Various things in today’s society undoubtedly attract a great deal of attention; one of those things in the most recent of news is transgender becoming more relevant or popular. With this specific topic comes plenty of controversy on things such as discrimination‚ laws‚ and most commonly the public opinion of current days society. One major issue with transgender in today’s society is discrimination. Discrimination is basically to single out an individual or group based on their race‚ gender‚ color
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“My first instinct is to push you until you break‚ just to see how hard I have to press‚ he says‚ his fingers squeezing of the word ‘break!’ My body tenses at the edge in his voice‚ so I am coiled as tight as a spring‚ and I forgot to breathe. His dark eyes lifted to mine‚ he adds‚ ‘but I resist it.’ ‘Why… I swallow.’ ‘Why is that your first instinct?’ ‘fear doesn’t shut you down; it wakes you up. I’ve seen it. It’s fascinating.’” In this scene‚ Tobias brings about the importance of how fear means
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Standardized Testing: Good or Bad? If someone was to ask you “how do you define student achievement?” what would your answer be? Would you say student achievement is measured by state achievement tests? Or would you say that student achievement is too complex a subject to be objectively measured? There are many important skills students must be taught‚ and we need a way to effectively measure if they are in fact learning those skills. However‚ standardized tests cannot effectively show the learning
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The Death Penalty A society operates around communities of people who work together and do their part to form a functional place to live. Many people benefit from others throughout society without even knowing it. Society functions and benefits from people doing their part to keep our community safe and people benefit from society as well‚ but there is an exception. Criminals who have committed a crime that has placed them in prison for the rest of their life‚ without the possibility of parole
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There is nothing better than dipping your feet in the pool on a scorching hot day. Some people enjoy it so much that they’ll even put their kids in danger to make sure that they get the chance to do so. Take Amber Schmunk for instance. Schmunk purchased a plastic pool from her local store so that she‚ her kids and their friends could enjoy the last few days of warm weather. After realizing that she wouldn’t be able to fit the pool in her car‚ she decided to place it on the roof rack. However‚ not
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Michelle Obama once declared‚ “If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test‚ I wouldn’t be here. I guarantee you that.” If our first lady of the United States of America can be stating that she would have not been successful if she took standardized testing‚ then why do we base all of our students success on their test scores? Diane Ravitch‚ one of the major contributors to the No Child Left Behind Act‚ was once a supporter of standardized testing and believed it could
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High schoolers tend to not make good choices as they get older. In the article “Drug Testing of High School Students May Help Prevent Substance Abuse” written by Joined Together Staff says‚ “Once students graduate and move off to college‚ all bets are off‚ and the rates of drug and alcohol use go through the roof.” Once students think they are older‚ they think they can do whatever they want and never get into trouble. Students at a younger age are easier to deal with when getting help‚ because they
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Technology has given humans numerous advantages. One advantage‚ in particular‚ is the improvement in the way we think that results in a change in the way we learn. Although this advantage is very helpful in today’s world‚ there is a downside in its effect on the environment and our future. When militaries started occupying land‚ they began to enforce their own culture upon that land. This included using the military’s technology to advance civilization. Even though technology has made significant
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The University of Iowa should be a place where everyone can feel safe and happy. It should be a home. It is part of the Resident Assistant’s job to make this safe environment a reality. The University of Iowa is diverse‚ and this should be celebrated‚ especially in the dorms where many new students live. It is of the utmost importance that a Resident Assistant helps foster an environment of cooperation and acceptance for their floor. The dorm floor is a community‚ and communities thrive best when
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If you go to a restaurant and it was for favorite but they change a recipe and you get food poisoning you are probably not going eat there again. You don’t like how there doing things now so your going to a different restaurant maybe even start your own? Well that’s kind of what happened to the Englishmen noting really to do with the food but the rules and the restrictions on religion and that is why they settled in north America .King James did not believe in a real religion but he believed in
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