The Debate Over Homeschooling Lynn Waite Grantham University Abstract Homeschooling is defined as learning outside of the public or private school environment. Homeschooling can be looked at from both the advantages and disadvantages. Those who are in favor of it list the advantages of homeschooling to be the freedom to incorporate religious teachings to their children‚ one-on-one attention between student and parent‚ the strengthening of the family relationship‚ and the socialization with a
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Debate: Affirmative Case Judge I am here today to argue for the affirmative position on the terminally ill should be allowed to choose medically supervised euthanasia . Now‚ the road map to our resolutions is one the definition of terminally ill and euthanasia. Second‚ we will state our three contentions which are why should it be legal? Is it considered criminal homicide? Is it fair if the patients mental health is unstable? Judge‚ our resoultion states that those who are terminally ill which
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grown into the most debated topic of the 21st century. With every debate there stand two sides‚ the Pro -Choice and Pro-Life. The Pro-Choice group stands with the belief that it is the right of the woman to choose to have an abortion. Opposing this is the Pro-Life side‚ they hold to the conclusion that it is the right of the child to be born. Both sides collide head-on with no middle ground in sight. The evolution of the debate is one of the main factors in understanding how both sides developed
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For over 150 years the marbles of Greece have been placed in the British museum‚ they are recognized as the Elgin Marbles. The Elgin Marbles continue to be the main point of an ongoing debate that will basically determine the historical influence of an important culture. Some of the sculptures that were removed were the marble figures‚ metopes (sculptures in high relief) and friezes. To this day the Greek government has correctly requested the return of the Elgin Marbles a few times while the British
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Week 5 Learning Team Debate Paper 10/7/2012 Although marijuana usage has shown some benefits in very specific cases it is not the miracle cure that its proponents make it out to be. The medical community should continue to look for a better solution to these problems as marijuana has proven to have many harmful side effects. Scientific studies have shown an increased rate of depression and schizophrenia in habitual marijuana users (Marijuana|drugfacts|national Institute On Drug Abuse‚ 2010)
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The nature-nurture debate For millennia thinkers have argued over what determines our personality and behavior : innate biology or life experiences (pinker‚2004). This conflict is known as the nature nurture debate. The nature only view is that who we are comes from the inborn tendencies and genetically based traits. Consider the scenario . you are at a restaurant and you see a young family trying to eat a meal. A two year old girl running in circles around a table and won’t sit down‚ despite
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The Boot Camp Debate In any of today ’s society no matter where you look there will be some evidence of crime present. This statement derives from a sociologist theory that says no society can exists without crime. The government is constantly looking for new ways to deal with these reoccurring problems. The focus has been placed upon the government to look into young offenders and the style used to punish them. Weapons possession is quite common among the youth‚ at least in urban Canada‚
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The Debate on Capital Punishment The Debate on Capital Punishment INTRODUCTION: Capital Punishment has been used for centuries‚ however‚ that does not mean that this form of punishment is universally accepted. Capital punishment has a long history of debate at least as long as the punishment itself. This debate is not resolved. To this day‚ it is a hot topic for most‚ even though 65 percent of adult Americans have indicated that they support this form of punishment. Additionally‚ this support
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It’s sad that we can’t do what’s best for our own health‚ but that’s sadly what it has come to. Therefore‚ the government needs to impose a soda tax. The soda tax debate has garnered big headlines in newspapers. It ’s only fitting that the attention surrounding America ’s obesity epidemic might come to rest on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs.) The nation ’s penchant for soft drinks is on the rise; we now drink on average 50 gallons per person per year‚ about double the amount we drank in 1977.
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Under the Constitution‚ the fundamental laws of the United States by which the people and states must abide by‚ we hold to our amendments; however‚ like most things‚ some amendments are under scrutiny‚ as they can be such a controversial topic. One such controversial topic would be our Second Amendment under the Bill of Rights of the Constitution‚ wherein resides our first ten basic‚ natural rights‚ which are guaranteed to citizens of the United States. As stated by the Second Amendment of the United
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