Throughout time‚ many books have been challenged or banned. Most of the time‚ it is parents banning books with content that they don’t want their child to be reading. For example‚ a war novel‚ A Farewell to Arms‚ has been challenged for some of its content but it also has positive aspects to the story. In A Farewell to Arms‚ the main character‚ Frederic Henry‚ starts out in the Italian front as an ambulance driver. Eventually‚ he goes and meets a hospital nurse named Catherine Barkley with his good
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The Effects of SAT and ACT Test Scores on Students Too often students find themselves cramming information they should know before taking a test. Initially‚ they’ll study the information‚ and mundanely forget it soon after the test. Students often say “getting grades is the most important thing about school” (LeCompte). The more emphasis teachers and parents’ place on performance‚ the more students become set back by a failure‚ which makes an even more vigorous point to this argument (Heyman and
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In America guns are huge deal whether you like them or not. It may be gun violence or just using it for sport‚ either way gun laws should be set but guns should not be banned. Having stricter gun control laws can keep Americans and their communities more safe‚ help guns from ending up in the wrong hands‚ and help reduce the overall deaths in America which are way up there compared to all the other causes of death. If people want their communities to be safe then there needs to be gun control to enforce
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Menendez‚ Landrieu‚ and Hagen together introduced the Alert Drivers Act‚ which would say that states pass laws banning texting while driving. Though more and more states are passing texting bans‚ it remains the case that fewer than half the states have banned the practice as of today (U.S. Congress). AAA foundation for Traffic Safety reports that 67 percent of drivers admitted to talking on their cell phone while driving behind the wheel‚ and 21 percent of drivers indicated they have read or sent a text
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“Applying technology in education would enhance human capacity‚ dynamize the teaching/learning environment‚ promote creativity‚ innovation‚ critical thinking‚ decision making and lifelong learning.” This predominant point suggests that laptops should not be banned in the classroom at the University level. Reasons are distribution‚ media‚ productivity‚ Internet‚ software‚ virtuality‚ management and environment. From the inception of the People’s Partnership government in 2010‚ an innovative approach
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Speech: smoking should be banned. Good afternoon Ms Gorman and fellow class mates I am standing before you today to argue and present why smoking should be banned. Cigarettes the poison of humanity‚ killing thousands every year‚ children smoking at the age of 12 ‚ the bad health of smokers and people around them and hundreds of dollars being wasted on them‚ will it ever stop? These are the aspects which I believe are of most interest on this topic of smoking should be banned and are what im going
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also main source of entertainment. Statistics say that there’s t least one TV in every American house. It has many benefits and also negative effects on children such as makes the children’s health bad‚ brain damaged‚ and learns children aggressive behavior. The first negative effect of watching TV is that it can make the children’s health bad. The body needs physical activities to burn calories‚ but most children watch TV for long time and tend to eat snacks while watching television‚ and forced
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consequences were far greater. From 1961 to 1971‚ a chemical was sprayed over the entire country of Vietnam‚ leaving 200‚000 people affected by the harmful toxin (Dioxin‚ 2015). The chemical used is called Agent Orange. Its use was discontinued after it was banned in 1971 by the United States (n.a‚ 2016). However‚ the ban came too late and provided no relief for the Vietnamese that are still dealing with the consequences of exposure to Agent Orange. Agent Orange was originally sprayed to kill all the trees
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strongly about this and feel it’s a good discursive topic to argue my point. The points that I’ll be talking about in this essay are: -what is free and hate speech -who are mostly victims of hate speech -why people argue hate speech shouldn’t be banned -why I think hate speech is wrong -how hate speech can turn to violence -stereotypes from hate speech -how it will effect younger generations What is free speech and what is hate speech? Free speech or freedom of speech is a human right which
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Commercials has a great influence in our day to day lives. All commercials‚ basically attempt to persuade the people to buy the products. Commercials let people know about the new products the company (ex. Apple) launches and reminds the customer that their product is superior to the competitor’s product. The commercial explains why their product is different and effective than the competitor’s product and influences the customer about the benefits of the product. To gain the attention of
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