an effort to paint a picture of a righteous act or way of living that others should follow? Although numerous times‚ some of sport’s best athletes have done this in the past‚ one athlete‚ Colin Kaepernick‚ has earned quite the public response after he chose not to stand up during the national anthem. Some people argue that sports is not a time for protesting and politics. However‚ professional athletes should be allowed to use their status or position to protest events taking place today. These
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fight in the war‚ women have been forced to leave their world and children have had to leave their friends‚ school‚ and sometimes extended family. Children are missing out on important life-skills‚ including social‚ and cognitive development. To try and combat these major issues‚ Canada should allow 25‚000 Syrian refugee families into the country over the next two years. Many will argue that Canada should not allow in any Syrian refugees because of national security issues‚ and that they will take Canadian
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Kicked out of the Classroom? A trashy and racist book wouldn’t be allowed in classrooms. The novel‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ written by Mark Twain‚ is receiving negative attention. The dominant problem that students‚ parents‚ teachers‚ and even professors‚ face ‚ is the usage of the n-word. After reading this adventurous story‚ it is hard to find the problem that is upsetting many people. Therefore‚ this incredible novel should continue to be in the high school curriculum because it offers
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Should Old People be allowed to Drive? The debate of whether old people should be allowed to drive is often brought up by younger drivers‚ the reality is that all able bodied people who are healthy should be able to drive but as old age arrives it is inevitable our health will decrease. There are many different arguments on this subject and it is a wide spoken debate amongst road users‚ I will concentrate on both opinions and arrive at a conclusion as to whether old people should be allowed to drive
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Domestic violence should not be allowed to happen in a relationship because it hurts the person mentally and physically and could also cause them to become handicapped. Domestic violence is a act of violence or aggressive type of behavior within ones home. It usually involves violent abuse between a spouse or a partner .However‚ victims can be anyone. It causes a person to feel unloved because they are being beat 24/7. It is not easy to tell if the relationship will become abusive or not at the beginning
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Why School Should Ban Candy and Soda? Schools should ban candy and soda because the schools are removing unhealthy and high-calorie items. At least a third of kids the U.S are overweight or obese. That means they’re going to have trouble losing weight or even get lazy to get up and be able to do homework at home. Children consume half of the calories that candy and soda have together. Half of the school’s money goes to the vending machines refill. For example‚ they have to restore the food inside
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smaller children and then the family finally spends the last week of summer together‚ on holiday(Horton). Shockingly‚ this family is one of the more fortunate ones‚ being able to pay for the two weeks of childcare and providing food for all three children. Most parents rely on the cheap school cafeteria to fill their children’s stomachs but now “food banks are bracing themselves for unprecedented summer holiday demand” (Horton). These summers are not only challenging for the parents‚ but the kids often
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bang‚ crack! There goes another spanking. Maybe you think that spanking helps prevent bad and misbehavior from children‚ but did you think about how it doesn’t help them? Spanking should be illegal in the united states. There are people/guardians that abuse the children everyday because they take it too far. Spanking should not be provided in the united states because of the incidences that are provided here. In my view people can get to aggressive while spanking the children‚ and could harm
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It is true that is some countries teenagers have jobs while they are still students. I support this idea and believe that it can help the teenager a lot in his present and future life. Self-reliance is an important lesson of life. People need to learn it at some point of time. Teenagers who have jobs while they are studying learn to fend for themselves. They may use the money earned to pay their school fee or may use it as their pocket money. They learn how difficult it is to earn money. This will
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What if sports turned co-ed? Co-ed sports should be allowed. Three reasons are: the teams would have the best of both genders on one team‚ there would be more competition to make the team‚ and there would be better opponents to make better games. First of all‚ co-ed should be allowed because the teams would have the best players of both genders on one team. According to Caitlin Granfield of youthletic‚ “Before puberty‚ boys and girls who play sports together can learn many things about each
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