a college degree or find a job that doesn’t need a college degree? College should be a chance that students decide to take to improve their future. Not only can college open more job opportunities‚ but it also insures a safe future and guarantees more money in the long run. First off‚ let’s think about all of the job opportunities college opens up. In the article‚ Why College Isn’t (and Shouldn’t Have to be) For Everyone‚ by Robert Reich for the Huffington post‚ on paragraph 6 it states‚ ¨ a degree
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II the voter turnout in America is continuously decreasing and has yet to stray above 65%. Shouldn’t America‚ land of the free‚ have one of the highest voter turnouts? This brings up the question; should Americans be required to vote? The United States should have compulsory voting‚ the reasons being that more persons will become educated in voting‚ other countries have successful compulsory voting systems‚ and that America has always required things of it’s citizens. Compulsory voting would help
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The Women’s Right to Vote amendment was passed and implemented about 100 years ago. The fight to get this passed was definitely not an easy one. It required time‚ determination‚ and most importantly‚ unity. Unity with all women to fight for what they deserved. It was a fight for political representation. However‚ till this day women are still extremely underrepresented in politics. According to the Center for American Women and Politics‚ nationally women make up 19.4 percent of the 535 seats in
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Ex felons should be able to vote after finishing probation or parole. voting would help them readjust to everyday life‚ we let them drive and buy alcohol‚ so why not let them vote. If we truly want people convicted of felonies to re-engage with society‚ become rehabilitated‚ and feel a part of a broader community (thus creating incentives not to recidivate) our state should do everything possible to re-incorporate these individuals into mainstream society. The number of Americans who cannot
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freedmen should be allowed to vote. The issue was how to receive the four million former slaves as citizens. If they were to be fully counted as citizens‚ some sort of representation for apportionment of seats in Congress had to be determined. Before the war‚ the population of slaves had been counted as three-fifths of a corresponding number of free whites. By having four million freedmen counted as full citizens‚ the South would gain additional seats in Congress. If blacks were denied the vote and the
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When should kids be considered adults? Kids should be considered adults at the age of 18. Kids are able to vote at 18. If they are able to choose who runs our country then why can’t they be called adults? Being able to vote is an “adult thing” to do but if a majority of those “adults” are 18 then why are they still being called a kid? The law is able to recognize that after someone turns 18 their parents no longer have to support them.Their parents may wish to continue supporting them even after
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Should felons be allowed to vote? A Felon: A person who has been convicted of a felony‚ which is a crime punishable by death or a term in state or federal prison. A felony is a serious crime usually punishable by whole-life imprisonment or capital punishment. In other words a felony is a big deal. Felons have been convicted of a crime including‚ or in the same category as murder‚ rape‚ arson‚ and burglary. It is because of this that many believe that felons do not deserve the right to vote.
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Imagine you have to put your dad into a nursing home because of his old age and that he has some health problem. You know it would be better for him to go into a nursing home so he can get the proper care so then you look into nursing home then you find out you have to pay $90‚000 yearly. You look more at the nursing home and see that they are less than adequate condition but also they would be in a shared room with 30+ patients and only two aids! How would you feel if you saw this? How would you
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Reading Report for Should everyone go to university? Ariel No.214158 5th November‚2012 Benjamin Collins Outlines The thesis of this article is that it is wrong to push everyone to university education‚ which though have benefits for individual and society. It would cause underemployment and dashed expectations. I) According Tomas Friedman‚ American would like to focus more on quantity rather than quality comparing with Canadian. II) Higher education is a worthy personal investment
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In May 1776[[[‚]]] the highly ranked political philosopher John Adams wrote a letter to John Sullivan expressing the republican idea that property should be a prerequisite for the exercise of the right to vote. John Adams was a disciplined scholar that gained knowledge of government and law through his attendance at Harvard University at the age of sixteen. In 1758 he became a recognized able lawyer in Braintree‚ Massachusetts where he was born. Adams became very involved in government decisions
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