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    is that different from dress codes? Why do girls have to change because they care more about boys checking girls out then their education? Which begs the question, are dress codes biased? If you keep reading you will soon find out. Are dress codes really worth all this trouble? Once you take a girl out of class for "distracting" her male classmates you are prioritizing his education over hers. A school in Staten Island sent almost 200 kids to detention for dress code, and more than 90% of them…

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    Hammurabi Code Dbq Essay

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    protect all of the people; however, the Hammurabi Code set unfair standards between slaves and freemen, women and men, and adults and children. This code was written by Hammurabi, one of the most famous kings of Mesopotamia. Containing 282 laws, the Hammurabi Code set the standard of living for the citizens of Mesopotamia. Many find this set of laws to be very unfair because of the harsh punishments of mainly the death penalty. Looking in depth at this code, examples of unfairness between…

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    Dress codes, everything a student hates. Dress codes are made by schools so students are not “distracted” by what other students wear. Although kids are dressing the way they want to as a form of self-expression, some people feel that codes are needed. For example, it can be offensive to some people. ”Consider the case of Elliot Chambers, the Minnesota student who was told that he couldn't wear a shirt with the message "Straight Pride." The school claimed that the shirt offended some students…

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    Dress Code Needed Children and teens all around the U.S. get dress coded. A dress code is something they use to make the kids look “better”. If someone doesn't like how someone else looks they are a very judgemental and rude person. Teens are going through puberty and that can be a rough time in their life and clothing is one way to express yourself. In the summer like weather when people are wearing short sleeves and tanks tops, parents and students are getting reminded about dress codes. …

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    The Legitimation of Power in Hammurabi’s Code of Law An appeal to the authority of deities occurs at the very start of Hammurabi’s Code of Law. In the ‘prologue’ section of the code, Hammurabi begins by laying out a brief history of the two gods who have granted him the right to rule, “Anu, king of the Anunnaki gods, and Enlil, lord of heaven and earth1.” He goes on to enumerate his god-given duties, which include the insurance of justice, protecting the weak from oppression, and the general…

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    Dress codes are a set of rules and regulations that outline the acceptable styles of dress for students. These guidelines reflect broader social norms and values of society that schools consequently inherit. As a result, dress codes are a product of societal norms that restrict and shape student individuality. These limitations on student dress can vary in restrictive extremes, one extreme being totalitarian control over student dress by implementing school uniforms. The oppressive implications…

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    Hammurabi's Code: Was It Just? Just image that you have knocked out the eye of a free man, your eye shall be knocked out too. Is that fair? Hammurabi was the king of Babylonia, around 1750 BCE. When Hammurabi became king, he was believed to get his powers from the gods. Hammurabi’s code was his laws, and people still discuss whether they were just or not, just means fair. Hammurabi’s Code can be shown to be just in three areas of law, which are family life, personal life, and personal property.…

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    percent of schools enforce a strict dress code (1). Schools should pay more attention to our learning instead of our clothes. Believe it or not but even teachers are told what to wear and what not to wear. No one gets to enjoy their freedom anymore because we are being told what to wear. There should be no dress code because dress codes have ruined events, taken away our freedom of style, and have crossed the line with how we should dress like. Dress codes have ruined a lot of school events.…

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    School dress codes are usually blamed for being sexist towards girls. There are many reasons for why this may seem true such as how the dress codes usually revolve around girls. This is also true because girls have a lot more clothing choices, then boys so there is more rules towards them. Many people also claim that dress codes are here only to keep the older generation happy. An argument for why dress codes are there is to help prepare teenagers for jobs, and the rules also apply to boys there…

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    They are my first code learn in the US, I think it is attractive for me to know how the differences and the similarities between the Code of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses. The Code of Hammurabi was a set of laws that ruled the people of Mesopotamia in 1750 B.C. Although that was a long time ago, this code is famous and often applicable even today. The Code’s basic principle was “an eye for an eye” “a tooth for a tooth”. This ensured that a person caught committing a crime will never want to…

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