even the Harry Potter Series have been banned or challenged in towns across America. This may come as a surprise since these books are favorites amongst many as the texts range from educational to simply an enjoyable read. Censorship of books goes back to 360 B.C.‚ but has become more of a problem in recent years. Over 11‚300 books have been challenged for their content since 1982 and many people can’t seem to find reason behind it (About). Banning books should be prohibited because banning books creates
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therefore my test grades suffer as a result. Homework is like slavery. It’s basically forcing students to go home after a stressful day of school and activities and do pointless homework. Teachers should be teaching these things in class‚ not making the students learn it themselves. It’s preventing children from leading balanced lifestyles‚ with a healthy amount of sleep and activities to keep them fit and active. How is a student supposed to do 3 to 4 hours of homework‚ study for a plethora of tests
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SCHOOL UNIFORMS SHOULD NOT BE BANNED In a school‚ uniforms make up a vital part of a student’s environment. One can agree that school uniforms should not be banned as it helps in providing the students with a sense of belonging. School uniforms also helps in preventing the constant wearing of inappropriate attire to school. School uniforms also create a look of neatness and order for onlookers to see. Can one not agree on such things that help to build a better individual?
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Biology 101 Should Cigarette Smoking Be Banned? Should there be a ban on cigarette smoking in the United States? Since cigarettes were introduced to Americans‚ questions have been raised concerning the legality of smoking and if it should be allowed everyone‚ in public places‚ or not at all. Recently‚ with the increase knowledge in cost and healthcare‚ the controversy with cigarette smoking has significantly risen. Across the country‚ states have banned smoking in public areas and inside buildings
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that bottled soft drinks contain deadly pesticides. Soft drink giants Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have‚ however‚ refuted the findings and are contemplating legal action against the NGO. They should be banned! Soft drinks are just like candies but liquid candies. They are unhealthy especially for children. Not only because the regular ones are loaded with sugar‚ but because of the other adverse effects all these soft drinks have on people’s health. Not only that but soon we will have no space to
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Sheila Sim Mrs. Virginia Link-Pease English 122 02 October 2010 Steroid Use in Sports Should Be Banned Day by day professional athletes are being praised for their ability and accomplishments in their respective sports. The professional athletes that are succeeding the most are generally using performance enhancing drugs‚ other known as anabolic steroids (Mayo Clinic). Anabolic steroids are drugs which imitate the effect of the male sex hormone‚ Testosterone. The cells producing protein increase
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an African American male‚ so the explicitness of his lyrics should be far from shocking. Not very far into the fan’s rendition of the song‚ Lamar stops and chastises her in front of the crowd for not censoring the ’N’ word‚ which was prevalent throughout the lyrics of the song. Because of that situation‚ the question of whether the ’N’ word should be completely banned is increasingly under review. Before answering this question‚ one should understand the origin of the word‚ logicize the reason to
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“Despite guns being banned in Honduras it has the highest murder rate in the world‚ yet in Switzerland almost all people have guns and it has the lowest murder rate in the world.” (Anderson) Many people and famous politicians disagree with guns because that is what many are killed by. Gun ownership should be allowed because it is a huge protection device against deadly threats to a family and yourself. There are many logical reasons why guns shouldn’t be banned. One of the biggest being that the
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voluntary removal of content where a musical work appears in a certain context. A popular example of musical censorship is the widely used ‘radio edit’. This is so songs can be played wherever possible across different forms of media including television and radio. The most common of which is to censor particular lyrics‚ particularly profanities‚ from the overall finished
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Television is constantly being criticised as being bad for children. One of the first arguments to come up is the effect that violent TV has on children. It is a valid argument as most of the time TV violence begs for imitation because violence is demonstrated and promoted as a fun and effective way to get what you want. Many violent acts are perpetrated by the "good guys‚" whom children have been taught to emulate. Adding to the lure of imitation is TV ’s freedom from restraint. Children are taught
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