around the world do for a living. They have astronomical salaries‚ and hardly work to make their money. Also‚ they don’t save lives but earn more money than people who do. While they are always putting a burden on their bodies‚ they don’t deserve this much money. Athletes barely work for their money. Approximately 50 percent of NBA players play about 30 minutes per game‚ yet still‚ make 7‚000 to 290‚000 dollars per game. Even though they spend a colossal amount of time sitting on the bench‚ they
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Are we too distracted by technology? Kids ages eight to eighteen spend more than seven hours using technology a day. (If your kids are awake they’re probably online…) Technology has become a huge part of our everyday life. Our society is controlled by and dependent on what technology has to offer us. But‚ are we too distracted by it? Despite all of technologies advancements‚ social issues surrounding the topic still exist. Today’s children would rather stay inside playing video games
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Teenagers spend too much time on their mobile phones and computers Denying the fact that teenagers spend too much time on their mobile phones and computers will be an injustice. It will be like lying to ourselves. Being a teenager myself‚ I willingly admit to the fact that we do spend too much time on our technologies. We cannot help it; with time‚ incredible inventions have mastered to better our lives and being born in the new generation‚ the youth have quickly adapted to the changes‚ particularly
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that kind of money waste it and have no morals. There are definately people more deserving of high salaries than a professional athlete. The president of the united states‚ who has one of the toughest jobs in the nation‚ makes no where near as much as an athlete. Barack Obama makes around $400‚000 a year while Alex Rodriguez makes around $33 million a year (McSharry... ). Another job that effects the lives of almost every american is the job of a school teacher. School teachers are very deserving
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“Too Much of a Good Thing”‚ written by Richard B. Woodward‚ recounts the Lewis Hine scandal‚ a time where the American photography market had difficulty proving the authenticity of Hine’s alleged vintage photos. “Materials and Techniques of Man Ray’s Le Violin d’Ingres” by Paul Messier‚ written ten years after the Hine scandal‚ explores Man Ray’s photograph Le Violin d’Ingres by employing various connoisseurship skills to gain “valuable insight into the origins of the print.” It is interesting to
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Modern day society has a structure that relies on authority to thrive‚ without authority it becomes a house of cards‚ one falls over and the whole thing comes down. Governments need to keep people at bay therefore they create laws and systems that must be followed and if they are not‚ people face the consequences. People are controlled in a variety of ways‚ security cameras and traffic control cameras‚ reminds individuals that they are being watched. Internet Protocol address (IP address) is another
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Dustin‚ in reference to your question‚ I believe that the state and school districts do place too much emphasis on testing. I feel like all teachers teach is the test‚ which results in students lacking in the areas of cognition‚ metacognition‚ and foundational skills. Nowadays‚ students rarely have time to get familiar with their thought process and why they think the way that they do. This is due to so much paperwork‚ multiple tests‚ and testing strategies being shoved down their throats. Students
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should be limited homework for multiple reasons. There should only be a limited amount of homework because too much homework can cause stress on some people. Also‚ students that get a lot of homework might have to stay up late because they either had work after school or an afterschool activity. Teachers do not realize that even though their class is important it is not the only class students have‚ we have five other classes to study for. The average percentage of stress for high school students is 32
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which we obtain too easily‚ we esteem too lightly. It is dearness only which gives everything its value."-Thomas Paine Assignment: Do we value only what we struggle for? Plan your response‚ and then write an essay to explain your views on this issue. Be sure to support your position with specific points and examples. (You may use examples from your reading‚ observations‚ or‚ knowledge of subjects such as history‚ literature‚ science.) Thomas Paine once said‚ “That which we obtain too easily
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Topic: Do colleges put too much stock into standardized test Many students have the desire to succeed when taking college entrance tests‚ but some students have been proven as bad test takers which means they understand the concepts but are not able to put them on paper. Colleges should not deny prospective students just because their test scores are not as high as the next students; colleges should realize that students are more than just a standardized test score. Tests cannot predict how successful
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