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    Child labor should not be banned The International Labor Organization estimates that more than 250 million children are involved in child labor. The definition of child labor is work done by children who under the age of 15. Most people think that childhood memory, potential and dignity of children are deprived by child labor. Additionally, it can have some impacts on child’s physical, mental and educational development (kweifio-okai 2015). But, in my opinion, child labor is necessary for poor families to survive, pursue dreams and have a good future. It can help children to support the family’s income, and deal with the labor shortage in developing countries and it provide children good chances to learn skills. If child labor was bannned, the poor would still live with poverty and lost hope in their live. The main argument supporting child labor is that children can support the family earnings. Most developed countries consider that child labor should be banned. However, income from children can help ease the financial burden of their parents. According to the video ‘Love And Rubbish’ (2014), all of these young children want to live better by working. These low income families still live at the poorest level and the quality of live still remains bad. Moreover, some family members who were sick and elder could not afford medication, residence, food and all other basic human needs. In order to reduce this situation, children always play a big role in a family. At least the…

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    With millions of people in the world, it is important to understand that not one is the same. We all come from different backgrounds and we have different experiences under our belts, and with that comes the importance of social location. Social Location determines what type of person you are, what groups you fit into, and how intersectionality theory affects you either in a positive and or a negative fashion. My social location is unique because of my experiences with mental health. It is…

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    Socio-Economic Ladder

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    Throughout My position of the debate, is climbing social-economic Ladder still attainable; I felt I was very strong in my argument. The reason for this was based on my research and also my strong rebuttals. I felt that I made strong domineer to my opponent. In doing my research for the paper it starts out to be positive. At the beginning of debate topic, my partner and I made a decision to do the negative side of the argument. Therefore, I started researching the reasons why the socio-economic…

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    Kiener, Robert. “Food Policy Debates.” CQ Researcher 3 Oct. 2014: 817-40. CQ Researcher Online. Web. 16 Oct. 2015. Robert Kiener is a independent author. His work appeared in many newspapers and magazines. Additionally Robert Kiener attained degrees from Hong Kong, and Cambridge universities. The author gives general information about eating healthy. Additionally Mr. Kiener uses other sources and different diagrams to show how Americans have improved their eating habits. The article…

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    Gold Standard. In fact, defining political conflicts have been the main function of political parties. However, American politics is more polarized than ever since the Civil War (Lee). Instead of being polarized on one policy at a time, our political parties have made it a mission to be distinct on most issues nowadays. This becomes a huge problem because the lack of compromise, negotiation, and cooperation among our leaders have led to faulty governance. There are two aspects to political…

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    Presidential debates have been and still are a major player to the Presidential elections. The debates have evolved from newspaper to radio to television and now to social media/ the internet. One of the most popular debates have been decided by the image presented by each president. Television made this task for presidents even harder because now they look good or they will pay the consequences. For example, in the 1960s the president took on the new evolution of the debates which was through…

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    I was a fairly quiet kid who did not like talking to people I did not know well. Because I was so quiet, confrontation was something I tried to avoid at all costs. When I entered high school, I joined debate and competitive speaking, and it changed my personality forever. Because I transferred to the high school, I only knew a few people there. The new and unfamiliar setting caused me to be even more quiet than usual, and in the first few days of school, most people did not even notice I was…

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    Debate I have been involved in debate since 6th grade, before out middle school provided a debate class. Three of my friends and I were coached by elder sibling of a couple friends in the event of congress, which we were able to compete in via our UDL, which hosted middle school tournaments and gave us the resources to participate in the program. Midway through 7th grade, I began competing in the event of policy debate with a close friend, through which, for middle scholars, we reached a…

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    themselves into the controversy, and attempted to influence public and media opinion toward regarding the church. A person voluntarily injects himself or herself into the public controversy when he attempts to thrust himself into the forefront of the debate and to promote his views at the center of public debate. Copp, 45 Cal. App. 4th at 829. A self-claimed earthquake safety expert who had made public statements advocating that school children not be instructed to get under their desks in event…

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    The Greenland Ice Sheet

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    stabilization at or below 2 degrees C above pre-industrial temperatures should be the goal of climate change policy. Warming above this level would likely cause large areas of the Greenland Ice Sheet to melt, would put the West Antarctic Ice Sheet at substantial risk, and would cause widespread disruption to global ecosystems and the hydrologic cycle.” (Moore, 2009) Therefore, the U.S. decision to sign the bilateral agreement with China, another large contributor to greenhouse gas emissions,…

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