* Should teenagers be tried as adults? Opinions differ. Some people argue that teenagers don’t know what they are doing when they commit a crime and are still too young to comprehend what is right and wrong. I totally disagree. I am old enough to know that committing a crime is wrong and that if I commit one‚ I will be punished. Anyone who says teens can’t tell right from wrong is either too old to remember what being a teenager is like or they are a teenager who has committed a crime and don’t want
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opinions about it. Trying teenagers as adults is an issue that many people have been debating on‚ and it still receives attention today. Yet‚ teenagers are different from adults. If a teen commits a crime‚ he or she should not be tried as an adult because they do not have a fully developed brain‚ they could commit suicide when put in adult prison‚ and they could have lifelong barriers to employment when they are released from prison. Many people believe that teenagers are not as mature as adults
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Second‚ and closely related‚ was the issue of whether the roughly four million freedmen should be allowed to vote. The issue was how to receive the four million former slaves as citizens. If they were to be fully counted as citizens‚ some sort of representation for apportionment of seats in Congress had to be determined. Before the war‚ the population of slaves had been counted as three-fifths of a corresponding number of free whites. By having four million freedmen counted as full citizens‚ the
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Should Tourism be allowed in Antarctica? There is no doubt Antarctica is an incredible tourist destination. Visitor numbers have increased rapidly over the last few decades. During 1998-99‚ in the summer season‚ over 10‚000 tourists visited Antarctica‚ compared with less than 2000‚ 19 years ago. This is not necessarily a good thing; what about all of the pollution people cause whilst travelling to Antarctica? This brings us to the question: Should Tourism be allowed in Antarctica? Some people think
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Should designer babies be allowed? Introduction In my case study I will be discussing should designer babies be allowed? I will be looking at what designer babies are‚ how would they be achieved? as well as the pros and cons of designer babies. I will also review the possible effects that having designer babies has. Explanation of designer babies A designer baby is the word used to describe the act of genetically modifying the genes of babies. They can also screen embryos for any disorders and
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anonymous voice. There are a few restrictions on voting‚ which include age‚ citizenship‚ and in some states weather you’re a convicted felon. I believe that it is unfair that some states make it so felons can’t vote. I really believe felons should be allowed to vote simply because everyone makes mistakes‚ and some felons have to rejoin society eventually. Felons are looked at by some as the bad people of society. Some people even believe that once they have messed up they don’t deserve a second
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Teenagers should not be treated as adults when they are mentally undeveloped and are not capable of thinking twice about the consequences to their actions. Teenagers are at a sensitive stage in their life where thinking twice about a decision is not taken seriously‚ they become numb to what people advice and act solely on natural impulses. In “Startling Finds on Teenage Brains” by Paul Thomson‚ a research group at the University of California has noticed a “pattern of brain growth in individual children and teenagers
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Should phones be allowed in school? A recently debated subject is the question whether mobile phones should be allowed in schools. Yet‚ the reality is that it is hard to enforce a phone ban. Pupils will bring their mobile phones with them‚ despite the fact that they are allowed or banned. Besides that‚ most of the parents support the mobile phones in school‚ so they can reach their kids in case of emergency. Today’s mobile phones offer so many new opportunities‚ that it is not necessary to ban them
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Athletics are a big portion of American learning systems‚ even though they do not have very much to do with intelligence. Students will tend to focus on that more than their class or homework.Therefore‚ schools should eliminate sports to cut budgets‚ focus on academics‚ and allow students to get more sleep. Sports are a main part in American history but they’re not important enough to spend all the schools money on. In the article it states that one school had not had a music teacher in years so
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Should abortion be allowed on demand? Abortion is when the pregnancy is intentionally terminated to stop a natural child birth. In 1967 the Abortion Act was passed in the UK. It states that an abortion may only be carried out if the woman is under 24 weeks pregnant and has one of the following complications: If the pregnancy was continued it would risk the mother’s life more than f it was ended‚ the termination is necessary to avoid severe permanent injury to the physical or mental health of the
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