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    My topic on my argument paper is on distractions while driving. I know that there are a lot of different distractions while we drive. But the one thing that bothers me is the law that there is on texting while driving. I know that it’s not good to text while you drive because how can you be paying attention to the road if you’re looking down. And I also know that all teens like to do now is text rather than talk on the phone. I personally would rather talk on the phone because it seems a little more

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    didn’t see that stop sign let alone that mini van with the 3 young children. All they can see now is the inside of the casket‚ while you’re looking at 25 to life I know this is hard to imagine happening. But unfortunately this is a scenario that happens quite frequently and it could happen to anyone including you. In my speech I will discuss the dangers of cell phone use while driving‚ scary statistics‚ a real life example‚ laws concerning cell phone use‚ and the preventive measures used to ensure

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    Neistat’s video “Texting While Walking” is arguing against texting while walking by listing the dangers of it. His claim that texting and walking is dangerous. Neistat uses examples of actors running into things due to them not paying attention to their surroundings‚ disrupting the flow of pedestrians because they stop in the middle of a street‚ and other pedestrians becoming annoyed by the actor texting and walking to defend his claim (Neistat‚ 2012). The main purpose of “Texting While Walking” is to inform

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    Suleyma Carrera Ms. Middleton English IV: FL College Prep 17 March 2014 Birth Defects While Drinking and Smoking. When a women or a young women is pregnant she must alter some of the things she may be doing in her everyday life. Harmful things such as drinking and smoking should be at the top of the list of things not to do when carrying a developing human being. Some women‚ and most teenage girls do not understand the repercussions that smoking and drinking

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    MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES The idiom‚ “Make hay while the sun shines” originated in an agricultural setting and originally it was in the form “when the sun shineth‚ make hay”. This unique expression refers to the production of hay after a harvest. The warmth of the sun’s rays dry up the wheat stalks and turns them into hay. Once the hay is dry‚ if it gets wet again it starts to rot. The weather being unpredictable‚ one has to grab the opportunity and dry the hay while the sun is shining.

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    It is true that is some countries teenagers have jobs while they are still students. I support this idea and believe that it can help the teenager a lot in his present and future life. Self-reliance is an important lesson of life. People need to learn it at some point of time. Teenagers who have jobs while they are studying learn to fend for themselves. They may use the money earned to pay their school fee or may use it as their pocket money. They learn how difficult it is to earn money. This will

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    Almost 50% of all drivers between the ages of 18 and 24 are texting while driving. Texting while driving should be illegal. Texting causes crashes‚ injury‚ and possible death. Texting and driving is a huge problem in America‚ especially among teens and young adults. One reason why texting and driving should be illegal is it distracts the driver from the road. Another reason why is because it endangers the drivers around the person who is texting. The third reason why is because teens and young adults

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    Driving While on Drugs Summary: As the police departments in the U.S. get tougher on drunk drivers‚ some drivers find different ways to stay high while behind the wheel by using prescription pills and marijuana. A new report says drivers are nearly as likely to be high on pot or pills as drunk on alcohol‚ and it urges states to take steps to better monitor and control drugged driving (Schmitz‚ 2015). The states and federal government are working on figuring out the policies on recognizing high drivers

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    History of the Document The Universal Declaration of Human Rights‚ which was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 10 December 1948‚ was the result of the experience of the Second World War. With the end of that war‚ and the creation of the United Nations‚ the international community vowed never again to allow atrocities like those of that conflict happen again. World leaders decided to complement the UN Charter with a road map to guarantee the rights of every individual everywhere. The document

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    Katherine Williams DL1 What can happen to a baby if the mother drinks alcohol while she is pregnant? What can happen is if the mother smokes cigarettes while she is pregnant? Research and report on the dangers of smoking and drinking by pregnant women in reference to their unborn children. Cigarette smoke reaches the fetus through the placenta which is the tissue that connects the mother and fetus. Among other important functions‚ the placenta provides nutrients to the fetus. When nicotine and

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