for instance‚ computers." Kids today -- we’re telling you! -- don’t read‚ don’t write‚ don’t care about anything farther in front of them than their iPods. The Internet‚ according to 88-year-old Lessing (whose specialty is sturdy typewriters‚ or perhaps pens)‚ has "seduced a whole
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Angela Davis Mrs. Chancey Essay 4 November 4‚ 2009 Should Kids Get Spanked? There have been many debates on spanking and corporal punishment over recent years. There are two sides to any argument. On one side are some parents‚ who believe that it is acceptable to spank their children‚ and on the other side‚ there are those who believe that children should never be spanked. The main problem with spanking is that each group defines spanking differently. There are some who believe spanking is a
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