The writing expected from college courses is one that most are unfamiliar with. Although students learn basic English skills throughout grade school and up to high school, most of the advanced steps are forgotten by the time the student is to enter college. Paired with this, are the nontraditional students, who haven’t studied advanced academic language for long periods of time. Professors are expecting students of all kinds of study to have a high academic vocabulary and high writing skill. Often times a gap in remedial writing courses within the first semester or so.…
Nuclear power seems to be a perfectly viable sustainable energy option to satiate our present and future energy needs. There are fewer greenhouse gas emissions and far less waste production when compared to conventional energy sources. So, what seems to be the problem? As good as it is, Nuclear power does have it’s drawbacks and comes with it’s own set of challenges. Even though the amount of waste produced, is far less, it is highly toxic and nuclear waste disposal is a big challenge.…
School boards should be removed. Because the county already does most of the work. 1st if the school boards would be removed then the county would have to decide the school's finances, school unions, school closings and learning materials. 2nd schools would have more options because the countries should have the same budget for each school so they could not give a school more or less money.…
In today’s world of unfortunate tragedies bullying has been one the biggest, and has affected us here in the U.S. Most school shootings have happened because of bullying and peoples negligence towards others feelings. Reported by authorities, who say most of the shooters had been repeatedly bullied, physically assaulted, made fun of or put down and humiliated by fellow classmates. This type of bullying is unacceptable and it should not be tolerated at schools. But when do you draw the line between actual bullying and your usual normal kid/teenage horse play or innocent name calling?…
America has the most school shootings in the entire world and this country thinks that teachers should not carry guns. Liberals believe nobody should carry guns at all but they forget that criminals do not abide by the laws and are going to do what they want. The weapons that are used in school shootings are brutal. Criminals use pipe bombs, and primarily rifles since they are better for mass shootings. Banning guns will not change a thing the only way this is possible is if we take action by training our teachers to be able to protect the students with weapons making schools in America safer.…
Omar Mateen, Dylann Roof, John Houser, Syed Rizwan Farook, Christopher Harper-Mercer and Aaron Alexis are just a few names of mass murderers who obtained guns legally in the United States. The Virginia Tech massacre sparked the idea of gun control. It has been a controversial issue in American politics ever since, yet Congress refuses to strengthen restrictive gun control laws. Although background checks have prevented 2.8 million gun sales to unqualified purchasers since the enactment of the Brady Bill in 1994, guns still sneak their ways into the hands of the deranged. Each year in the United States, the number of people killed by guns increases, with nearly 13,000 killed in 2015 alone.…
Chevy vs. Ford Persuasive Essay "Find the USA in Your Chevrolet", don't just "Drive One". Chevrolet has better gas mileage than Ford. Chevy is more safe and more protective for families than Ford. However, Ford is cheaper than Chevy, Chevy is stronger, durable and safer.…
If your son decided to do something wrong, like stealing or entering into someone’s house would you like them to shoot him? Most of us would say no, but what if they did? Do you think he deserve to die because of his action? If you are the one who killed him, do you think the person deserve lose his life because of the decision he made? And if you used violence, doesn’t that encourage him to kill in order to escape?…
What do you think we should go to or not ? I think we should go to school and I have reasons and I will tell you why. Some people think that we shouldn't go to school because they think it's boring or They think that education does not have anything to do with life they think if you don’t go to school we don’t have to do anything I life. In my opinion I think that is wrong. These are my reasons why.…
Hunting is a violent and a cowardly form of sport and is mainly used for the fun and entertainment. It kills hundreds of millions of animals every year, many are suffering and painful death. Hunters cause injuries, and harmful deaths to animals that can’t defend themselves from firearms and many weapons. The sport of hunting destroys many habitats and animal families, and leaves young animals left wounded or with no parents for them to be cared for and they become starved to death. Quick kills are very painful to all animals, but when they fail to kill them they suffer a painful death.…
Substitute teachers; they are either loved or hated. Depending on who it is, hearing that there is a substitute can arise joy for everyone in the class; other times the substitute will make you lose your will to live. Either way whenever it is heard that there is a substitute in a class everyone asks, “For what class?” ; and “Who is it?”.…
If you were asked to build the ideal school, what features would you include and why? It would be amazing if I was asked to build and design the ideal school. It would most likely be a high school. In the school I would put features that I think kids would like. I want to put features that kids will like because as a student you hear all kinds of things that students say they would want in a school.…
Parents try to think whether they should or should not put their child in home school. Well they shouldn’t, kids should not be home schooled because kids can react to things in a different way. Kids can also have problems they can’t face because they never got to prepare for it during their past. Kids should be schooled because it would be hard for them to socialize with people and make new friends. Debate.org states that “ They shouldn’t because how do your children get social skills, and they won’t have any friends.…
MagnetMom complains about how her daughter’s homework takes away her beneficial sleep. With busy families, like hers, they have many after school activities, so when they get home, they do not have time for too much homework. She says that the reality of it is that they are an active family. For active families, homework causes sleep deprivation and takes away the children’s energy they need for the next day. (“How Homework Affects Families”, pg. 1).…
Everybody in high school is obsessed with the idea of prom but its honestly not worth all of the hype. Prom is not only very expensive, its also way over rated, and a huge waste of time. All of the girls are always worried about who 's going to ask them to be their date. All the guys don’t really care for it but they do whatever they can to make the girls happy and keep them happy.…