"I like the SAT‚ but I don’t love it. I wish I could find something that was a more fair and accurate measure" (Cloud‚ par.14). The ACT and SAT should not be used as a requirement for college admission. First off‚ there are a plethora of students that are not good test takers and will crack under pressure. Also‚ these tests are unreliable; there are other things like GPA that can measure a student’s performance. Finally‚ these tests are a disadvantage to foreign exchange students and students that
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Should we as Americans be the ones to judge someone to death? That is what happens every time that a criminal is sentenced to death. The death penalty is a major debate that Americans have faced for many years. Who are we though to commit a crime against one who committed the wrongful crime? Doesn’t this make us just as guilty as the criminal? Through this paper we will explore the pros‚ cons‚ and whether the death penalty serves to morally normalize society. The death penalty is a major debate
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losing the popular vote by over one million votes‚ brought an already ongoing debate to the forefront: To keep the electoral college or not? Some critics believe that it creates an emphasis on largely populated states and others argue that low-populated states are given greater‚ unfair representation. Regardless‚ both arguments share a common thread: an inequitable representation. The electoral college should be abolished due to being undemocratic‚ over representing small states‚ and depriving third
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Should the Death Penalty be abolished? Thomas Adam PHI 103 Kurt Mosser February 13‚ 2011 Introduction Capital punishment is the execution‚ as a punishment for a person convicted of committing a heinous crime against humanity. Crimes that are known as capital crimes or capital offences enforce capital punishment; crimes against humanity‚ drug trafficking resulting in loss of life‚ terrorism‚ murder‚ kidnapping resulting loss of life‚ etc. are considered capital offences. In this argumentative
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SCHOOLS SHOULD BE ABOLISHED (AGAINST THE MOTION) Mr. Chairman‚ Panel of Judges‚ Invited Guests‚ Accurate Time Keeper. Co Debators‚ Ladies and Gentlemen‚ I would like to speak against the motion before the house that’ Boarding schools should be abolished.’ Boarding schools‚ for some years now‚ have been given bad names because of fictitious stories and ideas. I would like to prove these untrue. My opponent tried in vain to give points on why boarding schools should be abolished. They
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Good morning‚ one and all! Today’s debate is quite interesting‚ as we are the victims‚ rather the part of the society who sees it very closely than the rest. Now‚ frankly speaking‚ within each one of us‚ somewhere or the other we feel‚ very strongly feel ‚ that board exams are a curse or rather some dangerous‚ ferocious animals. Truly the very spirit of examination aims at something noble‚ but unfortunately the implementation process is very unrealistic. The present examination systems‚ as I said
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Capital Punishment Should be Abolished Evidence suggests that the death penalty does not deter people from committing crimes. It is a cruel and cold blooded form of punishment and there have been instances where innocent people were sentenced to death and later found to be innocent. The most common methods of execution are hanging and shooting. Countries like the U.S. use electrocution‚ gas chambers and lethal injections to dispose of the convicted. Some countries‚ like the U.S.‚ have tried
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Capital Punishment Should Not Be Abolished. Capital punishment is one of the most controversial topics for debate. I believe in capital punishment/death penalty and here is why. In the US we make valid arguments that center around the justifications of fairness‚ retribution‚ deterrence‚ economy‚ and popularity. The death penalty isn ’t discriminatory and doesn’t violate the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments as proven in In McCleskey v. Kemp (1987). Executions deter would‐be criminals from committing
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Insider Trading: Should it be abolished? Insider trading is defined as “ trading whilst in possession of non-public information and if known to the public‚ may lead to a substantial movement in a security’s price” . In Australia it is prohibited by insider trading regulation (IT regulations) in the Corporations Law (CL) 1991 ‚ though it was initially established from recommendations made by the Rae committee in 1974 on the mining company scandals . The latest law changed one single section to
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other forms of punishments in that it cannot be reversed and therefore should be abolished. Murderers are not discouraged from committing crimes even with the death penalty as a punishment. The high costs of the death penalty are also another good reason to get it out of government’s system. The death penalty goes against some of The American Constitution’s laws. The Death Penalty is unfair and unjust and should be abolished from America. The Death Penalty does not frighten people from committing
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