We Should Ban Home-Schooling Good evening adjudicator‚ audience and fellow debaters. I am the first speaker for the affirmative team and tonight we are here to debate on whether home-schooling should be banned or not. In Australia‚ home-schooling is defined as learning outside of the public or private school environment. As the affirmative team‚ we strongly believe we should ban‚ meaning not allow‚ home-schooling in Australia. I‚ as the first speaker‚ will present my arguments on how home-schooling
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Introduction A catchy title is one of the prerequisites for any ‘saleable’ book. Hence to that extent‚ Stay Hungry Stay Foolish by Rashmi Bansal‚ has a great title‚ it being borrowed from Steve Jobs’ famous speech made to the 2005 graduating class at Stanford University. The header on the front cover says‚ "The inspiring stories of 25 IIM Ahmedabad graduates who chose to tread a path of their own making". And this is an apt preview of the jaw-droppingly awe-inspiring stories of different entrepreneurs
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Raise the Red Lantern is a movie that kidnaps you to a foreign place and immerses you completely with new traditions. The story follows young Songhian whom is forced by her mother to get married to a rich man. In his household‚ she becomes the Forth Mistress‚ and the youngest among her husband’s wives. Songhian and the audience quickly learn the rules of the Master’s beautifully designed compound‚ whichever wife the Master currently favors is graced by his attention‚ lavish foot massages‚ and many
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The 44th president of the United States of America said‚ “We should raise the minimum wage so that no one who works full time has to live in poverty.” For those who do not know what minimum wage is‚ it is the lowest wage sanctioned by law or by a special arrangement. In the United States‚ the minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. According to BLS Reports‚ in 2014 77.2 million people at the ages of 16 and older were paid at hourly rates. Out of those 77.2 million‚ 1.3 million received the minimum wage‚
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Stay Gold By: Julie Pratt In the end of the novel “The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton‚ Johnny Cade’s last words to Ponyboy were “Stay gold‚ Ponyboy. Stay gold…” (pg 148). One way to interpret Johnny’s words would be that he meant for Ponyboy to keep his innocence. Another way would be to say that Johnny meant for Ponyboy to stay true to who he was. It is also possible that he meant for Ponyboy to continue to be a generally good person‚ pure of heart and mind. Johnny’s last words to Ponyboy had a triple
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Americans believe that immigrants should listen to the immigration laws and enter America legally. Other Americans and immigrants believe that there shouldn’t even be any immigration laws because all people are equal. This controversial question has led to discrimination and various political views. Should illegal immigrants be allowed to stay in the United States of America and be granted citizenship? I believe that illegal immigrants should not be allowed to stay in our country. By making this
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The word “missing child” often calls to mind of tragic and frightening incident as it was always reported in the national news. Stories about missing children‚ especially those abducted‚ have always tugged at the heartstrings of all Malaysians. A total of 5996 children went missing from homes since 2004. Although most of them were found‚ 1904 still remain missing (Pakiam‚ 2007). Lately‚ all the Malaysians are in shock over the death of Nurin Jazlin Jazimin and had recalled the tragic that happened
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article The article is designed to find out the experience of working from home‚ the paper is argued that the transition of managers from office based working atmosphere to partly home based place is more than a physical move the location of the paid work. The data was used was taken from a research project situated in the UK where legislation (UK Employment Act ‚2002) has supported the introduction of flexible work arrangements including home-based telework The research identified 25 managers from diverse
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in old people’s home with nursing services which are partly paid by the government. However‚ in my opinion‚ elderly people should live in their own homes. Firstly‚ elderly people are offered better care when living at home. As a family only looks after one or two elderly people‚ other members can immediately satisfy their needs. Moreover‚ their children understand old people’s habits‚ so they can easily give the most suitable care. In contrast‚ in old people’s homes‚ there are many old
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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children tells the tale of a boy‚ Jacob‚ who following a horrific tragedy‚ follows clues that take him to an abandoned orphanage on a Welsh island. The story begins in Florida‚ where Jacob lives. Jacob and his father travel to Wales after the apparently murder of his grandfather by a make-believe creature. Jacob learns that his grandfather had lived in a derelict orphanage for “peculiar children”. “It was an enchanted place (Grandpa Portman) said‚ designed to
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