Jubelle Manalo Persuasive Essay Journal #9 Dear Principal‚ Technologies are getting high-tech. Everyone wants to have the latest gadgets like cell phones. As cell phones improved‚ more features are added that causes some problems to some school systems. Allowing students to have their phone in school has been debated over the years. Many school systems have adopted a policy that bans cell phones on school ground in which I support. Cell phones can interrupt class discussions. For instance
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Technology has utterly changed the way of America’s society is and how people interact with others. Since the ever thriving technology was invented‚ cyber bullying has regularly occurred as a consequence of technology which can recurrently result in suicide or suicidal attempts. Today‚ people argue whether if technology truly affects the suicide rate for college students. Essentially‚ everyone who is in college has some type of technology and/ or have at least gone on a social media website previously
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A study done by Pew Research Center from 2007-2010 stated that 95% of all teens use the internet and 80% of them use social networking sites (www.Edgewave.com). One in three teens is cyber-bullied (The Guardian‚ Tues‚ Aug 6‚ 2013). One in 13 teens face persistence abuse online (The Guardian.). Cyber-bullies do not see the harm they cause or the consequences of their actions which minimizes any feelings of remorse. This gives the kids more advantage to say crude and hurtful things they would not do
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Criminology February 9‚ 2012 Our Nation’s Hidden Problems It happens every day‚ people are made fun of‚ people are bullied and the bully-ers‚ and some people are just flat out victims of straight hate crimes that lead to death. “A Hate Crime is a criminal offense committed against persons‚ property or society that is motivated ‚ in whole or in part‚ by an offenders bias against an individual’s or a group’s race‚ religion‚ ethnic/national origin‚ gender‚ age‚ disability or sexual orientation
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People are often mislead by word judgement. Judgement is the process of forming an opinion or evaluation by discerning and comparing. Many people in the world today judge for no apparent reason. They judge because they do not know what to say about a person. Judgement can be passed when one criticizes people based on their clothes‚car ‚ and even their sexuality. Judgment on sexuality is the worst type of judgement the saying “ Do not judge a book by it’s cover” can be definitely applied to sexuality
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Introduction Walking through the school door‚ she feels the sweat dripping down the side of her cheeks. Her stomach flips and flops‚ and her hands have an obvious tremble. The slamming lockers and running footsteps are enough to make her eyes swell with tears. The snickers behind her are all too familiar‚ but she is not prepared for the shove to the back and degrading names that follow. In a split second‚ her mind is made up. She turns around‚ heads out the door‚ and doesn’t look back
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into the public eye. This time lending her well-known voice to a course‚ which she feels very passionately about: bringing public humiliation to an end. The decisive factor in her coming forward was the tragic story of the college freshman‚ Tyler Clementi (18) ‚ who jumped off a bridge to his death‚ after footage of him being intimate with another man was uploaded to the internet. This attracted an extreme amount of negative attention. The story resonated in Monica and especially her mother‚
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cyberbullying should talk to a teacher or guidance counselor about it to get guidance or help. According to a New York Times article‚ Rutger’s Webcam-Spying Defendant Is Sentenced to 30-Day Jail Time‚Tyler Clementi‚ a student from Rutgers University committed suicide in September 2010‚ two days after Clementi found out that his roommate‚ Dharun Ravi used a webcam to spy on him having sexual intercourse with another man. This situation was taken to court and resulted with Ravi going to jail for 30 days
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" Suicide is the permanent solution to temporary problem." I think this is not the right way to deal with and there are many other option and solution to it. This is the reason why I decided to write on this topic so that I can make aware other people about this issue in the society. Every year‚ thousands of people perish around the world not by accidents‚ cancer‚ or any disease but with their own hands. When people think or talk about suicide‚ the first thought that comes in mind is someone
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Studies show that cyberbullying incidents have quadrupled in past five years (Ross). Cyberbullying has become a huge issue recently. Every time you turn on the news there is another bullying‚ or a suicide related to bullying‚ incident being reported. “Love is louder” has been a common phrase among celebrities and influential figures lately. They are trying to send out a message to their followers saying that bullying is not right and should not be tolerated. The growth of communication technologies
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