The constant rise in college tuition is very concerning to many people who are going to college or someone who wishes to go to college soon‚ like me. It is essential that people realize that every time the price of college rises‚ fewer people attend college and obtain a higher education. There should be organizations through the government set to help pay for the expenses of college. Increased government funding would give more people the opportunity to get a college degree and not worry as much about
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Taylor‚ a black woman from Abbeville‚ Alabama. Rosa Parks and other civil rights activists organized "The Committee for Equal Justice" for Recy Taylor. Rosa Parks was significant in the civil rights movement because ignited something that sparked change in the bus system. Busses were segregated‚ which meant black and white people could not sit together. Seats for black people were in the back and the seats for white people were in the front. On December 1‚ 1955‚ in downtown Montgomery‚ Parks got
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the have a gun or not?We should be able to have rifles and shotguns but not handguns. It is very hard to commit suicide with a rifle or shotgun. It is very hard to hide a shotgun or carry it unnoticed unlike a handgun. Handguns start more escalations in a fight. Some citizens are not a fan of handguns let alone being able to carry them in public. 75% of people support law abiding citizens being able to carry a handgun in public (according). Police are too far away sometimes so you might have to take
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Do we have a right to be forgotten digitally? This question cannot be answered by a simple yes or no. I believe there are different circumstances in which certain people should have the right while others should not. Minor crimes and crimes committed by minors should be able to be forgotten if it will not cause harm to anyone in the future. Major crimes like murder or rape should not be forgotten though. Other reasons we should not have the right to be forgotten is because‚ we still need history
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Why is it important to vote? You can ’t win if you don ’t play. Election outcomes are determined by those who participate. Elected officials make important (often life and death) decisions about how our society will expend its collective resources and the restraints it will place on individual behavior. The drinking age‚ the age at which you can get a driver ’s license‚ and the amount of money your teachers receive are some of the decisions made by elected officials. In making those decisions‚ elected
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that we had the right to bear arms. Lately‚ our modern government has been attempting to deprive us of this right by creating and/or passing laws that make it more difficult to purchase and carry firearms. With the recent outrage of shootings and murders in the US‚ many of our citizens have been rallying and protesting‚ demanding more gun control laws to protect us. However‚ will that really protect us? As statistics have shown‚ gun control laws result in higher crime rates than before. In fact‚ the
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that ’all men are created equal. The wise man being Abraham lincoln of course. I like to believe that we as a society are all strong believers of this. Sadly that is far from the truth. It seems that sometimes power gets in the way of doing what is right. I personally have seen this multiple times but I would like to start with someone who has way more power than me. Dontre Hamilton‚ Eric Garner‚ John Crawford III‚ and Michael Brown Jr. You are probably wondering what all of these men have in common
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Religion important? Why or why not? 2. Would anything change if the Tomb of Jesus was discovered and the bones within were proven to be his? 3. Think a bit about your talents and abilities. Do you think that one of more of these talents you possess could serve the common good of the society in which you live? 4. Think a bit about the talents or skills that either you have not yet developed or do not think you possess. Is there a way for you to either compensate for what you don’t have or
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The phrase “all men are created equal” in the Declaration of Independence was used as a transition phrase from the introduction‚ to the list of grievances that America had against the British. The Americans claimed that the British treated them like slaves and had restricted their “unalienable rights”. This was extremely hypocritical considering that 75% of the people that signed the Declaration actually owned slaves themselves and took away their rights to even lead their own lives. Throughout
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In Anne-Marie Slaughter’s essay “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All”‚ she explains her own personal experience working in a leadership position and the struggles she faced while being a mother and juggling her professional life with her personal life. Family is something that Slaughter holds very dear to her. Slaughter mentions that the balanced life is possible but‚ it is a struggle for both genders. Slaughter argues that their needs to be more women in leadership roles so there can be a greater
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