Scholarship Essay Throughout my childhood‚ many individuals posed that infamous question: “So‚ what are you going to be when you grow up?” I cringe even now as I write it. During my childhood‚ the answer came quickly and with assurance: “A doctor.” I don’t know quite when I settled on that profession‚ but there it was‚ for all to marvel. My high school education was organized to take advantage of all the honors courses my school offered‚ as I knew this would look much more attractive when I
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Steven Cao Charlene Green English 1302 Do the Homeless Really Deserve it? Everyone in this country has at least seen someone on the street corner begging for money due to the fact that they are homeless‚ but have you ever really thought about why they are put into the position that they are in? It is a stereotype that all homeless people only collect money to spend it on drugs or alcohol and that is not always the case. They actually could be doing the complete opposite and try to stable
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I deserve the Grade of a 85 because I always put my best effort and creativity into all my work. I tried hard to put my own touch and interests into all the projects we have completed during the 2015 semester to make them unique. I consistently work hard‚ work well with others‚ and volunteer my time using my art skills to help Middle Schoolers. Although I do have my difficulties with time management and attendance‚ I mean well and try my hardest in every way I am capable. I consistently work
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Do your kids deserve to go to prison? Should kids be held just as accountable as adults? Kids should be held just as accountable as adults. Kids should be held just accountable as kids. Some kids do the same things as adults and adults get punished more. Sure‚ adults are more experienced‚ but it’s the kids’ life choices and if they did something wrong they need to be ready to face the punishment. If your kid did a crime that was tremendously unacceptable would you defend them in court? Both Adults
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Fiona “Why Americans Should Vote in Presidential Elections” Being able to vote for the leader of one’s country is one of the foundations that our founding father built this country on. When early settlers came from England their main goal was to start a country where people had the right to do whatever it is they choose to do with their lives‚ starting with freedom from a monarchy. People died in the Revolution for such freedoms as choosing the leader of their country. It started out as just caucasian
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Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head at ford’s theater. The assassination happened because John Wilkes Booth and his supporters did not agree with what freedom Lincoln had planned to give to the African Americans. African Americans during Lincoln’s presidency stood held under slavery in the confederate southern states and free in the union states but did not have equal rights as White people. So Lincoln’s first tasks was to save the union then he would set out to free all slaves . Freed African Americans
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wage equality‚ reproductive rights‚ and legal inequalities. Their movement‚ which aimed for legislative and workplace reforms like
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century and more and more women in the United States and Great Britain were beginning to express their desires for the right to voice their opinions and cast their votes for who should govern and be in charge of their government. Switzerland had granted suffrage to women in 1971‚ while France‚ Germany‚ and Italy enfranchised women decades earlier (Abrams and Settle 292)‚ and now it was time for the American and British women to join the suffrage movement as well. Thousands of women petitioned‚ lobbied
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On average‚ 65% of Americans vote yearly. Voting is so important that most people equate it with democracy. Three different ways that the voter turnout can increase include making the voting process more convenient by permitting mail-in ballots‚ same-day voter registration‚ and early voting. Should the citizens be the one to decide whom their their leader? There are three reasons why americans should be required to vote. Firstly‚ voting should already be compulsory‚ or required‚ because the people
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Do criminals deserve a second chance? That is the primary question that comes to the jury mind when they pass the final verdict. Everyone knows what a prison is‚ but no one has any idea how prisons work from the inside in all of the different countries in the world. In the article "Norway’s Ideal Prison" by Piers Hernu‚ the author describes how Bastoy‚ a prison located in Norway‚ treat its prisoners completely different than any other prison around the world. However‚ in the article "The Prisoner’s
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