17 May 2011 Why We Still Need Unions Labor unions have been around since the late 1700’s‚ but they were not always recognized as unions. Originally they were just a group of people banded together to get their voices heard. The strengthening of the carpenters‚ and other trades people‚ made an appearance in America in the 1866s found on aflcio.org labor history time line (“labor”). During this time‚ workers came together to reduce the working day and fight for safer working conditions. As
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may not need to improve on while teaching the class the necessary standards they will be tested on. What people fail to see about standardized testing is how the scores can help improve each child’s learning ability and the way teachers go over the material. I chose to write about this topic because I have never been a good test taker nor have I been a fan of standardized testing. However‚ throughout this paper I hope to enlighten everyone on the importance of standardized testing and why they require
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Messing Around with Addiction: The Struggle of America’s Youth Rehabilitation is the act of restoring something to its original state. Everyone makes mistakes and everyone needs a chance to change from the mistakes they’ve made. Legally if you are over the age of eighteen you are recognized as an adult but scientifically our brains are not fully developed until age twenty-five. So how can a judge hold a fifteen year old fully accountable for his or her actions when he or she can’t even fully understand
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There are many sex offender rehabilitations program for sex offenders in hopes that they will help sexual offenders change their way of thinking. Everyone has their own opinions in whether these programs really do help the offender’s way of thinking. It has also caused a negative effect in today’s society emotional response to these crimes. However‚ the emotions that some people might have about the subject shouldn’t be used to condemn sex offenders as monsters or look up in disgust‚ but help them
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The argument of school vouchers and charter school systems is a debate and heated topic being argued in small town school boards and also at the large Supreme Court level. The two topics of school vouchers and charter schools are being argued as school choice initiatives because they essentially allow the students’ parents to select the education and institution for their children that are not a part of traditional public school systems. The school voucher initiative or program provides parents a
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Is there a need for a constitutional bill of rights? Some people may say it’s unnecessary while others say it’s a need for our country. I however agree that our country needs a constitutional bill of rights. I agree with the side of maintaining a constitutional bill of rights because we‚ as a society‚ need our rights to be secured. If we were not to have a constitutional bill of rights our rights will go unprotected which we cannot afford to lose in this day and age. Maintaining our constitutional
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Of the incarcerated population in America‚ women make up about 8.8 percent of that. Though the number not as high as males‚ this is not to say gender specific programs aren’t a desirable need for women within correctional facilities across America. To create programs there must be a need for them and without a doubt women will highly benefit from these gender specific programs. These programs will aid incarcerated women in efforts to help them shape a better life for not only themselves but their
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College education being free‚ has been a topic that many debates‚ or come across often. Several countries do provide free college education‚ but this system won’t work in the United States especially in the highly populated regions. Therefore‚ making Community Colleges free‚ our taxes will rise‚ we will have overcrowded classrooms‚ and underpaid professors‚ all leading to poor quality of education. As stated by Mary Clare Amselem in her article ‘Free Community College is a bad deal for taxpayers
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There are many different types of music in the world today. Why do we need music? Is the traditional music of a country more important than the international music that is heard everywhere nowadays? “Music gives a soul to the universe‚ wings to the mind‚ flight to the imagination and life to everything.” With this statement‚ Plato‚ a famous philosopher‚ recognized the importance of music . Music is a crucial part of all human cultures for a range of reasons‚ and I would argue
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families‚ they serve others food‚ clean their offices and sometimes their house. They are described as unskilled laborers who never worked hard to free themselves from the poverty line. Different people have different opinions on low-wage work and why it even exists. Many companies benefit from low-wage work because they can spend less on employees which makes it easier for their companies to survive. Low-wage work is always unfair. For instance‚ some people are born into poverty and they are more
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